| Dining Room | | | | miniatures equates to a foot of real furniture; so a |
| Dining rooms will help to make your doll's house look | | | | ½ inch tall doll house coffee table would look like |
| extremely elegant-and/or extremely fun The majority | | | | a 2 foot tall coffee table in reality. If you do not know |
| of dining room sets are intended to look graceful and | | | | the scale of furniture you need for your miniatures, use |
| stylish; however, hand-painted or country-ish dining | | | | a ruler to determine the floor-to-ceiling height on the |
| rooms give you another great option. Dining rooms are | | | | bottom floor of your dollhouse. A good way to |
| one of the best areas of your dollhouse for playing | | | | determine which scale to use for your dollhouse is to |
| pretend-whether children are pretending to serve a | | | | measure the floor-to-ceiling height of your dollhouse. |
| meal to visitors or you are showing off an adorable | | | | Heights between 4-6 inches use a half inch scale; |
| tea set. | | | | heights between 2-3 inches are on a quarter inch |
| | | | scale. |
| Few rooms are as adorable and whimsical as a | | | | Understanding Victorian Design |
| nursery or children's room. Children's rooms can be | | | | Victorian dollhouse furniture is the classic choice for |
| playful or peaceful, and the accessories you can add | | | | your dollhouse. The Victorian era was classic in style |
| (toy blocks, children's books, and even a doll's | | | | and design, these pieces of furniture are pleasing to |
| dollhouse) are charming as can be. A baby's nursery, | | | | the eye, have rounding corners, and detailed design. A |
| with its delightful furniture items and styles, will make | | | | dollhouse filled with Victorian furniture will be the envy |
| your dollhouse as homey as can be. | | | | of any hobbits and truly worth displaying on your own |
| Wicker | | | | living room. |
| Wicker furniture is the art of basket weaving and | | | | Libraries and Office |
| furniture making combined. It is the result of interlacing | | | | One place in which the era of your dollhouse-from |
| branch, wire, vine, or bamboo around a furniture frame. | | | | Colonial to Victorian to modern-can be clearly defined |
| In much of the same way that it is made traditionally, | | | | is in the library or office. Adding a small amount of |
| dollhouse wicker furniture is built with wire or very small | | | | accessories, such as a few classic books or an |
| wood strips. You will see wicker appear most | | | | ornamental globe, go a long way in this room. This |
| commonly in the kitchen or outdoor sets. | | | | room is an easy way to make your dollhouse look a |
| Dollhouse Scales: Quarter Inch | | | | little classier. |
| To make sure you are getting the right sized item, | | | | Hand Painted |
| check the scale of the furniture. On this website, all | | | | Miniatures is known by, and revered for, its detail and |
| furniture is built on a 1 inch scale unless you see | | | | quality. Hand painted furniture can add class to a |
| ½ inch or ¼ inch in the title of the item. | | | | Victorian style, or some craziness to a traditional or |
| This furniture item has a quarter inch (1:48) scale. This | | | | modern dollhouse (especially in the children's rooms). If |
| means that one inch of dollhouse furniture is equivalent | | | | you enjoy artwork and detail make sure to invest in |
| to four foot, or 48 inches, of furniture in real life. With | | | | some hand painted miniatures. |
| the quarter inch (1:48) scale, ¼ of an inch of | | | | |