How to Design a Victorian Doll House
- 1). Decide on a time period and style for your Victorian doll house design. Research real-life Victorian house plans for ideas.
- 2). Choose materials and design elements that suit the period and house style, such as scalloped wood trim, support brackets and other Victorian elements.
- 3). Determine the size of your doll house based on the imaginary inhabitants' family size, income level, social status, likes and dislikes. A wealthy or middle-class family might live comfortably in a large Queen Anne home, while a widow living in the same large house may rent out rooms to boarders.
- 4). Incorporate additional small bedrooms and a back service entrance into your doll house design to accommodate a wealthier family's hired help. Add an upper-level nursery and sleeping room for a nanny or extra small sleeping rooms in the lower level near the kitchen and laundry areas for servants and kitchen staff.
- 5). Match the interior to the time period. Add fireplaces in each room and chimneys to your design for homes built prior to central heating. Add a bathroom to late-1800s homes, which often had indoor plumbing.
- 6). Choose the appropriate decorative materials for your Victorian house's design based on the inhabitants' lifestyle, such as doll house wallpaper or scrapbook paper and paint for walls and ceilings. Add tile or wood flooring appropriate to the period.
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