Comments on: Dollhouse Merchant Spotlight: My Dolls House Torrance, CA

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:53:58 +0000

My dad built three Real Good Toys kits this summer for his three granddaughters..the youngest was two. These kits are so sturdy they can probably hold up to most kids. We left out interior doors for the younger girls. We purchased premade doors from Houseworks for the exterior door. After six months all the doors are still functioning

By contrast, I am trying to make a Greenleaf kit that I purchased before I knew about RGT kits. The wood is horrible and the joints all fall apart if I look at it wrong. My daughter is old enough that she will be careful, but all it will take is one bump from big brother…

My dad and grandpa made us a dollhouse back in the ’80s that we all still treasure. They built it on a stand with wheels. The walls were about 3/4″ thick. It has survived three daughters, five grandsons and three granddaughters.

Wish you all the best!

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:02:17 +0000

My grandaughter is 4 and I just completed a dollhouse for her at christmas and she loves it. We do have several accessories for the dollhouse and she plays with it almost every day. We babysit for her 3 days a week and she plays with it every day she is here. We do have some fragile items such as doors, working windows, staircases and some furniture and she is aware she must be careful when playing with them.

I built a 9 room Real Good Toys dollhouse and put up wallpaper and floor coverings. So far no problem with any of it.

By: gary_r

gary_r — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:39:22 +0000

Hi Jeff Your notice of the "door" concern is well placed... the wicked witch of the east tends to have her revenge on kid's dollhouse doors. The normal way a miniature door is constructed uses a pin thru the header and threshold for a hinge. Banging a door open puts tremendous lateral force on that pin and the wood around it, and it splits the door which is thin. Some doors are thicker which is less authentic, but that extra thickness allows the use of a regular "knuckle" style hinge, which is more robust for kids. In the Real Good Toys' product line, the houses that have this style door/hinge are "Children's Choice" houses (CC10, CC15, CC2, CC3), and the MM950 (although I would wait to put the mullions on any of these houses, and I'd probably wait to put the porch on the 950). Best wishes Gary

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:32:59 +0000

I am new to the miniature doll house world. I am an experienced woodworker with a full scale wood shop for hobbyist level woodworking. A doll house has been requested for my grand daughter. She is three years old and it is expected that she will actually use the house as a plaything. Even though I am sure it will be demolished in short time, I would like to offer her a hand made house. Nonetheless, I do not want to feel too much pain when I see the doors torn off. Do you have any suggestions for this first project, short of cast iron? Thanks.