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I'd been wanting one for ages even collecting furniture, was beginning to think I would have to have an orange box if I could find one these days, but then OH finally took the hint, think it was a confidance thing really, but I told him just what I wanted how many rooms etc., just a house, not a mansionand he surprised himself, no pattern, everything from scratch as they say.

In some of the books I have, they do suggest a nice old cupboard and what they call room boxes are now very fashionable, and can be placed one on top of another or side by side, the idea being to progress slowly, as funds and time allow.

I've always wanted a dolls house!! Never got one though...boo hoo!!!

Bev x

Hi Julie Ann, I must confess I like the house my OH made me better than the one he bought which cost £100, they can be very expensive, when we go to fairs there are some which cost over a thousand, need to take out a mortgage!! your little one will appreciate it more if Grandad made it especially for her I'm sure.

i always wanted one,

dautgther had silvanian one
the bungalow

i and howie, would love to get one for grandaughter,
howies thinking of making her one, hes good at making welsh dressers,
tv cabinets,
he made a farm for our son, that converted to firestation,
a fort for his other grandsons,

Did anyone see the programme on Channel 4 the other evening, fascinating it was, some people had houses full of houses lol

I did think I wanted one, but now I am glad I didn't get one yet, as I don't think I could have afforded all the little things available to put in it, I know if you are creative you can make lots but better wait till I have sorted out all my other things first, if I live that long lol

Lizx

Congratulations on your new house Sandra, it is really good fun, have had my first about five years now in the Victorian/Edwardian style, more or less finished but for the drapes and of course the long awaited scullery. I have all the equipment, just need the building . OH made this one for me and I had been collecting furniture for five years before, having people give me money for birthdays and Christmas and I have done soft furnishings myself, also the decorations and lighting. OH bought me another house two Christmases ago and it is traditional Victorian on the outside but I am doing it relatively modern on the inside. We go to the dolls house fairs within a reasonable distance and find these cheaper than the specialist shops, also Sue Ryder shops are very good.

I bought a Victorian dolls house a year ago and it has taken over my life. At the moment I am making dresses to hang in the wardrobe. Just before Christmas I came across a shop that was selling items at half price due to retiring, I was able to build my 'parlour' furniture up quite a lot. On my trips tp town I always carry a list of items I need for my projects just in case I see a bargain somewhere!!

Sandra

Well, it's March again tomorrow and I have been waiting twelve months for my Victorian dolls house scullery/ wash-house. Having said that OH has been not well this past year so maybe this year will be my lucky year. He knows I'm still waiting and even took me 75 miles each way to The Dolls House Emporium in Riipley, Derbyshire last Sunday. Had a good day and didn't spend a fortune, all I went for really was a Victorian what-not and I got one and a few other bits and bobs. hope to get some silk curtains made this week.

that sounds lovley maggie
i wish i could stumble on somethin like thta

i saw two in a charity shop window in town, never thought to go and ask howmuch they were

I have acquired 3 in the past 3 years! Daughter finished Uni and she and her boyfriend were living between me and his parents - with most of their stuff at my house!! I love decorating, but it was impossible with those two around, so I bought a second hand dolls house to do up. Didn't do much to it - it is 1950's style and not too appealing, my grand daughter plays with it.
Then Christmas came and my daughter bought me a kit house - 3 story town house. I have made that - put in lights, furnished it in an Edwardian style etc - and now want to make an extension - I want it to have a scullery!!
Then I picked up a derelict Tudor style house at a jumble sale for £25. I took out the lights and basically pulled it apart as the stairs were so badly positioned you couldn't put a front door on! I want to make it authentic early Elizabethan with a thatched roof.
There's every chance I will be getting another one at the end of the week!! Lady at the Cats Protection League picked it up at the dump for £2.50. she was going to do it up but realised it would probably cost her more to do it up than she would get for it, so I have offered her a donation of both money and cat quilts! Daughter and BF left a double duvet here - too big to wash in my machine so I just need to cut it up and cover the squares with old flanelette sheets, give the quilts a wash - and cosy cats for the winter!
Daughter & BF moved to Sussex 2 weeks ago and my houses have already taken up residence in the middle bedroom!!!

maggie

I'm waiting to have a room and space to have one - OH keeps saying we'll have to get the loft done out but I guess I will have to wait til the kids get married or I win the lottery!!!
Carol x

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I use to make curtains for a dolls house shop and they use to sell them on in the end I had to stop as it was taking up every spare min that I had so I only do them when people ask.I did buy a really cheap 4 poster bed spayed it black and dressed it using silks giving it an oriental style in all it cost me about £13 and it was sold for £45. I buy fabric on a A4 sheet which you print on using your pc I scanned in a sheet of wall paper so I had matching fabric for a blind

LOL Valerie ,
i live in North Wales ...Prestatyn
but i'm not welsh but have lived here for 20 yrs now
and love it .
well done wales really pleased for you
Hazelx

O.K. May
thanks Hazelx

The first one I mentioned , all the others are for building dolls' houses crocheting clothes and things knitting in miniture very tedious, x stitching rugs and carpets things like this that you would not ned at first.

May ,
thank you very much ,
not sure what book i would need to start me off
but what about the one
you mentionedby David E Charles.
Hazelx

I've been watching Rugby!!! Hazel where in Wales are you? ( We won ) Sorry had to get that in .......

Hazel, I've got books on every aspect of the hobby so if you want any info just ask and I'll try to help or recommend the book you need.

Hi May ,
thanks for that info
I will get the book as soon as i can .
Hazelx