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a dollhouse. really?
2008 @ 9:56 pm
I was never one for doll houses. Sure, I admired the one Mimi (grandma) had in her Florida room (what IS this room anyway?), the one with the working chandelier, but I never desired one of my own. I liked looking at the exact replicas of real homes at the local craft store, but thought they were ostentatious to say the least (yes, I believe I felt this way as a girl, even without the vocabulary). Maia hadn’t been that into dolls, not like her friends, until recently. Honestly, i didn’t see a doll house as part of our journey together. But then I saw this one for sale for $10 just five houses down the street last weekend. And it wasn’t just the price that dictated the decision. I want to live in this house.
It reminds me of a summer rental on Long Beach Island (NJ) or something similar. As such, I’ll be building in an outdoor shower. It came with one piece of furniture–a wooden bed. Soon I’ll start the search for other small creature comforts, but the first order of business was to populate for Maia. I suggested all manner of smaller plastic buddy live in the house, none of which fit the bill for Maia. Obviously, only a doll goes in the doll house, duh. I remembered I had picked up a set of create-your-own wooden finger puppets from Brooklyn General a year or so ago and I got busy on a test doll. These guys are the perfect size and my fuddy-duddy finger doll was immediately accepted as resident of the house.
She reminds me of Miss Beadle from Little House on the Prairie. It’s gotta be the hair.
There will be more of the family to come… and I expect I’ll wallpaper and knit some rugs too 
And I thought I wasn’t into doll houses *sigh*.
Comments
Ooh, I wanna come over and play! It’s the decorating and dressing the dolls that’s all the fun. Wow, I guess I haven’t changed much. 
Very cool–am glad Maia has accepted at least one resident for the dollhouse.
oh my goodness, she is totally miss beadle! love little house so much.
and the house is such a find. very frank lloyd wright. i had a great one when i was little that my dad made. i swear, someday it’s coming to live with me.
I love this modern-looking dollhouse! Glad that Maia likes it too
okay, that dollhouse almost made me reconsider my urgent pleading with tim to go get the cut. maybe i can get away with a small one for my new niece. that would live here…i was never one for them as a girl either. things change when one crafts, eh?