Some puzzle brands sell you a beautiful photograph. House of Puzzles sells you a story with several hundred things going wrong in it at once.
We are grateful to stock the House of Puzzles range at our website: https://jigsawsaustralia.com.au.
House of Puzzles is a family run company from Scotland, and their puzzles are hand illustrated scenes of village life, farmyards, harbours, market days and country shows, drawn with a sense of humour you keep discovering as you build. A dog making off with the sausages. A ladder about to go somewhere a ladder should not. Somebody's hat in the pond. You assemble the picture, and the picture rewards you for paying attention.
Regular puzzlers tend to fall hard for this range, and we think there are a few reasons.
The illustrated style is simply better to build than a photograph. Hand drawn scenes are full of distinct colours, textures and little scenes-within-the-scene, so there is always a section calling to you. Far fewer of those miserable expanses of identical sky.
The pieces themselves have personality. House of Puzzles is known among collectors for piece shapes that are anything but standard grid cut, which keeps experienced puzzlers on their toes and makes that final click even more satisfying.
And the range respects every kind of puzzler. Alongside the standard 1000 piece format there are formats with bigger pieces, which we quietly recommend for anyone whose eyes or fingers prefer a little more to work with. Same charming artwork, easier handling. They make a thoughtful gift for older parents and grandparents without a hint of condescension in the box.
A warning from experience: House of Puzzles is habit forming. Very few people buy one. The illustrations belong to a world you rather want to go back to, and there is always another village scene waiting.
All our House of Puzzles stock is brand new and sealed, and the range moves quickly, so if a scene makes you smile, that is the one to get.
Tags: House of Puzzles, Scottish Puzzles, Illustrated Puzzles, 1000 Piece Puzzles, Big Piece Puzzles, Gifts for Grandparents, Jigsaws Australia