My
dollhouse
Heike's childhood
dream
At the age of 47 I made an old Childhood dream come true -a
New England style dollhouse. I found pictures and building instrictios
in a magazine and built by a joiner.Some yaers later, in Cadiz, Spain,
I saw an Andalusian style dollhouse.
The follow yaers, I collected several items during my holidays in
Spain.
These include the statue of Santa Pilar from Zaragoza, a paella pan
and a mirror
from Nerja, Andalusia, a bull' head from Sevilla, and earthenware
from Bailen.
The house reminds me of nice days in Spain.
The rooms are made of wooden Bordeaux wine crates. Many bottle was
emptied!
I used all kinds of things for decoration and furnishing. The doll'bodies
are made from pipe-cleaners, the heads and hands from stockink
cloth. The sofas are made of cardboard, the one in the New-England
house is covered with leather instead of fabric. This kind of dollhouse
may seem unusal for some, but is not meant to be perfect. I just enjoyed
working on it. This web page shows that you don't need expensive furniture
or dolls, and perhaps it encourages some to fulfil their childhood
dream, too
Let yourself be inspiredby the pictures!