Any dollhouse people here?

[runningirl71]

My parents are making a dollhouse for Daisy for her birthday next month! I am excited as I know how much work this is. It won't come furnished though, so I was wondering if anyone knows of a couple sites for dollhouse furniture I could browse??? It can be nice, but don't want way expensive!

Does anybody have experience with the Melissa and Doug dollhouse furniture? Is it nice quality? Would it be okay for an 11 year old, or is it geared toward younger kids?

The house they are making will be a victorian style farmhouse.

TIA!

[jonesloonybin]

We have the Melissa & Doug doll house furniture (kitchen, Master bed, dining room, living room, not sure what else) I think they are good quality. I do feel they are geared to the older kid. (ex: my 5yr old broke a leg off the couch when she was 4) But she plays with them now and is careful. I have even caught my 13 yr old and her friends playing with it a time or two. We bought them on sale somewhere. (we where driving from Oregon to Maine and stopped along the way somewhere.) We have found good deals for the accessories at little mom & pop places. I know furniture is usually expensive. My FIL made the dollhouse and the only problem is that the furniture seems a little big for the house. (ex: all the kitchen stuff does not fit in the kitchen.)

[Kelli in TN]

My now 20 year old loved hers. She had a log cabin.

On a side note, never sit down with your dear daughter at the computer and google "dollhouse". Nope. You want to google miniatures. Not dollhouse.

Trust me on this.

[runningirl71]

We have the Melissa & Doug doll house furniture (kitchen, Master bed, dining room, living room, not sure what else) I think they are good quality. I do feel they are geared to the older kid. (ex: my 5yr old broke a leg off the couch when she was 4) But she plays with them now and is careful. I have even caught my 13 yr old and her friends playing with it a time or two. We bought them on sale somewhere. (we where driving from Oregon to Maine and stopped along the way somewhere.) We have found good deals for the accessories at little mom & pop places. I know furniture is usually expensive. My FIL made the dollhouse and the only problem is that the furniture seems a little big for the house. (ex: all the kitchen stuff does not fit in the kitchen.)

Is it the actual size of the house, or is it the scale? The M&D set says it is on a 1:12 scale. I guess I better ask my Mom and Dad what the house is!

Thanks for the info!

[runningirl71]

My now 20 year old loved hers. She had a log cabin.

On a side note, never sit down with your dear daughter at the computer and google "dollhouse". Nope. You want to google miniatures. Not dollhouse.

Trust me on this.


Okay, thanks for the tip. Do you have any favorite merchants you buy from?

[Philothea]

There used to be a catalog we used to get in the mail... Mrs. Rose's? Rose's or something like that? I can't seem to find it in a search.

I know the days of catalogs are pretty much gone but I used to love getting it and looking through as a little girl.

[Annie G]

Miniatures.com has an awesome catalog that your daughtwr will LOVE to pour through. It's also a source for ideas for us...sometimes we see things in there and figure out a way to make them for less money. Our 16 year old dd has a dollhouse that we built for her when she was five and she continues to enjoy decorating it. My sister encourages her...she bought her furniture as kits and built the pieces herself. All from the Miniatures catalog, which comes with coupons EVERY time.