I have had a life-long love affair with dollhouse miniatures, and careers in art education and interior design. I hope to combine these life experiences to help other miniature enthusiasts get more out of this wonderful hobby we enjoy, a hobby that often reaches the level of an art form. Susan Downing
If you are starting a project from scratch, without a photograph from which to work, creating a color scheme can be a daunting task. There are so many choices, especially with contemporary and modern dollhouses. Where does one start?
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Helena Rubinstein collection. The Second Empire Room Box
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.
Categories: color schemes, neutral tone
Josje Bouwt’s Slaapkamer
If you are starting a project from scratch, without a photograph from which to work, creating a color scheme can be a daunting task. There are so many choices, especially with contemporary and modern dollhouses. Where does one start?
Categories: color schemes
Miss Miles’ Dolls House Day Nursery video by Olleana Ottini
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?
Categories: color schemes, nursery
