My Mansard Victorian didn’t come with any door holes in the walls. Since it’s a front-opening house, I decided to add false walls with doors along the back wall, to give the illusion that there’s a hallway there. The false wall gives me an opportunity to add a built-in linen closet to the bathroom. I love putting closets in dollhouses!
I’m not trying to recreate a specific era with this house, but the kitchen is 1920s-ish with its checkerboard floor, subway tile, Wedgwood stove, and monitor-top fridge.
The bathroom will have similar tiles, so I googled “1920s linen closet” to get ideas. I found this picture on Pinterest (here’s the original source).
The person who posted it said it was from Homes and Interiors of the 1920s, a reprint of a 1923 catalog from the Morgan Woodwork Organization. I found a 1921 catalog from the same company on the Internet Archive, which doesn’t have this model of linen closet but includes a similar one with fold-down panels on the bottom instead of drawers.
Like I did for the kitchen cabinets, I wanted to bash Cassidy Creations kits to make the linen closet. The bottom is basically a dresser — that’s easy enough. The top could be modified from a wardrobe, but the standard wardrobes were too tall. Cassidy Creations makes a nursery wardrobe that’s a little shorter.
Hmm…
Not seeing it yet? Bear with me! (No pun intended.)
Emily is a freelance writer, miniaturist, and adventure game enthusiast.
