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 Treasure from France. My Little Assistant met some dolls from France. The boy in the sailor suit is "Bad Antoine" he is a spoiled , petulant French boy who only wants Gateau and Vin! My Little Assistant adores him. Next to him is his Nanny, Sister Marie Robaire. She tries to make him behave but it is trying.  Notice the antique bowling pins next to him. He will have the top floor of the

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picture by Susan Hale Don't be confused. This is not my Little Assistant's mother. This is my Assistant, the August Bride who is doing this.  The new Tiny Assistant-to-be will be the Little Assistant's cousin. She is voting for a girl. Can you follow this family tree? Our heraldic shield is a Christian Hacker in the upper left quadrant, a Gottschalk red roofed Gambrel style house in the diagonal

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She is back in Toronto with tales to tell. I will begin immediately with two. She lead me (a polite word) to every corner of Paris, places I had not been before. She covered BOTH marches de puces, the flea markets. The first Saturday we went to the less, eh, established. Yesterday we went to the "antique" one on the opposite side of town. I am ready to re do my own house in Piere Deux style

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 It was a blustery day in Paris today. The sky was dark, umbrellas were blown inside out. It even snowed for a second! Susan and I were caught in a down pour. Her elk jacket saved her, the Canadian!  All these pictures are by Susan Hale, and the sunlight kept coming out from behind clouds like the hand of God lighting up the French monuments. I never appreciated the gold accents in the

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The video will self right n a second. Be sure to watch with a bottle of French champagne, Bonne Annee! CM  video by Susan Hale

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All photos by ShaleHappy New Year! Today we braved the rain and went to Marche de Puces de Port Vanves. We found some friends.                                            Daphne likes red...         then again... the more the merrier!   Happy New Year!

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How wonderful it is to go to a special museum with someone who shares your interest! I hear many bored spouses in restaurants discussing their unmatched museum plans over dinner.   I love this sign because the first non verbal communication of babies is those little lifted arms that say "Pick me up!"  Shale took 146 pictures and will be blogging in detail soon she tells me.  This real baby

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                                         Our goal tomorrow.

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picture by Shale picture by Shale pictures by Shale Megan don't even ask what happened to my camera This time! Frankly my hair is salt and Shale's is peppa.. by Shale Does this mean it's on to the new year???CM and Company

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photo by Grace Leohttp://www.graceleo.com/en/travels-en/secret-passages-of-paris/ Go to her blog to read more about this antique arcade. My camera is full of adorable pictures of this young couple I took at our dinner,the other night and I cannot unload them till Shale gets here tomorrow, and I don't want to lose them. So these are not my original pictures. I will repost on what I find though.

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and how fun it is to watch all the creations on Flickr of variations on a miniature design, Of course being in Paris at Christmastime means seeing Buches de Noels. (I can't do the punctuation correctly.) Usually they are  chocolate cake in the shape of a log representing the log one burns at Christmas for warmth. I had to laugh when a small pink one caught my eye yesterday morning at my local 

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                                                     Bonjour from Paris! Here I am eating soupe carrotte. I think I look chic because the light is dark. I am grateful to be here in my friend's loft in the 11e arrondissement. She is home visiting her family. My best friend Susan came through marvelously from her proceedure in Toronto. Now she is coming to join me for Christmas in Paris. More good

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You are sitting in: 1. An Eames Chair 2. A Brocade oriental wing chair 3. At a 1950's kitchen table 4. In a rose colored painted wicker chair 5. In a cardboard chair. 6. Santa's lap... ok that doesn't count. Score  yourself. One point for every #1 answer, 2 points for # 2, 3 points for #3 etc. Answer key to "But what kind of Modern style am I" Quiz: 1-7      Mid century Modern 7-12    

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photos by lemoncadet                                               Hollywood Regency You are hungry for: 1. a shrimp cocktail and a martini 2. surf and turf dinner and a glass of burgundy 3. home style Macaroni and cheese and a tall cold one 4. tapas and white wine 5. quinoa pie and chai see her flickr stream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lemoncadet/5414170917/ Only one more question

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photos by Sweetington You are listening to: 1. Miles Davis 2. The best of Herb Alpert 3. Johnny Cash 4. Joss Stone 5. Greenday see more of Sweetington's pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timsidford/6269579233/in/photostream/ Cheers! CM

