Doll houses can be picture-perfect but are they ‘realistic’? Doll house enthusiast Annina Günter set about creating a doll house that includes coats and shoes crowding the hallway, a bathroom with a veneer of grime and coffee mugs left on the kitchen sink.
I love all dolls houses in all shapes and sizes, although when I saw this Sevi dolls house at Kids Instyle, I fell in love. The attention to details is just amazing, with the BBQ, ceiling fans, kitchen layout, bedrooms and all other areas. This particular product will not be available until October 2010 locally, … [Read more.]
Here’s an exciting update on a great doll house we’ve had our eye on here at Babyology for some time now.
Lovely memories are evoked when I think of my daughter’s toddler bed. It was where lots of ‘firsts’ took place: the first book reading with me perched on the side, the first time she got out of bed by herself and the first time I knew for sure my baby was no longer a baby.
If you lived in New York, you’d have MoMA and all its modern art opportunities on your doorstep. Odds are you don’t live in New York, and whilst that doesn’t stop you putting art galleries on the kids’ agenda, it does make MoMA tricky! Happily, children can still have their own little bit of MoMA … [Read more.]
If living in a tree house isn’t possible, then playing in one must be the next best thing. But to have a tree house you can take with you wherever you go? Well, that really would be magic!
I always have a difficult time picking favourites no matter what the subject. So when asked to choose five favourite and most memorable features that I’ve written for Babyology, I was both excited and slightly apprehensive to dive into my hundreds of posts. It’s taken an entire week-and-a-half to narrow them down but here they … [Read more.]
Picture a doll house. You can see it in your mind’s eye. The two-storey Victorian house with pink weatherboards, bay windows and tiled roof. Yes, that’s the one. Now think again. The 21st century doll house is here and it’s more architectural-designed home than pretend-play.
It would be nice to think my sons could decorate a cardboard treehouse as wonderfully as that one up there but I’m under no illusion they’re quite up to that skill level yet!
If I was Alice in Wonderland, I would drink the potion that made me shrink so I could live in this wonderful doll house.
I would hate to spend large sums of cash on a doll’s house only to have it played with for a couple of weeks and then abandoned. So why not buy a cardboard one that can be put out for recycling once your kids have had their fun?
Danish company Minimii have set themselves the task of making doll houses and furniture that resemble real homes with an emphasis on stylish, functional and timeless design, only in miniature. They wanted to create toys that appeal to children’s imagination and parents’ sense of quality. So they started with a doll house version of world … [Read more.]