I have just bought another Triang Stockbroker, even though I don’t have any more room for a big house. Once I see a Triang House, it like seeing a puppy that needs a new home. So I thought I would buy it for spares. It was sold to me as needing a little restoration, as…
Category: Triang Projects
Lighting a Triang Dolls House
Many of the Triang Dolls Houses that are fitted with electric lights, have wooden panels fitted with brass bulb holders. These panels fit into the back of the house. The light bulbs are linked by thin wire, and can be turned on and off, when the metal bar on the outside of the house completes…
Triang Spot-On Furniture Box
I have been working for a while now on reproducing Triang Furniture Boxes. I have a few, but they are very faded, and torn, but there is enough to make a good reproduction. My first effort was the Dining Room Chair Box. This box was in quite good condition, but as it was fixed along…
The Little House
The Princess Elizabeth dolls house was a copy of a Welsh cottage style playhouse which had been presented to the Princess on her sixth birthday in 1932, by the people of Wales. The house was erected in the gardens of the Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle and was called ‘Y Bwthyn Bach’ which…
My Triang Restoration Projects
Restoration: Various Triang Dolls Houses I have restored with a few little tips and lots of pictures. Many of these dolls houses are well past there play by date, some just looking for a lick of paint and a freshen up, others had problems with wood worm and water damage. Each was a challenge and…
Triang Decals
I have been trying for a long time to find the best way to reproduce Triang Floral Decals. It is impossible to find originals, Two of my houses had the flower decals. So I managed to remove the individual decals using sticky vinyl. First I scanned the decals I had removed from a Triang house into my…