It was in better nick than I'd feared and there were some added bonuses that I either hadn't read properly in the listing (like the original box, assembly instructions and a price list of other Triang items available at the time) or they hadn't mentioned (the chimney! All the missing broken doors and windows!)Here's the only intact door:
isn't it fabulous?I always knew the house was a fixer upper from the original auction photo but it's all fairly easy stuff. Removing the original owner's scribbles.
Fixing the roof.
Sorting out a few structural repairs, both inside
and out
and, before anything else, giving the whole thing a jolly good clean!
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(Part one of a series about the renovation of my Triang V bungalow. Read Part two, Part three, Part four, Part five, Part six, and Part seven.)
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous house, and I see you have been restoring it. I'm doing a little DIY on dollhouse furniture -- any advice on the best glue to use for fabric? I am reupholstering a couch and need to attach the arms. Thanks!
PVA or Aileen's Tacky are your best bets as they tend to dry clear(if you don't have tacky glue, just pop some PVA onto a dish and leave it out for a while so it thickens up)
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