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PDR furniture in photo by Modernmini Houses You're DYING for 1. A steel danish pin 2. A Bob Mackie gown 3. Bakelite earrings 4. A fringed Spanish shawl 5. An Etsy felted necklace For Green inspiration check out this site: http://inhabitat.com/young-japanese-designers-showcase-sustainable-ideas-at-designtide-tokyo/p1180190/ Reinhard Deienes http://www.reinharddienes.com/ See previous post

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Retro styleDDR chair, lamp, Tomy rubber plant, Bozart sculpture. Retro style. DDR bedroom set from German ebay, minimodernista screen and pillow, Strombecker floorlamp. I am visiting a friend  for a few weeks and will not return until after Thanksgiving.  Instead of blogging about the I house I am offering the following. Like the "What kind of doll house are you, anyway?" Quiz (See it here:

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 I am trying to make a bullet planter out of the plastic tip to my outdoor umbrella and the base of a miniature outdoor bar b que. sculpture by mini dork, antique vase, mattel coffee table, Barbie tv stand and tv, minimodernistas shell sculpture and rug, Barbie plastic leaf, mini magazines from e bay. This tv unit used to be hot pink. What I am realizing is I am going to have to move the work

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When you said you had 2 Ghosts, I didn't know you meant your chairs! How can we live here? There are no closets.                        The coffee is good though...                            Justin Bieber! Now that's scary... So What'll it be tonight? Pizza or Chinese? "Hon, do we REALLY have to watch 'TrueBlood' again, I want to watch 'The Good Wife'."   : 0 CM credits: all items are

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I solved my need for a modern house by buying a Imaginarium doll house.The lines are simple and the ceilings lofty and it won't fall down. I needed a bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining room and office. (because I had the furniture and wanted to play with it...)Then I could add a family room, but the dollhouse would have to  be large. More than a roombox. The color scheme of the Imadinarium 

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The I House is a hacked Imaginarium Glitter Suite, Barbie size dollhouse. The scale is 1/6 but many of the items are1/12 or vintage and in between. The front door Do you see the stainless steel handle? It needs house numbers.It opens to the living room with the kitchen and dining room in the back. pdr designs Facing back to the front door is a phantom chair and coral sculpture. The Dining

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The Goods: Mattel 1950's wooden furniture, umbrella tip planter with bamboo from Michael's, Tap plastics window shade, Jonathan Alder lamp, minimodernistas' pillows, orange pharmacy  lamp and shell art, Sindy black lamp, rement starbucks cup, 1960's keychain princess phone charm. Mousepad rug. Baby announcement boots picture, coral art is a finial from a lamp on a piece of an old trophy.

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credits: Spot on couch. chairs and TV, Doltoi fireplace, herringbone paper for floor, minimodernista ball clock. Color xeroxes of Jean Miro paintings. I was just contacted by a Production Company interested in doing a series on the Mini world. They had talked to Peter Tucker but not Paris Renfroe yet. I told them about The Shopping Sherpa starting the craze with her pictures of her collection,

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Like many mini people I am attached like a limpet to 1/12 scale.Then I saw this 1950-60s Mattel vintage Barbie furniture. After I got it I realized it is Slightly smaller than 1/6 but was too big for my 1/12 houses. Hence the undertaking of the I House. The lamp is from the Jonathan Adler Collection and originally hot pink. I have two and painted one orange and one black. Here is the

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                      How fun! Do we get to see updates?

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                                  So this is the frame painted. The inspiration for this idea came from seeing 1/6 scale Barbie furniture in GREAT design but atrocious colors.  Such as taking THIS 2/24/2011 To this. That's hacking. Mid-century shelf by Amazing miniatures, and black tension lamp from Sindy bought on ebayUK. Hot pink Barbie Eames chair... Oh Barbie, really? After, mailer by

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Case study modern houses of the world. My inspiration. the building in reality. So after owning 18 houses, some antique, some vintage and some modern, I decided last year I'd like to try my hand at building my own. I knew I could not copy the masterpiece of a Gottschalk. The charm of a Bliss, the beauty of a Tynietoy or the edginess of a Marx split level. I knew from photographing mini scenes 

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The Christensen Family "My lovely and very supportive wife has put up with all my hobbies since we met, she and my three children have really taken an interest in the Modern Miniature world since this endeavor began." Wes said.  "My oldest daughter and I have been designing and re-designing an ultimate mini house for her, but she is a lot like her dad in that a design is never finished!!

