Newbie Needs Help

[PrincessCutiePie]

Hi There,
I have just joined this site today as my husband-to-be has aquired an old dolls house for me as a wedding present. I've always wanted one!! Our house is in need of a lot of TLC, which isn't a problem...the problem we have is that it seems to be a home-made house so not sure what period it's suppose to be depicting. I have attached 4 photos. Can anyone point us in the right direction, we've obviously got to use what we've got as a base. Look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for reading. Suzy :)

[Amanda]

Hi Suzy
http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/hamandap/th_513727mzfgbailft.gif to the forum and this hobby, so glad you got such a unique wedding present, from the looks of your house it could be Georgian with the windows and door, but really you can make your house any era, style or period you want to it is your house so it is up to you, you may need to do the VITAL job of STARING which really is vital in this hobby sometimes if you stare for a while the solution will come to you, also good for getting ideas too, do you know what scale it is to work it out measure from floor to ceiling and let us know, it looks a good size look forward to your progress

[PrincessCutiePie]

Hi Amanda,
Thanks for your reply. The height of each room, floor to ceiling, is 20cm which is a little short of 8 inches. What scale would this be?
Im really looking forward to working on this project.....he he he....Im like a kid in a sweet shop when I go into these dolls house shops!
Thanks Suzy

[Winston's Mum]

[IMG]http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/chrisseysmi/WELCOME-7.gif warm welcome to you, what a lovely gift, not sure what scale it is, have you got any 12th scale dolls house furniture sometimes just by putting a piece in you can see if it looks out of scale, is there any doors with it thats a good clue to. Also are there any makers names on back or underneath. Good luck to me it looks kind of like 1940's but think it would be from georgian/vicrtorian too. To be honest you can do any house any era, i bough Springwood and thats modern but i have made it into a wartime house, and looks good well so this lot on here say ha ha good luck will have a nother look at your piccies well done, i think that a lovely present well done hubby!!!!!

[jeanmtweddle]

Hi Suzy - I agree with Amanda I think it could be Georgian. My ceiling is 8.5 inches from floor so I am sure yours is a 1/12 scale. Hope the others agree.]

[jeanmtweddle]

Sorry Suzy forgot to say welcome to the forum.

[Winston's Mum]

had another idea if it is a little short you could always do it cottagy but with a modern twist, you could have any era in that house have had another look. See we dont stop once we all start ha ha

[Winston's Mum]

also measure the front door mine measures in inches, 7 inches on both my victorian and springwood.

[PrincessCutiePie]

Hi All
Thanks for all your advice and thoughts so far. The door itself measures 6 inches.

[Winston's Mum]

Hi should be ok the people are bout 6 inches i think so you could do as a old cottage, perfect.

[Amanda]

Hi Wm

You are You are You are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amanda]

Hi Suzy

I would agree with JeanT that is does seem to be 1:12 scale so 1 inch would equal a foot in real scale, plus your 6" workmen should be able to get through the door no problem

[Winston's Mum]

hee hee have been on the sayings site, think that rather apt, glad you noticed hee hee.Thought you would like that one lol

[wombat]

i and welcome. you're house looks lovely...what a lovely hubby to be!! have you any ideas what you are going to do with it yet??

[PrincessCutiePie]

Hello,
We have got some brick paper for the external walls- it's not red bricks like it currently has though, its more rustic looking, sort of a mixture of colours rather than just red.
We thought at first it looked kinda Georgian but then we started doubting ourselves :confused:
I got hold of some secondhand furniture and accessories locally. Some bits need repair but there's plenty there to sort through. It's all period stuff.
We're not sure what to do with the roof though. Whether to just stick some of that tile paper on or to use those wooden tiles? Any thoughts or experiences?

[Amanda]

Hi Suzy

You can get some really good tiles to put on the roof, mini slate, or there is wood shingles or you could do what some of us have tried which is the cardboard method, just get some cereal cartons and cut them up into tile size pieces distress some of them and stick them on, once painted you would not know the difference and you do not have a great deal of weight in them either

[DeeGee]

Now theres a house that needs some love and attention... I do hope that you are going to put a thread in home sweet home and post lots of pictures with your progress...

Looks good... a kind of 1940s house in the country kind of thing... looking forward to seeing your pictures.

Ps.

Welcome to the forum.:D

[shasha]

Hello and Welcome from me! I agree with Dee Gee I also think it looks like a 1940's Country Cottage. It also looks like one of those Flint Cottages in Norfolk, where the fronts are all done in tiny pebbles of all different colours on a grey background, but hey....it is your house, whatever you feel happy doing is fine!

[Winston's Mum]

Hi all thats what i thought of when i first saw it, they do flint paper somewhere, have also seen one with brickwork and few lines of flint and it stands out, will delve to see where i saw it........... i know in the Hobbies Catolouge you may be able to see it on line.

[shasha]

Hi all thats what i thought of when i first saw it, they do flint paper somewhere, have also seen one with brickwork and few lines of flint and it stands out, will delve to see where i saw it........... i know in the Hobbies Catolouge you may be able to see it on line.

Hi WM...just looked in my old copy of Hobbies and you are right of course...they do have a flint paper!...

[Winston's Mum]

Hi Shasha yes they do and they stick out a bit, my friend has the brickwork stuff looks really good, kind of like sandpaper but brickwork, seems to stick on good too.

[Valerie]

Hand Welcome to the forum Suzi

[Dagmar]

Hi Suzy,
I have been informed that this is the way to calculate the measurement:
If you have a orange with 12 cm diameter divide it with 12 which makes it 1 cm!
Same for the room hight: 2,40 meters will be 20 cm.
Hope this is of help to you.
Regards
Dagmar

[Irene's sister]

Hey Wombat,

Am liking your bunches.