A beautifully papered and furnished dollhouse does not have to be a ‘box’. It can be a ‘home’ where families can live out their miniatures’ lives. And the floors of the different rooms of the dollhouse need to connect. This connection can be provided by stairs – a beautiful miniature staircase that can be as colorful as you like and provides a natural way of moving from one floor to another. Staircases in dollhouses often create the moment of truth for the miniature hobbyist. The staircase will be a joy to complete and can add so much character to the interior of your miniature home. A simple straight run of stairs or a beautifully dressed banister with turned newels can add so much to the depth of a room and give the impression of a real home, especially when contrasted with the tiny furniture and decor. Why Dollhouse Stairs Make Such a Big Difference Stairs do far more than mull a corner. In 1 inch scale houses, they serve to draw the viewer’s eye upwards and pull the whole structure together. Open back dollhouses are often viewed from above, and stairs serve as an indication that someone lives there. Your miniature’s floorspace is at a premium. A staircase takes up a fair amount of floor space; more importantly, it indicates how people will move around your dollhouse and thus affects the way you lay out the rooms. So often a designer will use their miniature dollhouse stairs as a design anchor. The stair parts can be painted to match the colored paper used for the dollhouse’s wallpaper. Then the treads can be stained to provide a contrast to the painted risers and spindles. The one set of stairs can now be dressed up to look like a Victorian-era farmhouse, a light and airy seaside cottage, or even a classic New England colonial. The addition of stairs in a room brings movement. A banister running around a landing directs the view upwards to the bedrooms and from there on down to the living room below, with a view down from the landing rail. Matching Dollhouse Stairs to Your Floor-to-Ceiling Height Knowing the floor-to-ceiling height of your dollhouse is important when choosing the stairs for your home. Stairs in a dollhouse are designed to go up to the next floor and it is important to have enough space between the floor and ceiling of your home. For 1 inch scale homes, typical heights are 9 inches and 8 1/8 inches for the smaller homes. Width of Stairway (stair opening) also needs to be looked at in relation to the upper floor. A narrower stairway is more suitable for a small doll’s cottage whereas a slightly wider stairway would be more suitable for a larger Victorian style doll’s house. Scale is also very important. We have tried to design the stair parts to work within the 1 inch scale, and to replicate in miniaturized form the parts of real stairs. So, a single riser, a single tread or a single rail should look like the real thing shrunk down by twelve times. Measuring at the start of your project ensures that cutting down your stair parts will save you time and space later. Your finished staircase will also look far more realistic. Wooden Dollhouse Stairs, Rails, and Kits from Our Collection Our Stairs, Rails, Spindles & Posts collection includes our most popular items for interior construction. These favorite items can be used to complete your wooden dollhouse kit or to upgrade the stairway of your currently unfinished home. Lilliput® Interior Staircase Kit This is a highly versatile stair case kit suitable for use with all floor-to-ceiling heights from 8 1/8" up to 9". In particular this would be ideal for use with the majority of our current line of dollhouse kits. The staircase can be constructed to go up either the left or right side and includes all necessary materials to form the landing rail. The turnpost is located on the floor for 8 1/8" height buildings and on the bottom step for 9" height buildings. Plus, it is made from Pine and can be painted or stained. Dollhouse Stairs for Many Junior Dollhouses Dollhouse Stairs - Bottom Stair Block, Top Stair Block and Stringer. These MDF stairs are 2 1/4 inches wide and will fit into any 9-inch floor-to-ceiling height space. This set of dollhouse stairs is the same as used in our Victoria's Farmhouse, Vermont Farmhouse Jr., Alison Jr., Victorian Cottage Jr., Princess Anne, Beachside Bungalow, and Keeper's House Junior Series kits. The assembly of this set of dollhouse stairs is required. You can only paint the MDF stairs. Dollhouse Banister & Landing Rail Pack The Banister & Landing Rail Stairs Pack will complete your staircase and provide a beautifully finished interior to your house. The pack includes pre-cut banister, pre-cut railings, dowels, and fancy turned newels. This set works in conjunction with your dollhouse kit stairs, is for 1 inch scale dollhouses and has a 9-inch floor-to-ceiling height. It will complement many of our wooden dollhouse kits, including all the Junior Dollhouses and the New England Collection of dollhouses. The parts are supplied