Dolls Houses

Dolls houses are miniature, scale models of houses. Although Doll Houses are thought of a children’s toy that is not necessarily the case as many adults have an active interest in them. Also, many dolls houses, particularly the very intricate and full furnished examples are not appropriate for children due to the number of choking hazards they contain, plus they are sometimes very valuable.

Building and customising dolls houses is a hobby enjoyed by many people across the world. It can be very time consuming and requires a great deal of patience, however the amazing results that some people are able to achieve make building dolls houses a very rewarding hobby.

Dolls house are available ready made in a number of scales, however the traditional scale for dolls house that was most prevalent in the early part of the twentieth century is 1:18. Many examples of these early dolls houses from the Victorian era are lavishly furnished with real wall paper and carpeting. Victorian dolls houses would also frequently include very accurate representations of real life furniture painstakingly crafted by hand. Examples of these early dolls houses are often worth significant sums of money and there is an active market of collectors, many of whom are keen to get their hands of the rarest and most unique dolls houses.

The is a long history of finely crafted European dolls house and Dutch, German and British dolls houses are amongst some of the most valuable and sought after.