Victorian Doll House, but human-sized

What’s up, friends?

If you were to purchase this home today, you’d get it “as is.” What that means is, you’d get all the junk that’s just sitting within its walls. And lemme tell you, it’s A HEAPING TON of eclectic crap.

Built in 1887, The John Dicks House is an “architecturally significant” property of Mississippi. Sitting on over 1.5 acres, it has 6 bedrooms, 5 bedrooms, and over 6000 square feet of interior space. Plus, there’s an elevator, and a detached garage with an upstairs one bedroom apartment .

Juxtaposition is the theme of this front yard: the flourishing, hydrated grass lawn next to the dry, aged fountain; Is this a (metaphorical) crack in the picturesque facade that we’ll come to regret brushing aside? I guess we’ll have to look to see…

Shaded patio swings are always a nice greeting -but a random bust on an (otherwise) empty table is something I don’t mess with. Like, who was that woman? Did she used to live here? Did she die here? And is spirit still living here?

Entering the home, we’re greeted with a rotund space, with a floor to match it. And I know you see that giant staircase!  Don’t fret, we’ll come back to it.

Emblematic of the home, this formal communal space (aka “the dining room”) has the wall color of pink. It’s table is long enough to seat all your Barbies, Bratz, and American Girl Dolls. And when you run out of (real or pretend) food, you can satiate yourself with the blackberries laced in the ceiling trim.

Two options for living rooms: blue or green. 

Blue has the stronger pops of color, though a more formal dressing overall. On the other hand, similar to its shade, Green is bit more questionable: the taxidermy deer and bird have me fearing that the dog on the ground also used to be alive as well…

Your grandma called -she said she wanted her kitchen back. In all seriousness, this kitchen works: the decor is cute, the pop of green is cute, and the commitment to drapes is commendable. 

Who needs a pantry or closet when you just have a long hallway?

One last thing before we head upstairs: the primary bedroom suite.

This primary bedroom suite went all out… with the drapes! While I’m puzzled by the canopy bed design, the floor-to-ceiling covers paired with the pink walls are ethereal.  

Colors are also mastered in the en-suite: a pale yellow against a white and grey tiling? Yes, please!!

Now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the grand staircase!! It’s like something out of a painting.

The curvature of the railings is making me a bit dizzy -but it’s beautiful nonetheless.

Upstairs, the other bedrooms rein across the entire floor. And some of them even connect like dual hotel rooms.

Similar eclectic decor is found here too -but maybe with even more kitchiness. Or maybe it’s like a child’s dollhouse that’s typically full of… literal garbage.

These additional bathrooms have matching themes to the bedrooms. But, as you already know, those themes are questionable. 

Detached from the home is a garage, with the final aforementioned bedroom.

If the primary house is a “dollhouse,” then this is the collector’s home -because checkout that giant built-in shelf space. I do enjoy how this space carries over the decor, aged opulence, and love of drapery.

Outside, there technically is a backyard -yet the trees are seemingly hiding it from us. They’re leaving us with only a peek at the home’s pristine exterior…

…so pristine, that it almost seems fake. But, like the dolls, maybe sometimes they’re a little real too. 

Sarah @Homes.tastrophes