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My name is Imelda and I am a Confessed Addicted Miniature Fanatic !!
This is my Minihome on the net.

**My Dream House**

My very first Dolls House was Built by My Father

It had been Made As a Christmas Present when I was about 8 years old,

It was a Large Bungalow, which I had to share with my three Sister's,

The Roof came off, so as we could play with the rooms inside,

My Mother had made the Curtains from an Old Petticoat of hers, which matched up with the bedclothes, My Dad had also made the Furniture which was Only the Basics compared to what can be Achieved these days but I remember the hours he spent making them Perfect.

We Loved that old Doll house and Had many days of fun, with the Pipe Cleaner dolls which had Also been made for us, click on the Doll Instructions below for Full Sized Image

Click images For Dolls clothes Printies

We Borrowed a Metal Car from my bother and took the dolls all over the Garden Pretending to be on an Expedition.

I don't remember what Happened to it when we grew older as we were sent to Boarding School as My Father had been in the British Forces (R.E.M.E.) and our Schoolwork was Important and we Needed English Teaching.

UPDATE
I was more than Fortunate this year 2006
to find and Win a Replica to the house my father built us ...
some tender loving care will soon restore the bungalow to it's former glory one day

The Next Dolls House I Fell in Love with was The Queens Dolls House, which I saw while Living in London, and Always Promised myself one like it one day.

I started in Miniatures a long long time ago when my brother received a HO train set for Christmas. my Father was an avid collector We used to make the roads and grass from sawdust colored with food coloring. We made houses for the villages and towns from cardboard. (I have a train set of my own which is in N gauge and about 25 years old which now lives under my bed. (Yes it still works!)

A Sample of the Sort of buildings we made,

UPDATE:-
With the Sad loss of my Father in September 2005 I inherited his complete collection of HO/OO and N gauge Trains My old coal Shed now over flows with steam nostalgia ...Thanks to a Dear friend who helps me to keep my Dad's hopes and dreams alive for the love of Trains Thank you PAD .... :o) HERE is the Fisrt one I completed by Myself ....

Signal Box

A Wood Cutters Cottage.
I went from doing just the out side of the houses to the insides as well. Of course the scale changed also.

The first Ever Large Scale house I made was A Cardboard Box Replica of the Boarding School I Attended. Which was The Royal Soldiers Daughters School Hampstead Home Of Sir Harry Vain. I received an Award for the Building too... A Brief history of Hampstead with the Award at the Bottom (See Here).

Like I said before I Dabbled in many different types of ways to make houses from Train set Models to full miniature dollhouses. I still Like to Dabble in making the mini houses though and This Water Mill is one I most recently made ( 2003 ) Scratch Built too,

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�The Water Mill

My Husband Became Interested in My Hobby after many hours of watching me with a Stanley knife and Cardboard and built me my FIRST ever Full 1/12 Scale Dollhouse , We shared the work that was involved in this Toil and a labor of Love but Sadly this House also wasn't big enough for what i had wanted, It went to My Husband's First Grandaughter ..Who lives in his Home Town of Wigan ...some Photo's of the Famous Wigan Pier can be seen in the Link below ...

( WIGAN PIER )

I Then Planned and Built a Replica of the Oldest Public House in Wigan Called the Bulls Head this Appeared in the Local Newspaper with Me Presenting it to the Landlady Molly and Landlord Bill Full Story Can be seen ( Here )

A few years Later and Living in Derby Now we tried again to design and Build My Dream House,

For Mothers day I was Brought the housework's Plan   Booklet and Used the Victorian Style to Create my own Unique House It was to   have Lights, stairs hallways Kitchen, Library Parlor Nursery Bedrooms and   Dinning room I wanted Bay windows and a Porch the Attic had to open with   Dormer windows wooden cladding outside with room for a Conservatory on the   side ?

( My� Victorian House )

This is what I got and In 1989 we FINALLY finished the house I always dreamed of, the furnishings lights and furniture has all been hand made between us, with the added bonus of a Garden which now Lives separately in a cupboard of it's Own underneath the house to keep the Dust Out.

I have since had it valued By Neales in town for Insurance purposes.

NOTICE ;- Due to Yahoo's photo Album Change over
I'm in the Process of UPDATING My WEBSITE Please bare with me Throughout 2008 Thank you .. ;o)

This was By Far from the end of my Dream Doll House.

Below are some of the many things we created. Click the Title for Either Photos or Printables.

(The Log Cabin) (A Thatched Cottage) (A Small Tudor house),

Small A frame Two room Houses Terrace Two room Bungalow, Novelty ones Like the Shoe and  Mushroom for fairies Clocks for Mice For the Boy's a Garage and a Cowboy Fort
Samples of these can be seen in the ( Scrapbook )

I have been doing miniatures for over 30 years now. I have made my own furniture patterns and designed my own houses. All made from balsa wood and cardboard. When I first started there weren't many places that sold this sort of thing. In my time I have made many a house and room box for people. Many by request...too Although with time limits now I Only work on my own pieces and The Odd Swap

For Family and Friends

My Best and DEARLY Departed friend Lizzie I Built ( Swiss Chalet ) A Huge Victorian House and her Hearts Delight was the Mickey Mouse roombox Printable Cut outs I created as a memento to her Trip to Disney in Florida? Back in May 2002

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Links to the Full Room can Be found Here,

Ann- Marie My Son?s Wife we Built a Huge Tudor   Mansion,

click the House for a Full view

We went To many a Show with our Houses all over the   Country, Living in a Tent and having Fun in the mean time, We have also sold   a Good Number of our houses in the past My Biggest Surprise when An American   Lady took interest in one of The Big Victorian ones?. She Brought it to send   Back to the USA?

The first Miniature Shop I made was of cardboard and   balsa wood covered with Stucco effect from Plaster of Paris in the scale of   1/24. I still have this too. It is a little Drapery Shop and house that opens   in half. You can see this (here)

�These Are My own Houses   and Room Boxes

Here are Samples Of My own Houses and Room Boxes

My Husband has made several more for me since each   with a different Theme and setting of Period and still I want more when is   enough. Enough? Maybe never not while the Girls dream still lives with me for   a Dolls House like the Queen has In London

My Replica House

My Town House

My Replica House2

I received my first computer about 7 years ago and   played around making wallpapers using different fonts in Microsoft Word. I   then made little books and covers for my library. I taught myself how to use   the Window's paint program. Other than Microsoft office photo editor, I also   use InfranView and acdsee. Both have their equal uses.

   I searched the web for other dollhouse related Printies, but kept going   around in circles, seeing the same things over and over. I decided to make   more of my own. I then found the MSAT   groups and had grown in confidence over My First two years with them Suz I   can never thank enough for the Start she gave Me,

I have enjoyed making and giving my Printies for   pleasure.

Prinites can be found in my Many Different Photo   Albums Links are at the Bottom of the Page.

I have fulfilled requests from play scale down to 1/4   scale and each with very happy recipients.

Jeans Ornate Chest turned out to be a Full set of   Prinites for a Bedroom

Karen?s Dinning room

Jo?s Music Room for Derrick

My Minirooms:

I created these Along with my Good friend Pam   Heartline This is our Webpage