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Posted on 11 March, 2016

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The Tasha Tudor Dollhouse study, found on “Mrs. Rabe’s trip to Williamsburg”

Tasha Tudor’s Dollhouse

The dollhouse you see on exhibit at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum at Williamsburg is not the real one. The original was more like room boxes built into the walls of her home in Marlboro, Vermont.  Tudor’s “dollhouse” in Corgi Cottage, came to the attention of curators at Colonial Williamsburg in 1996. They offered to build a ¼ scale replica, complete with miniature goat barn and greenhouse.

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Posted by Patrick Owens


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Posted on 09 March, 2016

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Four Fifth Avenue Store Shopping Bags

Classy New York Shopping Bags

The Easter Parade is almost here, and the Lady of your 1:12 scale dollhouse is talking about going to New York to pick up a few things. Make sure she looks great strolling down Fifth Avenue with shopping bags from the “right” stores.

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Posted by Susan Downing


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Posted on 04 March, 2016

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Miniature “Classical Music” theme room box

Theme Accessorizing

It’s easier than you think. A theme can be anything you want it to be: a collection of beer mugs, shades of the same color, a hobby or sport. The construction on the right has a classical music theme, The “box” is actually a 4″ deep tray that held type in a print shop. Pictures, books and miniature musical instruments are set in the spaces formerly used to hold various sizes of lead type. How many composers do you recognize?

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Posted by Patrick Owens

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Posted on 01 March, 2016

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Anne Gerdes Edwardian Master’s Bedroom found on Annie’s Minis

Accessorizing Halls, Bedrooms, Nurseries and Bathrooms

NOTE:  As was true in Part 1 (Kitchen, Lounge & Dining Room), the following article by Julia Morrison is an excellent guide for the basic items you will need to accessorize the 4 rooms in the title. Of course, you have decisions to make before buying the listed items. In what era does your project take place? (again, I chose Edwardian images). Aristocracy or We-The-People? Even before that, dollhouse or room box? Are you recreating a memory, copying a room from a painting or photograph? What’s your budget? Here’s Julie Morrison’s article.

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Posted by Susan Downing


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