May 06, 2025

Antique Miniatures and Wall Mounted Dollhouses

Tom Bishop Show

Last week we packed up the truck and made our annual pilgrimage to the Tom Bishop International miniature show in Chicago. We also made it over to the Spring Miniature Showcase in Schamburg Illinois where we met Barabra Jersey from The Lilliput Shoppe. Barabra has been in the miniature business for over 45 years. She owned the Lilliput Shoppe in Mason Michigan from 1978 until she closed it in 1990 as the miniature hobby wained. The good news is that she is back with some amazing products and antique miniatures available for auction. In 2020 she reopened Lilliput in Dimondale MI, which is small town south of Lansing where she offers a full line of furniture, accessories, electrical, building supplies, books, and wallpaper. You’ll find her phone number and address at the end of this post.

Wall Mounted Dollhouses

What caught my attention was her fantastic display at the Spring Showcase. Her Bayside Victorian Wall Mounted Dollhouses are exclusive to Lilliput Shoppe and designed and built by Gene and Kay Russell of DeWitt Michigan. These dollhouses are perfect art for your wall. They are built from foam core board so they only weigh about 12 pounds and they open from the front so you can easily show your rooms. Think about the space you can save by mounting the house on your wall which is godsend for those of us who are working with limited space. The original 4 models can be found below.

Original 4 Models

The General Store

The Eastlake

The Italianate

The Queen Anne

Dollhouse Kit

Buy the kit and finish it yourself with building supplies available at The Lilliput Shoppe or you can get your Dollhouse Building Supplies here at MiniatureCrush, if you aren’t near Dimondale MI.

Antique Miniature Auction by Lilliput Shoppe

In addition to these awesome houses you can hang on your wall, Lilliput Shoppe has teamed up with Epic Auctions & Estate Sales to offer a collection of antique & modern miniatures for auction. Some of these miniatures were owned by European Royalty and dating back to the 17th Century. You can view a sample of the miniatures in the gallery below.