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  • Great Short Dollhouse Accessories: Layout Concepts
    By: dolly c | - Floor Trim for your Dollhouse

    Everyone likes to tweak there dollhouses from time to time. The last dollhouse that I was making I discovered a great addition that really made my interior stand out. I simply created a floor board to use for the trim around the floor of the dollhouse. Floor Trim is not a new creation, but what I found is instead of buying it, to use a very thin balsa wood found in most craft stores. I painted them white, which went with all the walls in my dollho ...

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  • Matchless Mini Barbie Doll Accessories: Pattern Counsel
    By: dolly c | - Sizing to Your Advantage

    Always, always remember that there are different sizing elements in miniatures. The first one is the scale of the furniture, second is the size of the room, and third is the relative size of the furniture as it compares to other pieces of furniture. Miniature scaling refers to the fact that dolls and their furniture come in different sizing patterns. Meaning that if you have a half inch dollhouse that you need to purchase half inch dollhouse furniture. ...

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  • Excellent Toy Fisher Price Doll Pieces: Layout Advice
    By: dolly c | - Lighting your way to a great look

    You know when you are really serious about this hobby when you start looking at lighting. Adding Lights removes your miniature set from being just another toy to a display item that will sit no longer in the toy box, but on the living room mantel. 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 wasnt a challenge?Lighting is as simple as a wir ...

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  • Petite Dollhouse Pieces: Pattern Tips
    By: dolly c | - Accessorizing with Fabrics

    Dollhouses contain an enormous potential for miniaturists and hobbyists alike. The shear amount of detail can be both overwhelming and exiting. One example is fabrics within a dollhouse. The bedroom is an excellent demonstration of detail and the breadth of items that you can create. Everything from curtains and pillows, to mattresses and blankets can be created and made to fit. Next is the dinning room where you can have your own napkins, dinning r ...

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  • Clever Teeny Dollhouse Accessories: Design Pointers
    By: dolly c | - Designing with Linens

    If you like detail, craft, and design then dollhouse design is a great opportunity to grow your talents. For instance the amount of detail that is available to you is mesmerizing. A great example is using linens to coordinate your dollhouse design, and make things pop. The bedroom is an excellent demonstration of detail and the breadth of items that you can create. Just think of all the fabrics that you use in your own bedroom - Sheets, curtains, blankets ...

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  • Innovational Teeny Dollhouse Furniture: Layout Counsel
    By: dolly c | - Designing with Linens

    Dollhouses contain an enormous potential for miniaturists and hobbyists alike. It is absolutely wonderful to be able to craft and design even the minute details of a doll's house. A great example is using linens to coordinate your dollhouse design, and make things pop. If you are looking for an example, or maybe a good starting point then I would recommend the bedroom. You can coordinate the sheets, mattresses, curtains, pillows, and even a throw blanket. ...

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  • Clever Short Dollhouse Furniture: Pattern Suggestions
    By: dolly c | - Basics of Dollhouse Wallpaper

    Wallpaper is the worlds best invention, right up there with glue and nails. Not only will the walls have a cute and distinct pattern, but the job will be done in a fraction of the time. There are many websites online that will give you some great ideas and options with dollhouse wallpaper. Because you are looking to cover a relatively small area, you should look at getting 1 or 2 square feet at a time. You can also print off your own wallp ...

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  • Small Dollhouse Furniture: Modeling Hints
    By: dolly c | - Fabrics and Cloth

    Once you understand that anything and everything can change, be created, or designed in your dollhouse it opens up tons of potential. For instance the amount of detail that is available to you is mesmerizing. One example is fabrics within a dollhouse. The bedroom is an excellent demonstration of detail and the breadth of items that you can create. Just think of all the fabrics that you use in your own bedroom - Sheets, curtains, blankets, etc. In addition to ...

