Rising interest in dollhouses suggests people find solace and joy in tiny things – especially when real homes are so pricey

It’s the summer of Barbie, and I’m thinking about her Dream House.

Not its recent incarnations – so much pink and plastic! – but the 1962 folding cardboard original. The studio apartment came with modest furnishings: a small bed, a couch, books, a TV.

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