Lemax Village
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 LEMAX CADDINGTON VILLAGE 2007 LAW OFFICE INSIDE SCENES 75545 $27.19 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 54m |
 Lemax Village Collection Large Brick Mat 34916 $12.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 17m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 |
 1994 Lemax Ceramic Electric Light Lighted Xmas Village Snow Tree Set of 10 $19.99 Time Remaining: 2h 21m |
 New Lemax Village House Accessory Policeman Boy Officer Spratt Makes Way $3.00 Time Remaining: 49m |
 New Lemax Village House Accessory Shoveling Snow Figurine $3.00 Time Remaining: 49m |
 New Lemax Village House Accessory Dad at Mailbox Delivering a Gift Figurine $3.00 Time Remaining: 49m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE CHRISTMAS BAND 62323 5 PC SET INCLUDES 3 PEOPLE 2 ACCESSORIES $7.99 Time Remaining: 29d 14h 9m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 New Lemax Village House Accessory 3 Neighborhood Carolers $3.00 Time Remaining: 49m |
 New Lemax Village House Accessory 6 Inch Evergreen Tree Landscape $3.00 Time Remaining: 49m |
 Lemax Dickensvale Collectibles Porcelain Lighted House Village Church 1993 Xmas $9.99 Time Remaining: 15h 14m |
 Lemax Lot Christmas Village Accessories Bridge Gazebo Wall Snowmobiles Mat Pond $52.00 (19 Bids) Time Remaining: 22h 10m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE SANTA ICE SCULPTURE 72404 2 PC SET $7.99 Time Remaining: 29d 14h 28m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 NEW LEMAX VILLAGE FISHING LOT WHARF BIG FISH KAYAK BUILDING SKY BACKDROP LOT $19.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 21h 2m |
 christmas village house new mayor residence dated 2011 by lemax $40.00 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 39m |
 christmas village houses new lemax coventry cove tack shop in box 2011 $40.00 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 28m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE WOODEN BRIDGE WITH TREES 14618 NEW ITEM $13.50 Time Remaining: 16h 21m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Lemax Village Collection Carnival Sign 84773 $7.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 1m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 LEMAX CADDINGTON VILLAGE POLICE STATION 1996 PORCELAIN BUILDING $12.99 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 42m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE REPTILE HOUSE LIGHTED TABLE PIECE 84849 $22.49 Time Remaining: 1d 21h 59m Buy It Now for only: $25.00 |
 NEW LEMAX CADDINGTON VILLAGE 2007 CARRIAGE SHOP $21.99 Time Remaining: 2d 1h 8m Buy It Now for only: $26.99 |
 MARKED LEMAX CHRISTMAS COVENTRY COVE HORSE TACK SHOP LIGHTED VILLAGE SNOW HOUSE $10.00 Time Remaining: 4d 9m |
 Lemax Village Collection At The Carnival Set of 2 02796 $6.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 2m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 Lot of 1 School Children Running Lemax Village Collection 1996 $3.00 Time Remaining: 15h 55m |
 christmas village houses new chef marcels cooking schoolmade by lemax $41.00 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 36m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE HOLIDAY MERRY GO ROUND ANIMATED LIGHTED VILLAGE $24.99 Time Remaining: 2d 1h 25m Buy It Now for only: $27.99 |
 Chatham Inn Coffee Shoppe Lemax 1995 Village Piece $22.99 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 45m Buy It Now for only: $26.00 |
 Lemax Village Collection Water Fountain 04231 $2.99 Time Remaining: 21d 19h 42m Buy It Now for only: $2.99 |
 LEMAX VAIL VILLAGE BIG MOUNTAIN OUTFITTERS $26.99 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 7m |
 LEMAX SIGHTS SOUNDS CARNIVAL VILLAGE DUCK HUNT LIGHTED TABLE PIECE 64487 $58.49 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 59m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 Lemax Village Landscape Hemlock Trees 6 and 9 Set of 2 $9.99 Time Remaining: 16h 13m |
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 Lemax Village Collection Cleaning The Fish 02819 $5.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
 2010 LEMAX CHRISTMAS COVENTRY COVE CUPCAKE COTTAGE LIGHTED VILLAGE SNOW HOUSE $10.00 Time Remaining: 4d 8m |
 Lemax Tannenbaum Christmas Shoppe Caddington Village $10.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 30m |
 LEMAX SIGHTS SOUNDS CARNIVAL VILLAGE SIDE SHOWS LIGHTED TABLE PIECE 64492 $44.99 Time Remaining: 2d 12h 34m Buy It Now for only: $50.00 |
 Christmas Lighted Village Bldg The Christmas Tree Lot Lemax Complete Perfect $12.95 Time Remaining: 1d 3h Buy It Now for only: $15.95 |
 Lemax Village Collection Carnival Billboard 84774 $7.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 1m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 Lemax Street Lights Lamp Accessories for Lighted Christmas Village $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 20m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 |
 LEMAX VILLAGE PARK GAZEBO NEW UNUSED NEVER OPENED FROM 2006 $3.99 Time Remaining: 3d 26m |
 LEMAX CARNIVAL VILLAGE THE COSMIC SWING ANIMATED TABLE PIECE 94956 $85.49 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 59m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 LEMAX VILLAGE FLOWER CART TABLE PIECE SET 83694 $10.79 Time Remaining: 1d 21h 19m Buy It Now for only: $12.00 |
 Lemax Village Collection Art and Wine Festival 94026 $7.99 Time Remaining: 27d 19h 38m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
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 Lemax Christmas Village house lighted Lyons Photography Photo Studio 2008 $14.99 Time Remaining: 2d 27m |
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 LEMAX VILLAGE GAZEBONEW UNUSED NEVER OPENED $3.99 Time Remaining: 3d 26m |
 Lemax Village Collection Toy Palace Facade Sold As Is 0170 $11.99 Time Remaining: 5d 17h 28m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
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 LEMAX Snowball Battle Table Accent Village Accessory $25.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX Snowball Battle Table Accent Village Accessory $25.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 26m |
