My great grandfather was a house builder in north Toronto and when my mother was a child he built her a dollhouse in the fashion of the homes of the day. When I was a child, my mom and Nana renovated the dollhouse for me. Now more than 40 years later, it's time to renovate again. I had hoped this would be a project for me and my mom. However, that was not meant to be. Now it's me and Maya fixing it up. Our deadline is her 4 th birthday in April. I need a deadline as I barely have time to fix up my house, let alone the dollhouse. So here are the before pictures and in a few months we will post the after photos.
My grandfather built me a dollhouse when I was about six years old. When we moved to Canada from England when I was 15 there was no way I was leaving it behind. It sits in my parents' basement waiting for the day that the little girl I hope to bring home can play with it. Thank you for sharing this story. It is so good to know that other homemade, beautiful dollhouses exist.
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Thanks Elizabeth. Good luck with your adoption.
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