the house that daddy built

[grazhina]

I got my first house when I was 4, I guess, for Christmas. My parents were going to build a new house, and my father built a model of what they were planning on. It was wood, with no interior walls, but it had real glass windows, 2 corner picture windows in the living room and 2 bedroom windows, with one of those tiny porches, and a hip roof. It was your basic 50's ranch, painted pink with a brown roof.

The furniture was plastic, I've seen it on Ebay now and then, Marx, I think. The livingroom and bedroom sets were yellow, the bathroom pink and the kitchen white. I got 2 cellulose baby dolls to live in it, but they didn't last long.

I used to arrange the furniture as though there were walls. When I got a little older I really wished there were real walls in there.

I've been tempted to buy the furniture at times, because it's all gone. I think the house is still in my mother's basement. It's hard to tell though, she finds it dificult to throw things out and the basement is packed full with stuff.

[Corwin]

sounds neat!

[KathieB]

Sounds like a good adventure for a rainy day. I hope you can find it. I have the dollhouse my dad built for my sis and me. Although I haven't yet started to clean it up, there's a certain comfort in knowing it's near at hand.

[Heni]

I’m sure that you will be very happy if you find the house in your mother’s basement.

To look for the house is of course a good adventure for a rainy day!

I hope that you will find it!

[starsdollhouses]

Im sure thats going to bring back some fond memories if you find it. Seems like everything we always lose ends up in grandmas basement for one reason or another!