lantern for a Keystone house
Here is a note from JoAnn telling about her shop:
"Finding and restoring
vintage dollhouses, especially Rich Toy Co. and Keystone of Boston dollhouses,
has become a retirement hobby for my husband and me. As we restore the
dollhouses in my collection, we make duplicates of parts we needed which we
then make available to other dollhouse collectors.
I recently opened an
ETSY shop to market the parts I now have available. We have recreated
windows, doors, stoops, chimneys, etc., in as authentic a look as
possible. We work with wood, molding materials, resin for casting parts, silk screening, and sewing materials. The parts are representative of the originals as verified in the Dian Zillner books
and the Rich Toy Co. Dollhouse book.
I always appreciate connecting with
other dollhouse enthusiasts.
Here are pictures of some of the items created by JoAnn and Don that came to complete my vintage dollhouses...
front door for a Keystone house
resin window for the newer Keystone houses
(these are wonderful!)
fence post topper for a Rich house
(original on left, JoAnn's on the two right)
lantern on a 30's era Rich house
front door on a 30's era Rich house.
you can see an original door on the picture above.
you can see an original door on the picture above.
(I added the green paint but JoAnn said she would have done that for me!)
JoAnn also makes the flower pots!
JoAnn also makes the flower pots!
chimney on a 30's era Keystone house
(sorry Don, I haven't gotten around to painting it)
chimney toppers on a 30's era Rich dollhouse
(these are so often missing)
one of JoAnn's wonderful replacement windows
for a 30's era Rich house
(these come in many sizes)
The Keystone lantern at the top of this post is also one of JoAnn's products....and her replacement reproductions are reasonably priced!
Visit her shop! If you don't find what you need, do contact her at joannbelanger@gmail.com ...as it might be in production.
I feel so lucky to have found two artists who are willing to share their wonderful vintage dollhouse creations!