G&J Lines No 71 Dolls House Circa 1915

First of all....I am chuffed to say that our phone line is back up and working.....hurrah! (Re Thursday's post on here).

Antique G&J Lines No 71 Dolls House

I am delighted to announce that I have a gorgeous  and quite rare G&J Lines No 71 dolls house for sale as from now.

It is a large front opening dolls house with two large rooms, original fireplaces, original wallpaper that was found underneath layers of other wallpaper, original flooring paper (rather faded), stairs, interior doors, all glass glazed and metal framed windows intact including a beautiful attic window.

There is a hall with a staircase up to a landing.

A beautiful attic window with original lace curtains is a real feature of this dolls house. Actually, there is no attic but this has cleverly been created to give the illusion that there is one!

This house appeared in a Gammages advert in 1915 and is well over 90 years old so can be forgiven that it's front door is missing and a tiny balcony above the front door is also missing. It is understood that the door would probably have been metal and maybe the same colour as the window frames.

Original wallpapers were found under layers of other wallpaper. There is some residue of other wallpaper still visible but with lots of patience, this can be removed if necessary. Much can be hidden with carefully placed pictures, furniture etc.  Antique lace curtains hanging at the windows would look fantastic and whoever takes this on can have great fun furnishing.

This wonderful dolls house is now up for sale on KT Miniatures website:

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Below is a short video made with still photos of this house.

Enjoy............



Our Phone Line Down - Customers Not Able To Ring!

Just to let you know that our main phone line is down and has been since early this morning. So if you have been trying to ring KT Miniatures, you will have been getting strange noises coming down the line at you! Although those lovely people at BT are aware of the fault and assure us they are onto it....as yet it is still not working ! It looks like this is going to go on for some time. Don't worry....I am still here! However if you wish to contact KT Miniatures at the moment, it will have to be by email at@ info@ktminiatures.com

Grrrrrr............Happy Days!

Celia

c1950s Tri-ang No 62 Dolls House

Just listed today on KT Miniatures website is this lovely little Tri-ang No 62 dolls house. It is in great condition. Has only ever had one owner and has been a much cherished dolls house.  But now the time has come for it to move on and find a new owner.

All the windows are present and correct....even that elusive small single side window to the left of the front door!

How many of us have these No 62's without that tiny window? Personally I think it was a design fault on Tri-ang's part.....as the two tiny tacks were simply not enough to keep the window safely in place!

The interior was re-decorated with 1960s/70s wallpaper, including flooring. It maybe that the original is underneath but even so, you could move straight into this dolls house without the necessity to re-decorate. It is very clean and in such good condition.

A really nice touch is this little vintage car in the garage....the previous owner thought it only right to leave it with the house.

This little house is now up for sale on KT Miniatures. As always I strongly recommend that this is picked up from me in person to avoid any risk of damage in transit. However it would be possible to post (UK only) if necessary.

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Mrs Sooty Paws!

Oh my goodness....when Molly, my beautiful black and white cat appeared yesterday morning for breakfast, she was decidely a lot blacker than when we'd last seen her!!! We didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Her legs, paws and around her face were black.....where they would normally have been white!

At first we hand't a clue what the black stuff was ....but then on closer inspection realised it was some sort of black dust. A friend suggested that maybe it was soot and that same friend suggested we try and wash her legs/paws.Hmmm...seemed a good idea at the time, apart from which she was leaving sooty paw prints over everthing.

   Soooooo....never having ever washed a cat before, happily and confidently filled the kitchen sink with warm soapy water and between two of us, endeavoured to wash Molly's front legs and paws.  

HA-HA, HA-HA....!!!

Has anyone ever attempted to wash a fully grown cat before...even just paws and legs?

To say it isn't easy is an understatement and obviously Molly was having none of it!! Even though she was wrapped in a towel (apart from front legs) with husband firmly holding her and I was gently splashing water over her front legs/paws she snarled, scratched, wriggled, you name it-she did it.....and got herself free in seconds!! 

So....she is destined to be Mrs Sooty Paws for a while.

However, since yesterday, she has slowly attempted to clean herself and her face is almost white again (where it should be white). So too most of her legs.....it's just her paws now she needs to attend to.

Cat's eh...........

What I want to know is....where and how did she get herself so sooty!!! Maybe it's best that we don't know.

NEW! "Old Dolls House Restoration" Section On KT Miniatures.

I have been tweaking this and that on KT Miniatures just lately, and have given a bit of a revamp to the website as a whole.  Block colour has been added behind much of the text on  many of the pages, in order to make it easier to read. Plus I am delighted to announce that at long last I have been able to completely re-organise my DIY section so that it is now aptly renamed......OLD DOLLS HOUSE RESTORATION. 

If you scroll along the top navigation bar to Restoration Supplies, a subheading will pop up called Dolls House Restoration. If you click on there, you will be taken through to a brand new holding page.

 

You will find various box links to entire pages devoted to individual makes,  such as Old Tri-ang, Old Amersham, Old Gee Bee, Romside etc. 

Tri-ang Larger Version Of The Tin Windows

Tri-ang Fireplace

Today I have listed various tin windows from Tri-ang, Romside etc. plus all kinds of other components such as Tri-ang fireplaces, Amersham door canopies etc. 

Original Cardboard Shutters From An Old Tri-ang

 Various Romside tin components including doors, windows etc.

  

There are even some Amersham dolls house items such as this tin window and a door canopy from an Amersham Art Deco dolls house. 

So if you have a vintage dolls house that's missing bits and bobs......why not go check out the new pages! Please click on the following link to view:

http://www.ktminiatures.com/Old_Dolls_House_Restoration.html