WALKING into this couple’s home is like stepping into a museum dedicated to the magic of all things miniature.
Tiny delights are everywhere: houses, furniture, clothes, books, gift boxes, towels, flowers, tea sets – practically everything you’d find in real life is on proud display here, bearing testament to a passion that’s been indulged for decades.
Amanda Pretorius of Sherwood Gardens, Brakpan, is a diorama fanatic and has been building miniature houses and their contents for 25 years. But diminutive dwellings aren’t the only collection in this house – Amanda’s husband, Willem, is a miniature car fan and has thousands of tiny vehicles on display.
Their home is a shrine to their collections, many rooms crowded with little objects. Amanda’s 1938 Tudor-style dollhouse from England, which she furnished and repainted,…
