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Welcome to DollshouseDiscovery
There was a time when anyone over the age of six who owned and dressed a dolls house was regarded a little eccentric. There is a little more to the dolls house hobby than Barbie Doll Houses however! Recently there has been a huge increase in interest in dolls houses and dolls house miniatures.
It is now possible to obtain any piece of furniture or object residing in your own home in a variety of dolls house scales, finishes, and budgets. We provide source information to help you furnish anything from a Tudor to a Victorian dolls house and include sections on Edwardian, Art Nouveau and Art Deco dolls houses which have become popular recently.
The scope of interest is widening all the time. Dolls Houses appeal to everyone, from the accomplished DIY enthusiast to the collector of fine pieces, made by professional craftsmen and craftswomen. Many pieces are so stunning that it is difficult to tell them apart from their full sized examples. For those who are not content to limit their collections to houses only, room sets, vignettes, garden scenes and shops are growing in popularity occupying smaller spaces and offering increased portability.
One of the most important challenges in creating a dolls house is making each room "look right." This involves more than knowing which pieces of dolls house furniture to put in each room. It involves knowing where to put it, what colours and patterns to put on the walls and floors and which accessories to add to each vignette to create the right mood and ambience. For more help on this, the Dolls House Source Materials Chapters include typical rooms and their contents through the centuries. The Source Review looks at books and dolls house magazines currently available on the market.
Dolls Houses appeal to anyone interested in constructing a wooden dolls house from self made plans or a dolls house kit, collecting or making dolls house furniture, dolls house accessories and miniatures or simply researching how we used to live.
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