What Would I Want In Furniture If I Was A Doll?

Is Inch Scale the right size for my dollhouse?

When you buy a furniture item, you want to make sure it will fit correctly in your dollhouse.Dollhouse scales help you know you are getting the right size. On this website, all furniture items are on a 1 inch scale unless the title of the item says otherwise. The most popular scale for both furniture and dollhouses is the 1 inch scale.

Dollhouse scales show how many inches of dollhouse furniture correspond to a foot, or 12 inches, of real life furniture. Every inch of dollhouse furniture is equivalent to twelve inches of real furniture. For example, a 6 inch dollhouse sofa represents a 6 foot real sofa. Other scales include the half inch (1:24) and quarter inch (1:48) scales.

Other scales include the half inch (1:24) and quarter inch (1:48) scales. In other scales, such as half inch and quarter inch, less than an inch represents a foot of real furniture.

Game and Music Dollhouse Furniture

There is no more fun way to make your dollhouse more exciting and chic than by adding a music or game room. Your music room can display a myriad of instruments (including instruments that actually play music, and will lend a gracious, distinguished feel to your home. Game rooms really draw the eye and make viewers smile; they also make dollhouses feel more homey and “real”.

Unfinished Furniture for Dollhouses

If you found building your own dollhouse to be a fulfilling and liberating experience, consider purchasing furniture kits or unfinished furniture. Furniture kits include items you put together yourself that will look like their picture once they are completed. Furniture kits are unassembled, but once you put them together they will appear as they do in the picture.

Maple Material with Dollhouses

Maple has a very lovely creamy white to light reddish brown look. It is a dense wood that is often chosen for basketball courts due to the strain that it can take. If you are worried about scratches rest assured that maple can take them better than even mahogany. Maple is also very versatile and could be placed in any style of dollhouses.

Making Sense of Quarter Inch Dollhouse Scales

When you buy a furniture item, you want to make sure it will fit correctly in your dollhouse. Dollhouse scales help you know you are getting the right size. At Dollhouse City, unless the title of the furniture item tells you it is ½ inch or ¼ inch, the item is built on a 1 inch scale.

This furniture item has a quarter inch (1:48) scale. This means that one inch of dollhouse furniture is equivalent to four foot, or 48 inches, of furniture in real life. With the quarter inch (1:48) scale, ¼ of an inch of dollhouse furniture equates to a foot of real furniture; so a ½ inch tall dollhouse coffee table would look like a 2 foot tall coffee table in reality. Heights from 8-12 inches translate to a 1 inch scale.

Half inch scales will have heights between 4-6 inches; for a quarter inch scale, there should be 2-3 inches between floor and ceiling.

Mahogany for Dollhouse Furniture

Mahogany wood is ideal for dollhouse furniture because it is dense and strong enough to resist most playtime scratches. It not only is strong, mahogany has a very rich color that attracts the eye in any dollhouse ensemble. Because of the beauty of the pieces and the quality of the craftsmanship these mahogany pieces draw the eye and really add to the imagination in playing with the dollhouse. Most antique mahogany pieces were made in the 1700’s, and these dollhouse furniture replicas would fit great in any Victorian dollhouse kit.

Dollhouse Furniture for Libraries and Office

A library or office in your dollhouse really helps you define the era to which your dollhouse belongs: some furniture items are extremely modern; others really capture a Victorian-era essence. Adding a small amount of accessories, such as a few classic books or an ornamental globe, go a long way in this room. This room adds a lot of elegance to your dollhouse.

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