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If you have decided on a dollhouse kit that does not come with a roof already complete you can add a professional look to the exterior of your dollhouse with the addition of shingles. Some kits come with the shingles included as part of the kit while with other kits you will need to purchase the miniature roof shingles separately. The type of shingles you purchase should be determined by the style of dollhouse you are putting together and the finished look you would like the dollhouse to have.

The most popular dollhouse shingle...

A visit to the Midway Village Museum in Rockford, Illinois takes you back in history to the end of the 19th century. You will find an historical village with twenty six different buildings representative of a typical farming town in Northern Illinois. There is a general store, a hardware store, a blacksmith shop, a print shop, schoolhouse, town hall, police station, hotel, bank, fire station, church, houses, and a variety of other buildings. There is also a Midway Village Museum which was first started in 1968 through the combined forces of...

For people who love miniatures and dollhouses there is nothing like being able to connect with others who are also enthusiasts. One of the ways you can do that is through publications geared toward the miniaturist and dollhouse lover. Miniature publications provide how to information on creating miniatures, photos of what other people have created and news on upcoming miniature shows and exhibits.
The interest in dollhouses and miniatures continues to grow. Helping to fuel this interest are a variety of publications that serve the market. One of the most popular is the...

At one point the Mott’s Miniatures Museum & Dollhouse Shop located in California had the largest display of miniatures anywhere in the world. The Museum contained dollhouses from a variety of time periods, shadow boxes, and individual miniature
rooms. The Museum was originally part of the Knott’s Berry Farm and was open to the public for more than 34 years but closed its doors in 1998 and the items have now been sold at auction. The collection of miniatures was sold to private collectors, museums, art galleries and retailers. However, there is a sort...

The Uppark House & Gardens located on the South Downs in England is an 18th century mansion which is maintained by the National Trust Collection. The Earl of Tankerville was the original owner and builder of the property which was built in 1690 once he figured out how to have water available at the site. The home which was damaged by a fire in 1989 has been restored room by room to its original Georgian elegance.

Uppark House & Garden also contains a “baby house” dollhouse that dates to...