| Kitchen Dollhouse Furniture | | | | modern dollhouses, the laundry room is a perfect |
| There is a huge range of dollhouse kitchen sets | | | | addition. Each room needs just a couple accessories, |
| available, from a few simple appliances to deluxe, | | | | like a thread box or an ironing board, to draw the |
| everything-included kitchens. If you are not going to | | | | admiration of any onlookers. |
| have a separate dining room, be sure to get a table | | | | Dollhouse Unfinished Furniture |
| and chairs-they are must-haves for dollhouse | | | | If you want the same pleasures and choices from |
| make-believe Also, keep in mind that many of the | | | | your furniture that you got by building your own |
| most fun dollhouse accessories belong in the kitchen | | | | dollhouse, you will want to consider unfinished |
| (pots and pans, dollhouse food, etc.), so make sure | | | | furniture and furniture kits Furniture kits include items |
| your kitchen will be able to display them. | | | | you put together yourself that will look like their |
| Dollhouse funiture Scales: Half Inch | | | | picture once they are completed. If you want to |
| Dollhouse scales are a way for you to know that the | | | | assemble the furniture yourself, buy a furniture kit; |
| furniture you are buying will fit your dollhouse. All | | | | completed items will appear as they do in the picture. |
| furniture is built on a 1 inch scale unless you see | | | | Making Sense of Quarter Inch Dollhouse Scales |
| ½ inch or ¼ inch in the title of the item. | | | | When you buy a furniture item, you want to make |
| Dollhouse scales show how many inches of dollhouse | | | | sure it will fit correctly in your dollhouse. Dollhouse |
| furniture correspond to a foot, or 12 inches, of real | | | | scales help you know you are getting the right size. |
| life furniture. So, a 3 inch dollhouse sofa represents a | | | | All items at Dollhouse City are on this 1 inch scale |
| 6 foot real sofa. Other scales include the one inch | | | | unless the title of the item tells you it is on a |
| (1:12) and quarter inch (1:48) scales. | | | | ½ or ¼ inch scale. |
| A good way to determine which scale to use for | | | | This furniture piece has a quarter inch scale, |
| your dollhouse is to measure the floor-to-ceiling height | | | | otherwise known as 1:48. Every inch of dollhouse |
| of your dollhouse. An 8-12 inch height means it is built | | | | furniture is equivalent to 48 inches (four feet) of real |
| on a 1 inch scale. Heights between 4-6 inches use a | | | | furniture. So, a 1 ½ inch dollhouse sofa |
| half inch scale; heights between 2-3 inches are on a | | | | represents a 6 foot real sofa. Other scales include |
| quarter inch scale. | | | | the 1 inch (1:12) and half inch (1:24) scales. If your |
| Using Maple with Dollhouse Furniture | | | | dollhouse uses a 1 inch scale, the height should be |
| Though it is not as popular as mahogany, or oak, | | | | between 8 and 12 inches. |
| maple still provides a great creamy or even reddish | | | | If it uses a half inch scale, the height will be from 4 |
| brown look to your dollhouse furniture. It is a dense | | | | to 6 inches; quarter inch scale dollhouses have heights |
| wood that is often chosen for basketball courts due | | | | of 2-3 inches. |
| to the strain that it can take. If you are worried | | | | Dining Room Furniture |
| about scratches rest assured that maple can take | | | | Dining rooms will help to make your dollhouse look |
| them better than even mahogany. Maple also works | | | | extremely elegant-and/or extremely fun Most dining |
| well with any type of dollhouse style or design. | | | | rooms are quite formal, but hand-painted and rustic |
| Dollhouse Laundry and Sewing Rooms | | | | dining room sets have a flair and personality that's all |
| One place that brings a lot of notice in your dollhouse | | | | their own. Dining rooms are a perfect place for play, |
| is a laundry or sewing room. For old-fashioned | | | | whether kids are having make-believe guests over |
| dollhouses, a sewing room will fit right in; in more | | | | for supper, or you are showcasing a quaint tea set. |