The best way to start is by deciding on what period interests you (Victorian, Edwardian, Tudor, Georgian, American Victorian) and then start on a one-room project.
Miniature Rooms and Furnishings
After Deciding on a Period, Decide on a Room and Start collecting!
What will it be? A bedroom, Victorian children’s nursery, Victorian servants quarters, Victorian kitchen or a dining room?
A one-room box is the easiest way of starting off a dolls house collection. A simple plywood box which can then be fitted with a glass front when complete provides the start.
Simply paint or wall-paper the interior (miniature wall papers are easily available at miniature craft fairs), then either collect the furniture required (also available at craft fairs or make a few simple items yourself. Tiny dolls can be bought or made out of polymer clay and dressed with scraps of fabric.
Antique Dolls and Miniature Doll’s Houses
Victorian Dolls House Sitting Room
Dolls and Doll Houses – A Great Hobby and Wonderful Gift
Dolls houses and antique dolls are often found second hand at yard sales, in the attic or people sell them on eBay if they want to raise some extra cash. There is no need to rush out and buy the newest and most expensive items that are brand new, especially in the beginning stages of collecting miniatures.
It is fascinating to see what is out there and what people are prepared to sell. Deceased estates sometimes have a huge variety of dolls and antiques that may have belonged to granny and which hobby the kids are not interested in.
Shop around, do the research and you can find wonderful dolls house items that will make the little girl in your life (or the big girl) smile from ear to ear.
Doll's house to fill with Miniature People