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Article: Welcome to the dollhouse: Mice invade treasured toy during its journey through 3 generations.
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- Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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Byline: Patrice Stewart
Sep. 1--What does it take to doll up a dollhouse to pass along? In this case, three generations of women, plus two artistic friends putting in a lot of time and effort to "gussy it up." Christy Rainey and her 3-year-old daughter, Anna, the younger generations who owned it, don't even think of it as a dollhouse, but rather as a "mouse house."
Formally attired toy mice, including a bride and groom, occupied the chairs and sofas early on, instead of dolls, and the mice were passed along with the furnishings. Like Rainey, many women dream of passing along their dollhouses and toys to their daughters, along with their ...