Dollhouse Laundry Room Review: What Size, Style, And Materials Are Right For This Dollhouse Room?

Understanding the different rooms that you can put in your dollhouse is a huge step forward in getting a beautiful dollhouse set. This article explains some details that you can choose for your laundry and sewing rooms, some size options associated with this room, and also some material and style options that you might want to consider.

Dollhouse Furniture Laundry & Sewing

One place that attracts a lot of attention in your dollhouse is the laundry room or the sewing room. Sewing rooms add a quaint, old-fashioned touch to your dollhouse, while laundry rooms are often indicative of a more modern era. With either room, just a few accessories, such as an ironing board or a box of yarn, bring a lot of charm to your dollhouse.

Is Half Inch the right size for my dollhouse?

To make sure you are getting the correct size item, please check the scale of the furniture. All furniture is built on a 1-inch scale unless you see ½ inch or ¼ inch in the item title.

This item is built on a 1/2 inch or 1:24 inch scale. This means that half an inch of dollhouse furniture represents one foot of dollhouse furniture. So a 3-inch dollhouse sofa represents a real 6-foot sofa. Other scales include the one-inch (1:12) and one-quarter-inch (1:48) scales.

A good way to determine which scale to use for your dollhouse is to measure the height from floor to ceiling of your dollhouse. A height of 8 to 12 inches means it is built on a 1-inch scale. Heights between 4 and 6 inches use a half-inch scale; heights between 2-3 inches are on a quarter-inch scale.

One Inch Dollhouse Furniture

Dollhouse scales tell you that you are buying furniture that is the right size for your dollhouse. In Dollhouse City, unless the furniture title indicates that it measures ½ inch or ¼ inch, the item is constructed to a 1-inch scale.

The most commonly used scale for dollhouses and dollhouse furniture is the 1-inch (1:12) scale. Every inch of the furniture in the dollhouse is equal to a foot of real furniture. For example, a 6-inch dollhouse sofa represents a real 6-foot sofa. There are other scales, but they are less popular and common.

For example, a 5-inch-long dollhouse tub is built to represent a real 5-foot tub. On other scales, such as a half inch and a quarter inch, less than an inch represents a foot of actual furniture.

Use of oak furniture and dollhouse

The oak trees that define quality come from its grain and make the furniture in the dollhouse look more realistic. Its natural color is lighter and it fits well with a traditional or classic style dollhouse. Due to this lighter shade, there are many bedroom sets, living room sets, and other pieces that accentuate the fabric of the dollhouse furniture. In any case, oak will fit in with any type of style, and can even be seen as a counterweight to other types of wood.

Using wicker with dollhouse furniture

When you really want to have some detail in your dollhouse, it is time to consider wicker furniture. Traditional wicker furniture is made from vine, bamboo, or other similar material. Most wicker furniture is made of wire, but there are some very ornamental pieces assembled with thin strips of wood. It is a high quality design that you will find in outdoor sets or in some modern dollhouse sets.

Modern dollhouse furniture

There are many types and styles of dollhouse furniture and one of the newer designs is modern dollhouse furniture. This modern new design of dollhouse furniture is a nearly identical replica of many popular life-size pieces. Modern design works great together, and especially when paired with a modern-style dollhouse kit.