I might be crazy, but I did it anyway

Once upon a time, I got this delightful room box on eBay.  It was originally in an auction of miniatures owned by Caroline Sunstein, an avid collector of miniatures both antique and contemporary. I got only the box, no furnishings. 

I did ask an expert, Susan Milmore, if she knew anything about it, like who made it, but she said it was not one that belonged to Caroline, but rather one that had been thrown into the auction. (By the way, Susan has a wonderful blog full of wonderful miniatures of her own as well as lots of information about exceptional miniatures in general.)

So here is that box. And I love it. The lighting comes in through the window via a regular light bulb. It makes a nice effect.

As an aside, those books you see everywhere are from my FREE book kit and you can get it HERE

So I happened to find more of these boxes made by this unknown maker in another auction at Ron Rhoads in March and I won 5 of them. Did I need them? Absolutely not. (There are worse addictions. They cost me less than a year of heavy crack use, which is the standard by which I measure all miniature purchases.)

 Here is just one I would like to show you and I hope (even though I am ridiculously bad at blogging) the rest of them.  I am finding them all fascinating and mysterious. WHO IS THIS PERSON WHO MADE THEM?

The first one is a federal four room box. Before I thought to photograph it, I pulled out the furniture in the first room, which was not my best idea. (It was another bedroom).  My plan for them was to maybe re-do the room boxes,  probably haunt some and sell some. And use the furniture for haunting. Or not.

All of the boxes are lit the same as my original, light bulbs shining day light in through windows.  They are all nicely appointed and well done for their respective periods with appropriate  furnishings and in correct scale. (1:12)  You can tell the boxes are by the same maker.  And who made/bought/placed the furniture?

The furniture seems to be either hand made or commercial, but I don't recognize the commercial pieces in this one.  The drapes and curtains are expertly done and I believe the furniture whether hand made, from kits or purchases are reupholstered.  The beds are extremely well done.  Accessories are not top quality, but are effective.  Some are hand made from bits and pieces like buttons and beads. Paintings are prints, rugs are printed as well as some of fabric.  There is one painting that was hand painted.  I look forward to going through the rest of them and sharing what I find.

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Here's a shot with the  first room before I tore it apart..

I am interested in what you think. Or if you know anything about these. Or go ahead and ask me questions.
Or just comment if you please.