Tag: dollhouse

Requiem for a Dollhouse: Handmade Replica of a 1950S Ranch House Is Too Big to Donate, Too Precious to Toss

by John Keilman Chicago Tribune BENSENVILLE, Ill. — A lot of people remember their childhoods through photo albums or a cherished toy. Penny Parrish’s keepsake is rather more substantial — and that has become a problem. A few years after her family moved into the Bensenville ranch-style house her father and a friend built with…


Miniature Artist Handcrafts Incredibly Sophisticated Dollhouses in Mind-Blowing 1:24 Ratio

An Australian artist with a passion for working on miniature models has found her perfect outlet: making and renovating dollhouses. Reproducing everything from desks to doilies to patio furniture in the incredible scale of 1:24, she is furnishing full houses in a sophisticated country-home style that is entirely her own. Vonelle, who goes by Lavender…