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  • Creative Minuscule Dollhouse Pieces: Modeling Advice
    By: dolly c | - Floor Trim for your Dollhouse

    If you are a true crafter you are constantly tweaking your creations. In my last dollhouse building adventure I came across something that I know helped out my interior look tremendously. I simply created a floor board to use for the trim around the floor of the dollhouse. The discovery is not entirely new, or my own, there are many places to get doll trim, but I found the cheapest is a very thin flat balsa wood. I applied this balsa wood to the f ...

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  • Matchless Tiny Dollhouse Furniture: Layout Concepts
    By: dolly c | - Floor Trim for your Dollhouse

    As you are building and tweaking your dollhouse you will discover some great time saving secrets. There are some great things that you can add to your house, and I just simply came across one that helped out a lot. This big discovery was floor trim. The discovery is not entirely new, or my own, there are many places to get doll trim, but I found the cheapest is a very thin flat balsa wood. Simply paint it the color of your dollhouse and attach it ...

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  • Superb Small Dollhouse Furniture: Pattern Strategies
    By: dolly c | - Styling by Era

    At that moment that you sat back and decided to create your first or next dollhouse you should have had an idea of what it would look like. Most of us want the furniture, paint, wallpaper, etc, to match and flow together from one room to another. This is creating a styling theme. When you get right down to it, you might have your choice set out for you as there are really only three major era styles in dollhouse furniture. If you are more of a romantic you will ...

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  • Great Dollhouse Pieces: Organizational Hints
    By: dolly c | - Designing with Linens

    If you like detail, craft, and design then dollhouse design is a great opportunity to grow your talents. For instance the amount of detail that is available to you is mesmerizing. One example is fabrics within a dollhouse. The bedroom is an excellent demonstration of detail and the breadth of items that you can create. Everything from curtains and pillows, to mattresses and blankets can be created and made to fit. Next is the dinning room where you can h ...

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  • Inventive Mini Dollhouse Pieces: Arrangement Ideas
    By: dolly c | - Fabrics and Cloth

    Dollhouses contain an enormous potential for miniaturists and hobbyists alike. It is absolutely wonderful to be able to craft and design even the minute details of a doll's house. A great example is using linens to coordinate your dollhouse design, and make things pop. If you are looking for an example, or maybe a good starting point then I would recommend the bedroom. Everything from curtains and pillows, to mattresses and blankets can be created and made to ...

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  • Petite Dollhouse Pieces: Layout Suggestions
    By: dolly c | - Planning and Preparation with your Miniatures

    Plan your dollhouse design, and expect to follow that plan. A plan will help you avoid pitfalls like spending too much or buying the wrong items. The essentials that you will want to have to start are a floor plan and a budget. A floor plan will consist of measurements, color, furniture pieces, and a good rough outline of the room. There is a plentiful supply of examples of good room designs both online and offline. Take a note bo ...

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  • Mini Dollhouse Accessories: Formational Suggestions
    By: dolly c | - Lighting your way to a great look

    Lighting and dollhouses is a little like magic at Christmas time, it adds a tremendous awe factor, but you have to be at the right point to get started. Adding Lights removes your miniature set from being just another toy to a display item that will sit no longer in the toy box, but on the living room mantel. It is really a lot of fun to light your dollhouse and at the same time a challenge to learn new things. At the same time, isn't the chall ...

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  • Optimum Teensy Dollhouse Furniture: Arrangement Suggestions
    By: dolly c | - Sizing to Your Advantage

    When setting up your dollhouse and buying furniture you will need to remember the three sizing constraints. The first one is the scale of the furniture, second is the size of the room, and third is the relative size of the furniture as it compares to other pieces of furniture. Miniature scaling refers to the fact that dolls and their furniture come in different sizing patterns. Meaning, look up the miniature size of your dollhouse kit, if it is one inch ...

