This is a Built-Rite doll house made by Warren Paper Products in 1940. This art deco style cardboard house came to me new in the box...amazing that it had to wait 75 years to be played with!
This house was a birthday present to myself this year. I use that excuse every May to add another house to my collection. Like I need an excuse. I have been collecting dollhouses since 2005, and my first birthday house was the same model Keystone Tudor I had as a child! Ok, so I also got a Lundby Stockholm dollhouse for that same birthday....sometimes that happens...and sometimes I have several birthdays a year....
I love the look of the "glass blocks" surrounding the front door....
....and the patio with awning and flower boxes.
The house is open in the back, and the base, with grass and carpet,
is the bottom of the merchandising box.
Most of the age appropriate furniture I have was much too large for the house,
so I made index paper furniture
from some of the many patterns I have collected.
so I made index paper furniture
from some of the many patterns I have collected.
Because the interior of the house was plain, I decided to copy
the exterior doors and windows making changes to them
to give the effect of being seen from the inside.
This is the living room...
... the kitchen...
...bedroom wall facing the patio...
...and the bedroom.
Some of the furniture was easy to make....
...other pieces I made several times to get them the size I wanted.
Notice the levitating pillow?
I had several different pieces in the living room before I settled on these.
The LARGE radio was the last piece I made...so it stayed too large.
The stove was the hardest piece to construct,
and yes I made it more than once.
Oh, it looks like our homeowner, Pauline Bachmeier, is napping on her patio.
Living room furniture...I did a cut and paste of 2 chair images
to make the sofa....because I simply cannot do Photoshop!
The radio and grandfather clock were constructed from google images.
Bedroom furniture...I love the art deco vanity. The bedside tables were made
by enlarging the pattern of the vanity side tables.
Kitchen...all the pieces are from the same set. I added legs to the sink
and a second top to the table so the table extensions could be open.
Patio furniture....the chair and stool were made by altering the chaise pattern.
So was the flower box. Don't even ask.
Oh, it looks to be getting dark. Wonder if I should wake Pauline?
The patterns I used were found on Pinterest, Google images and Ebay.
Most of the ones I used are below.
I reduced the buffet pattern and used the piece
in the living room between the 2 chairs.
This is the pattern for the chairs and the sofa, the back of the chair
and the top and bottom of the round end table I did not make.
The fantastic vanity! I think I found this on Pinterest
...but "le divan" I didn't find until later.
I used the cabinet pattern for the living room side table
....changing the color to yellow.
The bed came from a different set of patterns
....and the levitating pillow from a third set!
I made all four of these pieces, adding a round top on the fridge by using a copy of the grill on the bottom. I also added an extra square top from the table pattern to show the extensions being used.
I am so happy to finally have an art deco house!
