Collecting Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures
Collections of any kind can be a very satisfying hobby and dollhouse collections can provide an opportunity for the collector to specialise. Not only can you specialise in one type or make of dollhouse, within the dollhouses themselves you can equip each one to a style or period in history.
Nor are you limited to second hand or antiques markets when equipping your dollhouse, there are modern miniature makers working specifically in the field of creating period miniatures for your setting.
Of course, dollhouse miniatures are also excellent in shadow boxes or as shelf displays, as in the picture below, where a large room arrangement has been arranged on a shelf above the old handmade house I've chosen as the picture for this lens, and a tin-fronted Triang Number 40 dollhouse from the 1960s.
Dollhouse and Miniature Display
The Collector
When you see the older houses especially, you can understand why some of these dollhouses can go for many hundreds of pounds sterling. There is a rarity value, of course, but there are antique dollhouses which are stunningly well made and irresistably beautiful.
In the lenses below, you will see some of my daughter's collection.
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Dollhouse Dolls Antique and Vintage
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Collecting dollhouse dolls doesn't mean you have to collect dollhouses, you can make room size arrangements on shelves or in shadow boxes to hang on the wall. There are so many to choose from although good quality antique dollhouse dolls are no...
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Vintage and Antique Dollhouses
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Collecting dollhouses is a most enjoyable hobby and certainly can't be regarded as solely the domain of women and girls. When it comes to the vintage and antique houses, they are highly collectable, even in poor condition some fetch very high p...
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Furnishing Vintage and Antique Dollhouses
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So you have an antique or vintage dollhouse and you want to furnish it. This can be a very expensive hobby. You'll find, depending on the period of dollhouse furniture you're looking for, that some pieces can be almost as expensive as their...
Grecon Policewoman doing her rounds
Care and Maintenance
The lens below deals with some of the aspects of repair.
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Restoring your Dollhouse
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From dings and dents to woodworm and wonky bits, we'll try to cover as many aspects as we can in relation to restoring old, vintage or antique dollhouses. I say 'we' because this (and the other dollhouse related lenses) is a collaborati...

The Keeper's Shed by DJD
The Keeper's Shed by Deb Jackson
Below you will find a link to my cdhm website lens which gives a taster of what is on their site. There is also a link to the cdhm website. Alongside Deb's work, the work of other miniaturists can be found on the site and browsing there is a very pleasant way to spend a bit of time.
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www.cdhm.org
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Custom Dolls, Houses and Miniatures is one of those wonderful little nooks you find sometimes on the world wide web, a haven from all the hustle and bustle. Finding this site was a bit like finding a very nice tearoom tucked down an alleyway away f...

Clockmaker's workshop for a dollhouse mantelpiece
The Deb Jackson Five
Below the next set of links, which showcase different aspects of Deb's portfolio, is a 'taxidermy pike' in a case, also by Deb and a suitable size for a dollhouse. In the picture it is shown considerably larger than actual size.
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DJD Designs Miniature Magic
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A World of miniature magic. I've set up this lens to showcase the items of eBay seller jamnatmat, *DJD* Designs, and her work in one of a kind miniatures for dollhouses and displays. These handmade, unique items are truly special and this sel...
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Deb Jackson Designs Medical Miniatures
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This lens is dedicated to the replicas in miniature which Deb creates of medical implements from history. Deb creates for all scales of dollhouse miniature and all periods in history, fitting in perfectly with any vintage display or in any vin...
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Deb Jackson Designs Complete Miniature Settings
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This is another lens which grew from the original I started for Deb Jackson's miniatures. In this lens I'll place some of Deb's complete settings which are suitable not only for dollhouses but also for room boxes or even to display on a...
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Instruments of Torture - DJD Miniature Chamber of Horrors
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This lens has grown out of my following for Deb Jackson and her beautiful hand crafted miniature works of art for inclusion in your dollhouse or miniature setting. Medieval torture is a remarkably popular niche subject and Deb's period pieces,...
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Deb Jackson Designs Fairy Magic in Miniature
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These handmade, unique items are truly special and seller Deb jackson has built up quite a following for her beautiful, tiny works of art. Thy are highly collectable and I am lucky enough to own a few. Debra creates for all scales of dollhouse mini...

Dollhouse Taxidermy Pike
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0ctavias_Group-ography
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If you have quite a few lenses you'll discover that they start hiding from you when you're looking at that long list on your dashboard. First, I started my lensography which does help me find my lenses when they're hiding but as the num...
I'm always interested in comments and questions, please leave them here
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- Laniann Laniann Jul 25, 2009 @ 4:47 am
- There is something about those small items inside a house that is hard to resist. I met a woman in a bookstore that decorated doll houses and sold them. She was able to get a pretty good price for her work. 5*
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- Sojourn Sojourn Jun 14, 2009 @ 1:42 pm
- These remind me of the little dollhouse furniture I had in my own dollhouse when I was a kid. Mine weren't quite as detailed but I remember how much fun it was to open little doors or pull out tiny, little shelves. I would spend hours changing the furniture around and redesigning the layout, cutting little bits of fabric to be new rugs on the floor or blankets on the beds. Your pictures are delightful. :)
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