 LEMAX Snowball Battle Table Accent Village Accessory $25.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 Lemax Village Collection Setting Up For The Season Set of 3 02836 $6.99 Time Remaining: 19d 11h 16m Buy It Now for only: $6.99 |
 LEMAX PLYMOUTH CORNERS VILLAGE SPRINGFIELD LANES $45.98 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX PLYMOUTH CORNERS VILLAGE SPRINGFIELD LANES $45.98 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 Lemax Carnival Village Dunkin Booth 93764 $10.00 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 57m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 Lemax Carnival Village Side Shows 64492 $30.00 Time Remaining: 2d 6m Buy It Now for only: $44.99 |
 Lemax Village Collection Sharing Cotton Candy 02822 $3.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 3m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 Collection of 7 Lemax Christmas Village Accessories 1 Lemax Building 1992 1993 $39.99 Time Remaining: 1d 22h 28m |
 Lemax Village Collection Item 94381 1999 Porcelain Silo $5.99 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 5m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 Lemax Village Landscape Mountain Ash Trees 6 Set of 2 $9.99 Time Remaining: 16h 14m |
 Lemax 2002 Christmas Bridal Shoppe Caddington Village Collection $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 17h 57m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
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 LEMAX Holiday Festival Billboard Boy Village Accessory $3.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX Holiday Festival Billboard Boy Village Accessory $3.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 LEMAX BOW FROM BOW WOW VILLAGE ACCESSORY 2007 $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX Break Time Village Accessory $8.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 Lemax Village Collection Teenage Memories Set of 2 02809 $5.99 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 1m Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
 LEMAX Break Time Village Accessory $8.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
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 1998 Lemax Gazebo Village Piece $16.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 28m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE PORCELAIN VICTORIAN GAZEBO AND ACCESSORIES $7.99 Time Remaining: 6d 44m |
 Lemax Village Collection Metal Fire Hydrant Set of 3 34971 $2.99 Time Remaining: 27d 19h 29m Buy It Now for only: $2.99 |
 LEMAX Shopping Day Village Accessory $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX Laying In Wait Village Accessory $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX POLICE CAR VILLAGE ACCESSORY $10.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX Laying In Wait Village Accessory $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 26m |
 Lemax Village Collection Holiday Treasures Billboard 64496 $7.99 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 59m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 LEMAX FORD THUNDERBIRD VILLAGE ACCESSORY $12.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 26m |
 LEMAX A Doe Her Fawns Table Accent Village Accessory $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 LEMAX Shopping Day Village Accessory $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 LEMAX BOW FROM BOW WOW VILLAGE ACCESSORY 2007 $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 Lemax Village Collection Doctors Carriage 13913 $15.99 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 45m Buy It Now for only: $15.99 |
 LEMAX Daddys Home Village Accessory $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 Lemax Village Landscape Stealthy Fox 2001 $24.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 Lemax Village Landscape Stealthy Fox 2001 $24.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE OLDE ORCHARD INN 95883 NEW ITEM $31.50 Time Remaining: 6d 17h 13m Buy It Now for only: $34.99 |
 Lemax Village Collection How Beautiful Set of 5 62315 $10.99 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 41m Buy It Now for only: $10.99 |
 LEMAX Daddys Home Village Accessory $3.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE THE SWAN POND 13905 TABLE PC NEW ITEM $19.99 Time Remaining: 6d 17h 40m Buy It Now for only: $22.00 |
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 Lemax Christmas Village Collection Assorted Stand of Birch trees set of 10 $16.75 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 13h 32m |
 LEMAX VILLAGE CHRISTMAS HARMONY 72403 4 PC SET $7.99 Time Remaining: 29d 14h 19m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
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 LEMAX Snowy Cedar Tree Village Accessory $7.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 23m |
 LEMAX Snowy Cedar Tree Village Accessory $7.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 27m |
 Lemax Village Collection Burning Leaves Battery Operated 14338 $10.99 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 57m Buy It Now for only: $10.99 |
 Christmas Village Trees Shrubs Bushes Lemax others Large Lot Houses Display $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 22h 23m |
 Lemax 1998 Village Collection Als Diner Christmas Porcelain Lighted House $10.99 Time Remaining: 6d 19h 39m Buy It Now for only: $15.99 |
 Lemax Christmas Village Collection Water Well $6.76 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 13h 57m |
Lemax Village
Christmas Villages-Another 5 Great Locations for your Village Display
So you still have not decided where to display your new collectible Christmas village this next holiday season. Or maybe you are just tired of setting up your current display in the same expected location year after year and are looking for that ultimate new location to showcase your Department 56, Lemax, or other village collectibles. Grab a notepad and pen, because you may find your creative talents energized and anxious to be put to use when you hear about these 5 great locations for your village display.