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The MH1 is easy to play with. Not just for carrying around but for reconstructing any way you want! Above I added an antique Triang facade from #50 that had been ruined and I had spray painted stainless steel in 2009. Also a piece of glass and the top to a conservatory. I have more pictures on my modern design blog http://leftcoastmini.blogspot.com/ but for the moment will show a little more

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So I do think it is funny when I google "Myrealitty" I get Lil Wayne, feat Gudda Gudda, Mack Maine- My reality. Because my computer self corrects the spelling specificially the second "T" in my realiTTy. I wanted "itty" as in itty bitty, as in little. As in Lil'. And I am just wondering if Lil Wayne ever gets me? Maybe he thinks oh cool design...  Come on what a good mini blog name is "Lil"?

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all photographs in this post are by Wes Christensen This is the beautiful MH2. It is 1/6 scale and one of a kind made for an artist at Disney Studios. That made me wonder how many MH1' s are out there. Mine is signed by Wes. He said he made 10, and one in 1/24 scale  That delights the collector's heart in me. And there is only 1 MH2! Wes continues "As far as Miniature influences, I remember

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Wesley Allen Christensen was born in Payson, Utah. He describes his parents as "my dad is an old cowboy and a Barber. He cuts hair at his original barber shop with the spinning pole and game mounts on the wall on Main Street in my home town, and my Mother is a wonderfully passionate woman that gave me my drive and desire to always create. Their talents along with the talents I picked up from my

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This modern housemodel by architect Wes Christensen is my all time favorite house. And that includes my red roofed Gottschalk with the pull down garden and the German late 1800's house Ann Meehan told me is a Christian Hacker. (OK even the adorable Albin Schonherr puppenstuben, not to belabor the point) much. It is so perfect for modern design. It showcases cutting edge mini furniture like the

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Sans sent this inspirational photo. Oh I can smell the flowers and taste the cake. "All you need is LOVE, everybody" now where have I heard that before...After the wedding? The honeymoon! Enjoy this inspiration from her recent trip to Bali, and check out these pictures and more from her blog. http://sansdollhousediaries.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html And where is my ElderAssistant and

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So we continue on to the Antiqueing part of the trip. We drive to Pennsylvania and go to work. And what happens? We are in a shop in Shrewsbury and the depression glass plates start rattling and the floor rolls. I ask, "is that an earthquake?" and the shop owner says "No that's just a truck going by". Well, I am not from California for nothing... It was a rare earthquake on the Eastern

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Shale helps me get the Bride to the Chrurch on time. Photos by Shale                                  Face us little flower girl! For the adventures of Daphne and Colette go to  Shale's blog. Click here: http://susanshouses.blogspot.com/ Photos, photos  and  more photos... it gets tiring smiling... YAY! On to the reception!

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 Well love must be in the air! These Erna Meyer dolls are getting married too!                How sweet are they? Is this a 1950's bride and groom?               The Groom in this one looks like Mr. Darcy to me!               For more go to:          http://RebeccasCollections.blogspot.com/  and check out the beautiful wedding pictures from her family! They are so historic.

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Thank you Mini Modern for guest blogging for me this week as I am off to my Elder Assistant's wedding. I wish you all could come, but at least we can celebrate this happy event in blogland. We love this festive setting! The bride wishes her real reception was this palate and the Little Assistant is ready to eat the cakes! Look at the glass marbles! How clever!                       Reception

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photo by Callofthesmall Here is a picture of the Tomy Smaller home designed by Call of the Small. She brings her contemporary design touch to this model using a variety of different dollhouse accessories. See her post here   http://call-small.blogspot.com/2011/06/tomy-smaller-home-kitchen.html/   to see an updated view of this wonderful ranch house as we say goodbye to the Tomy Smaller Home

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photo by The Shopping Sherpa photo by The Shopping Sherpa You have GOT to love these jeans! photo by Cracklin Tulipsee her flickr stream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cracklintulip/5562636301/ photo by Chris Cute from flickr posted January 31, 2008 see her flickr stream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9193648@N05/2234726803/ So the thing is... as a collector of mini homes with 18 plus