unpainted so you can paint or stain to match the interior of your house. How Experienced Builders Get Dollhouse Stairs to Look Finished Being prepared for loose parts is key. The smallest parts will disappear on you the moment you turn your back on your workbench. Therefore, keep all your risers, treads, and even the smallest parts of your railings in a small box. By marking the first riser before starting to assemble the parts, you can ensure that this part is different from the rest of the stairs. If you lay out all the parts before starting to assemble, you can easily mix up the different risers. Marking the first riser with a pencil before starting to assemble, therefore, saves a lot of time and headaches. It’s also worth noting that many hobbyists complete the walls of their room before commencing work on the staircase. Painting or papering around a fixed staircase can be a difficult task, and completing the walls first will result in a neater finish. Also, making sure that the staircase is square before commencing work will ensure that the staircase sits perfectly in the room. Consider your paint and stain plan early. Painted stringers and stairs with stained treads make for a lovely contrast. A light sanding on the edges of the treads after staining will also give the stairs an aged look. Laying the flooring before starting the posts and stairs also makes for easier cutting of the flooring around the newels of the stairs. Pairing Dollhouse Stairs with Wooden Dollhouse Kits Most of our wooden dollhouse kits contain staircases, but these are normally designed to be basic in design and functionality. However, to give your finished dollhouse a little extra personal touch, it is always worth upgrading the stairway to include a full banister, turned newels, and possibly a matching landing rail to the upper opening of your dollhouse. Minor changes to your stairs can have big effects. Using turned balusters instead of dowels, using taller newels instead of short posts, and even adding a landing rail to the upper opening of your interior stairs will give your home the custom look of having been handmade. Your stairway custom dollhouse stairs will blend with your porch rails and exterior trim and also with your other items of interior and exterior trim for your home. It is also useful to consider ways in which you can tell a story using your stairs. For example, you could add a runner down the center of the stairs, a picture framed and hung on the landing, or even a small pot plant sitting on the bottom step. These sorts of touches help to bring a room to life and encourage people to take a closer look. Dollhouse stairs add up quickly! Choose from the entire collection of wooden dollhouse parts to complete your miniature home. We have a variety of staircase parts to add to your dollhouse kits to make them your own. Frequently Asked Questions 1. What size are standard dollhouse stairs? Most 1 inch scale dollhouse stairs are designed around a floor-to-ceiling height of about 8 1/8 to 9 inches. Always measure your own dollhouse before choosing a staircase. 2. Can I add dollhouse stairs to a kit that didn't come with them? Yes. Many hobbyists add or replace stairs in their wooden dollhouse kits. Check your floor-to-ceiling height and stair opening first so the new staircase lands cleanly. 3. How do I know which dollhouse stairs fit my wooden dollhouse kit? Compare the stair set's listed floor-to-ceiling height and width with your dollhouse. Product descriptions often name the kits or collections each set works with. 4. Can a dollhouse staircase be built to the left or right? Some can. The Lilliput® Interior Staircase Kit can be built either left or right to suit your layout. 5. Should I paint dollhouse stairs before or after installing them? Many builders paint and stain before installing, since it's much easier to reach every surface. Finishing the walls before the stairs go in also helps. 6.What is a banister and landing rail on a dollhouse staircase? The banister runs along the stairs, while the landing rail runs along the upper floor opening. Together with newels and dowels, they give a staircase a finished, realistic look. 7. Do dollhouse stairs come assembled? Many stair kits and rail packs arrive unfinished and need assembly. This lets you paint or stain each part exactly the way you like. 8. What's the difference between balusters, spindles, and newel posts? Balusters and spindles are the small upright pieces under a rail. Newel posts are the larger posts at the start, end, or turn of a staircase or railing. 9. Can I remove dollhouse stairs to gain more room? Yes. Some hobbyists remove the staircase and fill the stair opening to gain extra decorating space on both floors. Dollhouse Stair Plugs are available for purchase if this is what you would prefer to do to get more floor space. 10. Are dollhouse stair kits suitable for children? Our stair and rail products are recommended for adult hobbyists and children ages 13 and up.

