A Stunning 1920s - 1930s Little House!

I have just put up for sale today a truly stunning 1920s-30s dolls house. It is breathtakingly gorgeous and I have already spent many hours just staring and admiring it! I love it but it is big and I have no room for it...so it has to go....oh soooooo very reluctantly!!!!!

 

Actually, this is such a very curious house and am of the opinion that this was not created originally as a dolls house at all....but was in fact a 1920s-1930s developer's model, to use as a show house whilst the housing estate was being built. This was to help give a prospective buyer an idea of what the finished house may look like.  What has led to me this conclusion is the detailed appearance of the exterior including the beautiful bay windows and the internal layout. The layout inside is a bit odd indeed if it had been intended as a toy, particularly the enclosed kitchen.

It is accessed at the front via two opening halves. There are two main rooms, one upstairs and one downstairs - each with an Art Deco wooden fireplace and dual aspect. 

 The hallway has a door leading into the main downstairs room and also another door leading into the kitchen right at the back. Stairs lead up to an enormous landing that also has dual aspect plus a side window too. Am intrigued as to why, if this was meant to be a toy, the landing area was constructed in this way with a lot of wasted space and more especially why the only access to the kitchen is via the hall door and the back door?

 

You can just about glimpse the small kitchen via the back door and through the kitchen window in these photos, although sorry the pics didn't come out too well. (Sorry about the dusty hall floor too...oops!)

There are six pieces of original furniture that came with this house, as you can see above. All wooden and very basic.

Each room has the original decor including the lovely picture rails.

I love this porch area. The two porch windows and door are glazed with very thick crinkled glass. 

The bay windows are to die for.....simply stunning and very skillfully made! 

As you can see in my previous post, I washed the original curtains (they were disgustingly dirty) but have finally come up a treat and I have put them back in place using the original drawing pins that came with it. 

This vent intrigues me....it is such a realistic touch but rarely seen on a dolls house. 

The roof has been very carefully constructed with wooden mock tiles and the chimney is gorgeous too.

For further details including suggestions on maximising the potential of this house,  please click on the main promotional page:

www.ktminiatures.com/1920s_1930s_Dolls_House.htmlwww.ktminiatures.com

Haha....My Neighbour Thought I'd Shrunk My Curtains!

One of the most unique and beautiful little houses that I have ever handled here at KT Miniatures has come in and will very shortly be put up for sale. (Note that I said "little house" and not dolls house.......are you intrigued)?  Actually, it's not that "little" either but hey ho.

However,  the little teeny antique lace curtains were disgustingly dirty from over 80 years of dirt and I felt like heaving even just looking at them....sooooo, I embarked on trying to give them a bit of a wash. Good old "Vanish"....after two attempts of cautiously using the proper way and following the correct instructions,  in desperation I more than doubled the dose along with many hours of soaking. (If that had failed it was to be bleach)!

Finally I had a very pleasing result!

However...my very confused elderly neighbour, even though used to seeing odd things hanging on my washing line, thought I had shrunk my net curtains....(forgetting that I never had any net curtains in the first place)! Haha.....

The beautiful house will be revealed in all it's glory very shortly........

A Little Video.....Of A Very Little Project!

As you will have seen on my last KT Miniatures Journal posting  yesterday, Robin Britton and I have spent weeks creating a little Victorian Seaside Scene as a how to make project for the August issue of the Dolls House & Miniatures Scene magazine (www.dollshousemag.co.uk).

Just for a bit of fun, we have created a little video showing brief shapshots of stages from beginning to end of the creation of the project and to Florrie's first tentative dip in the sea! Hope you enjoy it and find it inspiring!

As mentioned in the earlier posting, the landscaped base is now up for sale and 50%  of the proceeds will be donated to Breast Cancer Campaign. For full details on how to purchase the landscaped scene and various components such as the bathing machine, Punch & Judy etc. can be found on the promotional page on our Nostalgia In Miniature Workshops website:

http://www.miniatureworkshops.com/Seaside_Scene.html

Our Unique Victorian Seaside Scene Can Now Be Seen In August Issue Of Dolls House & Miniature Scene Magazine

I'm delighted to announce that the Victorian Seaside Scene that Robin Britton (my Nostalgia In Miniature Workshops colleague) and I have been working hard on for weeks, can now be seen in the August issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene Magazine. 

It was great fun to do...and as with all our projects, we undertook much research so that it could be created as realistically and accurately as possible. On top of all of that, we had to design it in such a way in order to make it easy for the readers of the magazine to create themselves, as this has been presented as a "how to make" project in the August Issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene magazine.  

www.dollshousemag.co.uk

This landscaped base plus fixtures as seen below is now being offered for sale and 50% of proceeds will be donated to Breast Cancer Campaign.

In our own instantly recognisable "Nostalgia In Miniature Workshop" style, we have created a realistic and highly detailed two-tiered Victorian seaside setting with an element of fun. It incorporates a naturalistic beach, backed by an old and weathered sea wall with upper brick paved promenade edged by a distinctive and authentic Victorian style set of railings. To complete the promenade, there is of course a gas street lamp. 

A special feature of our landscaping is the sea battered and aged wooden groyne, along with it's very own seagull!!Our unique seawater in the foreground really adds to the realistic ambience of the whole setting and we couldn't resist adding a little rock pool with it's own starfish!! 

Other Components Available To Purchase Separately

 

The Victorian bathing machine, Punch & Judy and all three of Robin's dolls that were made for this scene are also being offered for sale, but separately and are not part of the charity offer. 

For full details please see the Seaside Scene Promotional page on our Nostalgia In Miniature Workshops website. 

http://www.miniatureworkshops.com/Seaside_Scene.html

Unusual Little Dolls House For Sale Plus Old Dolls House Bargain Basement Now Up & Live!

Just gone up for sale today is a delightful and ususual vintage dolls house...probably commercially made during the 1950s/60s but I do not recognise the maker.

If you don't have much space but would like to take on a vintage dolls house, this could be ideal for you. It's of wooden construction with tin Romside windows and front door.

It has just two rooms, each with a Romside fireplace. I can see evidence of other wallpaper/paint underneath in parts but has obviously been given a more recent makeover. 

The previous owner has also painted very cleverly an attractive tree on the frontage and obviously really enjoyed this little treasure. But now it is time for it to move onto pastures new. It is 1/16th in scale and very compact. so consequently could be posted.

For futher details, please CLICK HERE

OLD DOLLS HOUSE BARGAIN BASEMENT

Are you looking for an old dolls house to restore or a new miniature project to take on? If so then. please do go take a peek at this new section on KT Miniatures website. Here you will find old  dolls houses that have all been heavily reduced in price due to the fact of their condition. Some may be extremely dilapidated or some may be well known named makes but which have been heavily restored. All will have huge potential and offered at a real bargain price. 

One of the houses being offered is this large vintage house that is quite dilapidated but is lovely. I bought this at an auction, no-one else bid on it so I simply couldn't leave it unsold and unloved.  I had every intention of restoring myself but now it is very apparent that I simply do not have the time. 

Also in that same section today, you will find a 1950s Tri-ang No 50....in solid condition with one or two original features but at the same time, has had a makeover. You could move straight in or undertake your own restoration if you wished, in order to bring it back to how it would have looked like originally. 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW