Perfect Hobbit-hole dollhouse with handmade furnishings


Maddie made a perfect, sprawling, insanely detailed hobbit hole dollhouse, including handmade furnishings. It is superb and perfect in every way.

Anyway I decide to take on this project as part of a college course I was doing part time when my twins boys were 1 year old. The module was called 'the importance of play' and we had to make a toy to hand in at the end of the term. Of course me being me, I took it to the extreme and at first I decided to make a little hill with a front door like Bag End. I used to play Warhammer and make scenery and paint the little models so the idea was to make an A4 type size model hill using my Warhammer scenery stuff (foam, static grass etc) I can just hear my friend Andi rolling her eyes at me and calling me 'geek', but apparently I was born this way and I don't think I will ever change lol

Then I thought, well what if I made the roof removable and had a little room inside? then of course I started drawing up plans and added more rooms and then decided 'what the hell?' I might as well make a replica of the one from the movie and make it big enough to fit in dolls house type furniture!
I decided to make everything by hand – the frame, the garden outside, the furniture (as much as I could), the food and it has been a real labour of love and I have found something I truly enjoy doing. I have always been 'crafty' and enjoy painting etc, but this captures my imagination even more!

My Hand Made Hobbit Hole – Bag End from Lord of the Rings

(via Geekologie)