Hidden House Collectables
24th August 2024:
Hello dear collectors, hope you are all keeping well. and enjoying what is left of Summer. Our little part of Devon has been very busy over the school holidays with lots of holidaymakers, making the most of what little sunshine we have had. Its been a hive of activity in the towns, tiny villages, countryside and beaches but with the blink of an eye the summer holidays are nearly over and we can then prepare for Autumn......a beautiful season in Devon as the leaves on the trees turn to wonderful shades of yellow, amber and brown.
Fleur has been out collecting lavender to dry and make little sachets, the house smells lovely with the aroma of her basket of lavender.
Wishing you all a lovely bank holiday weekend xxx
30th March 2024: Happy Easter!
Hello dear collectors, hope all is well. We are preparing for Easter here at Hidden House, Esme has been busy making Easter egg decorations for us.
Just a reminder that Lynne and Michael Roche will be releasing some very special dolls for Spring 2024....on Sunday 31st March at 9am(GMT) Look out for the wonderful Easter bonnets.
Wishing you all a very Happy Easter weekend xxx
1st January 2024: Happy New Year!
Hello dear collectors, well its the start of a new year and this group of Little Friends is having a wonderful time.
Wishing you the very best of health and happiness xxx
9th December 2023: It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Hello dear collectors, it definitely is the most wonderful time of the year......Lynne and Michael Roche's Open Day and the unveiling of their new collection for 2023. The anticipation for these special dolls has been building for weeks but they are finally here and they are all incredible. Please take a look at the Roche Doll website for more details of these wonderful dolls....click on the photo of Lillian below.
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend xxx
P.S. photo of OOAK Lillian courtesy of Lynne and Michael.
3th August 2023: Warm woollens and umbrellas at the ready...Summer is here!!
Hello dear collectors from a damp and breezy day in Devon. Simon and Katy have taken to walking but on a day like today its always best to wrap up in something warm and carry your best umbrella....just in case.
Whatever the weather, hope you all have a wonderful weekend xxx
6th May 2023:
Old Jack wanted to share his excitement for the Coronation of King Charles III, he even got himself a lovely Union Jack waistcoat to celebrate.
Hope you all have a wonderful Coronation weekend xxx
9th April 2023:
Hello dear friends and fellow collectors, If you celebrate Easter I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy and peaceful Easter Sunday.
Primrose from Lynne and Michael Roche's Spring specials and Wabbit by Paula and Simon Strethill-Smith wanted to wish you a Happy Easter too! xxx
1st January 2023:
Little Friends Rowan by Lynne and Michael Roche decided to start the New Year with a short walk in the lovely Devon countryside with her gorgeous new puppy.
Happy New year to you all xxx
25th December 2022:
Hello dear friends and fellow collectors, I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas. Thank you so much for your friendship and support during the year....I really do appreciate all of you. Even though times ahead look difficult, I want to wish you a very happy New Year.
Love, health and happiness to you all xxx
9th September 2022:
Hello dear friends and collectors, it has been a very sad week for the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. Even though we have been expecting news like this for some time, the sad loss of Queen Elizabeth II has had a profound effect around the world. She was such a strong and dignified woman and we join with the Nation to send our heartfelt condolences to her family and to thank her for her dedication and loyaly.......Thank you Ma'am.
6th May 2022:
Summertime is nearly upon us and I hope you are all keeping well.
Occasionally I get requests from collectors for certain dolls they are missing from their collections......so Im asking for your help! Please would you let me know if you have any of the dolls for sale.
All dolls are by Lynne and Michael Roche....
Fleur
Nanette Christmas special
Nan club doll with puzzle
Henrietta special with Rocking horse
20" Colette
20" Alice
Emily Christmas Shopping Tridias special
Small Violet Special for Ceisliks Magazine
Thank you so much in advance, I'm hoping we can find some of these dolls for our Roche doll collectors.
Hope you all have a lovely day xx
6th January 2022:
The New Year is here but Viola is thinking of Spring already! Hope you all have a lovely day xx
Beautiful handmade bears by Paula and Simon Strethill-Smith
24th December 2021:
Christmas Day is nearly upon us and I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year xxx
4th December 2021:
Its been a little while since my last update and goodness this year has flown by so quickly. I do hope you are all keeping safe and well.
I have some news from Roche dolls!.....Lynne and Michael have released their wonderful Christmas special editions.
Please take a look at the Roche Dolls website for more information.
Hope you all have a wonderful day xxx
7th June 2021: Annette Himstedt dolls
I hope you are all keeping safe and well. Its been a little while since my last update so I have decided to share a photo of the lovely Krinchen by Annette Himstedt. I haven't featured any of Annette's dolls on the website until now but seeing Krinchen today has inspired me to take some photos of these lovely dolls and add a new section of Himstedt dolls to the collection page.....
Hope you all have a wonderful day xxx
2nd April 2021: New Dolls from Lynne and Michael Roche!
New Spring Special dolls Pippa with clothing in 3 colourways and 3 Little Friends from Lynne and Michael Roche...now available!. Lynne is also offering some of her wonderful oil paintings for sale.........please have a look at their website for more information
Hope you have a great weekend xxx
1st April 2021: Happy Easter!
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend.
