Sometimes, pieces of your collection can go into other rooms such as dining areas and bathrooms under the right conditions. But never place these houses into the kitchen if you commonly cook with open flames.
Most people online say to display these Villages on boards that are set out and around the house. However, reality strikes in and few people follow this advice. But either way is okay.
It may seem like the bathroom is okay. While it’s not suggested that a large majority of the houses go there, a house or two and some smaller decorations (such as park benches with “people”) can go in there - as long as they can sit in a viewable area up out of the way of “foot traffic needing to use the faucet”.
If you don’t mind writing on felt and have several feet of board and a few permanent markers, you can draw in some roads that are several inches wide. (Three to four inches wide should be wide enough in some housing scales. ) For those using mantels/fireplaces, you’ll have to give up using a working train set, as mantels don’t give a lot of room to work with - unless you can set up more track that allows you to run the rest of the track into the room or around the house instead.
Each set will be different of each other and while some will be more elaborate than others, there will be some smaller ones that may look nicer likewise.
Leave some of the benches (if available) open, as not all benches will ever be full of people. Unless you really want to be funny, try not to show townsfolk in conglomerate areas where people may look like they fist-fight one another. But with Christmas scenes, most everybody is peaceful and calm - (It’s Peace on Earth (isn’t it), during this time of year?)!