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  • Optimal Teeny Dollhouse Furniture: Layout Concepts
    By: dolly c | - Designing the Outside of Your Dollhouse Kit

    When you have completed your dollhouse you will want people to admire the outside of your dollhouse just as much as they do the inside. The Paint of the dollhouse along with the look of the shingles is the first thing that you notice with your exterior. When you are setting up your dollhouse apply a good three coats of good craft paint to your dollhouse. When you are applying the shingles first die them and then assemble them with r ...

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  • Fine Toy Dollhouse Accessories: Formational Hints
    By: dolly c | - An Addition that can make a Big Difference

    As you are building and tweaking your dollhouse you will discover some great time saving secrets. In my last dollhouse building adventure I came across something that I know helped out my interior look tremendously. This big discovery was floor trim. Floor Trim is not a new creation, but what I found is instead of buying it, to use a very thin balsa wood found in most craft stores. I painted them white, which went with all the walls ...

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  • Outstanding Short Dollhouse Pieces: Design Pointers
    By: dolly c | - Accessorizing with Fabrics

    Once you understand that anything and everything can change, be created, or designed in your dollhouse it opens up tons of potential. For instance the amount of detail that is available to you is mesmerizing. A great example is using linens to coordinate your dollhouse design, and make things pop. Bedrooms are a fabulous place to start. You can coordinate the sheets, mattresses, curtains, pillows, and even a throw blanket. Moving on to the dinning ...

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  • Ingenious Tiny Dollhouse Accessories: Modeling Pointers
    By: dolly c | - Lighting your way to a great look

    Lighting and dollhouses is a little like magic at Christmas time, it adds a tremendous awe factor, but you have to be at the right point to get started. This is the point when you have moved from setting up a miniature house for your kids to expanding this hobby into something more. It is really a lot of fun to light your dollhouse and at the same time a challenge to learn new things. At the same time, isn't the challenge why we are in this h ...

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  • Elegant Teeny Dollhouse Furniture: Formational Points
    By: dolly c | - Fabrics and Cloth

    Dollhouses contain an enormous potential for miniaturists and hobbyists alike. The shear amount of detail can be both overwhelming and exiting. A great example is using linens to coordinate your dollhouse design, and make things pop. Bedrooms are a fabulous place to start. Just think of all the fabrics that you use in your own bedroom - Sheets, curtains, blankets, etc. In addition to the bedroom just think of the dinning room rug, curtains, and even napkin ...

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  • Outstanding Mini Doll Pieces: Arrangement Concepts
    By: dolly c | - Designing the Outside of Your Dollhouse Kit

    Once you have completed your inside design, it is time to look again at the exterior design and some ways to make it look better. You will want to focus on the most eye attracting points first: The paint and the shingles. Three coats of high quality paint, recommended for dollhouses, is the minimum for dollhouse display. Make sure that you draw lines prior to applying shingles to preserve a straight look, most instruction booklets ...

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  • Productive Small Dollhouse Furniture: Arrangement Counsel
    By: dolly c | - An Addition that can make a Big Difference

    As you are building and tweaking your dollhouse you will discover some great time saving secrets. There are some great things that you can add to your house, and I just simply came across one that helped out a lot. This big discovery was floor trim. You can buy many types of dollhouse trim through stores but what I found to be the cheapest and easiest is purchasing a long thin flat piece of balsa wood. I applied this balsa wood to t ...

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  • Prime Teensy Doll Accessories: Modeling Hints
    By: dolly c | - The secret touch of a great Dollhouse: Lights

    Lighting and dollhouses is a little like magic at Christmas time, it adds a tremendous awe factor, but you have to be at the right point to get started. Adding Lights removes your miniature set from being just another toy to a display item that will sit no longer in the toy box, but on the living room mantel. 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, wo ...