Also look out for some exciting new Spring Special dolls from Lynne and Michael Roche......Keep checking their website for updates. www.roche-dolls.co.uk
Sending you love and best wishes xxx
Primrose is desperately trying to get the Easter Bunny to tell her where all of the Easter eggs are hidden for the egg hunt on sunday.
24th December 2020: Happy Christmas!
Santa is on his way!
I wanted to wish you all a very Happy and peaceful Christmas, your friendship and continued support is incredibly important to us.....Thank you so much.
Sending you lots of love and best wishes xxx
18th December 2020: Christmas is coming!
Its cold and rainy here in Devon today so Little Aimi by Lynne & Michael Roche has been helping me with the christmas decorations.......she's having so much fun!
Hope you are all keeping safe and well xxx
21st November 2020: Roche Dolls.........New dolls for 2020 now available!
Just what we needed to liven up what has been a rather difficult year....Lynne & Michael Roche have been busy at work creating ten of the most wonderful new dolls. There are 2 Esme's, 2 Bella's, 2 Lillian's, 2 Elsie's, 1 Little Theo and 1 Susannah.
There is also a fabulous new 'Virtual' open day booklet, that gives you a lovely sense of what its like to visit Lynne & Michael's home to view the new collection of dolls.
Please take a look at the Roche Dolls website for more details.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend xx
14th November 2020: New Christmas Special Aimi from Lynne & Michael Roche!
Hope you are all keeping safe and well, Lynne & Michael Roche have just announced a lovely addition to the 'Little Friends' collection of dolls.....Aimi Christmas Special for 2020. This gorgeous little doll is available in a very limited number so don't delay.
Please take a look at the Roche dolls website for more information.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend xx
27th September 2020: Hello......its been a while!
Hope you are all keeping safe and well, its been a while since my last update.........Alls very well here at Hidden House, we had a lovely Summer, the weather was beautiful in out little corner of the Devon countryside and we even started to get used to our new "post lockdown" routine.
Today, I had a little time to myself and I decided to get crafty! I found a couple of pieces of old teddy bear fabric, so I decided to make some little vintage style elephants and a teddy bear. As you can see from the photos Esme and Olivia adore them however Esme decided that she didn't want to share and it all ended very badly......where's "supernanny" when you need her?
Hope you all have a lovely peaceful Sunday xx
12th April 2020: Happy Easter!
Little miss ducky is missing the annual Easter egg hunt this year but she decided to dress up at home anyway and she looks lovely in her Easter bonnet.
Hope you all have a lovely peaceful Easter sunday xx
23rd March 2020: Message from Devon......
Hello to you all, hope you are keeping happy and healthy in these very difficult times. We have been social distancing for over a week here at Hidden House, our part of Devon has never been so quiet except for the fighting in supermarkets for toilet rolls and hand sanitiser! Luckily we have lots to do around the house, so its not been difficult to keep occupied.
More seriously, our hearts go out to those who are most vunerable, those who are struggling with the isolation and those who have been affected by this awful virus. If you are well, keep safe and please spare a thought for those who are less able or fortunate.
Sending love and best wishes xx
9th December 2019: Happy Christmas!
I would like to thank you all for the lovely messages about the dolls and bears and for your continued support, it really means so much to us at Hidden House.
Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and a wondeful New Year!
7th December 2019: New Dolls from Lynne and Michael Roche!
Its the most wonderful time of the year! Lynne and Michael Roche have released their 2019 Christmas collection of dolls.
There are some incredible one of a kind dolls, all following a Christmas theme.......for more information please take a look at the Roche dolls website.
12th October 2019: Changes to Items For Sale pages
I have now added a section for Tonner dolls to the Items for sale page. I am in the process of re-evaluating my collection so there will be many Tonner dolls and clothing items added to this new section of the website. Please let me know if you are looking for a specific doll or item of Tonner doll clothing....I may have it for sale!
many thanks and hope you all have a great weekend xx
14th March 2019: More For Sale items added.
More items have just been added to the "For Sale' pages. Please let me know if you would like any more information about any of the items.
Many thanks xx
27th February 2019: New 'Items For Sale' page.
Ive been doing a bit of housekeeping here at Hidden House and Ive added a new 'For Sale' page just to keep things tidy. I will be adding items on a semi-regular basis so please check back often.
Please click on the "Items For Sale' button on the header of this page for more information.
Many thanks and have a great day xx
24th December 2018: Happy Christmas.
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year ! Love and best wishes, Adrian x
28th November 2018: Roche Dolls has a new website coming soon!
Lynne and Michaels website is undergoing a few changes. The new homepage and contact form is now up and running and the doll archive and news page will follow shortly.
On the 8th December Lynne and Michael will be launching their new collection of Winter Special dolls at their home in Bath. That morning the website will be updated with images of the new dolls so please check the site for details. www.roche-dolls.co.uk
20th October 2018: New special Christmas fairy doll from Lynne and Michael Roche
Lynne and Michael have just released information about their Special Christmas fairy doll for 2018. She is Rowan an 8" all bisque, jointed doll from their Little friends collection. Rowan is in a very small edition of 8 pieces worldwide. Pre-orders for this doll have now sold out, congratulations to those lucky people who managed to get one of these lovely dolls.
Christmas Fairy Rowan (photo courtesy of Lynne Roche)
Please visit www.roche-dolls.co.uk for more information about Lynne, Michael and their wonderful creations.