How about that, a2zmom. As it happens, my younges son and I built a 1/12 tudor dollhouse for same grand-daughter. We decided to avoid the period furniture cos where's the fun in that (for a 7 year old). I definitely remember shaky tables (carrot slices and matchsticks) and endless use of matchboxes, when I had a (far less grandiose) dollhouse.

Mind, same child has also been the recipient of a 1/2 size gypsy vardo.

Same youngest went through a long (and spendy) Warhammer craze...but mostly making 'terrain'. Hours and hours cutting up cereal boxes and yep, small plant material would often find it's way into the dioramas (despie the obvious alien space settings)

That sounds like so much fun! I myself am not all that crafty. I tell people that I collect at the low end of the high end. My collection is 40+ years of buyig hand made pieces. I won't tell you what its now worth, you'd have a heart attack.

uhmmmm... you could have linked us over there.. lol ...ken

Yeah, we did buy a handful of tiny furniture pieces (such as a ridiculous dresser with minuscule jugs, plates and so on, but never spending too much...(because small hands are not always very dainty). The best investments were tiny lamps and a sneaky wiring system. Now grand-daughter is 12, the dollshouse is back at mine, hiding behind a clothes rail, waiting for another child to discover the pleasures of arranging miniature tea-parties and such. I often consider selling it but after the hours and hours of work, I find I cannot yet bear to part with it...and maybe grand-daughter will have offspring of her own.

@ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5 Link to what exactly? A link to the Philly 1/12 dioramas is up above. As far as a link to miniatures, here's a link to one of my favorite artists, he's not only a major talent but a super nice guy.

I bought my first piece from him 35 years ago.

https://acquistosilver.com/shop/