My little girl (5) wants a dollhouse for Christmas. I think she'll use it; she's the only one out of the four who builds dollhouses with blocks and actually plays with the Little People.
Trouble is, of course, a pre-built dollhouse will use all her Christmas money and then some.
No problem. I can build a dollhouse easily. I have 1/4" plywood laying around; it's a big box with littler boxes inside. I know my husband would be happy to do the details (windows and doors) that I will mess up because I'm too clumsy.
What I can't build, is the furniture. I'm just not that good. Where is a good place to look for just furniture?? Everything I find by Googling "buy dollhouse furniture" or "buy dollhouse furniture for kids" mostly turns up furniture on a 1:12 scale made for adults to furnish a dollhouse they're building just to look at. I want something that's going to stand up to the kind of abuse my family dishes out (which can be quite a lot-- the child who wants the dollhouse is very careful and gentle, but her older brother and sister are not, and neither are the dogs, and we're all kind of clumsy, and...)
I'm looking for it to be sized for either a 6" (like Strawberry Shortcake or Loving Family size) or 11" (like Barbie size) doll. Since it looks like furniture is going to be the hard part, I will build the house to suit the furniture. We have plenty of both sizes of doll, and they are easy to find at the store.
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12 Sep 2017, 12:18 pm
