The Doll & Teddy Hospital

My first memory of this shop was as a small child, travelling here in tears in the back of my mums car. It was shortly after a birthday and I had somehow managed to pull the arm off my new doll. My mum reassured me and said there was someone who could help.
After travelling for what seemed house we arrive at the Doll & Teddy Hospital. I was enthralled as soon as I walked in, it was like an Aladdin’s cave for little girls. My mum caught my attention so I solemnly told the man behind the counter what had happened and handed over my precious doll. He said he could help and disappeared into the back of the shop.
My mum and I then continued to look round and I was spellbound. There were amazing dolls houses of all shapes and sizes and beautiful dolls, teddy’s and toys everywhere.
In no time at all the man reappeared and my doll was back in one piece. I was so happy and after my mum paid I happily skipped out of the shop.
Now I’m a little older I have been back for a browse and I still love this shop.

This place makes me giggle when I walk past as it offers teddy bear repairs. I really wouldn’t want to be seen carrying my cuddly toy (yes, the one whose arm fell off, alright I was a horrible child) into this store by the student population of Smithdown. But ah, beggars can’t be choosers.
This quaint little dolls house shop offers a range of miniature model delights and archetectural masterpieces which are a mere ten inches high.
Anyway, if you live locally this is a great place to start your collection. Dolls houses are often passed down as family heirlooms which is a lovely notion. Still, I struggle to imagine how this place stays open as the majority of Smithdown inhabitants are students, who either don’t own a dolls house or don’t want to lug one to university with them (bit embarrassing at the age of eighteen really).
Nice idea but not sure if this store will stay open!

Well this has got to be the most random business that i’ve Unilocaled about so far in my 2 months of Unilocaling! I can only imagine that they are so specialist that they have created an e-​commerce website and make all their money online.
Nestled on the corner of Smithdown Road, in the heart of Liverpool’s student community, is a fairly big shop that specialises in dolls houses, dolls house furniture and dolls house parephaelia. Not only this but they also act as a Dolls House repair shop.
I mean talk about positioning your shop within the heart of your target market, correct me if i’m wrong but I don’t know any students that have a dolls house or anything related to one! I’ve never seen anyone in this shop, and they only open 4 days a week, but fair play to them. If you know any Borrowers, perhaps you could furnish their house for under £20!

I love this shop! My friend told me she was going to take me to a shop I would love, and boy was she right. I got so excited as soon as I saw it. I absolutely love anything to do with doll houses, miniatures, and tiny things in general.
I used to have two dollhouses back in America (had to give them away when I moved here), and all through my childhood I played with handmade rag dollhouse dolls, and Maple Town and Sylvanian Family animals. (I still have all my critters!)
Shops like this remind me of my childhood, and how much fun I had making and collecting miniatures. I now make miniatures, although they are totally different from these. Mine are tiny felt animals. But I think that maybe my tiny mouse would love a tea set … I’ll have to come back here when I have some money.
I went almost everything in this shop. Now! Hee hee.

I’d like to start this review off by stating that I’ve never had a dolls house. I’m not a girl, I had cars and toy soldiers to mess around with as a kid and never really understood the use of a doll’s house. Anyway, the doll’s house specialist has seemed interesting never the less just to see how much stuff surrounding the concept of a child’s dolls house can fit into a decent sized corner shop.
A lot is the answer.
Surely the definitive place to source all of your dolls house needs, with many different varieties in the window, the Doll’s House Specialists does actually live up to its name. A no compromise pure focus on Doll’s houses means that the level of choice in this niche shop is very wide indeed. Prices seem a bit steep, but then again I’m not really sure how much a doll’s house and its accessories should cost to be brutally honest. To conclude: The shop offers a lot of choice and toys for kids and could be a good place to source gift ideas for young relatives etc.