Category Archives: accessorizing

Posted on 29 February, 2016

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Tattoo Gun, 1:12 scale

Special Orders

I love the challenge making unusual accessories on demand. It started with a request from an enthusiast for a 1:12 scale miniature shopping bag from her favorite department store – Farid’s in Karachi, Pakistan. This is now a specialty. I now have 43 bags from all over the world, and I am branching into 1:24 scale. Shopping bags aren’t that unusual; tattoo guns are. Massage tables too. I’ve had enough orders of each to make two at a time to build an inventory. Following are a few more special orders that have become part of the stock in my Etsy shop.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: accessorizing, contemporary, shopping bags


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Posted on 26 February, 2016

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Astolat Castle Grand Library, found in the Daily Mail

Accessorizing Dollhouse Shelves

The rules of dollhouse shelves “accessorizing” are made to be broken. But give them some thought first. After all, some of these points go back eons. The ancient Greeks fretted over mixing black glazed pottery with unglazed terra-cotta. Following are rules of thumb* can be a guide to give your dollhouse shelves a sense of style, in any era.

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: accessorizing, bookcases, library


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Posted on 08 February, 2016

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Jacobean inspired drawing room box by Ron Hubble

Increase Apparent Space

If a room in your project needs a more open feeling, changes in the amount of light or the color of the wall can visually increase the size of the space.

Wall Color

A fundamental change would be the paint color. Evaluate the color tones used and see if they can be lightened without going to a stark white. Always keep in mind that the darker the color, the smaller an area will

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: accessorizing, space


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Posted on 03 February, 2016

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Helena Rubinstein Dining Room found in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

 

Accessorizing Kitchen, Lounge & Dining Room

NOTE

The following article by Julia Morrison is an excellent guide for the basic items you will need to accessorize a dollhouse Kitchen, Lounge & Dining Room. Of course, you have decisions to make before making it a shopping list. In what era does your project take place? (I chose Edwardian images for this post). Who lives in your dollhouse, aristocrats or commoners? Is it a dollhouse? A room box might give you more space in which to work. Are you recreating a memory, copying a the room from a painting or photograph? What’s your budget?

Also, be sure to use appropriate room names. For instance, the Edwardians did not have a lounge. “Parlor” could be used as a family room or maybe it’s a “ladies sitting room.” Men hang out in a “Study.”

Here’s Julie Morrison’s article

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: accessorizing, dollhouses, Edwardian, room boxes


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