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…
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 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…
Curtains
Triang Windows are made of a metal square window frame with tabs to hold it into position on the house, they come in three colours brown, green and blue depending on the age of the house. Pre war houses normally have brown and cream windows, Post war green and white. The two opening window frames…
Triang Wallpaper Reference
Below are pictures of wallpaper I have found in my Triang Houses. Some are of whole rooms, some are just pieces I have scanned. Many of my Triang houses did not have any wallpaper, or were badly damaged. TRIANG NO.62 The inside of this house has its original wallpaper, and is in quite good condition….
Windows
Triang Windows are made of a metal square window frame with tabs to hold it into position on the house, they come in three colours brown, green and blue depending on the age of the house. Pre war houses normally have brown and cream windows, Post war green and white. The two opening window frames…
Floor Paper
I have various pieces of floor paper I have managed to salvage from my dollshouses. This is the one I have been working on. I first scanned in a piece of the floor paper which had the clearest pattern on it. I then selected one square and tidied it up on Photoshop. Next I…