The new Fully-Finished, Ready-to-Furnish Burghley Basement from The Dolls House Emporium was the talk of the town in this month’s Dolls House World “Small Talk” feature.

We think, because of its stunning quality and beautiful design, the Burghley Basement rightfully deserves this top talking spot – we’re sure you would agree!

The V&A Museum of Childhood, formerly the Bethnal Green Childhood Museum, is a treasure trove of all things “children” – past, present and future.

The museum’s fascinating permanent exhibitions include “Imagine”, which looks at how children play imaginatively; “Be Inspired”, a display of beautiful things from the museum’s collection, including numerous unusual items; and “Explore” which looks at how children learn through play and acquire new skills as they get older.   These exhibitions are also supported by a number of temporary displays which is where The Dolls House Emporium was able to help!

Collecting dolls’ houses and miniatures has been a popular hobby, for both the young and the young-at-heart, for hundreds of years.  The museum celebrated this hobby with a display of dolls’ houses and dolls from across the centuries, for which The Dolls House Emporium supplied two of its own designs.

The Classical Dolls House, by The Dolls House Emporium, is classical by name and classical by nature.  Its three-story Georgian style is most people’s idea of what a typical dolls’ house should look like.  It was used in the display as a perfect example of a traditional dolls’ house enjoyed by children now as well as hundreds of years ago.

In contrast The Mackintosh House, a 1:12th scale house based on the designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is from The Dolls House Emporium’s Architectural Collection and an example of how intricate dolls’ houses can be.  Using authentic details from Mackintosh’s designs this beautiful house is a faithful representative of his style, from the double height hall and “waterfall” light, to the unique staircase with newel posts and galleried landing.

Using these houses the Museum of Childhood was able to demonstrate the varied and enthralling world of miniatures.  That’s what we’re here for!

Bella Magazine has given its readers the chance to win a whole page of goodies, including the beautiful Mimosa Cottage from The Dolls House Emporium.

We’re sure the winner is enjoying their prizes as we speak.  However, once their fragrant candle has burnt out, they’ve used all the skin cream and eaten all of the herb sauce, we hope they will continue to enjoy Mimosa Cottage – it is definitely a prize that keeps on giving and can even develop in to an obsession that can last a lifetime!  The perfect prize!

On last weeks Tonight Programme (28th January 2010), money maestro Martin Lewis showed a family how to reduce their household outgoings by £1,000 a year – and to demonstrate this he used the stunning Montgomery Hall and beautiful Mountfield from The Dolls House Emporium.  To see the whole programme simply follow the link below – scroll along to 14 minutes to see the best bits!

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=119031

If only real houses were as easy to run as the Mountfield – a lot less cleaning and a lot smaller electricity bills.

Montgomery Hall from The Dolls House Emporium is now a star of the silver screen thanks to its recent appearance in the film Creation.

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