CodyWHaul Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Hi, everybody My name is Cody, and I recently dragged my (disassembled) childhood dollhouse out of the basement to try to refurbish over the winter since I can't work on the renovations of my real house until I have a 2nd set of hands. I have no idea what the make and model of the dollhouse is -- my granddad built it from a kit in the late '80s and my Google-fu has failed to turn up a match. So, I'm going to be building it with no instructions... and this is my first and only dollhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Sounds like an adventure to me. Do you some pictures of what the main structure pieces are made of? We could narrow it down for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyWHaul Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Mid-life madness said: Sounds like an adventure to me. Do you some pictures of what the main structure pieces are made of? We could narrow it down for I can't shrink the photos enough to upload them, but here they are on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWMjIxGLQnU/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyWHaul Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 24 minutes ago, CodyWHaul said: I can't shrink the photos enough to upload them, but here they are on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWMjIxGLQnU/ Instagram resized them for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Welcome to the little family, Cody. Your photos look like parts of an elderly (1940s-50s) house with those lithographed walls. Do you have the roof pieces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Is it metal like tin or wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyWHaul Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, havanaholly said: Welcome to the little family, Cody. Your photos look like parts of an elderly (1940s-50s) house with those lithographed walls. Do you have the roof pieces? Yes, the peak of the roof runs from side to side instead of front to back. It's made out of cheaper particle board than the walls. The top side has a plastic-y feel to it, and the shingles are just black lines printed straight on it at the manufacturer's. There's a plastic chimney cap that fits over the peak and just perches with nothing holding it in place, but I'm not sure what box it is in. The furniture kit (that I'm pretty sure came with the house kit) appears to be all balsa wood. The siding, floors, first story ceiling, and walls all have/had paper on them. The paper inside was attached with still-sticky rubber cement, so I think Granddad did it. The exterior is proving impossible to get off, so I think it came pre-applied. Edited November 13, 2021 by CodyWHaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyWHaul Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 21 minutes ago, Medieval said: Is it metal like tin or wood? It's heavy-duty particle board. I took a closeup of one of the window holes in the back wall so you can see the wall thickness. The base is sturdier than the wood my IKEA headboard is made from. The dimensions of the back wall are 40" long x 15" deep x 15" high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I think it could be a Strombecker ......This site is awesome for finding antique houses.....http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm Thanks for sharing the pictures. https://www.blurb.com/b/10335570-strombecker-dollhouses-and-furniture-1931-1961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyWHaul Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 12:14 AM, Mid-life madness said: I think it could be a Strombecker ......This site is awesome for finding antique houses.....http://www.mckendry.net/DOLLHOUSES/1890s.htm Thanks for sharing the pictures I'm going to call it a Strombecker until corrected. They went out of business 20+ years before the dollhouse was put together, so I can picture Granddad finding it in the back of a hobby shop. The furniture would have had to be a separate kit then - it is slot & tab and made from balsa wood. I've been trying to document what I'm doing as I go so I can show my family since they live across the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I don't know about balsa, but both Greenleaf and Dura-Craft made tab & slot furniture kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyWHaul Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 6:49 AM, havanaholly said: I don't know about balsa, but both Greenleaf and Dura-Craft made tab & slot furniture kits. Mysteries on top of mysteries. Thank you everyone 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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