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I have been unearthing stuff from boxes that have not been opened in ten years (at least), including a number of beloved childhood toys and porcelain animals that I didn't have anywhere to put. So I decided to get a place to put them, in the form of something I have wanted my entire life and never had, which is a dollhouse. (When I was a kid, and also as an adult, I just kept everything on shelves.)
I bought a 1945 tin dollhouse from a local antique shop, along with most of the original (plastic) furniture. When I inquired about the provenance (i.e., how they knew the date), the owner told me that it had been sold to them by an old lady who had hoped to pass it on to her children/grandchildren, but it wasn't the sort of thing they were interested in. So she sold it in the hope that it would find a home with someone who really wanted it. It did. I set it up, and now it's in my bedroom, delighting me every day.
My real cats are not allowed in my bedroom because they are destructive, rampaging chaos machines. All cats in photos are porcelain only.
Here is a sequence of how I put the dollhouse together. It's still a bit in progress, but I also intend to play with it and in fact have been doing so, so these shots also represent a moment in time: they won't all be in the same rooms forever.
I added some more recent furniture I already had, mostly Japanese. (Yes, that is a shogi set.) Almost all the animals are ones I've had for 30-40 years.
I did not have a happy childhood, overall. But it included some happy moments, many of which were spent with these animals. It's nice to have them back again as things I enjoy rather than just things I own.
For some reason the closeups of the bathroom and kitchen aren't loading. I'll try posting them later as they're two of my favorites.
I bought a 1945 tin dollhouse from a local antique shop, along with most of the original (plastic) furniture. When I inquired about the provenance (i.e., how they knew the date), the owner told me that it had been sold to them by an old lady who had hoped to pass it on to her children/grandchildren, but it wasn't the sort of thing they were interested in. So she sold it in the hope that it would find a home with someone who really wanted it. It did. I set it up, and now it's in my bedroom, delighting me every day.
My real cats are not allowed in my bedroom because they are destructive, rampaging chaos machines. All cats in photos are porcelain only.
Here is a sequence of how I put the dollhouse together. It's still a bit in progress, but I also intend to play with it and in fact have been doing so, so these shots also represent a moment in time: they won't all be in the same rooms forever.
I added some more recent furniture I already had, mostly Japanese. (Yes, that is a shogi set.) Almost all the animals are ones I've had for 30-40 years.
I did not have a happy childhood, overall. But it included some happy moments, many of which were spent with these animals. It's nice to have them back again as things I enjoy rather than just things I own.
For some reason the closeups of the bathroom and kitchen aren't loading. I'll try posting them later as they're two of my favorites.
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...I used to want a dollhouse and still love them. I don't really have a place to put one, but I think it's amazing that you got one. :D
(I satisfy myself with BJDs, which are too large for a dollhouse for them to be practical. ^_^ )
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