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Though orange in this picture by The Fragrantmuse, this kind of breakfast area furniture was often made of oak.                                                                                                                       Photo by the fragrantmuse See more of her photos on Flickr here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefragrantmuse/3691205164/

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True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 44 Result: 28 Powered by RANDOM.ORG       Beatriz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! email me your address at more2view@aol.com and I will ship you your chair. Thank you to everyone who participated. I wish you all could win. I luv ya all! Carol PS we are looking forward to your pictures! UPDATE: Now my dear bloggy friends, I will be transferring from this

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True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 44 Result: 13 Powered by RANDOM.ORG   NORMA! Yay!

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True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 44 Result: 41 Powered by RANDOM.ORG Congrats! Contrar!

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True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 44 Result: 38 Powered by RANDOM.ORG  38 is Melissa Piekaar Congrats! email me your address and I will mail you you new 1/12 Phantom chair. When you receive it please send us a picture of a scene you made with it! I think I have to post each winner seperately to copy and post the Random. org number. On to the second winner! c

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Thank you to everyone who participated: 1. Hunky Dory                                   25. Isabel 2. Rosamargarita                                26. Charipili 3. Ann                                                27. Malu 2 4. Oese                                              28. Beatriz 5. Neomig                                          29. Britt 6. Christine

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I have 43 names so far and 4 chairs to give away to 4 different people! At midnight in 3 1/2 hours from RIGHT NOW it will be too late! Midnight Pacific Standard time. Hurry!  The sun is just setting out on the Pacific Ocean sending up it's last rays of today.Good luck! CM

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OK! So far I have 42 names signed up for tomorrow's drawing. Mini Dork has told me how to download an automatic winning number generator so you have until 12 midnight  Pacific Standard Time tonight to add your name! This is so much fun. Promise us if you win you will send us a scene with your Phantom Chair! Cheers Carol Morehead

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Look at th detail of this bathroom set! I especially love the 70's tile! The lights around the mirror are so of that era! The long and low toilet is SUCH an improvement over the Marx plastic toilet.                                        photo by The Shopping Sherpa see her photo stream on flickr Look at that groovey towel! Here is another view from McKendry's Dollhouse history. Click here

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I LOVE this furniture!Not only because it is ORANGE but because it is so finely detailed. With plastic you can do that. How many people had pleated lamp shades? Uh huh. If you knocked them over they cracked... Notice the can of TAB.                                              Nice speakers for the stereo. Check out the living room suite and the rug.P.S. the contest is still on for the phantom

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photo by The Shopping Sherpa Photo by the Shopping Sherpa The reason I love the Tomy Smaller Homes and Gardens accessories is because they are SO DATED. The are frozen in the time of my late childhood. Probably their style was my first understanding of interior decoration. For more information go to these two informative web sites: http://smehreen-dollhouse.blogspot.com/2007/09/

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                                                                         Perfect for 1/12 scale.     Phantom Chair give away. Just leave a comment at this blog from July1st to July 20th 12pm                        PST and you're in. You're in Hunky Dory.  This is a picture from a year ago when I REALLY wanted a ghost chair and made one of 2 eyeglass lenses and a plastic take out box. Ha! Pretty

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photos by Vixie Vaporous Go here to peruse the Flickr stream of Ideal Petite Princess photos:                                                                  http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehappylost/3913379653/in/pool-petiteprincess                                                  Fireplace                                                 Dining room

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photo by Fiddybobiddy is big leggyThis dollhouse is at Angel's Attic in Santa Monica, California.It uses the Princess Patti bathroom set. Love the green marble.So far I have the tub and toilet. see Fiddy's Flickr stream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehappylost/3913379653/in/pool-petiteprincess The big cardboard brick doll house shown 3 posts ago has a kitchen for the Princess Patti

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pictures by Lemoncadet My friend Lemoncadet bought lots of Petite Princess furniture. She found out there was a series of copies made in the 1960's. The original chair made in Japan is on the left. The copy made in Hong Kong is on the right. You can see the difference of the markings on the bottom. The original Buddah on the left looks happier.To see her flickr stream here: http://

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The sink in original packaging.Picture of Colette using the Princess Patti set. Love these mid-century modern chairs! Here is a set of the original Petite Princess dolls in the kitchen. picture by lemoncadet picture by Lemoncadet Love this frig. One just sold on ebay for $70.00... That's a lot of food... Cheers CM