We have all been there. The walls are up, the roof is on and the house looks complete but somehow lacks something. Dollhouse accessories are the little things which can be added to give your miniaturist house some personality and finish off the inside of the walls of your house to give it a real home feel. Miniaturists working with wooden dollhouse kits will find that the small details and accessories are some of the most enjoyable parts of their work. The dollhouse structure gives you the walls, roof, doors, and windows, but it is the miniatures you add as accessories that reveal who lives in the house, in what era it was built, and how much care the builder has taken with every detail. There is no end to the choices when it comes to completing your miniature house. The details can be added at your leisure as you continue to design each room. Often the best time to add dollhouse accessories is when you are between projects and working on other things. Why Dollhouse Accessories Matter So Much There are many things that are looked at when evaluating the completion of a dollhouse. So many, in fact, that most people use their sense of sight and typically look at the dollhouse from up close. It is the many small details, the dollhouse accessories, which give the impression of a very complete and finished miniaturized house. Dollhouse accessories add scale to a miniaturist’s world. For example, a door with a working knocker and a window with a flower box below it immediately conveys the size of the interior of the house. Be it an elegant Victorian mansion or a quaint country cottage, the dollhouse accessories chosen will ensure that your miniatures believably recreate life in miniature. Also, each person building with the same dollhouse kit can create a house completely different from another. This is based on choices like paint color, trim, etc. of the various dollhouse finishing pieces. These miniatures are best constructed in a slow, detailed manner, to build up to a room box, half-scale house, or a full 1-inch scale miniatures’ home. Every piece added to the house builds up to another chapter in the home’s story. Exterior Dollhouse Accessories That Shape First Impressions The exterior of a dollhouse makes a great first impression. Most exterior miniaturized details such as shutters, chimneys, gingerbread trim, and roof shingles form a border around the mini house. Door hardware, for example, is one of my favorites to add to a dollhouse. The details on a door, such as a knocker, a set of pulls, or even a row of house numbers in brass, will instantly make a plain door into a beautiful welcoming entrance to your dollhouse. The window details, flower boxes, shutters, and decorative window hoods all add to soften the lines of a house and can be painted to add color to a house’s exterior. Adding a little greenery to a flower box can immediately make a house look lived-in and be very impressive to visitors of your dollhouses. Siding and shingles also add much detail to a dollhouse by giving the roof a textured appearance. These can be left unfinished and painted or stained to achieve the desired look. A weathered gray would be very suitable for a seaside style house while a warm wood color would add to the country farmhouse feel. Many of the exterior dollhouse accessories, such as a porch, a covered patio, or an outside basement step, form the roofline of your dollhouse. Roofline details such as gingerbread trim along the eaves of a Victorian or a chimney rising from the center of the roof of a farmhouse add so much to a simple dollhouse roof. Add a weathervane to the top of the chimney, and your simple roofline has been transformed into a real focal point for your miniature scenes. Interior Dollhouse Accessories for a Polished Finish Finishing off the interior of a room with the relevant trim and molding will complete the room and define each area. Some examples of interior trim are baseboards, crown molding, and fluted door and window trim. They cover the joints where walls meet floors and ceilings. The type of trim used can be particularly effective at giving a room a specific character and can be as simple as a strip of baseboard around the floor to create a fully furnished room. While the above pieces aid in completing a house’s interior, there are many more interior dollhouse accessories that can be used to provide a more polished interior, defining each room’s character in the process. This can be done by using crisp white molding to complete a bright farmhouse-style kitchen or by the use of stained wood trim to complete a warm library or Parlor. Often the simplest of features can have the greatest impact, and none are easier to implement than a single strip of baseboard to a room otherwise devoid of finish. There are many different decorative pieces which can be added around a room in a dollhouse. These could be wooden finials, brackets or even turned posts which can be placed in the corners of a room, on a mantelpiece or even on a landing. Each of these pieces will add an extra touch of realism and also a lot of interest to a room in a dollhouse. These