I have a Rich Toys Southern Colonial dollhouse from Christmas 1952. It is completely renovated and furnished with a combination of older wooden pieces, newer carefully selected pieces, and many handmade items.
I'm not a dollhouse collector: I just have one very special dollhouse, full of memories, that has traveled with me through the years...
The dollhouse is fragile, made from fiberboard/hardboard, designed to break-down into flat sections for storage. When set up for play again, the inside walls are slotted for quick assembly while the outside frame is set up using thumb screws and swivel brackets.
The outside walls are painted with charming landscaping, climbing flowering vines, and small window boxes. The dollhouse has red shutters (with evergreen trees characteristic of the Rich Toys dollhouses) and a two-sectioned green roof (with black stenciled shingles) held together with two removable red chimneys. The porch has four round columns and a brown door leading into the house.
Now, if you're with me so far, I must confess that I have a very young granddaughter who loves dollhouses (lucky me!) so I want to write my story down for her because it's her story, too. You see, the little boy who lives in the dollhouse is her daddy...
