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So Many Doll Houses--And All Very Pretty!

Many young girls and boys dream of owning a huge wood doll house. Creative skills can be built by allowing a child to organize, decorate, and furnish a small-scale home. Then family-modeled play involving the doll house people and their lives can truly help inspire a child through decision making and story telling.
Now, a doll house is not just a figment of anyone's imagination, considering its size! It is modeled after real houses, and the ideas come from all corners of the world. Of course, among the many styles of house manufacturing, there are some that are more popular than the others. We shall discuss those popular styles here. They include Georgian, English Tudor, Victorian, Colonial and American Farm House.
The most regal of all doll houses is that based on the Victorian model. This was Queen Anne's favorite style of construction. She felt that the exterior and interior should look royal, and this type of doll house is truly so. It consists of two storeys. The rooms are large; so it is easy to entertain guests. The upper storey has many bedrooms; so families can stay overnight if necessary. What makes the house have that special look to it? Well, there is an unfinished third storey which contains an attic. Towers can be seen at the upper corners of the house. Fancy and curved wrap-around porches where the open areas have latticed skirting, many large windows, irregular rooflines, exteriors with lattice work skirting and exquisite millwork--these characterize a typical Queen Anne Victorian home. Ask children which is their favorite doll house; the answer is Victorian!
Despite the popularity of Victorian-style homes, children in the Eastern sector love colonial houses. These are spacious, two-storied constructions with a large amount of living space. This is possible because of their rectangular shapes and the standard way of keeping bedrooms on the first floor and living rooms downstairs. So, the price paid for such a home is definitely worth it!
Similar to Colonial houses are the Georgian homes. The shape is rectangular, but there are borders on either side. These borders consist of very large stone or brick chimneys. The impression one gets is that one side is the mirror image of the opposite side. The living space even here is very large, so there is plenty of space to move around and entertain. Georgian houses are grander 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.
The English Tudor doll house kit is a far more expensive than the others, but the look is fabulous! Narrow windows and parapets, large stone chimneys, timber lines on the stone walls, cross-hatching near the roof line---these are part of this two-storeyed construction. Like all other houses, the bedrooms are upstairs. The downstairs consist of guest rooms and living space. Whatever, children would love to be the owners of this magnificent doll house!
Let your child help decide which wood doll house is right for them. Including them in every decision will allow them to feel as though their opinion matters and it also ensures that they'll enjoy it for years to come.

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