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pictures from:http://cauldroncraftminiatures.blogspot.com/2009/11/vintage-petite-princess-by-ideal.html If you have one of these kicking around your house email me! I want it. I have only seen it once on ebay and I don't think it sold... I was under the influence of "Bliss" at the time, and could not see past antique brick litho. I thought it was ugly and the interior ridiculous. Actually I was

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Or as the Sears add says below,"She sleeps in Royal Splendor" Roccoco is the word, here!  The bed is often seen without this "crown" on the top of the headboard. I like the contrast of the pink ribbon on the pillows too.                          This is the frilly vanity with mirror and stool.                   The blue satin chaise with a pillow roll is too too!!! And whose room is this??? The

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1/1 scale furniture Hollywood Regency style came about in the 1960's  1/18scale petite princess dollhouse furniture 1/1 scale 1/1 scale Petite Princess dollhouse furniture 1/1 scale Petite Princess dollhouse To see more information about Petite Princess doll furniture go here: http://leftcoastmini.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html     Cheers! CM

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Grandma has all the kids in the kitchen. View out the sliding glass door. The kitchen table. I love these chairs.

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I am soooooo fickle! I have been playing with my new I House creation  http://Leftcoastmini.blogspot.com/ and neglected finishing this dollhouse. I think it is best to blog right when you get a house rather than getting them lined up like planes on a runway... as I am by organizing them by era they represent, perhaps? The front. I love this "Hollywood" swing though it might be Lundby. The

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Being in one of the last time zones, you may be reading this Monday or Tuesday! Let's start with coffee from Peet's on 4th street in Berkeley. The musicians are setting up, the dogs are tied to trees and toddlers are lurching around in natural fabric outfits with home knitted caps. "Non fat Latte, not too hot" is what I get. There is also a tea bar down the way. DWR is here, CB2, Crate and barrel

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A Friend of mine recently pointed out it is pronounced Pup (like puppy) en stuben. Just to be clear. This image from the Virtuelle Puppenhaus Museum http://www.puppenhausmuseum.de/     symbolizes the newness and excitement of the new design for the home. My friend Yuki says she can spend hours looking at this collection of German mini house design from post war Germany. Here is the kitchen

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photo by CM The sewing room. photo by Ann MeehanLook at this collection of miniature sewing items. It is astounding!  photo by Ann Meehan Imagine the artisans who put them together! photo by CM Look at the tiny papers and envelopes, and the little ink pot! photo by CM I added this doll because I want to see her whenever I feel like it! photo by CM One of my Modern style collector friends said

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 Photo by CM                                    Look at this amazing FAO Schwarz Mystery House! On Ann's website she has a newsletter Called "All things Great and Small". She explains the history of each house and gives detailed information you cannot find anywhere else. You can reach it by going to http://www.meehanantiqueminiatures.com/ there are many volumes and all her houses are covered.

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I know you should space out your posts at least a few days apart but I am so excited to show you this! I just can't wait. One of the most exciting days of my dollhouse life happened on our trip. Collector Ann Meehan graciously gave Susan and me a tour of her magnificent collections and her home, showing us how she lives with them. Beautifully I might add! http://

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The Little Assistant of Myrealitty liked the fabric and wood samples sent from the Elder Assistant. I have saved enough samples for the SF mini group by hiding them. If you put your table upsidedown really there is less floor to mop or vacumn or roomba. Update: This was the first time the Little Assistant saw the Petite Princess house. She is in love. My daughter thought I was giving her child 

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After Shale went to her friend Olga's house and I went to my elder assistant's apt. we met up the next day for the last trip of our journey. We wanted to see the Faith Bradford House at the Smithsonian Museum. SOMEHOW I got off at the wrong metro stop so we met up at the Hay Adams Luncheon room which looks out on the White House. I'm sorry but I only know a few landmarks in DC. that being one of

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More to follow, packing to fly home.

