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Doll house

27/2/2020

15 Comments

 
My boys and I found an old dollhouse at our local tip shop a while ago. It was in pretty poor shape so we took it apart, cleaned it up, painted it and made tiny floor boards out of paddle-pop sticks (more about that here).

We've (I've) had so much fun collecting the odd bit of dollhouse furniture from op shops (thrift stores), making our own furniture and adding bits and pieces here and there - like my old watch for a wall clock, postage stamp pictures, corks for chairs etc. Last weekend I made some new bedclothes for the bed, cushions for the couch and little curtains... and spent a weekend blissfully arranging everything in the little house... all the while imagining how much I would have loved this as a child. I've even installed little lights... 

​Now I just have to make a tiny version of my dolls to live in it :) 
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15 Comments
Megan
28/2/2020 05:07:20 pm

The house is STUNNING! Do you know if it's 12th scale? If it is, your adult people need to be about 5 1/2 inches tall. I work with dollhouses all the time, could think of nothing more satisfying than your people to live in them.

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Linda Parrish
21/5/2020 11:53:58 pm

I have just purchased an 1840 doll house and I have much work to do on it
I was looking for victorian dolls for it and found your beautiful dolls but they would be too big
If you make smaller ones I would be very interested in purchasing please?

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Margeaux Davis link
26/5/2020 10:56:05 am

Hi Linda,
You're so lucky! What an amazing project. Yes, my dolls would be too big. If I do make smaller dolls, I'll notify here, my newsletter and my social media :)

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3/8/2021 10:55:32 am

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Margeaux link
2/3/2020 11:24:43 am

Thank you Megan! It is 12th scale... and thank you also for the recommendation for doll size. I would have had no idea :)

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Carla mines link
6/3/2020 07:36:57 pm

I have the same dolls house and have spent many hours blissfully making and arranging furniture and accessories. I cannot wait to see your beautiful dolls inside. It is interesting how the inside configurations can be so different in these houses. Carla x

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Margeaux Davis link
13/3/2020 02:46:09 pm

Hi Carla. They're lovely dolls houses aren't they? I love the stairs inside. Mine is missing the front doors so I'm trying to find some more online...

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Dorothy
3/4/2020 04:16:45 pm

I love how you made this wonderful find so cozy and warm. I look forward to seeing how you create the perfect family to reside within.

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Margeaux Davis link
5/4/2020 01:07:48 pm

Thank you Dorothy! I think creating the perfect family of tiny dolls will have to wait until the world goes back to normal and my children go back to school...

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Amanda
18/4/2020 01:33:15 am

Your doll house is so sweet! I had one when I was younger, the house is long gone, but the memories are not. Thanks for bringing back all the fun I had decorating and collecting pieces as you have done!

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Margeaux Davis link
20/4/2020 01:32:19 pm

Thank you Amanda. I didn't have a dolls house when I was a child so I must be reliving my childhood through it! It is so much fun...

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Lynda Atkins
23/8/2020 09:05:34 am

Love it! I'm just about to start a dollhouse reno, you've inspired me to get cracking.
On another topic do you have a pig in your animal patterns at all. I have a granddaughter who is nuts about them...
Love all of your work, so calming and gentle, thanks for sharing

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Margeaux Davis link
24/8/2020 03:55:07 pm

Hi Lynda. Thank you very much. I'm happy to hear that you're feeling inspired! No pigs in my list of sewing patterns just yet, but maybe down there will be down the track :)

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Bhakti link
14/1/2022 06:45:16 pm

This is a masterpiece, Linda! I have recently made a dollhouse with paper for my daughter's project. To make one for her birthday, I was looking for better ideas and your article came in handy. Thanks for such a creative article.

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Margeaux Davis link
23/1/2022 09:24:50 am

Thank you very much Bhakti!

Margeaux

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