A dolls house isn’t just a doll house – it’s a whole new world for the lucky little girls who get their own special little home. I got one when I was a sixties youngster and now that my granddaughter is old enough for her own dolls house I am back viewing that special little world.

It’s just the same – furniture built to scale that is really too big on the scale. I’ve never seen one that can fit all of the dolls house furniture into the room that it’s supposed to reside comfortably. I guess that’s part of the charm of a doll house.

It took quite an enjoyable while to choose but we bought a gorgeous wood and porcelain 7 piece bathroom set last week with Beth’s birthday money.  Bath, shower cubicle, toilet, set of drawers, towel rail, mirror and basin, they looked really good even though they were in Beth’s favourite colour pink. As the bathroom walls are green Beth has decided that we need to redecorate soon.

We got home from town and got down to the serious business of furnishing the bathroom and no matter what we did we couldn’t fit all of the furniture in. After several unsuccessful attempts we decided to put the shower cubicle in the main bedroom. Beth wasn’t happy with that, she said that the bed would get wet and daddy doll wouldn’t be able to get out of bed on his own side.

She hadn’t noticed that daddy doll was too big for the bed and I wasn’t about to break that bubble!

I suggested that we leave the bath out, have a modern bathroom with only a shower. Beth said that we couldn’t do that because there would be nowhere for the children dolls to play with their boats and ducks. I saw her point if the dolls house and it’s dolls were part of the real world but you can’t help but humour 6 year old girls.

The next idea that we had was to leave out the drawers. I was surprised that we didn’t think of that in the first place it being the most logical idea. Beth took the drawers out and rearranged the rest of the furniture until she was satisfied with the result. The bathroom looked great, all it needed were the finishing touches of carpet, bathmat and towels and I knew just where I could get those.

I left Beth playing with the set of drawers – she was amazed at the drawers opening just like real world ones, but she was struggling to get anything to fit in the drawers despite trying most of her dolls clothes.

I logged onto my computer and found a website which had printable dolls house accessories. It wasn’t long before I found a pink and grey carpet that I printed onto fabric. Then I printed a pink rug onto fabric and cut it down to make a bathmat. I had a brainwave and printed another pink and grey carpet and using some elastic thread made a pair of matching curtains. I was able to fashion a couple of towels out of the leftover bits of pink rug and they didn’t look too bad.

I went back to where Beth was playing with the dollshouse and found Beth happily chattering away to her dolls as she moved them around their house.

“Oh” I said “Why have you put the drawers back in and the basin in the bath?”

“There wasn’t anywhere to put the towels” Beth replied in that logical way of hers.

I smiled to myself as we added the new soft furnishings. It didn’t matter to six year old Beth that the furniture didn’t fit, she was just happy to have her new dolls house furniture to play with in her own little world.

Bedroom furniture is there to appease your senses and to indulge yourself in, this is the place for furniture that has its own charisma and appeal. Picture yourself walking into your room with a large wood bed decorated with an exquisite headboard – elegance is spread all over it.

There are only a few furniture choices that you can find to be distinct, classy, and beautiful. One of them is antique bedroom furniture. Whether you are looking for a bed, armoire, wardrobe, dresser or any other specific piece, you will always find that antique bedroom furniture can be a great choice.

Hand Crafted Quality

Antique furniture is made of top-notch materials and craftsmanship. Since most antiques are made of hand-crafted quality, they are tough to beat. Many of these are built by hand and it existed even before technological advances have made the regular practice of mass-producing furniture.

As such, antiques are hard to find. It is highly recommended though, that you inspect all furniture carefully before you buy. Some of these pieces have experienced a lot of rough times in its long life – if it has survived up to this point, there is a good chance that it will hang in there for a few years more.

Originality

The reason that many people still choose antique furniture is because of its pure originality. It is true that our furniture needs may change as society changes. However, it would be fun to have one or two piece of furniture dating back to the earlier times. For example, vanities are rarely used nowadays to put make-up on and prepare for a night-out, but this can be a beautiful addition to your bedroom.

In fact, you can also double it as a convenient desk for jotting down letters or notes, or simply for sitting down. While the functions of washstands and commode chests have been replaced by the modern bathroom sink, it can still provide good and decorative bedroom storage.

Good looks, bad age

Definitely, there are homeowners who like the antique furniture’s classic look. However, they are not sure if it is really worth it to buy a hundred year old piece of furniture. Compare that to the modern furniture of today where the oldest piece is most likely only two years old.

If you are one of these people, you have nothing to worry. Antique furniture is becoming so popular that it prompted an entire furniture builders industry to specialize in recreating the old antique designs (building it with newer materials).

You can shop in warehouses that are full of antique replicas (yes, there are antique replicas that has already been built). You can also talk to these furniture builders to custom-make your furniture for you or re-creating a specific piece that you like.

And because a great part of the mystique surrounding antiques is based on its quality craftsmanship, these furniture builders try to rival its predecessors in producing hand-crafted quality antiques.

If you are interested in antique bedroom furniture, just talk to a custom furniture builder or antique dealer. And get that antique bedroom set or individual piece you have been looking for.