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Dollhouse Furniture Sets vs. Individual Pieces

As you shop for dollhouse furniture, one of the first things you will notice is that you can choose to buy a whole roomful of furniture in a set, or that you can buy furniture piece by piece. As you decide which approach you want to take, consider some of the following pros and cons.

Pros of Buying Furniture Sets

There are two major benefits to buying a roomful of furniture in a set. The first is that everything within a set is coordinated: the style of the furniture items match; each item is made of the same materials and thus have the same look; and the room appears to be very well put together. Often, there are several sets—one for each room in the dollhouse—that are meant to be coordinated, so that the entire dollhouse showcases the same styles and materials. This is especially true of coordinating living room and dining room sets. Another major advantage to buying a set of furniture is that it usually costs much less than it would to buy each piece separately, even if you are buying the exact same items.

Cons of Buying Furniture Sets

The biggest drawback to buying a set of furniture is that you may not want or like each individual piece. For example, if you order a bedroom set, you may only get one nightstand when you wanted two, or you like a hand-painted accent on the bed frame but not on the dresser. There is not as much freedom to ensure that each piece is exactly the way you want it when you buy a whole set. Often, a common problem with buying a set is that there are too many pieces—and the room that you thought would be beautifully furnished now looks crowded, or incomplete if you decide not to display a furniture item.

Pros of Buying Individual Pieces

The biggest benefit to buying individual pieces of furniture to decorate a dollhouse room is that you have much more control over which pieces you get, and thus you can customize each room to your tastes more easily. For example, in a living room, you can choose to buy a chair with or without an ottoman, you can pick a prettier coffee table than the one displayed with a set, or you can choose to get a grandfather clock rather than a fireplace. You can select a different style for one item if you want it to stand out (for example, buy a marble table in a room with mostly wooden furniture). Another great advantage to buying individual pieces of furniture is that it breaks up the expense of buying furniture over time. You can, for example, buy one or two furniture items each month until your dollhouse is furnished the way you want it to be. This also solves the problem of buying too much furniture: it’s always easy to find another item to add to a room if it looks too empty, and you don’t spend money on furniture that you don’t like or don’t have room to display.

Cons of Buying Individual Pieces

One major problem with buying individual pieces of furniture is that they are much harder to coordinate. For example, if you are buying dining room furniture, it would be hard to get the styles of the chairs, table, and hutch to match. Also, it would be hard to match colors—even two pieces of maple furniture could be different shades if they are not bought together. The other downside to buying items individually is that in the long run, this is much more expensive than buying furniture in sets.

Conclusion

There is no one right way to buy dollhouse furniture; however, there are some tips that may be helpful to you. The best recommendation is to buy a set of furniture, but make it a set that does not contain too many items—unless the room in your dollhouse is very large. Then, once you have displayed the set in your dollhouse, decide what, if anything, you would like to add to that room, and buy those items individually. If there is an item in the set that you would like to replace, you can do that as well. This method helps you save money buy buying sets, break up the expense by adding to your sets as you go, and giving you the advantage of having pre-matched furniture with the ability to customize some of the items in the room.

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