I have had a life-long love affair with dollhouse miniatures, and careers in art education and interior design. I hope to combine these life experiences to help other miniature enthusiasts get more out of this wonderful hobby we enjoy, a hobby that often reaches the level of an art form. Susan Downing
Featherstone Hall Hotel and Julie Jackson of Dee-Daw Designs
This is Julie Jackson’s first dollhouse, which is amazing in itself. Add to that her self-imposed deadline for completion so it would appear in the 200th issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene Magazine. If the story ended there, it would be incredible. But wait! There’s more!
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The story goes that the idea for Titania’s Palace occurred on a warm day in the Spring of 1907 when Sir Nevile Wilkinson was sketching in the woods behind his manor, Mount Merrion House. His daughter Guendolen, age 3, played nearby and suddenly cried out that a fairy ran under the roots of a tree. She felt sorry they had to live underground in damp caves and asked her father to have a proper house built for them, which led to the building of Tatiana’s Palace.
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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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The following post is an edited compilation of material found on the National Museum of Miniatures & Toys website regarding the Coleman Dollhouse.
At first glance inside T/m’s dollhouse exhibit, Let’s Play House, the gigantic Coleman Dollhouse might appear to be one of the trendy “tiny houses.” We love superlatives around
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