I Want The Best Doll House On Earth!

Think of the joy a child gets when presented with a huge wooden doll house! There is no gender difference–both boys and girls love this sort of a make-believe house of their own. If allowed to participate in decision making, all the more better. The child’s creative imagination gets enhanced because of being given a chance to decorate and furnish the house, organize things, and so on. The dolls inside this play house become real for him or her, giving family members to create stories for the child and further fire the imagination!

Typically, a wood doll house is created after real homes in the world. House styles vary from area to area, but most wood doll house manufacturers use plans from the more popular home styles-Victorian, Colonial, Georgian, American farm house, or English Tudor.

Lets start with a Victorian house. As the name suggests, this style should have a regal look since it has been named after a royal personage like Queen Anne! The two-storey home looks quite elaborate. The so-called third floor is actually an attic and is unfinished. The trappings include all the things that the Queen adored—large windows, irregular rooflines, wrap-around porches that are curved and have a fancy look to them, and towers situated at the upper corners of the house. The exterior of the house exhibits skirting that has lattice work on it and exquisite millwork. Lattice work skirting is to be found even on the open areas below the porches. It is but natural that children enjoy the regal feel of such a doll house! They are able to entertain friends in the huge rooms, as well as accommodate stay-over families in the many bedrooms in the upper storey of the house.

Colonial homes are still extremely popular homes in the east. These two-story rectangle homes offer a lot of living space for the money. Their standard floor plans with the bedrooms upstairs and the living areas downstairs make them a wood doll house favorite.

Just like Colonial homes, Georgian houses also have a large living space, making them convenient for entertaining. They are also rectangular in shape. The difference lies in the fact that a Georgian home exterior is like a mirror image–one side is exactly the same as the other. This is because on either side there are borders consisting of huge brick or stone chimneys. Thus, they are grander than colonial houses.

An American farm house is probably the most simplistic wood doll house. This form of house is often T or L shaped and contains the main portion of the house and then an extension of living space branches off the back of the house forming an L or T shape. In a farm house, the bedrooms were usually upstairs while the bathroom, kitchen, dining, room, and living room remained downstairs. These are the most simple wood doll house to build.

English Tudors are perhaps my favorite house style. Huge stone chimneys, timber lines on the stone walls, narrow windows, cross-hatching near the roof line, and parapets set these homes apart from the typical. Though these wood doll house kits can be more expensive, they are also gorgeous. Generally, in an English Tudor, the bedrooms were upstairs, while guest quarters and living space remained on the main floor.

It is advisable to present the child with the list of doll houses and allow him/her to choose. They get the feeling of being important, and respect you for “respecting” their opinions! The doll house therefore becomes a very special part of their lives.