Identifying Dollhouses

It all started when a customer brought in a dollhouse that she thought was custom made. I had worked on one before so I doubted the "custom made" label. But I had no information to offer the lady as my google searches did not reveal any pictures, details, or manufacturer name for the house. Eventually, after working on the same style house four different times for four different customers, I discovered it's manufacturer/name (Woodline Victorian Dollhouses)! And I began to wonder how many of the previous homes have I worked on have been custom vs. manufactured?

Here are some past dollhouses that I've worked on that I did not know at the time what they were....But I know now, thanks to this (new-to-me) 1980 catalog book:

This one we worked on twice and although I suspected it was a Walmer, I now have proof:  

First time it was in for exterior repairs and to paint the inside (shown here after we completed work)

Details from catalog book

Next time it was in for wallpapers and wiring repairs

Interior is a match!

We wallpapered this for a customer, and now I know it was called the Plumbrook Cottage (plans sold by Plaid Enterprises):

Cute little house!

Unique front opening access to that room

Open back (attic roof lifted up to reveal 2 rooms up there too)

From catalog book...

This Townhouse was in twice (first to fix electrical, then again to install the hinged exterior panel that son had broken off of house):

Complete with the hinged panel wall that son had broken off (seen here needing to be repaired still)

Such a stunning townhome!

It does appear as though the front door was replaced with a different door and that balcony above the front door is slightly different than the one pictured in the catalog book, but I do still think it's the same house.  Or maybe a later version of this house from the Superlative Doll Houses company.

The next house looked similar to Walmer's Brookshire...

But it had a mansard roof:

As it was when customer brought it to us

After we had done the renovations

Thanks to some google searching, I was able to determine it is a Walmer dollhouse that was called Old Town (also found it spelled Olde Town too).  But I could not find it in my 1980 catalog so I think it must be in one of the earlier or later catalogs (I will have to track down all the catalogs over time :) )

And, as fate would have it, we have two houses in right now for renovation/repairs that were from the same kit. They are the Duracraft Farmhouse 500.  (Not to be confused with the Dura-craft Farmhouse 505 which looks similar but has the front door on the front of the house and 2 single windows instead of double windows).

Grandmother brought us granddaughter's house to be fixed up

Interior will be re-wallpapered and new flooring installed (lighting will be checked too)

This Dura-craft was damaged in a move.  We'll glue it back together.

Dura-Craft in for repair work

Customer added the base this house sits on, but it is a Dura-Craft Farmhouse 500

Interior is mostly fine except the interior walls on the first floor need to be reinserted/glued

I will continue to identify houses I've worked on as I recognize them....