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  • Marvelous Teensy Barbie Doll Accessories: Arrangement Ideas
    By: dolly c | - Wallpaper: A simple Trick for an Outstanding Look

    Wallpaper is the worlds best invention, right up there with glue and nails. It really does save a lot of time to put wallpaper up especially if you have done it before. Begin your searching for the perfect wallpaper with a hobby or craft store, and try not to be too overwhelmed as there are thousands of choices out there. If you are looking to save even more time there are wallpaper sheet specifically for dollhouses t ...

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  • Superb Petite Dollhouse Accessories: Layout Strategies
    By: dolly c | - Adding a Mood

    Great designers know that in order to have a good layout and design you need to strive for the appropriate mood. A mood is the purpose of the room, the reason that it exists. An example is that you would have a kitchen to eat, have conversation, relax, cook etc. A bedroom would have a personal setting to illustrate the mood of that individual and help them feel comfortable. Just as houses are dictated by mood, a great dollhouse should as well. To tap into your ...

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  • Prime Short Dollhouse Accessories: Design Suggestions
    By: dolly c | - Designing with Linens

    If you like detail, craft, and design then dollhouse design is a great opportunity to grow your talents. For instance the amount of detail that is available to you is mesmerizing. Fabrics and cloth is one awesome example as you can coordinate colors and have your favorites stand out. The bedroom is an excellent demonstration of detail and the breadth of items that you can create. You can coordinate the sheets, mattresses, curtains, pillows, and even a t ...

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  • Matchless Dollhouse Accessories: Modeling Tips
    By: dolly c | - Designing the Outside of Your Dollhouse Kit

    Once you have completed your inside design, it is time to look again at the exterior design and some ways to make it look better. The Paint of the dollhouse along with the look of the shingles is the first thing that you notice with your exterior. When you are setting up your dollhouse apply a good three coats of good craft paint to your dollhouse. When you are applying the shingles first die them and then assemble them with ruler d ...

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  • Superb Teensy Dollhouse Accessories: Arrangement Concepts
    By: dolly c | - Modern, Victorian, Classical - The Standards of Design

    Creating style can be more intense than what you have previously thought, what era will your dollhouse resemble? Each piece of furniture will belong to a certain room, but you must also realize that each room should connect with each other. This is creating a styling theme. In dollhouse furniture, kits and accessories there are three major themes that you could choose from. Victorian is the first major theme, it is recog ...

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  • Optimal Short Dollhouse Furniture: Organizational Suggestions
    By: dolly c | - Using Size to your Benefit for Design

    There are three major sizing elements that you will need to deal with in interior layout with a dolls room. The first one is the scale of the furniture, second is the size of the room, and third is the relative size of the furniture as it compares to other pieces of furniture. First is the scale of furniture, make sure that your furniture is the right scale for your dollhouse. Meaning that if you have a half inch dollhouse that you need t ...

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  • Creative Tiny Dollhouse Pieces: Arrangement Hints
    By: dolly c | - Designing the Outside of Your Dollhouse Kit

    The outside of the dollhouse has as much do to with the appeal, if not more, than the inside design. The first thing that everybody looks at is the paint and the shingles. To have a quality paint job on your house apply at least three coats of recommended paint. Make sure that you draw lines prior to applying shingles to preserve a straight look, most instruction booklets will provide the required measurements. There are many other ...

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  • Elegant Short Dollhouse Furniture: Modeling Clues
    By: dolly c | - Flooring, Changing the Base of your House

    Flooring is a very interesting topic because no one really thinks to change it, and yet those that do always turn out more amazing than before. Flooring can be a great design medium because it is the foundation for all of your furniture. It will also add that subtle touch that really upgrades your dollhouse. Carpet, linoleum, tile, stone, and hard wood are the most popular choices in flooring options. Carpet for dollhouses is very co ...

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  • Splendid Teeny Furniture: Layout Ideas
    By: dolly c | - Using an Artists Color Wheel for your Benefit

    Interior design, for your own personal home, or for your dollhouse kit can be a matter of color choices. The desire to coordinate is known throughout any art or design school and is taught at a basic level using a color wheel. This wheel was designed to fit all colors into a solid circle to express similarities and differences. The colors right next to each other are called analogous colors, and offer slight similarities for color ...

