Marian Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Any idea on what the name of this house is? Or does anyone have any info on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyfingers Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 No idea, but I like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minilover62 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I found one exactly like yours, this one has brown floor, so if it is not the same house, which would have point to custom built, then it was from a builder that probably made several kits. I am pretty sure that somebody here will ID the house and will tell you more about it. Very nice! http://emc2interiors.blogspot.com/2012/10/stylish-houses-for-tiny-people.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I'll poke around my miniature catalogs in the next couple of days and see what I can some up with. It looks familiar, but I don't know Southern mansions like I do Victorians. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Thanks everyone! Kelly I actually like a Victorian over a southern mansion also. This popped up off the island here where I live. It looks like a wreck inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 13 hours ago, Marian said: Thanks everyone! Kelly I actually like a Victorian over a southern mansion also. This popped up off the island here where I live. It looks like a wreck inside. It looks as if it came through a hurricane and flooding. All you need is a blue tarp on the roof and some water-logged furnishings and a high water line inside and out and it's good to go! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thresadep Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Reminds me of the old house im rehabbing. Google fao schwarz dollhouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnmini Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 No idea what it is, but holy moly is it HUGE!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Kathie that made me laugh. I can picture it all in my mind. Blue tarp, water line and the family snorkeling or on floats through the house lol. Thresa nothing came up like this one. I wonder how old this is? I tried to contact the owner. So far nothing back. Not sure I'd be up to this project. Starting bid is $9.99. No bids on it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Is it Barbie scale or 1/12? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyole Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Barbie is 1:6, I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnmini Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 There must have been a popular doll that fit this size of house... I was just at a second hand shop over the weekend and saw an absolutely huge dollhouse sitting in a corner. It looked as if each of the 6 rooms was a separate section/roombox (each roombox opened in the back with a little glass door), put together on a single piece base and topped with a single-piece roof. It was def NOT 1:12 scale, but it wasn't Barbie scale (1:6) either...but possibly something in between. Your Southern Plantation looks of similar size. And in case you were wondering, yes, I was crawling around on the floor peeking into windows and opening each glass door, oohing and ah-ing over it and wondering how I could possibly fit it into my already cramped guest bedroom! LOL It was marked only $100. And yes, it was VERY difficult for me to leave without it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minilover62 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I found this one today and it looks a lot like the one in question, the seller says that hers maybe it's a Halls dollhouse. Never heard about this brand before. https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/atq/5691422251.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 As soon as I heard Hall's (thank you, Carmen!), the rest of the name popped right into my head. Hall's Lifetime Toys. The name is in my miniature catalogs, although there is no Southern Mansion house there. But here is a blog with the house on it: http://susanshouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/halls-lifetime-toys-dollhouse-1970s.html And here is another blog with an inside pic of the house: http://suebeesminiatures.blogspot.com/2013/06/cays-new-halls-dollhouse.html Marian, I'd say this is who made the house. Here is some further info on Hall's, on eBay, of all places: http://www.ebay.com/cln/redlovetoshop/halls-lifetime-toys/86620487013 Congrats on your house! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Kelly I didn't bid on it. I thought it might be more than I could handle. Is it a 1:12 ? I'm still working on my first kit...the Washington. But Thats the house for sure! If anyone is interested it's on eBay. I think if it were a Victorian I'd be tempted. iIf anyone's interested in it just type in southern colonial dollhouse on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 If I didn't have such a backlog of unbuilt kits nd rehab houses I'd lust for the Beaumont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 I'm not sure, but it may be more like 3/4" to 1'. Scale can be relative, though. Most Greenleaf houses don't have in-scale stairs or porches, but that doesn't detract from their charm or make them harder to furnish. I'm getting to the point where large rooms in a dollhouse seem to me to be too large. They don't have the coziness of smaller rooms. Of course, a lot of that depends on what you put in the rooms, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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