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The secret touch of a great Dollhouse: Lights

You know when you are really serious about this hobby when you start looking at lighting. When you add lights to it you are dedicating a bit of time and energy, you are also stating that it will not be used for toddlers, but receives more of a collectible status. It is really a lot of fun to light your dollhouse and at the same time a challenge to learn new things. In all reality, would we enjoy it if it wasn’t a challenge?When you break it down, lighting is simply connecting electricity through a wire and a plug. In addition to that you are given instructions and help in setting it up. Don't expect to do it perfect the first time, try it out, make a mistake and learn from it. The best way to start is small, so get a small kit and begin. Remember whether you think you can or whether you think you can't you are right.

Contrasting your Colors: Making things Pop

The idea of contrast is to great stark differences between colors, furniture, textures in order to draw attention to the action. In this fashion you can generate movement of the eye from one area to another, or concentrate the focus of a room on one particular aspect. For the best color contrast look at a color wheel and choose colors that are opposite one another. Using contrast in a room, is like using salt with food, you use to much and you get overwhelmed quickly. In order to prevent yourself from creating a mess, focus on setting up one contrasting element in the room and no more.

Basics of Dollhouse Wallpaper

Once you have painted the interior of an entire kit you will realize the value of covering the walls with wallpaper. It really does save a lot of time to put wallpaper up especially if you have done it before. There are many websites online that will give you some great ideas and options with dollhouse wallpaper. There are many pre-cut easily stick wallpaper sheets with many varieties of styles. Don't forget, because you are looking for such a small portion you can even print your own wallpaper design. There are websites that will give you free wall paper prints, just start searching for them!A great tip is to go to a scrap booking store, they will have sheets cut to your needs with several design choices to fit your needs. As you develop your mad wallpapering skills you will ad contrast, style, connectivitly and a perfect design to your dollhouse kit!

Matching Colors: A Science that is Well Developed to Help

Ever since we picked up our first box of crayons we have desired to match, mix, and create – It is no different when you have fabric, furniture, and room color choices. Now you don’t have to be a professional artist to understand color, the basic level of matching colors begins with the color wheel. The basis of the wheel is that some colors are similar to one another, and others have contrast. Opposite colors on the wheel are those with absolute contrast and stability. This by no means is a full explanation of the science of color, but a mere push to get you thinking in the right direction for your dollhouse coordination.

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