I am downsizing my collection and I just sold this Hall's Lifetime Toys. This dollhouse is from the late 60s or early 70s. It was in great condition with original wallpaper.
I posted about this house here in 2014 -
This harder to find British made house is a Triang #65 from the 1960's. The tin front and the roof are original, but have been refurbished. Smaller scale fits 1/16th size furniture. Front door is missing. Dimensions: 22 inches [55 cm] wide, x10 inches [25 cm] deep and 18 inches [45 cm] high.
I recently sold this wonderful antique house. I hated to part with it, but I need to downsize my collections. It is beautifully made with wonderful details. I hope that the new owner loves it as much as I did. I posted about in 2010 here:
I need to downsize my collection and I am making the hard decisions about what to let go.
I bought this adorable little house in southern Pennsylvania several years ago, but I never did anything with it. I posted it online last week and had many queries. One lucky young woman came to pick it up and seemed very happy with it. I hope she enjoys it for many years to come.
This article was in The Globe and Mail on April 8, 2021 Dollhouses are the ultimate pint-size pandemic hobby
It begins with an interview with Maria Fowler, owner of the Little Dollhouse Company in Toronto.
I found this quote reflects exactly how I have always felt about my miniature world:
“With miniatures, you can make a world exactly as you want it,” Fowler says. “You have absolute control over it, and during COVID especially, that has been very empowering.”
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| This image from the article is of furniture made by Fernando Setien (@fernandosetien), a contemporary fine furniture “mini”-maker in Barcelona |
I hadn't realized that our year of isolation had created a new interest in our hobby, but it makes sense to me. A perfect world you can control is soothing at anytime, but connecting and sharing with like-minded people in an out-of-control world could be our saving grace.
As Jacqueline Greenwood says in the article. “This has been an incredibly intense time for so many people and I think our minds can easily run away from us with worry and concern. The world of miniatures is like anything creative. It brings you into the moment and it keeps you in the moment, where creation works its magic.”
Several years ago I did a post on my Argo Model Home for Dolls Nursery from 1957.
You can see that post at this link: Argo Model Home for Dolls circa 1957
At long last I have two more rooms. The bedroom and the living room.
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| The drapes are on a string and cal be opened and closed just like the real thing from the 1950s. |
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| All the windows slide up and down to open or close. |
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| There are instructions for putting a penlight battery in the lamps so they actually light up, but I can't quite figure out how to do it. I think they are missing the on/off switches. |
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| Here is my nursery and its original box |
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| Here is the exterior of the house with the three rooms stacked as a three storey house |
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| This brochure came with each room. It says the scale is 1 foot to 1 inch, but the rooms were made, pre-barbie, for 7.5 to 10 inch dolls like Ginny and Jan and they are slightly too small for Barbie |
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| The inside of the brochure shows the rooms they have available. Now I just need the kitchen. |
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| Brochure picture of the Nursery |
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| Brochure picture of the Bedroom |
 Brochure picture of the Living room I have the table and chairs from the kitchen, but nothing else. Maybe someday ... |
