DeKalb Public Library patron Lori Brown commissioned a new dollhouse to be made for the library’s youth services department. Mick Reeves designed and built the large dollhouse.

Children immediately took a liking to it and began using the many rooms of the house. Lisa Vogel painted and donated sky designs resting behind the dollhouse, giving the space and dollhouse a nestled, inviting presence. Brown also painted and donated some “residents” to fill the dollhouse, as well as donating a road-patterned carpet and a variety of wooden road signs.

“It’s been wonderful to see the children’s imaginations take hold while playing with the dollhouse and car carpet,” Theresa Winterbauer, youth services department manager, said in a news release.