Dolls House - have you got one ?

My father built me a wonderful doll's house. It was a model of our own house with copies of all our furniture. It was quite big so when we moved it was chopped up because there was no room for it. Such a shame because it would have been a lovely historical record now. A typical 1930s house with a mixture of pre war and 50s furniture.

I deal in antiques - mostly jewellery and costume accessories - and have always loved dolls houses. I had one til I was 15 then allowed my mother to give it away. I often thought I would buy an antique one and gradually furnish it but Ive never had the room. There are so many skills involved in furnishing and decorating one. I will look on 4 player for the program mentioned upthread.

I think that if you have the room and inclination then this is a lovely pastime.

Oddly enough I dislike large dolls and always find a stall full of them at an antiques fair to be creepy. Their eyes appear to follow you!

Just wanted to add that there are sometimes specialist auctions for toys and games which can include "lots" of miniature furniture. You dont have to travel to auctions now - most people bid online on one of the several platforms.

And its always worth looking on Ebay and Etsy. There are many talented makers of miniature items.

I have a mid century modern dolls house. Built by my OH many years ago. With 6 GC ( oldest 17) it has been well played with over the years. The younger ones( 3 and 1) allowed to play with it under supervision, though I’ve got some Sylvanians to put in it when they come! It’s had several revamps and is now based on a 1960s modernist beach house ( can’t wait to move in!) The Lundby dolls houses are well worth a look on ebay - they were around in the 70s and had some very stylish scandinavian furniture.

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I had a small triang one, now my GDs.
I now have one made by DH, the grandchildren were only allowed to ‘look’ but not touch until they were old enough( about 5) to play carefully in it. GD used to say can we put young GS to bed so I can play in it?.
Made advent boxes for all four GC over the years.
They all love them.

Vegansrock - I love your modernist beach house and Jbpl - your Advent box is a great idea - I have a lot of Playmobil so you've given me ideas.

These stories have reminded me about a cloth dolls house I made for my niece. It was from a pink magazine ( can’t remember the name!). It was designed to hang on a door handle and folded flat when taken down. Furniture was made from matchboxes and those red pill boxes.

Ive just finishd watching that wonderful series on the dolls house. Its currently streaming on All 4. I was stunned by the skill of the makers.

It must be a wonderful experience to completely funnish a dolls house from scratch. Sadly I dont have the room for one. Some lovely examples on this thread.

I was on an auction site the other day in the USA and there were dozens of lots of miniature furniture and dolls of all sizes. The Americans LOVE dolls and dolls houses and collecting anything to do with dolls. There are entire sites which specialise in them. Not long ago I had some lovely silver filigree furniture - a table and chair. I also had a miniature set of dominoes and another of playing cards. They were all snapped up.

My friend aged 70 has a beautifully furnished dolls house which she allows her GC to play with provided they are careful.