Today I am going to show you all the wooden dollhouses that I found extraordinary for lots of different reasons. I'm pretty sure that there are more, but we'll talk about those another day ;-).
Before I have shown the most expensive and/or biggest dollhouses in the world, that might interest you as well!
Nothing more to say, let's just dive right into things!
updated 10/08/23
But first the answer to one frequently asked question: what is the best wood for a dollhouse?
I think that good quality plywood, but also thin MDF is totally fine to make wooden dollhouses.
It can depend a bit on the age of the child or person you want to make it for.
When kids start to play with dollhouses, the "chewing-on-everything"-period is often over and for adults, this doesn't matter anymore 😉
But I would pay attention to finishing with "healthy" materials, because of the emission of substances. I have written a blog post on dollhouse safety for children before, you can check that out!
1. A Wooden Doll house "Tree"
I just love the illustrated children's books by Jill Barklem, because they tell the adventures of a community of mice living together in the English countryside. Do you know her?
If you love these books as well, you will surely adore this mouse tree dollhouse crafted by Maddie Chambers.
It is inspired by Crabapple Cottage drawn by Jill Barklem from one of her books called “Spring Story”.
If you would like to know how she made this dollhouse, take a look at her blog here. It has now been sold.
2. A Hobbit Hole: a peculiar wooden dollhouse
Now that we are talking about Maddie Chambers, she made another "dollhouse" that I admire a lot: a handmade hobbit hole/ Bag end from "The Lord Of The Rings".
Everything for this house is handmade as much as possible (yes, that means the frame, the garden, the furniture, the food, etc.), and she decided to make the roof removable.
She used to play Warhammer and make scenery and paint the little models, so she already knew how to make an A4 type size model hill using Warhammer scenery stuff (foam, static grass, etc.)
Isn't the result amazing? Take a closer look at her (separate from the other one) blog as well.
