Dining Room Furniture

Dining rooms can add an air of sophistication—or charm—to any dollhouse home. The majority of dining room sets are intended to look graceful and stylish; however, hand-painted or country-ish dining rooms give you another great option. Dining rooms are a perfect place for play, whether kids are having make-believe guests over for supper, or you are showcasing a quaint tea set

Dollhouse Furniture for Libraries and Office

One place in which the era of your dollhouse—from Colonial to Victorian to modern—can be clearly defined is in the library or office. Adding a small amount of accessories, such as a few classic books or an ornamental globe, go a long way in this room. This room is an easy way to make your dollhouse look a little classier.

Is Half Inch the right size for my dollhouse?

Dollhouse scales are a way for you to know that the furniture you are buying will fit your dollhouse. All furniture is built on a 1 inch scale unless you see ½ inch or ¼ inch in the title of the item.

This furniture piece has a half inch scale, otherwise known as 1:24. Every inch of dollhouse furniture is equivalent to 24 inches of real furniture. In this scale, half an inch of dollhouse furniture corresponds to one foot of real furniture (i.e., a 4-inch long dollhouse table would be 8 feet in real life). 1 inch and quarter inch are examples of other dollhouse scales.

If you do not know the scale of furniture you need for your dollhouse, use a ruler to determine the floor-to-ceiling height on the bottom floor of your dollhouse. If it is between 8-12 inches, it is most likely a 1 inch scale. Heights between 4-6 inches indicate a half inch scale; heights between 2-3 inches indicate a quarter inch scale.

Bedroom Dollhouse Furniture

The dollhouse bedroom is an essential room for your dollhouse. When you choose your dollhouse bedroom, you will be astounded at the variety—there are lots of furniture pieces to choose from, and they all have different colors, styles, and designs. Each set has its own one-of-a-kind features, such as distinctive carving designs and specially tailored bedding.

Making Sense of Quarter Inch Dollhouse Scales

When you buy a furniture item, you want to make sure it will fit correctly in your dollhouse. Dollhouse scales help you know you are getting the right size. On this website, all furniture is built on a 1 inch scale unless you see ½ inch or ¼ inch in the title of the item.

This furniture item has a quarter inch (1:48) scale. This means that one inch of dollhouse furniture is equivalent to four foot, or 48 inches, of furniture in real life. With the quarter inch (1:48) scale, ¼ of an inch of dollhouse furniture equates to a foot of real furniture; so a ½ inch tall dollhouse coffee table would look like a 2 foot tall coffee table in reality. If you are not sure which scale your dollhouse corresponds to, simply measure the height from floor to ceiling on the 1st floor of your dollhouse. Heights from 8-12 inches translate to a 1 inch scale.

Heights between 4-6 inches indicate a half inch scale; heights between 2-3 inches indicate a quarter inch scale.

Dollhouse Furniture Material: Poly-resin

One of the newest materials to hit the miniature market is poly-resin. Ploy-resin is exactly what is says that it is - a blended material of polyester and resin, and works quite well in modeling. By using poly-resin with your dollhouse furniture you will get a very solid detail without having to worry about fabric or color fading.

Dollhouse Unfinished Furniture

If you found building your own dollhouse to be a fulfilling and liberating experience, consider purchasing furniture kits or unfinished furniture. Unfinished furniture items are already assembled but can be decorated in any way you want; they are quite sturdy. Furniture kits are unassembled, but once you put them together they will appear as they do in the picture.