Sold!

Mr. Appleton has one last house

to show to the Lads

before they make their decision....

  

"Come in Boys, I think you'll

like this place, but

do ignore the wall covering."

"It's spacious, and 
it comes partially furnished."

"I say Alistair, this place

has bags of character! Let's take it

before some other Doll comes along."

Before the ink is even dry on the contract,

the Lads begin interviewing

for domestic help.

House Hunting

The Lads have finally enlisted the help

of the only Realtor in the neighborhood, the

dapper, but no-nonsense, Mr. Appleton.

Hoping to secure a proper English house,

they first stop at Wheeler Manor.

They're greeted by the

Matron of the Manor with:

"Sorry, full-up! Move on!"

Renovations completed

Finally completed the repairs to

the latest house added to my collection!

As I was looking online for

information on the Rich company,

I found this interesting blurb on the

Clinton County Iowa

Historical Society website.

I wonder if they actually made 100,000 dollhouses that year??

"Rich Industries, a dollhouse and toy manufacturer, 

plans to build 100,000 homes in Clinton

this year for this exploding national market.

But that's not all: 15,000 doll walkers, 15,000 toy wagons,

25,000 hobby horses, 80,000 milk wagons, 150,000 barn sets,

and 150,000 small toys, including trains, horses, and wagons. 

The company, which came to Clinton in 1934,

employing between 50 and 75 employees, now employs more than 200.

(The Clinton Herald, August 23, 1946)"

Before

 

After

Ready to furnish!

Making Dollhouse Windows....

Generally, I'm a pretty creative, crafty person,

but this is a first for me....

making dollhouse windows!

Yesterday, on my way home from visiting family up north,

I stopped at an antique mall to make 

a quick run through.

I ended up coming home with another dollhouse

to add to my collection, a 1940's

Rich Tudor style house (more on that

in a later post!).

Even though it's missing all of the

windows, front steps & chimney, it's

in great clean condition. Plus it was a bargain at $20!

  The original windows would have been

silk-screened onto an acetate like material.

With such a small project to do, I wanted to find

a quicker, easier method of

reproducing the windows.

I made a template for one of the windows

using a black marker on newsprint.

Two of the windows are this size, one is smaller, 

and the living room has a large picture window.

I'll need to make two other

templates besides this one. 

A piece of acetate was taped over the

template and traced with 

a permanent white paint marker.

ONE completed window, with three

more to do.

Those unsightly dots around the edge

are where I stopped and lifted up

the marker.  Even though it's not so noticeable

in person, I'll need to work on that issue with 

the remaining windows.

The Lads from Oxfordshire

The Lads have arrived safe and sound

from their prior home in England.

Their first order of business?

To find a proper home of course!

"Alistair, that dog looks a bit dodgy....

let's go ring up the estate agent right away!"

more to come......