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<body background="_themes/expeditn/exptextb.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#993300" vlink="#666600" alink="#CC3300"><font face="Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Times"> <p> </p> <p align="left"> <font face="UnivrstyRoman Bd BT"> <big><font size="6">Welcome to Gable End Designs and the world of miniatures.<span lang="en-gb">..</span></font></big></font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">If</font> you thought that dollshouses were just for children, prepare to be surprised.   Take a look around and see how the 'real' world can be miniaturised.  Our range of dollshouses (mostly to a scale of one-twelfth of the full size) includes accurate models of some unusual or unique prototypes.  <span lang="en-gb">The standard designs </span>are <span lang="en-gb">fully-finished</span> and painted, <span lang="en-gb">and are also available</span> as plans for you to build yourself.</font></p> <p><font face="Book Antiqua">We can also make almost any design to special commission - even a replica of your own home.  <span lang="en-gb">Commissions can be finished either in the form of a dollshouse or as an architectural display model.   We</span> could recreate your own dream in miniature...</font></p> <p><b><i>This <span lang="en-gb">site is best viewed with a browser that supports</span> frames, but <span lang="en-gb">it is still possible to view everything without frames - simply use the site index by clicking here:</span></i></b></p> <p align="center"> <applet code="fphover.class" width="120" height="24"> <param name="color" value="#000080"> <param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF"> <param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> <param name="text" value="Site Index"> <param name="effect" value="glow"> <param name="font" value="Helvetica"> <param name="fontstyle" value="bold"> <param name="fontsize" value="14"> <param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="sitemap.htm"> </applet></p> <p align="center"> <img border="1" src="images/gable-end.jpg" width="575" height="382"><br>  </p> <h2><font color="#660033"><small>Who are we?</small></font></h2> <p>Jeremy Collins formed "Gable End Designs" in 1990 to offer individually designed and built dollshouses.  He has been building scale models for over thirty-five years, and in addition to architectural miniatures has a particular interest in the 'Golden Age' of aviation between the two World Wars.  Several of his designs have been published in the leading UK dollshouse and radio-control modelling magazines and his work has appeared in <span lang="en-gb">a number of</span> dollshouse books.  Houses and room scenes by Jeremy are also featured in several miniatures museums. </p> <p><strong>For more information about any of our range, click on the links <span lang="en-gb">alongside</span>:</strong></p> <p>As well as building<span lang="en-gb"> individually-designed dollshouses,</span> we offer a range of<span lang="en-gb"> ready-built houses.</span> Most of these designs are also available as<span lang="en-gb"> sets of plans and Fittings Kits for those who prefer to build their own model</span>.   The plans are computer-drawn plans for accuracy and many of the more difficult components such as window frames, tiling and brickwork are <span lang="en-gb"> supplied in the</span> Fittings Kits, making it easier to produce a really convincing replica.  Houses are complete down to rainwater pipes and gutters.  We also produce a range of miniature<span lang="en-gb"> AGA<font face="Book Antiqua" size="2">Ž</font> Cookers </span>(typical of many British <span lang="en-gb">farms and </span>country houses) in both kit form and ready-made.</p> <p>Among the museums in which Jeremy's work is exhibited are "The Helen Zetter Collection" (Maple Street, Royston, Hertfordshire, England) and <span lang="en-gb">David Kilpatrick's </span>"World in Miniature"<span lang="en-gb"> </span>(currently closed but hopefully relocating and re-opening).</p> <p>We are members of the<span lang="en-gb"> Guild of Master Craftsmen.</span>                                                                 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.guildofmastercraftsmen.com"> <img border="0" src="images/gmc.gif" width="80" height="80"></a></p> </font></body>