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Allison + Cam /The Globe and Mail
When Maria Fowler purchased the Little Dollhouse Company more than 20 years ago, she thought she was getting into a niche business popular with children and hobbyists. She had no idea she would soon have a clientele that includes a rock star, two Oscar-winners and a diminutive sex therapist.
“I honestly never know who will walk through the door,” Fowler says, whose whimsical store in Toronto is filled to the brim with every tiny stick of furniture and itty-bitty accessory a person could want to create the dollhouse of their dreams. “Dr. Ruth [Westheimer] came in one day. She’s an avid collector and, basically, a miniature herself.”