My Dolls’ House

the story so far .....!

This dolls’ house was bought as a kit from the Dolls House Emporium in the UK.  I have modified the design a little, and plan to make it a quilt shop on the ground floor, with a tea room in the conservatory.  On the first floor there’s a living room and kitchen, with a small bedroom and bathroom in the attic.

	April 2008 - the house is close to finished!   The conservatory tea room is on the side, the kitchen has furniture and the quilt shop is showing Australian themed fabrics and quilts.
	October 2003 - great progress made during the October holiday!  I've painted and fitted the internal walls, varnished and fitted the staircases and glued the floorcoverings in place.  The cream and gold Kaleidoscope quilt from my book looks fantastic on the brass bed in the bedroom, and the kitchen is really taking shape.
	January 2003 - construction finally started, with help from David, my father, who was visiting from the UK and Rhys, my husband.   Between us we managed to cut new floors to accommodate the different style of staircase, internal walls, and an opening for the French window leading to the conservatory.
	June 1998 - I bought the dolls’ house before we moved from the UK to Australia, but it stayed as a kit in the garage while I waited for enough time, space and money to start building it.  In those four years, I redesigned it a little in my head, bought new staircases and chose light fittings.