Designing a doll room

[JustMagicMaria]

I really like the look of Deborah's cherry-wood, museum-quality AG display! I don't have or plan to get duplicate dolls though, so I would use the same shelves for room settings. My doll room has lots of built-ins, customized for my dolls, but in my master bedroom (another doll zone), I have wood cabinets with glass doors. I think they look more, well, tidy for a room where the main purpose isn't dolls.

[joelanddeborah]

My cases are from Costco. They don't have them at Costco.com, though, which is a real bummer! [img]frown.gif[/img]

Usually, our Costco displays their furniture twice a year--after Christmas and around the middle of June. It seems like every time they have displayed their furniture in the warehouse the last couple of years, they have brought in a few of these bookcases. You absolutely cannot beat the price, though! I think they were $489.00/each. I think dollies could share the case quite nicely, though! [img]wink.gif[/img] You don't have to have duplicates.

My dream would be to have built-ins, though, and if your builder will do it for you...well, imagine how beautiful it would be!! What a dream!

Deborah

[Bbbren]

We are actually going to the builders design studio today to make our last selections so I will see what they can do. It may be too late in the game for changes like that. We bought the house as a spec house so many choices were already made.

Thanks for sharing your great album Deborah and the source of those beautiful cabinets! I have a costco membership and will have to go over there and try to get more info on when the furniture will be out.

When the doll stand want on sale I bought tons (inspired by Deborah's display) so I could display the outfits I love best and have the doll on top of the cabinets.

Decisions, decisons!

Brenda

[joelanddeborah]

Well, congratulations on the new house! That's just so fun... [img]biggrin.gif[/img] Have a wonderful day choosing!

[agcollector293110]

I have shelves that hang from the wall. However, the shelves I have aren't as nice as I would personally want in one one of our bedrooms. Our doll room is in the bacement...

[Bbbren]

Thanks for the great ideas!

Does anyone recall who it was who had her dolls displayed in these really pretty dark wood cabinets? If I am rememebering correctly she had several of each historical doll.

Now I am definitely getting Molly's stage!

Brenda

[pixterzoom]

Thats great! The only thing I can tell you is go with hardwood floors so the dolls can stand up.

[Bbbren]

It is too late to add built ins. I think I will try to get the cabinets from Costco.

The more I think about it the more I want to be able to do more than just play with dolls in that room. I would like a small table to do crafts and scapbooking, a cozy chair to read in and have a bed for guests. The house is three bedrooms so this will be my only totally me space and I need to maximize it's use.

Brenda

[Gomunk]

My third bedroom is very small, and it's hard to believe the builder expected it to be used as one. I think it is about the size of a walk in closet, but it's my room, well sort of. It serves as my sewing room, doll room, and stroage room. I am still trying to get rid of a lot of stuff, so once I do I know it will open it up a good bit. The closet is packed (I kid you not) full of stuff I need to get rid of. We've toyed around wiht the idea of making it a guest room, but there is no room too, so we may just invest in a sleeper sofa for the living room.

For your room, I suggest bookcases for the dolls, adn maybe a table too (or a credenza or something similar to one). FOr your craft stuff, I would suggest something that can open up for your use, but be put away when you have guests. Something like:


I hope that it all works out well for you.