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There was a beautiful and special dollhouse that became available. It was well made, a charming gambrel style house and the perfect showcase for a Tynietoy collection. So an intrepid first time buyer joined the bidding with her heart in her throat. And she won! With her heart beating wildly she paid for the item and arranged for her elder assistant who was visiting the East that very next

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Beautiful Farm countrySpring is on the way Shilos (ok my friend Susan who grew up on a farm pointed out they are called Silos...) Dollhouses begging to go to Toronto... Do not tell my little assistanst but I resisted buying "Mr and Mrs. Bunny" as they were called, and believe me they were reasonable! I was just afraid I might have to buy each of them their own seat home on the Jet Blue  flight

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So this is Pennsylvania, Daphne. Boy even though you are Canadian you sure know a lot more about this state than I do! Thank you for the hat from Peru, it's really cold here. Well, I guess we better get going if you say there are that many places to hit. Find of the day, Colette's been looking for a chandelier for her grandest house. "Colette! Colette! Can you hear me? I know 75 places to go

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                 OH Look! There is another one over there! "I KNOW you can do it, Colette, I'll just put it on the top...." (For explanation see post below...)

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The sun was pouring into Colette's kitchen in California.  "Daphne, Hi! How are you.. Guess what? I might be coming back East. Would you be up for a visit???" "Yay! I have to go to D.C. and visit C.M's older assistant and see how the wedding plans are going." "OK, but once I click this... we're on. Do I need a passport? Click" credits: Princess Patti by Ideal kitchen set, paper background

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Shopping on ebaydeutscheland can be tricky. There is a wealth of dollhouse items in every color, shape and from every era. I start hyperventilating just thinking about it.  But... getting it to your little spot on the globe can be difficult. Many German ebay sellers restrict their shipping areas. Some will go as far as the European Union but for bigger items... not so much. I had a friend help

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It is hard to write a story here like I did about the Colonial house or the Victorian house. The dolls actually look like clones. Maybe a Twilight Zone theme, or a Kafkaesque story?Obviously the shift is away from dolls to furniture. Was this reflecting the advent of "Interior design" as it became popularized for the masses? Mixing in other dollhouse items just doesn't work. But... I had

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This is my all time favorite dollhouse picture and it is by Superjunk on Flickr.

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go to http://www.utterlyengaged.com/ to learn more.

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You have to admit this is a striking dollhouse.                                 And colorful. If you look at doll house history, the 1960's  are a major time of change in dollhouse development. Hello plastic. The figures evoke that mid century vibe. It is similar to the "Mad Men" look which is so popular now. The idea was to offer rooms that could be arranged in any manner.

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The 1950's Marx dollhouses expressed the idea of a happy, healthy family. They were probably all drinking orange juice around those kitchen tables.Leisure became part of family life. Swing sets, sand boxes and swimming pools arrived in the back yards as rumpus rooms and breezeways appeared inside the house. I love this iconic pool. It is a boomerang, or kidney shape so typical of the time. The

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The 1950's seemed to be a time when anything was possible. Post WW2 parents were thriving and busy creating the "baby boom".  Check the view out the window. "When the red, red Robin comes bob, bob, bobin along..." Pretty optimistic time. I love the soldiers. I also like the Big top, tenting design over the drapes. Check out the toys. The Marx Company also made a Disney version with the kiddie

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Marx houses were affordable and carried by companies like Sears. The houses were know for rumpus rooms, breezeways and patios, all modern additions to the American home. They reflected the possessions of the upper and growing middle class in America in the 1950's. Plastic made the toys easy to produce. You can see piles of plastic dollhouse furniture at garage sales and on ebay. Some are made of

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   Happy March! March is Marx Dollhouse month. I will be showing this house and my 1960's Imagination House by Marx. According to McKendry in History of Dollhouses steel houses began to come out around 1948. See  http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm  They were lighter and had intricate lithographed illustrations. They came flat with tabs that fit into slots and then bent back to hold the

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 What? Well, it's like this. Last November I blogged about the Celluloid dolls from my collection in the 1930's Triang house. All year I had seen wonderful celluloid and plastic turkeys for sale. That month, when I needed one? Zero. So even though our next holiday is St. Paddy's Day, I'm getting ready for Thanksgiving NOW.  And look what I found. The plumpest, silliest turkey ever!Here they

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Dear Friends Down Under, Thinking of you with the latest news of this earthquake. I am learning my geography, where Darwin is in relation to Christchurch and Canberra and Sydney. Checking to see how you are faring in this latest natural disaster. Hope all are well. C Brimtoy made a tin kitchen in 16th  scale. They were an English company who began in 1914. They later merged with the Wells Co.

