For those with more than a handful of dolls...

I thought my eight dolls were a lot, until I read this thread! [img]smile.gif[/img]

I love having my dolls near me and in cute displays. I am really fortunate that I have a great display area right inside the front door. It used to be a coat closet, but DH opened up the wall surrounding the stairwell, took out the closet and the wall between the kitchen and living room. This gives our very small house a much larger "feel." The closet area was turned into a little bench, which is perfect for doll displays. Right now, it is set up as Kit's bedroom. Linda and Molly are studying there. I have big plans for a fall display, a football display and a holiday display in this area.

Felicity is displayed with her bed in the extra bedroom/doll room, but she and her things will soon move to my newly remodeled, red-black-white sewing room/office. Marlot and Kit are hanging out on an antique dresser at the bottom of the stairs, which lead to the TV room. Lindsey, Ruthie & Marisol are displayed on a cedar chest in the doll room, and all the minis and pets are on the dresser in the dool room.

My dolls are all on display in my sewing room on three wooden shelves I bought at Lowe's. I spend lots of time on my daybed reading and using my laptop when I'm not actually sewing and it is very comforting to have my dolls for company. Here's a link to a picture of one corner of my sewing room.

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Patricia

sewfancy, What an unbelievably GORGEOUS room!!! I am so envious! And what a blessing to have Lindsay, Kailey, and Marisol!!!

Dani

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Originally posted by AG4Alison:
sewfancy, What an unbelievably GORGEOUS room!!! I am so envious! And what a blessing to have Lindsay, Kailey, and Marisol!!!

Dani

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you, Dani. I'm glad you like my sewing room. We just recently painted and I love the color. It's called "Meadow" and is so easy on the eyes. That big window faces the north and lets in lots of light, but not afternoon sun and heat. It's a perfect sewing room for me.

I am glad to have all three limited editions, of which Lindsey is my favorite. I only started collecting dolls after my kids were grown and out of the house. I wasn't able to indulge myself like I can now when they were young because they always came first and I couldn't afford to buy much for myself, certainly not $90 dolls! I have to admit that I'm really enjoying myself.

Patricia

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Originally posted by vew-tori:
We only have a handful (5) of dolls. They are usually displayed on the fireplace on the GOML shelf. Just today when I got home I found Marisol back by DD's room (imagine DD was actually playing with her dolls this weekend.) I quickly brought her back to the family room and her spot. I miss them when she takes them to her room. Maybe if I had more dolls......

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, you definately need more....how many more is the undetermined answer! [img]wink.gif[/img] You can tell your DH I said so! LOL

Most of my dolls-my 12 18in AG dolls, HSH Hallie, Teen Trends Courtney, Coconut and Licorice sit on 2 shelves high on the wall in my studio apartment. The only thing I don't like about this is that they're high up and can't be taken down easily without a stepladder so I can't "play" with them very often. I don't have extra room for doll furniture and extra things like that, maybe in my next apartment.

My Bitty Twins stand(or lay down) on top of my TV. My mini dolls are on my nightstand and 3 of them are in little fancy chairs that someone gave me for free at a garage sale.

Whatever dosen't fit in the apartment I have to put in storage, where some of my extra AG things are(outfits, catalogs, shoes, schoolbags, stationary sets, etc.). I know that I won't be in this apartment forever and it's a temporary situation while I'm going to school since this is all I can really afford now. But when I graduate and start a career as an Elementary school teacher(in another 4 years or so) I can move to a bigger apartment where I can maybe set up a little doll corner or something.

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ September 24, 2005 01:14 PM: Message edited by: Katie from IL ]</font>

Patricia/sewfancy, your sewing room looks great! How on earth do you keep it so clean and organized?

I still think we need a jealous graemlin! The closest we've got is this [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img] and that's not exactly what one wants to see when showing off a prized doll collection.

"Wow, Maria, your doll house makes me so [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img] "

Disaster.

Seriously though, you all have such wonderful collections. Thanks for sharing them with the rest of us! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

- Becca

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Originally posted by Becca B.:
Patricia/sewfancy, your sewing room looks great! How on earth do you keep it so clean and organized?

- Becca

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Becca,

It's pretty easy to keep things clean since no one even goes in there except me. When my grandkids come to visit, it's a different story.

Patricia

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Originally posted by Sakurako:
So far Just Magic Maria is winning the Who Has The Most Toys contest, hands down! I think I'm pushing 60 eighteen inchers now because I just bought 4 this week and am bidding on one more. I'm hoping that some will go back to their beds or boxes some day soon because they're literally all over the house, on chairs, floors and tables. No space left for formal set-ups so I'm photographing them outdoors these days.

There are always special dolls but if I don't bond with someone after a reasonable interval, I give them away. As I've said in other threads, all the dolls belong in a primary group. Most groups have 6 to 9 members. So I can play with one grouping at a time. Then they have friends in other groups. So the friends drop by. Now I have a problem because the group lines are sort of blending. Therian started in Windsor but she's really into ice skating, so I moved her to the Simsbury group. But she has friends in Windsor. Help???

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Help? The kind of help we can provide is not the kind of help you need!!! However I am available to provide you with dolly daycare if you should ever need a break from any of your sweethearts! My girls are very friendly and will welcome new friends! You can send extras to:
Jan's House of Dolls and Dollstuff
508 Greedy Lane
Covetsville, MI