havanaholly Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, KellyA said: Seller has dropped the already fair price by $100. I wish someone would buy this already so it will stop taunting me. You've no idea how close I've come to asking if I could have a freighting company come pick it up. STOP ME! https://www.ebay.com/itm/183446887423 Not me! Go for it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, havanaholly said: Not me! Go for it! I already have enough devils on my shoulder, tyvm, hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, KellyA said: I already have enough devils on my shoulder, tyvm, hahaha. Never say "Stop me" to this bunch of enablers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 This seller has a selection GE salesman samples in 1:12 scale. They are really retro and in good condition.https://www.ebay.com/sch/Furniture-Room-Items/179309/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=suebeesminiatures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debsrand56 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 51 minutes ago, Mid-life madness said: This seller has a selection GE salesman samples in 1:12 scale. How fun are those? I've heard of salesman samples for older wood-burning stoves, but never for these. I love them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Elsbeth said: I'm wanting this to show up for $20 on Prime Day: https://www.amazon.com/Flever-Dollhouse-Miniature-Furniture-Gift-Rose/dp/B07SQ8WXWQ/ No luck yet. It's on ebay for $45, but I'm frugal and I want it for $20. I think it's cute tho. Did you try Aliexpress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1/2 scale Victoriana kit https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254302109448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 26 minutes ago, Samusa said: 1/2 scale Victoriana kit https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254302109448 The ceilings look higher and grander in the 1:24 version. I really like it. I wish they had a 1:48 version too!! Hmmmm...I could try to make one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 7/16/2019, 2:10:54, shannonc60 said: Did you try Aliexpress? $51.99 on Aliexpress! I had high hopes for them. I guess this one is popular - it is holding it's price between 40-50. It's adorable, imo. I worry they want me to weave that wicker sofa, tho - these kits tend to have you tediously assemble the tiniest details. Maybe not for me after all, lol... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 11 minutes ago, Elsbeth said: $51.99 on Aliexpress! I had high hopes for them. I guess this one is popular - it is holding it's price between 40-50. It's adorable, imo. I worry they want me to weave that wicker sofa, tho - these kits tend to have you tediously assemble the tiniest details. Maybe not for me after all, lol... Nah, that sofa is moulded plastic, I have another of these kits with a wicker chair and it’s in two pieces that click together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 57 minutes ago, Elsbeth said: The ceilings look higher and grander in the 1:24 version. I really like it. I wish they had a 1:48 version too!! Hmmmm...I could try to make one! The Victorianna's rooms are deeper than the McKinley's. Both houses are about the same depth, rather than the Victorianna being half the depth as you'd expect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 14 hours ago, Samusa said: Nah, that sofa is moulded plastic, I have another of these kits with a wicker chair and it’s in two pieces that click together. You're enabling me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asherah Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Well this interesting. Tempting but I know nothing about it. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-ARROW-Deluxe-Tudor-3-Story-Wood-Dollhouse-Kit-in-Original-Box/202736831712?hash=item2f340e8ce0:g:xosAAOSwX6VdMOPl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 This speaks to me, it would be fun to rehab. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Miniature-English-Tudor-Style-Handcrafted-Dollhouse-5-Rooms-2-Fireplaces/283553993217?hash=item4205229201:g:iG0AAOSwgbRdMjJn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Morning Glory Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 7/19/2019, 3:55:59, asherah said: Well this interesting. Tempting but I know nothing about it. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-ARROW-Deluxe-Tudor-3-Story-Wood-Dollhouse-Kit-in-Original-Box/202736831712?hash=item2f340e8ce0:g:xosAAOSwX6VdMOPl I love it, but 33 inches wide? Where could the finished house be displayed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 8 hours ago, Blue Morning Glory said: I love it, but 33 inches wide? Where could the finished house be displayed? Actually, most medium sized dollhouses are 32" to 33" wide. But you're right - finding a place to display them is always a problem. Especially if you want people to see both the front and the back. I have a 48" cabinet to put a larger dollhouse on. Unfortunately, it's only about 14" deep, so any dollhouse I put on it will probably overhang it. Which isn't a bad thing unless you're me. Being as clumsy as an ox, I know the first thing I'll do is knock it over. *sigh* ------------------------------------------------------- So I know the Mayfair kitchens are somewhat popular. I don't think this is a Mayfair, but it's very a similar one on Etsy in natural wood. I imagine it could be painted: https://www.etsy.com/listing/510683722/dollhouse-handmade-by-m-for-miniatures?