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Any other regressed adults out there who like playing?
I persuaded my daughter to buy me a dolls house kit last Christmas which I have been occasionally working on.
I wanted to design it internally as Edwardian and have been using a wonderful site for renovating real houses, called Bricks & Brass.
This site now has a wonderful 'quiz' for dating your (real) house, which I have just used for my 4 storey hand painted red brick dolls house.
My house was apparently built between 1880 and 1910 which has well chuffed me, as I decorated the outside before deciding on a style,

maggie

thats fun by sounds of it,
i love dolls houses,
now i got grandaughter thats my excuse to find one to play with

AWWW can I play please Maggie ...

** throws white hankycheif in ** Look I brought my own ghoust !..lol

My 5 year old loves it Julia - except she wants to know when the builders are leaving LOL
I tend to buy furniture etc from Sue Ryder (just google it), it's a reasonable price, so I don't get paranoid when my grand daughter plays with it - and you're donating to charity!! They've only been selling it for 2 years, but their stock is expanding rapidly.

maggie

Maggie
My hubby has a dolls house nearly finished,he went to Woodwork classes with me for 2 years and the blooming thing is still in the garage and i'm dying to get on with the inside and get it finished.

You can play Hayley- but no painting the doll's fingernails!!!!

maggie

Ann,
Sue Ryder shops sell lovely dolls houses ....and christmas is coming - you could have a street!!
I got mine from e-bay - a man called Bobthe dollshouse builder makes the sets.

** sulks and hides varnish bottle behind back * **

Ok ....I had a dolls house and used to play alone with it for hours and when I wasnt loking my oldersisters use to move the rooms about and tell me it was hunted...lol

Hee Hee Hayley - evil.............but good :o)

** gets scissors and comb and eyes up the dolls hair whilst Maggin isnt looking **

*Hayley goes for the cook in the kitchen, unaware that maggie, wanting authenticity, has made some small but sharp mouse traps out of paper clips & balsa wood*

Hi Maggie I have 3.
An Edwardian a thatched cottage and one like the thatch but with slate roof that one I think I will make into a pub.
Love playing with them.
The last one isn't finished yet OH brought it in out of the garage and forgot it. But I have so much to do on the others that I haven't rushed him.
They are all hand made by my OH.
Oh I have a kit that I got to do myself that is a lovely little cottage but still in it's box.
I have the Edwardian in the front room and then in a back room have the two cottages with a nice little garden between takes up almost all the wall in that room
Yep I like playing with toys. :-))
Germaine
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Germaine

Can I come and play with yours ....please


** holds throbbing finger and glares at Maggie **

my mum has 2

Ooo Germaine, I'm envious!!
I have the 4 storey, which had rooms in the attic, but no windows - put those in last month - and I have the MDF to add an extension, I want a scullery!
Also have a second-hand 2 storey one I bought for my grand daughter that needs a bit of work on it, and I'm hoping the small cottage my children had as nippers is still in the attic.
When my youngest (aged 24) and her boyfriend manage to afford a house, and move their stuff out, I'll have a whole spare room and no housework to do :o)
I'll be in my element then.
maggie

Course you can Hayley you would have great fun.
Oh but don't do what our little Joe did one day.
Can I play with the dolls house Grandma yes I said it went very quiet I went in OH DEAR. JOE what have you done. "they had an earth quake :-)). What a mess.
Well took me ages to put it all back. Now the back room is bolted as Abbi has found them now.
I really think I am reliving my childhood dolls houses teddy bears and I really don't want Joe to take his rocking horse home :-))
Germaine
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Hi MAggie you sound as bad as me. I have run out of room for them. It all started someone in the pub asked OH to make him one I said I want one and it went from there. He made the Edwardian but didn't leave the attic open silly beggar so I said i want another storey so he built one on top for me. Then I said I want a thatched cottage so he did that had stuff left so did another one but cut up so flooring that looks like slate and made a slate roof.
The cottages aren't very big just 4 rooms but they look lovely from outside all painted cream with black beams. Think he has got fed up now altogether I think he made 4 Edwardian and 3 cottages. He made me get rid of the plans said no more !!
Germaine
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If in London try the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green
They have the largest British collection not in private hands.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/index.html

Thanks for that site Claire lots of lovely houses there and ideas too.
Now I want a 1930's art deco.
Yep one of those would look good in my front room lol
Germaine
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Son of Hoff - we seem to be unable to leave it at one!!

Germaine, you have just reminded me, I believe I have plans somewhere.......

Claire, I can't go there, I'll just WANT.

Strangely, one of my brothers is 'into' scale model boats (has been for the past 30 years). He makes all sorts from scratch -sailing, naval, steam etc, including putting engines in them.
We realised how similar we are when he was asking me about 1/24th furniture for the captains cabin in his latest sailing boat.
He had bought some stuff but it was 1/12, which he's now going to give to me!! I directed him to 1/24th furniture :o)

maggie