Approaching different rooms in your dollhouse may require you look into your own imagination and literally see yourself living in your dollhouse.
How better to decorate, choose, plan and design your mini world than to picture what you want to have present there.
Ask yourself, what would make me comfortable if I lived here?
Basically ask yourself key questions about the kitchen designs you desire. Don't stop until you feel satisfied that you have made the best choices for your dollhouse.
After all it is your dollhouse you are designing. What you want should rule the day.
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Dolls' House Interiors: Decor and Furnishings in 1/12 Scale
A charming English style--and attitude--infuses this book on furnishing dollhouses. A Dorset-based father-and-daughter team selects eight rooms and decorates them according to eight different design periods, from a medieval scullery to a very modern (and pricey) kitchen. Quote from Amazon.com
Dollhouses, Miniature Kitchens, and Shops from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
The enchanting dollhouses, miniature kitchens, and toy shops at the Folk Art Museum are shown in this lovely book. Information from nineteenth-century toy catalogs and experience as a maker of miniatures enabled the author to write about these toys in detail. Quote from Amazon.com
Dollhouse Style
Over 250 miniature projects, from medieval carver chairs to modern leather sofas, fourteenth-century blackwork embroidery to 1950s prints...Among the 15 designs are a medieval banqueting hall, a Shaker work room, an 'American Dream' kitchen and an Art Deco Hollywood dressing room. Quote from Amazon.com
The Encyclopedia of Dollhouse Decorating Techniques (Encyclopedia of Art)
This book is a MUST have for anyone interested in dollhouses and miniatures. This is the best dollhouse book I have come across so far - from the color detailed pictures to the instructions - this book is by far the best. Quote from Amazon.com
Workshop Wisdom: Dollhouse Crafting Tips from Nutshell News
This little book is the icing on the cake for anyone doing a dollhouse or just wanting minis to display with a doll collection. So many nifty tips and tricks to create very real looking items from household junk and odds'n'ends, and do a little recycling at the same time. Quote from Amazon.com
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"...most cottages from earlier eras (my input, in black) had a scullery where the messier jobs were done, the kitchen was used as a place to cook and eat but it was also the living room, as the best parlour was reserved for Sundays and special occasions." Quote from "Making Dolls' House Interiors in 1/12 Scale" by Carol & Nigel Lodder.
Great... now let's get started on a plan.
Put all that you envisioned into the final results.
You know...
Boo hoo...
Even if you really want it, but it does not seem to fit...
Remove it!
Now... even though it did not fit... reserve that idea for another style of kitchen and move on.
My advice to you is: Let your
imagination go to help create your perfect kitchen atmosphere. Always believe in yourself, your ability to
create and that you can do it.
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