Love of doll’s houses often has its seed in childhood, and so it was with Australian Pamela Nelson, whose father made one, complete with an electric light, for her.
Later, she decorated one for her two daughters. It wasn’t until Nelson retired in 2010, from a career as a graphic artist for an advertising agency, however, that the passion finally took hold, as she searched for something to fill her leisure time.
Remembering how much she had enjoyed her prior experiences, she embraced doll’s houses again, working with an A-frame house made by a friend.“ I have no idea what scale it actually was,” she remembers. Turning a spare bedroom into a craft room, she then started working on a Greenleaf kit, the Harrison model, knocking out windows, and adding walls and doors.