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  • Clever Dollhouse Furniture: Formational Tips
    By: dolly c | - Rearranging Furniture? Try Some New Strategies

    Have you ever found yourself confused as to the correct layout of your dollhouse furniture? A placement strategy is simply a way of trying things differently to give you the arrangement you want. As there are so many different ways to layout furniture let us talk about arranging by symmetrical shapes. In order to use the triangle design you will need three major pieces of furniture for the room, imagine that they form a triangle ...

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  • Marvelous Short Barbie Doll Pieces: Planing Counsel
    By: dolly c | - Designing the Outside of Your Dollhouse Kit

    Once you have completed your inside design, it is time to look again at the exterior design and some ways to make it look better. The first thing that everybody looks at is the paint and the shingles. To have a quality paint job on your house apply at least three coats of recommended paint. Make sure that you draw lines prior to applying shingles to preserve a straight look, most instruction booklets will provide the required measur ...

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  • Splendid Mini Dollhouse Furniture: Organizational Strategies
    By: dolly c | - Floor Trim for your Dollhouse

    As you are building and tweaking your dollhouse you will discover some great time saving secrets. In my last dollhouse building adventure I came across something that I know helped out my interior look tremendously. This big discovery was floor trim. The discovery is not entirely new, or my own, there are many places to get doll trim, but I found the cheapest is a very thin flat balsa wood. Simply paint it the color of your dollhouse and attach ...

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  • Dollhouse Accessories: Design Counsel
    By: dolly c | - 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 i ...

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  • Ingenious Tiny Dollhouse Furniture: Layout Counsel
    By: dolly c | - Exterior Modeling: Getting the outside to look as good as the inside

    Once you have completed your inside design, it is time to look again at the exterior design and some ways to make it look better. The Paint of the dollhouse along with the look of the shingles is the first thing that you notice with your exterior. To have a quality paint job on your house apply at least three coats of recommended paint. Make sure that you draw lines prior to applying shingles to preserve a ...

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  • Superb Mini Dollhouse Accessories: Formational Strategies
    By: dolly c | - Dollhouse Interior Plan Preparation

    Plan your dollhouse design, and expect to follow that plan. A plan ensures that you are getting exactly what you want, and helps you avoid wasting time. With miniature design a plan of action will consist of a floor plan and budget. A floor plan can be as simple as a sketch that was drawn by hand or a print of a room that you would like to copy. There is a plentiful supply of examples of good room designs both online and offline. Make sur ...

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  • Elegant Petite Dollhouse Accessories: Clues
    By: dolly c | - How Many? The reality of that question applied to Miniatures

    It depends - this is the easiest way to answer to the question: How many pieces of dollhouse furniture should I put in my room? It depends on the size of the room and what you are trying to say. First, it is not only messy but wasteful when you buy more than you need. Second, the more stuff that you put in the more fresh clean space that you will be left without. In the end space needs a balance too, what is ther ...

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  • Prime Minuscule Dollhouse Pieces: Pattern Suggestions
    By: dolly c | - Lighting your way to a great look

    Lighting and dollhouses is a little like magic at Christmas time, it adds a tremendous awe factor, but you have to be at the right point to get started. This is the point when you have moved from setting up a miniature house for your kids to expanding this hobby into something more. Lighting your kit can be a fun yet challenging time. At the same time, isn't the challenge why we are in this hobby? When you break it down, lighting is simply c ...

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  • Outstanding Tiny Dollhouse Pieces: Formational Counsel
    By: dolly c | - Dollhouse Exterior Design

    When you have completed your dollhouse you will want people to admire the outside of your dollhouse just as much as they do the inside. The Paint of the dollhouse along with the look of the shingles is the first thing that you notice with your exterior. To have a quality paint job on your house apply at least three coats of recommended paint. When you are applying the shingles first die them and then assemble them with ruler drawn lines to avoid mist ...

