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There are dollhouse shows and festivals held all over the world. They attract collectors, families and children, crafts people and dollhouse vendors. No matter where you live there is sure to be a dollhouse show not very far from you. The shows are great places to network with other dollhouse enthusiasts, get ideas and see lots of miniatures and dollhouses. Some are sponsored by miniature or dollhouse organizations and others are commercial events.

One of the most popular is the Christmas Kensington Dollhouse Festival in London which will be held on November...

Fairy lore exists in many parts of the world but particularly in Ireland, Britain and Germany. Fairies come in many forms such as gnomes, magical winged fairies, pixies, elves and brownies. If you walk through a woods and you find a little house decorated with natural elements like bark, flowers, moss, acorns, tree stumps, stones you might have just found a fairy home. Some of the homes are simple and others come complete with miniature furniture and tiny accessories. Creating small homes for the mischievous creatures has become a popular pastime for...

Los Angeles interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, internationally renowned interior designer and star of the reality show Million Dollar Decorators, recently turned his hands to creating a dollhouse, in collaboration with his fellow interior designer from the TV show, award winning designer Mary McDonald. Using fabric designs from the Schumacher Collections from both designers, the pair joined forces to create a fantasy dollhouse to raise money for the UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute at the Mattel Children’s Hospital. The dollhouse, created by Bullard and McDonald, along with dollhouses from eighteen other...

Room boxes or architectural boxes are a great way to display miniature collections. They can be as elaborate or as simple as you like. They are also sometimes referred to as shadow boxes; however shadow boxes can also be used to display mementos or other items of interest that are not miniatures. A room box provides a three dimensional area for decorating and can be used to display individual interior rooms or an exterior of a home or building. The most common scale for room boxes is the popular 1:12 ratio but room boxes can come in all shapes and...

An obsession with all things miniature can happen to anyone of either gender, wealthy or poor. However, if you want to be able to pursue a love of dollhouses it can help if you happen to be fabulously wealthy. The famous heiress Huguette Clark, the daughter of William A. Clark who made his millions in copper, loved dollhouses to the tune of spending $80,000 for one dollhouse. Referred to as slightly bonkers and childlike because of her all absorbing interest in dollhouses, Huguette poured all her energy and passion in to her miniature homes, something most dollhouse enthusiasts...