Radio 4 will be taking a peek inside the world of the dolls’ house today at 11.30am. (more…)

So here we are, we’ve gone through 500 or so years of history, umpteen style periods and architectural compositions and now we’re almost up to date.  We left our guide at the mid point of the 20th century, just before Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne so let’s take  early fifties as our starting point. I hope you’re sitting comfortably because this will take a while!
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Last week we said this would be our final part of our era guide, but the 20th century covers so many design eras, we’ve decided we need two.

The 20th Century, combining two World Wars, the glamour of 1950s Hollywood, the swinging London of the sixties and the gluttony of the 1980s,  was certainly a colourful era to have experienced. In this installment we look at the interiors and architecture of the earlier half of the century.

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Welcome to the third part of our look into the most popular dolls’ house and miniatures eras. In this installment we will be looking at the Victorian Era, possibly the most popular of eras for dolls’ house enthusiasts as it provides us with so much ’stuff’ to put in our houses!

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Following on from our introduction into the more popular periods for styling your dolls’ house, we’re moving forward from the Tudor realm, which ended with the death of Queen Elizabeth the first in 1603, by about 100 years, to 1714 and the reign of King George.

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