Petite Princess revisited

I can't resist the Princess.  I blogged about my collection a few years ago here.

But recently I joined this Facebook Group I love 1964 Ideal Petite Princess/ Princess Patti Dollhouse Furniture! and looking through the pictures made me want to play with my collection. I pulled everything out of storage today and spent the afternoon setting it all up.

First is my version of a music room.

 I have five Petite Princess room boxes - three yellow ones, one blue, and one pink.

I have every item that was sold before they changed the name to Princess Patti, and I have many duplicates. Some pieces are pristine, right-out-of- the-box, and some have been played with.

 I created a dining room with the second yellow room box. This one is more worn and the outside has yellowed with age compared to the Music room box.

 My third yellow room box came in it's original cardboard sleeve and is in pristine condition. I tried it out as a living room.

 The blue room box seemed right for the blue bedroom. I still haven't been able to find a blue bed with its original flames above the headboard.

And, surprise, surprise, I used the pink room box for the pink bedroom.

I added a couple of hard plastic dolls dressed for the French court. They don't really match the room, but they are cute, as well as being a tribute to my recent trip to Paris.

 Here, again is the living room in yellow. This time I remembered to hang one of the PP paintings and some accessories.

But before I tried the yellow room I had the living room in the blue box.

Which do you like better? The blue room is much cooler, but is it a better match?

And, before I switched the living room I had the blue bedroom in the yellow room box.


I think it looks better in the blue room. What do you think?

 With the five room boxes furnished I had run out of rooms, but I still had furniture. So I got out a couple of other Ideal room boxes.

Here is the living room box that came with Ideal's Tiny Plastic Furniture.

 The plastic furniture was the 3/4 scale molded furniture that Ideal made to compete with Renwal.

I think Petite Princess looks fantastic in this room.

 I love that this room is so much more spacious than the Petite Princess rooms and that there is room for the piano and separate sitting areas.

 The little lady on the couch is eyeing the piano apprehensively. I wonder if she is supposed to be practicing.

 The only room box I had left was the Ideal Plastic Deluxe Kitchen Furniture one.

I don't have any Petite Princess or Princess Patti kitchen furniture, so I used my second set of dining room furniture.

I thought it would look terrible in the rustic kitchen setting, but I quite like it. The colours of the room graphics complement the furniture.

 I hope you had as much fun as I did revisiting the Petite Princess.

You can learn more about this wonderful furniture here:

http://www.petiteprincess.com/