Make Your Dollhouse Special with Custom Flooring

A special touch to any dollhouse is the warmth and character that you put into it. And part of that character is the type of flooring you install, whether wood, area rugs or carpet. Installing flooring in your dollhouse can require a bit of research to get familiar with the options and techniques involved. You need to determine what type of floor covering material will best create the look and feel you want. Flooring does not have to be expensive, considering the choices of discount dollhouse wood flooring, carpet, and rugs available.

There are many options for floor covers for dollhouse rooms. Carpet is one, though be sure to choose a carpet that doesn't fray when cut and that the color you choose blends well with the room décor you have in mind. Adding a throw or embroidered dollhouse rug or placing an area carpet over a wood floor enhances a lived-in look. There are some beautiful oriental and patterned carpets on the miniatures market to make your dollhouse décor stand out.

The options in hardwood flooring have gone beyond simple slats as well. Now, discount dollhouse wood flooring, carpet, and rug suppliers offer parquetry in styles that are just as beautiful as what you might have in your own home. Patterns fitted together create stars or patchwork squares of light and dark wood. Interlocking frames and sub-assemblies for a more professional appearance are also available. Most wood flooring options come in either strips affixed to paper backing for easy installation, veneer sheets you can scribe into slats yourself, or wooden strips you can cut and glue into place.

An interesting type of flooring is a stone floor. Stone floors are good for greenhouse rooms or capturing a sense of the outdoors to bring it into the dollhouse rooms. Creating a stone floor is as easy as using clay and a rolling pin to achieve the thicknesses of flooring you want. Once the clay is rolled out, you can apply a flagstone tile sheet to imprint the look of individual stones or use a scribing tool to design your own freehand stone flooring design. A touch of paint replicates grout joints nicely.

For kitchens and bathrooms, no-wax linoleum or tile flooring is certainly a choice that shrinks real life into miniature size. The vinyl sheets are easy to cut with an Exacto knife or scissors, and patterns range from tiled to marble to solid colors. Vinyl flooring also offers options such as brick or hexagonal tile patterns. Some patterns of tile floor rival the best real-life mosaics for color and design.

Running your electrical wiring for lights and other needs must be taken care of before you lay down any type of flooring in your dollhouse. In addition, it is best to install wallpaper first so that the flooring will hide where the edge of the paper meets the floor. Before laying down your carpet or wood flooring, remove all traces of dust and make sure the floor is perfectly clean. Choose the right adhesive for a flooring job that lasts.