Every year, Nantucket Preservation Trust’s Sense of Place Exhibition and Auction offers bidders the chance to win unique, hand created items from dozens of Nantucket makers and artisans. Among these special auction items this year will be the Nantucket Dream Dollhouse. Volunteers led by Gussie Beaugrand, Beth Davies, Barbara Halsted, and Michael Sweeney have been spending countless hours creating a representation of a Nantucket house that models modern living in a historic home. The completed dollhouse will have three bedrooms and sleep nine, with custom hand-dyed gray shingles; hand painted walls, clapboards, and trim; tiny curtains; and custom furniture. Thank you to the volunteers who made this unique project possible!
Nantucket Dream Dollhouse By the Numbers
Sidewall shingles: 10,528
Roof shingles: 2,296
Lineal inches of clapboard: 450
Lineal inches of baseboard: 234
Lineal inches of window trim: 215
Window sashes: 26
Shutters: 10