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=%26quot%3Bdollhouse+kit%26quot%3B&ref=sr_gallery-1-30&organic_search_click=1&cns=1 Just wanted to add this - it has nothing to do with the thread but I really don't want to start a whole 'nother thread for this. You guys know how sinks always have that fake drawer in front of them because obviously, there's a sink behind it, right? Well, I saw something someone might want to run with. They opened up a small space in place of the fake drawer and it was just the right size to put a bunch of spice jars there. This was in real life, by the way. How cute would that be in a dollhouse? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 2 hours ago, rodentraiser said: ...Just wanted to add this - it has nothing to do with the thread but I really don't want to start a whole 'nother thread for this. You guys know how sinks always have that fake drawer in front of them because obviously, there's a sink behind it, right? Well, I saw something someone might want to run with. They opened up a small space in place of the fake drawer and it was just the right size to put a bunch of spice jars there. This was in real life, by the way. How cute would that be in a dollhouse? At one point back in the distant past there used to be a feature where that fake drawer was replaced with one that tipped out and could be used for spice jars, cooking spoons, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 8 hours ago, rodentraiser said: Actually, most medium sized dollhouses are 32" to 33" wide. But you're right - finding a place to display them is always a problem. Especially if you want people to see both the front and the back. I have a 48" cabinet to put a larger dollhouse on. Unfortunately, it's only about 14" deep, so any dollhouse I put on it will probably overhang it. Which isn't a bad thing unless you're me. Being as clumsy as an ox, I know the first thing I'll do is knock it over. *sigh* ------------------------------------------------------- So I know the Mayfair kitchens are somewhat popular. I don't think this is a Mayfair, but it's very a similar one on Etsy in natural wood. I imagine it could be painted: https://www.etsy.com/listing/510683722/dollhouse-handmade-by-m-for-miniatures?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=%26quot%3Bdollhouse+kit%26quot%3B&ref=sr_gallery-1-30&organic_search_click=1&cns=1 Just wanted to add this - it has nothing to do with the thread but I really don't want to start a whole 'nother thread for this. You guys know how sinks always have that fake drawer in front of them because obviously, there's a sink behind it, right? Well, I saw something someone might want to run with. They opened up a small space in place of the fake drawer and it was just the right size to put a bunch of spice jars there. This was in real life, by the way. How cute would that be in a dollhouse? I remember seeing a few real size kitchens with that tip out drawer - from the 50s - and I wondered what I was supposed to put there - like dishwashing gloves or scrub brushes - but they'd be wet...I had no idea what should go into those tippy shallow drawers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Elsbeth said: I remember seeing a few real size kitchens with that tip out drawer - from the 50s - and I wondered what I was supposed to put there - like dishwashing gloves or scrub brushes - but they'd be wet...I had no idea what should go into those tippy shallow drawers. They still make them....This is mine minus the actual insert. (something my husband never finished) It is for sponges, gloves etc....I think mine might make a secret hiding place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debsrand56 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mid-life madness said: I think mine might make a secret hiding place! It would, because no one expects that drawer to work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 51 minutes ago, Mid-life madness said: They still make them....This is mine minus the actual insert. (something my husband never finished) It is for sponges, gloves etc....I think mine might make a secret hiding place! So am I crazy for thinking the gloves and sponges will just get moldy in the dark? Yet that is the only thing I can think of putting in a drawer that is right under the edge of a sink. Hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 We had that in my old house. We kept the new/unused sponges in there, not the wet ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Actually you'd put the clean, DRY dishcloths and towels in the drawer; the wet ones would hang on that little rack we mount on the back of the door under the sink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NellBell Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I had one of these drawers the insert part was plastic. I never used it. It was just so small and items would just fall into the cabinet. I never did it again in a kitchen remodel. And it certainly wouldn’t hold many spices for my house My spice world is a drawer with a rack you buy for a drawer. I love it. The drawer really holds a lot of spice out of sight. Hubby is a spice person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I've seen them in bathrooms in older houses too. You are right @Elsbethit is nothing but a breading ground for future science experiments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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