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My friend Lemon Cadet got them from ebay. They are 1/24 scale. Very cool, look at that coffee table! Thanks C

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This house is fun to play with as it is so iconic. Love the graphics of the stone wall. This is a little more traditional. Credits: Wicker chair, antique German Korbi. Eames chair, Reac. For more information about this 1950's Eagle Hexagon mini house, see posts below. C

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 This is the bedroom in the Eagle Hexagon Mini House. It is a coral shade of pink and sunny yellow. Notice the abstract art on the wall.                                              Notice the crossover curtains. This Dol toi furniture is from England. I especially love the old quilt that came with the bed. There is a Flickr group devoted just to Dol-toi if you wish to see more. http://

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Notice the Mid century modern abstract tile pattern in the bathroom. Notice the Lovely shag rug... I would  never have the guts to put 3 different tile patterns in one bathroom, but it works. Credits: Pink plastic sink and toilet by Eagle I think. It came with the house. Beige tub by Tomy smaller homes. Cheers! C

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This is the dining room in the Eagle hexagon house. credits: Dol toi table, Spot on buffet (bookcase) and red chair Lundby carpet, Bozart pictures, Renwall brown chairs, minimodernista lights. A rather electic collection. C

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This the view of the top of the 1950 Hexagon Dollhouse by the Eagle Toy Company of Montreal, Canada.This is the side view. The house has 6 sides and a central court. The top and floor are made of fiberboard, the walls are steel.   Each room is different. This view is of the solarium or patio. This is the view from the bottom. Notice the skylights. There are 4 plastic encased wheels. One can

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Oh just sneaking into February and the Eagle Hexagon House. I had it set up and we were having fun playing with it and this just happened.(Spot On couch and TV) There is that shelving again. (Amazing Miniatures shelf, Texas Tiny statues, Reac chair, antique books, Spot On brown buffet cabinet)  AH LOVE this toy! A little 50's channeling.But here is the point... WHO put that boy on the stove and

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Mrs. Strombecker is unhappy in her kitchen. She hasn't made Valentine's cookies and hasn't gotten the kids valentines for school ready either... can you hum "Mother's little helper" by the Stones? Don't worry, Mrs. S. we made ours and they are already eaten and forgotten! Maybe it is better to do it last minute...

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This is one of my favorite sets by the Strombecker Company. It is a children's nursery set. Notice the details of the colorful ball pulls. The duck rocker toy is cute too. Here is the version from McKendry's Dollhouse history . She dates it from 1938 with many more pictures that can be found at her website here:  http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1930s-part_2.htm  I forgot about this old

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I love this tea cart.The dining room chairs and table and sideboard in the back are all the large Strombecker. The teapot and cup and saucer are vintage German painted gold. The wallpaper came with the house and it was carefully applied. The bedroom set has a lovely grain. The mirror is missing from the woman's chest set. The crib is vintage metal. The bedspread is a 1940's handkerchief. The

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Alberta: the mother doll. People seem to really like this bright kitchen with the 40's-50's feel to it. Did you know Wonderbread came out in the 1920's? Credits: Strombecker refrigerator, stove and sink, I was told this is Nancy Forbes red wood and metal kitchen furniture but I have also seen it credited to Strombecker. The toy car is renwal, contemporary wood milk bottles and canisters. The

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My good friend L. was in Chicago which meant a visit to the Chicago Art Institute. She emailed me pictures of the miniature exhibit there. Feel like a museum tour? The following photographs are by L.W. Are you familiar with the work of Mrs. James Ward Thorne? I received the book called " Miniature Rooms, The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago" about her miniature room boxes from Shale

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Can you guess sister's name?  Dot.. This is the girl's room in the eves . I think the desk is small Strombecker but the green set is a different manufacturer. I think I saw it in Villner;s book, so I must go researching. It is just so 1940's to me. Cheers, C

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I will be adding pictures throughout the day, but I thought this scene might be replicated in many homes after the holiday season. Many houses of this era use the black swirl design on the chimney and the grey sprayed painted rocks. The Louis Rich design has steel corners and contains no interior decoration leaving the decor up to the buyer. In my house a previous owner added shake shingles on

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