Here's a round up of dolls houses and related items that we spotted while browsing Dirty Janes* and the attached antiques centre. (This sort of post seems to be becoming a regular feature around here...)
The first dolls house we stumbled across was in the emporium itself:
Homemade with love, we were particularly taken with its pokerwork detailing which included a water barrel and pipe, quoins
and iron lace.
In the antiques centre, we were captivated by this vintage wire house which was being used as a lamp at the Suzie Anderson Home stall. Alas, it was out of my price range,
Around the corner and almost at the end I spotted this house, made from packing crates:
I was tempted to send a picture to Rebecca to see if she was interested, but my phone was playing dead.
The final house we spotted was less interesting:
and faced a 1/6 scale ghost chair being used to display vintage jewellery.
as were the other similar pieces she had on display...
The next stall had a sweet house made of felt, displayed on a vintage dresser with very clever trompe l'oeil, which I'd like to try on a miniature cupboard some time.
(*I consoled myself by deciding there must be several people called Jane who were dirty...)
I think I like the one made of old crates!
ReplyDeleteFor me, it would be the French wire ones. But I am intrigued by what was sold from the crates that required a 5 shilling deposit. A good few dollars today, I would think.
ReplyDeleteI really like the packing crate house too. =0)
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