Robin Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 This may seem kinda weird, but do any of you NOT put dolls in your houses? I know it's a DOLL house but I just don't care much for them. I was thinking of maybe doing my house like it was a weekday morning. The family woke up late and just left in a rush to get off to school, work, etc. Something like that. Or maybe the family is on vacation. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenlaine Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 That's a great idea. I don't think you need dolls in every house but it's a personal preference. You may find once you've finished your house, it would look better with one or more. Unless they are made of resin, I don't care much for dolls either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramma Kathy Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 This may seem kinda weird, but do any of you NOT put dolls in your houses? I know it's a DOLL hose but I just don't care much for them. I was thinking of maybe doing my house like it was a weekday morning. The family woke up late and just left in a rush to get off to school, work, etc. Something like that. Or maybe the family is on vacation. What do you think? I don't have dolls in my dollhouse either. I don't know that I'll ever get any dolls for it. For one thing I haven't ever seen any that fit into my dollhouse era. I suppose if I had picked Victorian I might find dolls that fit, but I didn't. And for another thing I think most dolls just look weird. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollshousegirl Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 NO! to Dolls tehehe i don't do doll either, i can never make them as 'real' as i like things to look, they would just spoil my houses the dolls i like and would look good cost waaaayyy tooo much for me. so i don;t bother, the dolls i have tried to make and dress just look like chunky dolls. what we need are some little tiny real life people, wouldn't they appriciate the things we make for them. if you have ever read the indian in the cupboard, thats cool, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlene Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I have put some in certain houses to create a 'scene' (like the sportsbar I'm doing will have a couple patrons and a bartender), but don't think they're necessary to each and every house. Think it depends on your personal vision of what your art should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymew Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I need the dolls. I love posing them for different scenes: sitting around a card table playing a game dad reading to a child picnic in the garden kids playing with their toys ladies sitting around doing crafts or having tea men at a chess/checker board sleeping child being tucked into bed trick or treating But that's me. I collect a wide assortment of dolls. I've got a large collection of Heidi Ott dolls - they're very poseable (and pretty). More recently I've added character dolls ... porcelain dolls that are moulded into a set pose and/or with a more expressive face. If I didn't place the dolls in the scenes, I would definitely set up "lived in" scenes. -Susanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josi Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Hi Robin, I don't put dolls in my houses. I have always loved the effect of details in the house giving one the sense that the occupants had just left, like you said, on a week day morning. The open newspaper on the kitchen table, the towel drying on the bathtub rim, the clothes on the teenage bedroom floor, all give the sense that people really live there but are just out at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I wasn't going to put dolls in the Orchid until I saw a resin doll (Betsy) in the HBS catalog. She reminded me of my Aunt Mayme, and it came to me in a flash that it's Aunt Mayme, long passed, who is guiding the decoration of this little cottage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollshousegirl Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 although i don't do dolls in my own houses, I love to see them them in other peoples. love looking at them on the web etc. but when i went to my friends house and saw her houses for the first time, she was talking about her dolls in her houses, and i didn't expect to like how it looked, but i was very surprised that i liked them in her hosues, they looked like they belonged, she had done a very good job with them had lovley furniture and accessories to compliment them. but still don't do them for me !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppitycats Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I don't intend to put dolls in my dollhouse, either.. Cat, for sure...I've got about a dozen, so far, and hope to be getting more....but no dolls that look like human beings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybug324 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I don't have any plans on placing dolls in my dollhouses either. This may sound weird of me, but dolls have always creeped me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydroped Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Hi Robin, Lots of people don't put dolls in their houses. The lady who runs the local dollshop has lots of her own room boxes around and only one of them has a doll in it - and that one is a portrait doll of her husband. When I first started thinking about getting into miniatures I said NO WAY! No Dolls for Me!...but then I saw Jamie Carringtons dolls and that was it I was hooked completely into miniatures and into dolls Now I would love to have dolls for my settings but they have to be just the right ones. Here's a link to his site - I am so enamoured of his dolls - what tallent! James Carrington Dolls Anyway it's a matter of personal prefference. Some people love dolls and some don't like them at all B) So which ever you want to do you're in good company either way -David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 Thank you all for your input. I didn't think a lot of people would understand a dollhouse with no dolls! Hydroped - that website was cool. Still no dolls for me but his creations are absolutely amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMadWoman Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I'm like Susanne, I have to have dolls in my dollhouses. Where would the Beacon Hill be without Miss Pennethorne? And I have to have Hyacinth Bucket for 'Hyacinth's Periwinkle Tea Cottage' (which I'm going to start working on in the next week or so . . . yay!) I wasn't going to put a doll into the Orchid (Mother Goose's house), but when I saw Gracie in the HBS catalogue, she just reminded me so much of MG, so in she went. I believe it's very much a personal preference, so dolls or no dolls the houses themselves are still fantastic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttiwebgal Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 no dolls for me YET there are some I really like but will never be able to afford the affordable ones have been done and I dont care for the faces. I think dolls can add to the realism of a house but I think I am with those who like the house as the family has just steped out for the day. its all a matter of personal opinion! nutti 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I'm not a doll kind of person either. I had dolls when I was a kid, but I never really played with them. (I decapitated a few, but technically that's not playing with them) I don't really feel much of a need to put dolls in my houses unless they become a part of the decor. There are residents in the Pierce just because I stumbled across four victorian dolls that accessorized the house really well. The witches house has a resident because one of David's dolls was just *perfect* for it. But some houses just don't need anyone in them. Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakyshaky Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I need some kind of life in my houses. I do put dolls in them but sometimes a pet works just as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heidiiiii Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I want dolls but I dont like what I can afford and I dont want to sign divorce papers over me buying the ones that I want! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymew Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I'm not a doll kind of person either. I had dolls when I was a kid, but I never really played with them. (I decapitated a few, but technically that's not playing with them) : Deb The dolls that you perform "procedures" on would be perfect in a Haunted House, Graveyard, or other Halloween type of setting. -Susanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I know I always linger longer over those photos of houses with dolls in them. My favorite room with dolls? The kitchen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 I used to NOT like dolls in my settings because I pictured MYSELF in my houses and could not do that with a doll in the room. 2 Years ago, I started buying dolls from a lady on ebay cause my friend had 2 of her soft sculptured dolls and now I am addicted to buying dolls in miniature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I actually have dolls...several types, but they do not live in the house. True story. I often think a house without dolls is more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 My problem is that most of the doll house dolls are too doll like, I am going to build a Miss Marples cottage, actually the Glencroft but haven's een any dolls that would suit at the price I can afford. I just ordered James Carrington's book about making polymar clay models and hope I will be able then to make my own. Weii, I can dream! Joan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzyQ Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 RayAnne is planning on putting beautiful "Sophia" in her house. She says she may be the only one living in the house. A "career" woman. Here is a picture of her. She is prettier in real life. http://www.minishop.com/motts/showdetl.cfm...487&CATID=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymew Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 RayAnne - Sophia is a beautiful doll - she'd make a great career woman for your house. Have you decided what her occupation will be? -Susanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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