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Miniature Laundry Room

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Creating a miniature laundry room for a dollhouse or roombox? This video has some great ideas to make your vintage laundry room even more authentic!

If you are interested in making your own vintage miniatures, visit my Late Night Coffee store on Etsy. Lots of great vintage-style miniature printables like the ones below! Click on link or photos to take you to my store!

Be sure to visit my Overnight Coffee on YouTube! It’s a great way to get inspired for your next miniature project!

Overnight Coffee Youtube Channel

Miniature Store Ideas

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Need some ideas and inspiration for a miniature vintage store you are creating? This little video is chockful of miniature store ideas that you can use in your project!

Miniature stores are fun to create because they have SO many things you can put in them. Merchandise, signs, dolls, store fixtures, displays….and more! I love the items behind the counter at the end. There are so many ideas in just one area! I also love the clothing on the clerk and customer. The long apron could easily be made with a piece of white cloth. The crates on the floor are also a great touch as they can hold so many different store items.

Do you love creating with miniatures? Visit my Late Night Coffee store on Etsy for vintage style DIY miniature printables and handmade miniatures! There are many different crafts and some are just perfect for a vintage store, general store, candy shop, or market stall.

If you need more inspiration, my Overnight Coffee channel on YouTube has lots of idea videos and tutorials to help jumpstart your creativity! I have curated many different items into my miniature inspiration videos….so there’s something for everyone who is creating in miniature! Also, there are some great ideas for art dolls!

Victorian Dollhouse Ideas

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One popular style of dollhouse is the Victorian house. Here are some great Victorian dollhouse ideas for those of you are decorating an authentic house or Halloween dwelling.

Victorian Dollhouse Ideas

  1. Ornate features- Woodwork often had beautiful carvings and intricate details in these homes. You could find them on stairways, ceilings, and the exterior.
  2. High ceilings– Bigger was better and heating/cooling bills weren’t an issue. The ceilings provided another area for decor as you could see beautiful chandeliers hanging from them as well as ornate ceiling tiles.
  3. Stained glass– Throughout a lot of these homes, stained glass was a coveted feature. Stairwell landings and visiting rooms provided an opportunity to showcase these beautiful windows.
  4. Fireplaces– These provided the much needed warmth during the colder months. You could often find them in several rooms throughout the home and often they also provided a means to display more home decor.
  5. Steep roofs- This is a famous feature of this style of house. It often lends to the “spookiness” that comes with the home’s lore.
  6. Large size– These houses were definitely not cottages. They featured several rooms and stories for showcasing the owner’s grand style. Lots of hallways and lots of rooms meant more ways to decorate.
  7. Turrets– This style of architecture was reminiscent of a castle. The allure to show you owned your own “castle” was visible by having this feature.
  8. Iron fencing– Gothic style fencing often surrounded the property. The ornate features of the fence would compliment the homes exterior.
  9. Multiple stories– Each floor had a purpose and design. Often some floors were closed off during cold or hot months.
  10. Maximalist decor– Lots of decorative and ornate decor….everywhere! This style as for people who loved to show off a lot of their possessions.

Want more Victorian dollhouse ideas? Check out my video with beautiful photos of REAL Victorian interiors!

Love miniatures? Visit my Late Night Coffee store on Etsy for handmade miniatures and miniature printables!

Miniature General Store Ideas

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Finding miniature general store ideas can be really fun!

General stores offer a lot of opportunities for creativity. Deciding where the general store would be located gives to the theme of the building and the products offered inside. These miniature products can easily be made, bought, and even created with household items. There are also many printables you can find that can be constructed easily and added to a little store.

They also are wonderful for telling a story. You can create little scenes within the store to make it come alive for the viewer. Adding a little “store cat” or spilled box of cereal is a fun way to create some action in the miniature setting. Dolls can be customers and store clerks that tell a bit more about what happens in the store.

In addition, it offers a fun way to learn history. Researching different stores and products during a certain time period is a great way to learn about the past. Using authentic merchandise and styles can create a little historical display that teaches people as well as entertains.

Finally, you can get some great ideas from REAL general stores and other small retail establishments from the video above which is found on my new YouTube Channel “Overnight Coffee”. Carefully curated, these photos are perfect for getting some inspiration and getting some unique miniature general store ideas!

You can find some wonderful printables and dollhouse miniatures to add to your miniature store in my Late Night Coffee store on Etsy!