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                Dollhouses on a Shoestring   

The purpose of this page is not to undermine serious dollhouse collecting.
  It is meant to bring pleasure to everyone who has a limited budget and a lot of creativity .         

    Several years ago my son bought me my first dollhouse (the Dura-Craft farmhouse) as a Christmas present.  That was enough to get the adrenaline flowing.  I am now addicted.  I found I could not always afford to furnish the rooms with some of the things I would have liked. Creativity and ingenuity had to be used to finish the project, but it was very pleasurable. 
    A short time later I met a friend who, I found, also did dollhouses.  I lived in North Carolina, she lived in Maryland.  Many telephone conversations had miniatures as the topic.  She now resides with my family and dollhousing is one of our "fun" activities.
    We haunt Dollar Stores, scavenge hunt everywhere, and allow the creative juices to flow unchecked.  We have found between us we can usually see things happening all the time.
    What we will be sharing now are things we have done recently.  Many of our past endeavors have found other homes.  We have given some to family members and donated some to charities. 
    We hope we can inspire you to be creative while "shoestringing" it.