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Photo Courtsy of Nachokitty    Renwal Manufacturing Company, Inc produced the most highly collectible of all plastic dollhouse furniture from 1945-1956.  Previous furniture for dollhouses had either wooden pieces or metal pieces. This became almost impossible to produce due to WWII and the shortages of metal.  Renwal offered a wonderful alternative, a qualit […]

I decided to start with tin lithograph houses, as currently they seem to be the most popular. The most famous of all the lines of tin dollhouses is the Marx line.  In the 1950's the company dominated the production of tin houses and plastic doll furniture. Marx produced their first tin houses in 1949, starting with model  # 4079 (not lighted) and # 4080 […]

   Part 1 in a series about Doll Houses, Past, Present and Future.  In the final blog of this series we will reveal a BIG surprise that has been a culmination of work over the past 40 years.. So stay tuned in, feel free to comment, and let the fun begin..    A dollhouse is a toy home, made in miniature. For the last century, dollhouses have primarily been th […]