ijw1212 Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Hi everyone, I'm fairly new to this forum and have really appreciated everything I have learned about all things miniature here. I have recently caught the bug to build or rehab a dollhouse, and while I do have a couple that I'm currently working on (a Walker Strawberry Patch and a Hofco Federal Victorian), I had to share this RGT Newport that recently fell into my lap. I found a listing for this house on FB marketplace from a very generous person who built it herself and sold it to me along with all of its furnishings for a very modest sum (I'm leaving the specifics out since it's entirely possible she's a member here!). I am absolutely in awe of this house and everything she did to build and decorate it. Her husband told me she built it about 10 years ago, and a lot of the pieces inside it are German. It's definitely at least part plywood (based on visuals and the fact that it was unexpectedly light). I am hard pressed to think of anything I want to do to it right now other than maybe figure out how to get a couple of the light fixtures working again. Anyways, I just wanted to share this beauty with all of you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Wowsers, what a gorgeous house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggiemae Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Nice. The best houses really do seem the "fall into" our laps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurMama Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 The piece in the center of the kitchen is a bodo henning piece I believe so that would be German. Congratulations! Lovely house in great shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijw1212 Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 21 hours ago, FurMama said: The piece in the center of the kitchen is a bodo henning piece I believe so that would be German. Congratulations! Lovely house in great shape! So, the sewing machine and mannequin in the upper left room are definitely Hennig. But that piece you are pointing at was alone in a little baggie with a loose JBM label. I guess it's possible it had ended up in the bag accidentally, but I had assumed it was JBM (though I'm too new at any of this to have a strong opinion!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 I thought the cabinet along the kitchen wall was a Bodo Hennig piece; I've seen one like it in a museum gift catalogue that labeled it so. That little white island piece could be JBM, as they made some really nice pieces as well as acceptable knock-offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijw1212 Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 1 hour ago, havanaholly said: I thought the cabinet along the kitchen wall was a Bodo Hennig piece; I've seen one like it in a museum gift catalogue that labeled it so. That little white island piece could be JBM, as they made some really nice pieces as well as acceptable knock-offs. Oh I'm not in front of the house right now, but I'm 99% the cabinet on the right side of the kitchen has a Reutter tag on the back (Reutter is definitely the label that is most common on the pieces I've pulled out thus far). I'll post some closeups of the rooms later this week when I'm back home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 That's another nice brand, and it was so long ago I saw the catalogue, the pieces may very well have been Reutter; I confuse them often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijw1212 Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 I guess I have posted enough that I can now upload photos So here are a few closer-up shots of most of the rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 You might want to consider making an album of your photos in the Gallery here; there's a bandwidth limit to the number of photos you can put directly into your posts, but no limit that I know of to how many photos you can post in the Gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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