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 VINTAGE RUSSIA RUSSIAN ODD FORM HAND MADE NESTING DOLL SET LOT  US $.99
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In the days of video games, iPods, and even stuffed animals that come with computer programs, good old-fashioned doll houses still remains at the top of every little girl's wish list. Doll houses and doll house furniture are a great way to encourage creativity. Whether these furniture is used for child's play or for unique collectors, there are a variety of doll house furniture styles to choose from.
Dollhouses and furniture are keepsakes that are being passed from generation to generation and create memories for families and kin. They develop a child's imagination and creativity as well as encourage them to value time spent with parents, grandparents, friends, and other family members. Furniture selected for any type of miniature house is a great form of expression, learning, and imagination.
You can buy furniture for virtually any household room in any style. Dollhouse furniture can be Victorian, modern, for log cabins, cottages, historical, or traditional. A child can really get creative when designing the inside of these unique miniature house. Aside from your traditional kitchen, dining room, living room, bathroom, and bedrooms, a doll house can be customized to fit any desire. Your doll house can also include a laundry room, office, nursery, game room, music room, and a completely furnished backyard and patio.
Life-like furniture is not the only thing that can be purchased for a miniature house. Today's doll house furniture really allows you to pay attention to detail. You can purchase wall art, lighting, floral arrangements, rugs, wallpaper, pots, and pans, etc. If you can put it in a real house, chances are you are going to be able to find it for your doll house.
Dollhouse furniture comes in all different materials, quality, and price ranges. You can buy plastic, wooden, hand-crafted, or manufactured. These are practically available at big box stores or small specialty stores so you don't have to worry about finding the perfect piece of furniture for your own house theme. The internet is also a great place to get search for unique and eccentric pieces that are only sold by antique collection stores and could be a little costly compared to ordinary type of furniture pieces.
Building up your very own miniature house is a creative, fun, learning experience for children. It is also a great opportunity to create an exceptional bonding experience for parent and child as well. These houses and their furniture can be passed from generation to generation as a great family heirloom that will definitely be treasured by any kid or adult that remains to be young at heart.
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The Miniature Doll House Fascination
Over the years I have had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know many miniature enthusiasts. What fascinates them about seeing familiar objects in a tiny, realistic form?
Much more than a child’s plaything, building doll houses, and ultimately decorating and furnishing them in a theme of your choice, has become an adult hobby. The only way to improve on that, is to have a daughter or grand-daughter who can share that interest and passion with you.
Personally, my miniature interest lies in antique miniatures and dolls, more so than in modern works. The strange thing about that is the fact that antique pieces were seldom created with a true eye to scale, and scale is of utmost importance to me when viewing modern miniatures.
The craftsmanship involved in creating tiny little porcelain dolls, with jointed limbs, often hand blown inset glass eyes, real mohair wigs is amazing. Add to that the primitive conditions within the factories that many of these dolls were created in, adds to my amazement. Many of these tiny dolls have lasted in excess of 100 years , they have been handled, and played with, loved and often abandoned, only to turn up years later in an attic somewhere.
The furnishings of this same era were often handmade, often primitive, and much did not stand the test of time as well as the little dolls did. To find, own and enjoy these pieces today is a delight.
Manufactured doll house furnishings of this era, were often made in Germany as were the little dolls. I had a dear friend of German origin bring her childhood collection over to me to help her sell. She is in excess of 90 years old, a delightful lady who still teaches piano, runs her own household, and dresses her dolls. She had a story to tell about every piece of furniture, and remembers hours spent with her sister in creating the tiny little bed linens, doll clothes and lampshades. I like to think there are similar stories about every antique piece that comes my way.
Also of importance to me is for miniatures to be made of the material they are in real life.
If a bed is representing one made of wood, I cannot tolerate it in plastic. (sorry Chrysenbon) If bathroom fixtures are representing porcelain pieces, then do not make them in wood! Realism is very important in my own collections.
Some enthusiasts enjoy making all of their own furnishings and accessories, even their own dolls. This exacting craft can only be admired by those of us less talented, but certainly makes their fascination obvious.
Some crafters make such exquisite pieces that the prices can command as much as their full size counterparts. There are miniature artists, who paint on tiny canvases each work of art is a one of a kind painting. Other artists paint on tiny plates, even buttons as canvases.
There are miniature artists who do miniature needlepoint, knitting, rug making and pottery as well as wood workers.
One thing I have found is once someone embraces this hobby, it is usually a life long obsession.
About the Author
For more information on miniatures and doll houses, visit http://www.eloradollhouse.com. Jayne Cremasco has been a miniature and doll house retailer for over 25 years.
Where can I find shops with handmade stuff in London?
Hello,
I have some "strange" question. I am art worker with a few years experience in handicraft (making puppets, dolls) http://www.gumtree.com/london/28/7967528.html and I am looking for shops with that kind of range. Any pointer will be great.
No not strange at all. You should try in and around Spitalfields. It's an old market near the Liverpool Street tube station. Website http://www.visitspitalfields.com/ I know there is a shop there that specialises in hand made toys. In the Sunday market there are many vendors that sell hand made goods so you can talk to them as well. Good luck!
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