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 I've been looking for a new project to work on while the weather is too cold/ wet to do much outside in my garden. I remembered how much I'd enjoyed sorting out my childhood dollshouse nearly 20 years ago, so decided to find one that was completely different and in need of renovation, and see what I could do. 

I've found a 1950's dollshouse, built in the modernist style, so it's completely different from mine, which is a sweet late 1960s traditional cottage type. It was decidedly unattractive, in need of a lot of TLC, and extremely dirty, but I felt it had potential.

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