Category Archives: dollhouses

Posted on 17 July, 2015

Nostell Priory Dolls House Gets Spring Cleaning
Nostell Priory Dolls House Gets Spring Cleaning

 Spring Cleaning at the Nostell Priory Dollhouse

I know it’s not Spring, no matter what the song says. (Too obscure? Look below for the answer to the Name That Tune contest).

Monica Lavoie commented on my “Sara Rothe- The other Cabinet Dollhouse” post yesterday in the Facebook NAME group: “This is Gorgeous! I would have the doors removed though for viewing and have a sheet of thin glass placed over the rooms where the doors were to keep it clean inside”.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: dollhouses, Great Dollhouses, Victorian


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Posted on 12 July, 2015

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The Painted Room from the Sara Rothe cabinet dollhouse now on exhibit at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, The Netherlands

Sara Rothe Painted Room

I couldn’t resist showing this picture by itself. It’s from yesterday’s post about Sara Rothe’s cabinet dollhouse, now on exhibit at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, The Netherlands. What color!

Incidentally, I got 5 comments on FB confirming that this is the miniature replicating her Amsterdam town house. Another cabinet dollhouse is at the Gemeente Museum at The Hague.

Susan

Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: cabinet, dollhouses, Dutch, Great Dollhouses


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Posted on 09 May, 2015

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Brooke Tucker’s room box “Grandpa’s Den”

Brooke Tucker Master Miniaturist

This is from the About page of Judy Kincaid’s website — Brooke Tucker Originals.

Brooke Tucker’s niche in the world of miniatures is undisputed. She is a Master Miniaturist has a vision for the unique. Her work is not only widely recognized, it is admired and sought after by the very elite of her profession. Her creativity consistently meets each new challenge to achieve the perfect effect that makes each project more beautiful than the one before.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: artisans, dollhouses, room boxes


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Posted on 15 March, 0201

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Majestic Mansions Palace Kit

Ideas For A Palace Interior

I love this October 10, 2011 post on the Majestic Mansion Facebook page. It shows real rooms to give enthusiasts ideas on how to make one of the dollhouse miniature kits they sell come alive. There are pictures of 9 other rooms in the Majestic Mansion post.

Click on the photo for the link.

Susan

 

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Categories: dollhouses


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