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Another Trixy Toy Dollhouse
This is my second Trixy Toy dollhouse made by the Durrel Company of Boston, MA, during the late 1920s.Granny Ramey lives in this two story cardboard house.Her house has four rooms....living room and...
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A Dora Kuhn dresser lands in a charming Wolverine dollhouse....
It all started with this little Dora Kuhn dresser....I occasionally sell on Ebay and sometimes buyers share with me just where my little treasures have landed. Chris, the new owner of this little...
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A New Book by Patty Cooper! Perfume Novelties for Dollhouses
What dollhouse collector doesn't have one of these cozy chaise lounges in at least one of their dollhouses? A new resource book for the collectors of perfume containers that are often found in...
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Looking for this 1935 Keystone of Boston Dollhouse
This dollhouse is one of the first dollhouses produced by Keystone of Boston in 1935. K's mom had a dollhouse just like this when she was a child, but it was lost about 30 years ago. Mom recently...
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De Luxe/Tekwood Dollhouses
This dollhouse, made of Tekwood, was produced by the De Luxe Game Corporation in the mid 1940s. They are commonly known by either name...De Luxe Dollhouse or Tekwood Dollhouse. These dollhouses are...
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My new dollhouses are both "A" frames!
This small A frame dollhouse was produced by Rich Toys as "No. 575"'John's Cottage', 1940 as described in Rich Toys, Dollhouses 1935-1962 by Cooper, Belanger, and Goranson, 2017. The house is...
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What kids wanted for Christmas in 1940....suggested by Life magazine
I purchased this Life magazine, published December 9, 1940, because it had what I thought might be a dollhouse produced by Schoenhut to sell exclusively by FAO Schwarz, but found instead a whimsical...
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Comfy Cozy Dollhouse Furniture!
A new book by Patty Cooper.....You are going to love this one, as is usual with a book from Patty Cooper!Whether you are going for that English cottage design, French country style or even the comfy...
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DISCOVERED!....a wondrous dollhouse castle on Etsy
One of my "hobbies" is "surfing" Ebay and Etsy for dollhouse items to add to my collection. Sometimes I find items so wonderful that they need to be shared with everyone. The owner of this wonderful...
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A Charming Art Deco House from the UK
This is a guest post from George Mundorf, an avid collector of Art Deco dollhouses. George has shared several of his dollhouses with us....you can see them here Malibu: a Tale of 2 Art Deco Dollhouses...
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A New Patty Cooper Book on DeLuxe Game Corporation's Tekwood Dollhouses and...
Most collectors of vintage dollhouses are familiar with the term Tekwood, a material patented in 1935 and composed of a hardwood core sandwiched between and bonded to two faces of heavy Kraft paper....
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A 1938 Rich Toys Plantation
Rich Toys produced this lovely colonial mansion dollhouse in 1938, No. 288. It is decorated with a wood medallion in the pediment above the porch, four large pillars, seventeen windows with painted on...
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Dollhouse Wonders is open again!
DollhouseWonders Reproduction dollhouse parts as well as misc. itemsDollhouse Wonders, the go to shop for...
View ArticleIn search of Donna Lee dollhouses or boxed furniture sets
A new book on dollhouse furniture is in the works....the working title is Nancy Forbes and Donna Lee Dollhouse Furniture. Patty Cooper is looking for pictures of Donna Lee dollhouses or boxed sets of...
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A new Patty Cooper Book: Grandmother Stover's Doll House Miniatures
What makes a dollhouse a home? Why, all the accessories that have been available since the first dollhouse was constructed in the late 1600s. From little girls with their first dollhouses to the...
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Do you have a Trixytoy dollhouse?
The Durrell Company in Boston, Massachusetts, produced a series of fiberboard dollhouses in the late 1920's. Several houses were made in various sizes and slightly different designs. Designs were...
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If you're a fan of Nancy Forbes or Donna Lee dollhouse furniture....
....then this new book by Patty Cooper was written just for you! These two lines of dollhouse furniture were made during the 1940s by different companies founded by three Rapaport brothers who had...
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Looking for a home....with you!
This is Marion's childhood dollhouse, built with love by her father, and gifted to her for Christmas when she was about 8. It was her favorite toy and she played with it constantly. Marion has decided...
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Keeping Up With the Joneses
* indicates there is more information at the end of the postThis is the Joneses house, a 1936 Rich Toys Tudor. But don't tell the Joneses it's a dollhouse, because they think it's a realhouse.*1...
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Dimestore Wood Dollhouse Furniture, ca. 1940s
Chunky wood dollhouse furniture, sold mostly in dimestores during the 1940s, is highly collectable. If you, like me, are curious about who made these pieces in your collection, this new book by Patty...
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Ohio Art Midget Manor Neighbors
Midget Manor is a good descriptive name for this little tin dollhouse manufactured by Ohio Art between 1949-1951, as it measures only 6" wide, 2" deep and 5" tall. It sits on a base 8¼" by 3",...
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A 1934 Schoenhut Dollhouse
This dollhouse was produced in 1934, the last year of production for the A. Schoenhut Company of Philadelphia, Pennsalvania. It has suffered some water damage, is missing the chimney, and was missing...
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Do you know about Trixy Toy and Tiny Town dollhouse furniture?
Do you remember playing with blocks like these that appear on the cover of Patty Cooper's lastest book about two companies that produced dollhouses and dollhouse furniture in the early years of the...
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A Keystone of Boston dollhouse from 1938-39
Say hello to the Jurgensons....Jerry, Janice and their little daughter Jezebel.This is their home, a two story, five room housewith side chimney and attached kitchen.It was manufactured by Keystone of...
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