Category Archives: dollhouses

Posted on 13 June, 2016

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Mark O’Bank’s Nybelwyck Hall, found on the Hudson Valley Museum website

Nybelwyck Hall

The following 2011 press release from the Hudson Valley Museum offers an excellent description of the Miniscule Manse:

“The new setting for the minuscule manse is fitting because its architecture evokes Hudson River homes still seen today. The 24-room, granite-and-mortar Glenview [Hudson Valley Museum building] and Nybelwyck, the 24-room dollhouse, share architectural features ― a Great Hall and a double staircase that curves from the top floor down to the Hall. Nybelwyck’s central

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: dollhouses


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Posted on 12 June, 2016

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Three Delivery Angels, Small Talk / Inspiration

Dollhouses For Kids Battling Cancer

Dollhouses have been used to raise funds for children’s charities for years. Colleen Moore’s Fairy House and the Astolat Castle are two of the best known in the United States. Hundreds of individuals have made dollhouses for individual children and pediatric care facilities. Auctions are held to support kid’s charities. But a woman named Ann, who likes to remain anonymous, has a truly amazing story.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: charity, dollhouses


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Posted on 09 June, 2016

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Miniature Fixer Upper, “before” pictures of a dollhouse makeover, found on Thoughts From Alice

Refurbishing This Old Dollhouse

The dollhouse is battered and worn. Several generations of little darlings have had their way with it. A loving father picked it up at a yard sale for next to nothing, the seller relieved that someone had hauled it away. Now she wouldn’t suffer guilt pangs because she trashed her grandmother’s treasure that had been taking up space in the attic.

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Posted by Patrick Owens

Categories: dollhouses, repair, wood


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Posted on 23 May, 2016

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Dudley Castle Dolls House found on Jo Seavers Pinterest board

Dudley Castle Replica, Without The Ghosts

History

Legend has it that a wooden stockade with earthen-work surrounds was constructed on the site in the 8th century by a Saxon lord named Dud. Historian say, “Nonsense,” claiming the castle was built soon after the Norman Conquest of 1066, which is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, with no value mentioned.

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Posted by Susan Downing

Categories: dollhouses, medieval


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