features include the doors, stairs, and railings, which give the impression of connecting from room to room and even with the outside of the house. Even lighting within the house is added at this stage. Our Favorite Dollhouse Accessories from the Collection We love Dollhouse Parts & Accessories! In addition to finishing the details of completed Dollhouses, the various pieces in this collection also make great enhancements to wooden dollhouse kits. Here are a few of our favorites that can be used to enhance your wooden dollhouse kits with very little effort! Dollhouse Window Flower Box Kit This simple kit of dollhouse accessories can be used to add flower boxes to the windows of the Imagination House dollhouse as well as to many other 1 inch scale dollhouses. The 5 parts of each flower box are pre-cut from white pine and simply assemble together. Each window box is 3 inches wide by 5/8 inches deep by 5/8 inches high. The parts are shipped unfinished so you can paint, stain, and add whatever mini flowers you like. 1 Inch Scale Brass Working Door Knocker This little door knocker makes a big impression as a small detail that adds character to the front of your home. Made of real brass, this little door knocker will add a touch of elegance to any of your exterior doors. Each piece is about 7/8″ x 5/16″ and comes packaged individually for your use. Dollhouse Crown Molding Trim Dollhouse Crown Molding Trim: This Crown Molding is used to complete the ceilings of your 1 inch scale dollhouse. It is made from unfinished white pine and can be painted or stained to match the trim in your dollhouse room. The Crown Molding is 11/32″ deep x 15/32″ tall x 23″ long. Each piece is sold individually. Pairing Dollhouse Accessories with Wooden Dollhouse Kits These items usually come to you unfinished, so you can easily paint or stain them to match the color scheme of the rest of the items for your miniature dollhouse. Painted or stained items will give the cleanest look when used as dollhouse accessories. Think about the style of your home. Victorian homes go well with gingerbread detail, fancy windows, and brass accessories. New England colonial homes are typically finished with simple shutters, dentil detail, and classic doors. Try to use accessories that go with the era of your home. Scale is also very important for a quality and realistic miniature house. Our dollhouse accessories are all made in 1 inch scale, also known as 1:12 scale. So, we can guarantee that all your miniature house accessories will match perfectly with your miniature house. Mixing scales can cause your rooms to look a bit messy. There are so many different ways you can customize your dollhouse using the spare parts that you have lying around. For example, you could top a plain post with a wooden ball. Or you could use a strip of stripwood as a hood for a window. These are just a couple of examples of the many different ways that you could add your own personal touch to your miniature home. No matter what you are building, we hope that you will find the right miniature dollhouse accessories here to complete your little wooden house. Visit our Dollhouse Parts & Accessories collection. Frequently Asked Questions 1. What are dollhouse accessories? Dollhouse accessories are the small finishing pieces that complete a miniature home, such as doors, windows, shutters, trim, molding, shingles, and hardware. 2. What scale are most dollhouse accessories? Many dollhouse accessories, including most in our collection, are made for 1 inch scale, also known as 1:12 scale. 3. Can I use these dollhouse accessories with wooden dollhouse kits? Yes. Our accessories are designed to customize and finish wooden dollhouse kits, and many product pages list the kits they work with. 4. Do dollhouse accessories come painted? Most wooden dollhouse accessories arrive unfinished, so you can paint or stain them to match your home.  5. Should I paint dollhouse accessories before installing them? Yes, painting or staining before installation is usually easier and gives a cleaner finish, especially for small trims and window pieces. 6. Which dollhouse accessories make the biggest difference? Door hardware, window boxes, shutters, gingerbread trim, and crown molding all have a big impact because they're the mini details people notice first. 7. How do I choose accessories that match my dollhouse style? Pick pieces from the same era as your house. Victorian homes suit gingerbread and ornate doors, while colonial homes suit simple shutters and classic molding. 8. Can I add dollhouse accessories after the house is finished? Yes. Many accessories, like door knockers, flower boxes, and chimneys, can be added at any time. Interior trim is easiest to install after decorating. 9. What glue works best for dollhouse accessories? Many builders use tacky white glue for wood trims and parts. For items you may want to move, a removable adhesive wax works well. 10. Are dollhouse accessories suitable for children? Our dollhouse accessories are recommended for adult hobbyists and children ages 13 and up.

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