My Mini Maitland-Smith

1:144 Scale Replica of the Maitland-Smith Dollhouse

I had been eyeing the 1:144 scale Pickering Dollhouse by JBM Miniatures of Australia. Right now the house seems to be out of stock on their own website, but I have seen a few being sold on eBay for around $150 to $175. The Walnut one shown below looks so much like my Maitland-Smith dollhouse (photos collected from MiniatureCrush on eBay).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also found some cheaper reproductions of this house, but if you look at where the door should be, you will see they have windows there as well: there are no doors!

I finally found the perfect version of this house on the website of MiniLand, Canada. It was at a lower price-point around $95 which I loved. I did buy the unfinished version of the dollhouse since my full scale dollhouse does not have chimneys and I want to cut off the chimneys of the 1:144 scale dollhouse before staining it myself.

Peacocks Photoshoot

Haven't worked on this house for a while now, since I have been busy with The Oxford Manor Dollhouse, but love photographing my peacocks here.

Missing Muntins

The dollhouse was missing two window muntins. I found 1/8" square dowel to make replacement muntins. They are not perfect, but look OK from a distance.

The Maitland Smith bar cabinet did not come with its original shelf. Since I do not want to make permanent changes to the cabinet, I bought an old bookshelf for $12 to place inside. My brother cut the bottom of the bookshelf to fit. The frame cracked a little, but I can hide that using decorative moldings. I glued strips of felt to cover the edges of the bookshelf, so that the cabinet would not be damaged when I push it in. I like that I can adjust the shelf height, and glue wallpaper and battery lights directly to the shelf without damaging the cabinet.

The Maitland-Smith Dollhouse

We bought this Maitland Smith Dollhouse Liquor Mahogany Cabinet from Rainier, Oregon in January, 2018. It was in fairly good condition, with a few chips and nicks and missing a mullion from one of the windows. It was also missing the shelf inside, but I plan to turn it into a 3 storeyed building, and can use my own shelves. I have wanted this dollhouse for so long, but now that I have it, I am not sure how I want to decorate it. Sometimes I think I will turn it into a museum, and sometimes I think it will be the home for my Heidi Ott dolls. What I do know is that I don't want to damage the cabinet, so I will put a smaller bookshelf inside it and decorate the bookshelf instead of modifying the actual cabinet. I will also need to use battery lights because I will not run a wire through the cabinet wall.