Here is a relatively simple way to get started in miniatures ...
using an old breadbox from the thirties and dollhouse furniture also from the thirties,
you have created a miniature setup. There is no need to start with an expensive dollhouse
(the milk bottle in the background gives an indication of the time period which the breadbox is
from):
Here is another idea
......or you might want to try converting an end table
Here we zoom in on the top room, obviously from the Victorian era:
Here we take a closer look at the bottom shelf, a scene from the twenties:
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... building a dollhouse room from a cigar box and a shoebox lid:
Note the painting in the foreground -- this was done by my
husband Ted
who is an experienced artist, in this case of miniature paintings.
into a two room dollhouse as follows:
Last Updated October 3, 1998 by Mary Harris