Room Boxes

Not everyone has the space for another full sized dolls house. My room boxes¹ are built using the same techniques as a room in a complete house but without all the additional complication of stairs, front panel, roof, chimney stacks, etc. Unless you request otherwise, all the room boxes are 18" wide X 12" deep and have a height that is relevant to the room type: for example, a garret or kitchen will have a lower ceiling than a principal reception room.

Displayed individually or built into stacks, room boxes are a fun and inexpensive way to collect period rooms to display your furnishings and miniatures. Here are some examples of room boxes, some showing room boxes with optional lighting:

Detailed Georgian Kitchen with oven door from Romney Miniatures,
chimney crane from Sussex Crafts and right hand range from Hearth and
Home. The large open hob grate was custom made to fit the kitchen.

Elaborate field and frame panelling with Small World lights.

Early Georgian room with Sue Cook plasterwork.

Simple Dining Room.

Kitchen with inglenook arch, bread oven and washing copper.

Bespoke reception wall box with Phoenix Model Developments
Adam fireplace and ashlar front panel with door and window.

I occasionally have ready-made room boxes for sale although colours and details of the room boxes may vary from those shown on the website. Please call or email for details of any that I may have.

I build most room boxes to order. That way you get exactly what you want in terms of make of fireplace, additional architectural plasterwork, lighting and colours chosen from the Farrow & Ball paint card, etc. If you would like one built to order, please call or email with details of what you would like and I'll work out a price for you.

Room Box lighting

I can supply rooms boxes with lights and transformer. If you are building a room box stack, one transformer will be sufficient for several boxes. Call me and I can adjust the price of the lighting accordingly.

Room Box Exteriors

The pictures shown above are all of open fronted room boxes: a sliding acetate front panel is also available. Hinged solid front panels can be made to order which can incorporate windows, external doors and shop fronts:

Ashlar effect with window and door.

Brick effect with windows.

Brick effect with window and door.

These are ideal for wall-mounted boxes, which are useful if you are really running out of space. Please ask for details.

Delivery

If you want to buy a room box but save on shipping costs remember that you can collect and pay in person from one of the fairs that I am attending. Just contact me to say what you want. Do allow me time to build and finish the box for you!