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Luxury Playroom Ideas: How to Create a Beautiful Space Built to Last

The best luxury playroom ideas start by admitting something most rooms never have to: a playroom has to change constantly, hour to hour, while still feeling coherent. One morning it is a building s...

Luxury Nursery Ideas That Grow With the Child

Designing a nursery is one of the most personal interiors projects in a home. But the most beautiful children's rooms are not necessarily the ones designed only for the first year. The best luxury ...

The World of Little Forest Animals: Meet Our Dollhouse Residents

A house becomes a home when someone begins to live in it. At Little Forest Animals, our dollhouse residents were created with that simple idea in mind. Our houses may begin with architecture - tiny...

Why We Design Dollhouses Like Architecture

We do not begin by decorating a toy to make it look like a building. We begin with architecture - and reduce its scale. That distinction explains much of the way Little Forest Animals approaches an...

The Real Benefits of Dollhouse Play

A dollhouse looks like a small house. In play, it can become almost anything. Breakfast can turn into a birthday party. A bedroom can become a school. An animal family can move from Paris to New Yo...

Heirloom Gifts for Children

Some children's gifts are remembered for the excitement of opening them. Others are remembered because they never really leave. They move from the playroom to a bedroom shelf. They are packed caref...

How to Choose a Dollhouse That Will Last Generations

A dollhouse can be a birthday present, a piece of furniture, a miniature world and — eventually — something a family decides not to give away. That is why choosing one deserves more thought than si...

Meet the Bellevue & Thompson Families: Hand-Sewn Doll Families

A dollhouse becomes a home when somebody moves in. Rooms can be furnished, beds can be made and a miniature table can be set for dinner, but characters are what turn those details into stories. Th...

Best Designer Dollhouses: A Guide to Architecture, Craftsmanship & Timeless Play

Finding the best designer dollhouses means looking beyond the traditional toy aisle. The most considered examples are designed more like small pieces of architecture: precision-engineered wood cons...

The Heirloom Dollhouse Gift Guide: What to Give When It Has to Last

How to choose a dollhouse gift that outlives the birthday: age-by-age recommendations, what "fully furnished" really means, and the pieces collectors and grandparents love most.