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  • Outstanding Petite Dollhouse Accessories: Planing Ideas
    By: dolly c | - An Addition that can make a Big Difference

    As you are building and tweaking your dollhouse you will discover some great time saving secrets. There are some great things that you can add to your house, and I just simply came across one that helped out a lot. I simply created a floor board to use for the trim around the floor of the dollhouse. You can buy many types of dollhouse trim through stores but what I found to be the cheapest and easiest is purchasing a long thin flat p ...

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  • Excellent Teeny Accessories: Planing Tips
    By: dolly c | - Contrasting your Colors: Making things Pop

    The definition of a contrast is two distinct or different items that draw attention to one another. Contrast in interior design makes the eye roll over certain areas of the room and focus on a couple of segments or patterns. If you are planning to use color as your primary medium for contrast then refer to a color wheel - the colors opposite from one another will bring the most contrast. Using contrast in a room, is like using salt ...

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  • Miniature Doll Pieces: Layout Recommendations
    By: dolly c | - Life Touches: Dollhouse Accessories

    This hobby is about the little details. From living room lamps to kitchen coffee mugs, these are the small details found in the accessories category. Using them for your interior design can really spruce up your house. But not only will it add that creative touch, it makes it look more realistic. In reality sky is the limit in dollhouse accessories; you can even start making your own

    Choosing the Right Style Can Help Your ...

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  • Clever Toy Dollhouse Accessories: Arrangement Strategies
    By: dolly c | - Exterior Modeling: Getting the outside to look as good as the inside

    Once you have completed your inside design, it is time to look again at the exterior design and some ways to make it look better. You will want to focus on the most eye attracting points first: The paint and the shingles. When you are setting up your dollhouse apply a good three coats of good craft paint to your dollhouse. The shingles should be died and applied carefully using a ruler to assure that the l ...

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  • Ingenious Short Barbie Doll Pieces: Arrangement Tips
    By: dolly c | - Rearranging Furniture? Try Some New Strategies
    Have you ever found yourself confused as to the correct layout of your dollhouse furniture? Here are a couple of placement strategies that may be of benefit to you. Two simple layout strategies is first the triangle, and second is the square. In first simple strategy, the triangle, imagine a large triangle in the middle of the room and then take the three primary pieces of furniture and place them at the corners of that triangle. The s ...

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  • Outstanding Mini Fisher Price Doll Pieces: Tips
    By: dolly c | - Furniture in Numbers: How Many?

    There is a common question that is asked when getting miniatures: Can I put too many pieces of doll furniture in one room? The answer depends on the theme or message that you are trying to send, and also on the size of the room. First, it is not only messy but wasteful when you buy more than you need. Second, having everything in means that what was not there is gone. In the end space needs a balance too, what is there with what is not there ...

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  • Superb Small Accessories: Ideas
    By: dolly c | - Designing with Linens

    If you like detail, craft, and design then dollhouse design is a great opportunity to grow your talents. It is absolutely wonderful to be able to craft and design even the minute details of a doll's house. Fabrics and cloth is one awesome example as you can coordinate colors and have your favorites stand out. Bedrooms are a fabulous place to start. Everything from curtains and pillows, to mattresses and blankets can be created and made to fit. Next is ...

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  • Is The Queen Ann Dollhouse To Big For What I Want?
    By: dolly c | - One of the most beautiful dollhouses on the market today is the Queen Ann Dollhouse. Its distinct appearance comes from the Victorian style. The Queen Ann Dollhouse can bring up some questions that we intend to answer through this article. First, is the Queen Ann Dollhouse too big for what I need? Second, how much would it cost to furnish? Third, where can I go for help in building the dollhouse?

    Is the Queen Ann Dollhouse to big?

    This dollhouse is one of the b ...

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