Before I suggest the following possible locations for your Christmas village, it is important to remember that the viewability of your village is affected greatly by the space you have available. Never being a fan of displaying every single piece in my collection just for the sake of unpacking them out of mothballs, I always recommend striving for visual impact in a display over showing the quantity of a collection. For that reason alone, you can consider the following locations to place smaller vignettes, or groupings of your village collectibles to create more visually impacting village settings.
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Curio cabinets: Not everyone has a curio cabinet, but for those who do, consider temporarily replacing some of your regular curios with a small village vignette or two. The key for success here is to keep the vignettes small because of the glass shelving you typically find in a curio cabinet. Rather than find out the hard way that your village display was too heavy for the glass shelves, why not simply group a small vignette or two where each can tell its own miniature story. You will love the glimmering effect created by the village house lights shining and reflecting off of the mirrored background and glass enclosure of the cabinet. It is very easy to camouflage the light cords with a few miniature pine trees strategically placed.
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Wall units: Wall units are a strong and perfect location for displaying smaller village vignettes. Because the shelving is typically wood or a composite material, you will not have to worry at all about the weight of your village like you would with a curio cabinet. For that reason, you can experiment with terracing in your vignette. Elevate a village piece or two towards the background to create textured focal points for viewers whether their eyes are drawn to the back or the front of your display. Too often I see displays where a person has to strain their neck to see a beautifully detailed village building shrouded from view by another similarly sized piece or one bigger right in front of it.
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Garage side window: Yes, you heard me right. Have you ever thought of showing off your village, or maybe a few of your village pieces in a smaller vignette inside of a side garage window? Perhaps you have been thinking for years of a way to incorporate your display in to your exterior decorating without the risk of damage from the elements. Well, a framed display inside a garage window that is viewable towards the front of your home is a wonderful way to add a storybook appeal to your holiday decorations. Be sure to see my article entitled ‘Creating a Magical Window Display for your Christmas Village’ for details on how to go about constructing this type of display.
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Foyer sideboard table: Sideboard tables, sofa tables, and consoles are ideal locations for smaller village groupings. They are very easy to arrange village displays on top of, and are one of the better locations for isolating your display for a more focused viewing point. These tables offer the advantage of displaying at a level where even smaller children can see every aspect of your village setting. Of course that can also be its greatest disadvantage. If you believe tiny roaming hands may mean the destruction of your miniature town, choose another location.
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Under glass of a wood-framed coffee table: This is a truly unique concept for displaying villages. Imagine family and friends sitting around the family room talking about your ‘village under glass.’ This idea takes a bit more time and care to assemble your display, but the results are amazing. If you have this type of table, simply remove the glass insert(s) temporarily while you construct your village. Place a large enough box underneath the table to elevate the viewing surface that will be visible when you replace the glass back on top, but not so large that the tops of the village buildings or trees are too high and protrude through the glass level. Make sure to place a solid and flat item on top of the box to create a sound surface, such as a shelf or two side by side. Cover the box and shelf with a small white tablecloth to not only cover the more unsightly aspects of your box foundation, but to also give your display a nice wintry effect. Finally, employ your own personal creativity to make a truly unique type of display.
I hope you enjoyed these ideas for possible locations to display your village. You may even have a few of your own that suit your home even better. The key thing is to take some time and consider the visual impact you can achieve rather than just lining up your collection end to end.
Merry Christmas!
About the Author
Stephen Baird is an author, villagescape artisan, and founder-owner of the popular and well respected Christmas display firm Village Fantasies, designers of animated and life like Harvest and Christmas villages for commercial clients. If you are a business that would like to attract more foot traffic during the holidays, or you would just love to enjoy the artisan work of Stephen, please visit our site.
Where can I sell a my Department 57 & Lemax Village collection?
Ebay - or a consignment dealer in your area. Check the yellow pages.
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