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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One of the questions we are asked most here at Dolls House towers, is ‘What period is this piece of furniture?’ In truth, it’s not always easy to say as fashions didn’t change the minute a new monarch was crowned and just like today, back then we wouldn’t have thrown out a Georgian chair simply because it wasn’t fashionable any more, it may be still be a beautiful and practical piece of furniture. Additionally, some periods can be generalised, for example, the Georgian period includes the Regency period of architecture and design and the term Georgian is sometimes used to refer to this more specific period. It’s also important to remember that it is your dolls’ house to do what you want with it, be creative and mix periods if you wish, after all, no one really lives in a shrine to one era do they?! – (maybe you do, in which case send us pictures!)

All that said, over the next few weeks we are entering dangerous waters as we endeavour to start a small guide to the most popular periods. If you like what you read or if you have some other suggestions and contributions, please do comment.

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