The Becker House dollhouse was my Laurel School senior project. My Dad, Ray, and I built it in his basement workshop in 1973. The design was modeled from a Victorian house in New York. It sat vacant as I raised my family. It required restoration as the roof molded and my cats had explored it and chewed the corners.
The roof was re-shingled; my friend, Diane helped mix the slate paint colors. My daughter, Sara, searched the internet for authentic 1920 and 1930 wallpaper designs which I purchased by the yard. Ray had the ingenuity to plan it in four pieces. It is not only portable; but, I was able to position the sections to ease wallpapering, The wooden plank floors are removable to hide the electrical wiring that is incomplete. I researched early linoleum and the laundry floor is a copy of a 1930's Armstrong design.
My Mother, Sally, needlepointed the lovely dining room rug and embroidered an arm chair. We attended miniature shows in the 70's where we found treasured antique dollhouse furniture. Some of the dolls I made from kits and sewed the clothing. Other dolls were found on Ebay and we successfully won them at auction. I collected dollhouse furniture from several 1930's makers. You will notice the scale of the furniture and dolls varies. I observed many KZfaq videos in order to build the house. It is an engrossing hobby and has been my passion for the past fifty years.
Thanks for watching Mike's production.
Ruth