Latest Restorations

Post by **Laurie** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:39 pm

I've been busy this fall with several restorations. It is truly amazing how dirty some of these houses are when they arrive. After a good cleaning, repairs, sand or glass glitter, and of course, Pete's coconut and windows, they become quite presentable.
Here are some before and after shots:

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Post by **Laurie** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:45 pm

I have seen this next house all over Ebay this fall, and I ended up with two of them at a good price which makes it worthwhile to restore. This house was particularly dirty and after cleaning the colors really came to life.

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Post by **Laurie** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:04 pm

And finally, a couple of houses that didn't need major repair, but again a cleaning was in order, along with some patching.

I built a new top piece for this house because it was missing and added several projections that were missing from the roof trim. I made a new tree and refreshed the coconut.

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This sweet house needed cleaning and regluing of the roof trim and opening up the holes. The windows were crooked and bunched up so I carefully removed them and reglued them in place. (with major patience required here and not a little frustration.) The only thing left of the tree was the trunk so I made a new top. He needed a lot of coconut replacement on the base but Pete had made a great match for me.

Post by **paulrace** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:29 pm

Great effort, Laurie, and great advertising for Pete.

I love how the chimney on the last house doesn't go all the way down.

Post by **Howard** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:00 pm

Just what I like to see...more little houses saved from destruction...they look refreshed...but not overdone...their quaint charm still shines...

My very best regards...Howard...

Post by **Lucy** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:19 pm

Yes, saved from destruction. And saved from being ebayed or etsied with way too embellishments.
Once you cleaned them the colors were really pretty remarkable. I really like seeing the before and afters.