RESEARCH

I just ordered this book which includes floorplans of typical houses in the 1920s. I love the names of each individual design: The Mayfield, the Hazelwood, the Oakdale and the Don Carlo. A family could order a house-building kit that came with plans for the house and separate plans for the garage. The kit came complete with lumber. Remember, this was the real deal - not a dollhouse. The houses are all adorable, but I'm partial to the Craftsman style.

ROAD KILL

This is where it all started. Several years ago I found this dollhouse kit on the side of the road. I brought it home with fantasies of putting it together. More than a decade later I am finally making that fantasy into a reality. Whitney dollhouse kits sell for about $150 and are made of laser cut pressed balsa wood. Very flimsy and not at all what a 1920s home would look like, but I consider this my "starter home". There are some beautiful bungalow-style dollhouses on the market that I have my eye on, but they will have to wait.

IN THE BEGINNING . . .

Here is my very first blog. It's dedicated to building my very own dollhouse, complete with 1920s decor. I never had a dollhouse when I was a child, but there was an all metal dollhouse at the day care center I attended. It was full of dents and the furniture was mismatched. All the windows, doors and wall decorations were printed onto the metal, but I spent hours playing with all the miniature furnishings and people.

I guess I've always been attracted to miniatures, and they always seem to find me whether I'm at a garage sale or thrift store. I'll start posting images very soon.