Dora Dollhouse - Decorate In Style
When planning a decorating scheme for your Dora Dollhouse it is helpful to consult books on domestic architecture and interior design. Tastes and fashions changed a great deal through the time period and there are many choices which can be incorporated into your Dora Dollhouse.
A Dora Dollhouse benefits from planning. Fashions have changed even in the last ten years and house magazines show up to date trends in decorating schemes. Look around for examples of modern houses with pleasant decorative schemes and details.
The interior decoration of a Dora Dollhouse should reflect the style of the period unless you choose to have the dollhouse inhabited by a modern family in which case the decoration can be as modern as you desire. The wide variety of papers, fabrics and paints available make it fairly easy to find the right materials to achieve any effect.
For modern houses, magazines and catalogs like Habitat provide an excellent source of ideas. Miniature sample tins of paint available at DIY shops mean up to date paint colors can be used at little expense. As a general rule, it is recommended to choose colors and materials for the whole house before you start decorating to ensure harmony of the colors and prevent the disappointment that could result from badly matched colors and patterns. Fortunately any mistakes in this scale are cheaply and easily rectified. There is a fairly good selection of exterior papers available for Dora Dollhouses including old or new brick, stone, and slate. Most of them provide a realistic effect and make a straightforward job of finishing the outside of a Dora Dollhouse. If the Dora Dollhouse is wooden, sand it carefully and give it a coat of primer. Use two or three coats of ordinary household emulsion paint in a suitable color. Realistic roof tiles can be made simply, though it is quite a tedious process. A thatched roof is extremely difficult but can be done by sticking layers of natural raffia or bleached coir to the roof until a sufficient depth has been built up. Thatching is not recommended for a hinged roof. Before you begin decorating especially if you intend to paint the walls, fill any gaps with a filler such as Polyfilla. Papering the walls with lining paper provides a really good surface to paint on and hides any minor defects in construction. Wallpapering is the simplest if you cover each wall in one piece. Make a paper template for each wall, marking around each wall, doorways, windows, and fireplaces. This will enable you to fit the wallpaper exactly and match any pattern if necessary with the minimum of fiddling. Start wit the back wall, lining up the paper neatly at the ceiling.
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