The first dollshouse (dollhouse if you are American) was occupied by my pet hamster. He enjoyed walking up and down the little staircase and weeing in the corner of the sitting room. The other occupants of the house were a pair of rubber babies.
The dollshouse was a modern, child's toy. I got it for my 4th birthday. When I got up on the morning of my birthday, the dollshouse was hiding behind the curtains of my parents' bedroom. I was thrilled with it.
The house was quite large, with a triangular roof and a basement that came apart from the main house. You could use the flat room of the basement as a place for the dolls and hamster to relax and enjoy the fresh air.
I seem to remember that there was a pink plastic bath and a little bathmat made out of cardboard. There were holes in the walls where you could fit little lights but I don't think I ever did that.
My second dollshouse came from
The Dollshouse Emporium. I bought it in 1996, after a failed attempt to make a wooden dollshouse from a part work magazine subscription. Every week, bits of the magazine dollshouse would arrive but the quality was rubbish and so I just collected the little dolls and models that came with the magazine and gave away the wood to an artist friend. This dollshouse was also a child's model, but I repainted it and decorated it inside and out.
