Dollhouse Accessories: Design Counsel

Using Size to your Benefit for Design

When setting up your dollhouse and buying furniture you will need to remember the three sizing constraints. Here are the sizing elements, there are three: Miniature scales, size of room dimensions, and comparative size. Miniature scaling refers to the fact that dolls and their furniture come in different sizing patterns. Meaning, you should check your dollhouse scale, if it is quarter inch you need quarter inch furniture. Size element is the second point, and this is as simple as making sure that your furniture will actually fit in the room. The actual furniture dimensions should be located at the store or website that you bought it at, simply measure and compare. The last point is relative size; this means that within a room you can coordinate the pieces. Smaller pieces will get less attention than other pieces, and the larger pieces should be the ones that you want everyone to look at.

Designing by Mood

Designers might know about lighting, and colors, but only the great ones design for mood. Each room has a mood, meaning that there are some underlying purposes for which you would have that room. A great example is a play room where the sole purpose of the room is to have fun and enjoy oneself. Another example would be a bedroom, which is more personal, intimate, and is directly affected by the personality of the resident. Just as houses are dictated by mood, a great dollhouse should as well. To help you get in the mood setting, picture the room and the feelings that emanate from that room, then design colors, furniture, and styles to match that setting. When you tap into the mood you will know it, and the design of the room will just fall in place as if it was meant to be there all along.

Basics of Dollhouse Wallpaper

Wallpaper is the worlds best invention, right up there with glue and nails. One of the major benefits to wallpaper is that you can not only add color quickly, but also add some contrast with the texture and color design. As far as the where and what kind of wallpaper options are out there you should start with a hobby website or store. Because you are looking to cover a relatively small area, you should look at getting 1 or 2 square feet at a time. And remember, if you are even a tiny bit computer literate you can print your own dollhouse wallpaper styles and designs. Simply open a word document and create a pattern that will look great for your dollhouse and presto, homemade wallpaper Scrap booker's will have all the necessary materials for you as well, so if you know anyone or if you are a scrap booker yourself look at your collection of paper and I am sure that something will work. Remember, you learn by doing, so start with something simple and create something amazing.

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. Using contrast works well to move your eye to a certain location of the room, or in a predetermined pattern. Contrasting colors are identified on a simple color wheel: They are the colors that are opposite each other. Using contrast in a room, is like using salt with food, you use to much and you get overwhelmed quickly. The standard is to restrain yourself to one contrast in a room, this way it doesn't get cluttered.