Category Archives: color schemes

Posted on 13 September, 2019

Helena Rubinstein's Second Empire Room Box

Helena Rubinstein collection. The Second Empire Room Box

Neutrals Beige vs. Gray

When working with beige, 
as with any neutral color, I like to have more than one shade in a dollhouse miniature. Go from light to dark hues on the walls, rug, and large pieces of furniture. The walls could be the lightest shade; curtains, a filmy darker tone; the rug a much darker shade. Because of the compact space, making an unfortunate choice of color in a miniature is more noticeable than a real dwelling, but fixing it is a lot cheaper.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: color schemes, neutral tone


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Posted on 10 January, 2016

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Miss Miles’ Dolls House Day Nursery  video by Olleana Ottini

Nurseries – Why Pink or Blue?

It seems to be a hard and fast rule today that pink is for girls, boys are blue. It wasn’t always this way. One of the best things about dollhouse miniatures is that they reflect the lives of real people that might have lived in them over the centuries. Nursery color schemes were all over the place. But today, we seem to be stuck with a pink/blue stereotype. Has there been some biological gender change in babies, or is it a cultural choice? And what does a dollhouse enthusiast do with the answer?

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: color schemes, nursery


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