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Ready for a Bank Holiday? Or just starting out on a week off school?

If you visit the Dolls House Emporium shop at Ripley this weekend you can enjoy the full range of decorated, dressed and lit collectors’ houses on display. It is open seven days a week – including Bank Holiday Monday – 10am-5pm… just 15mins from the M1 or 2mins from the A38.

Our renowned range of 2,000+ miniature furniture items and accessories is on show in a series of colourful and imaginative display boxes.

Knowledgeable staff are on hand to advise on building, decoration and lighting of houses, as well as all aspects of the hobby.

There’s free on-site parking and facilities for the disabled. Claim a free breakfast when you stay at The Premier Inn – just mention The Dolls House Emporium.

Here’s how to get here.

From the North:

M1 junction 28 onto A38. Take the A38 towards Derby. After approximately 5½ miles, take the slip road for Ripley A610. Continue as for the A38, below.

From the A38

At the Ripley junction, take the A610 towards Nottingham. Following the signs to Nottingham:
* go straight on at the first (Butterley Park/Police Headquarters) roundabout}
* second exit off the second (Police Headquarters) roundabout
* first exit off the third (Sainsbury’s) roundabout
Turn left at the traffic lights (Stringfellows Trade Outlet) into Brittain Drive.
Take the first right into High Holborn Road.

The Dolls House Emporium is 200 yards on the left. Please take the third entrance, where you can drive through the gates to the shop.

From the South:

M1 junction 26: Take the A610 towards Ripley. After approximately 7¼ miles at the T junction in Codnor, turn right at the traffic lights, towards Ripley. After approximately a further half mile, turn right at the traffic lights (Stringfellows Trade Outlet) into Brittain Drive. Take the first right into High Holborn Road.

Do you remember Susanna Ventura’s beautiful house and basement project we shared with you at the start of this year?

She’s been very busy again and has sent The Dolls House Emporium some pictures of her two latest projects.

Susanna, from Voghera in the Province of Pavia, Italy, says: “I built the house and tools for the garden with pergola and little by little; I completed it with your wonderful accessories.

“After I added the gazebo and I decorated it for the marriage party of Claudia.

“My dream is to build a small village, for now I have a Victorian House with garden and gazebo, but gradually I will also other projects, the major difficulty is to find the space where we put them!”

Thank you for sharing Susanna – we’ll keep an eye out for your work in the future!