Dollhouse Decorating – Beige Is Beautiful, IF

You have more than one shade of beige in the room. That's one design concept when working with a neutral as your primary color. Go from light to dark hues on the walls, rug and large pieces furniture. The walls could be the lightest shade; curtains, a filmy darker hue; the rug a much darker shade. Be careful to keep these secondary colors compatible. Because of the compacted spaces, unfortunate choices in color are more obvious in a miniatures than a real dwelling. But it's a lot easier and cheaper to fix the mistake. 

Varying textures are important too. If your sofa is beige leather, the pillows and throw can add color and varied textures. Mix it up with velvet, burlap, long hair, rope or large weave fabric. The rug could be sisal or long shag.   

Since beige is so neutral, you could take any favorite color and use it for a color “pop” here and there. If blue is your favorite color use art on the walls with your favorite shade of blue, then make sure this accent color is the same shade wherever you use it. The blue in the art work should be exactly the same blue as in the vase on the side table, or the blue in the flower arrangement on the coffee table. 

Beige can be beautiful, if you give it some help.

Dollhouse Decorating – Patterns in Dollhouse Decorating

When you are painting, wallpapering and making tiny things for your dollhouse, be aware of what patterns you are using ... do they do justice to the room. Here are a few guidelines for combining patterns in a small space.

Think about using a large, medium, and small pattern in the room. You could start with a tiny print in the wallpaper or sofa or bed or some other large area. A medium print with coordinating colors in the curtains, or chair or smaller area. Finish with a big bold print on some throw pillows or a small accent wall or other small area.

Coordinating the colors in these prints is critical. The main color should be repeated in each fabric, but not necessarily in the quantity. The minor colors can be different, but having the same undertones. Autumn colors together, cool colors together, is the way to go.

Think about the type of print as well. Small print could be tiny flowers; medium a plaid; large a circle or square pattern. All of the disparate sizes need not be and probably shouldn’t be the same type of print. Don’t use all flowers or all plaids.



A “theme” room would be the exception. Let’s say you grow flowers and you want a garden room that has flowers everywhere. Then all flower prints would be appropriate. But that would be exception. Too much of a good thing, etc.


And don’t forget solid colors. With all those prints going on, solids make a good background and show off the pattern even more gloriously.

Dollhouse Decorating – Definitely Out Of The Box

Twenty London architects built these miniature houses to be auctioned for the benefit of KIDS, a British charity that provides support to children with disabilities. Each of the designers incorporated an element that would make life easier for a disabled child. 

Click on the image to see all twenty dollhouses.

Besides the worthy cause involved in this project, these miniatures are one example of how diverse the dollhouse universe is today. Wonderful!