Vintage Main Street | 1000 Piece

mid-century modern holiday nostalgia -- beautiful!

I really like Diane Dempsey's art -- the mid-century modern vibe, the wonderful details, the beautiful colors. Of the seven Cobble Hill puzzles I ordered, 5 of them were Diane Dempsey puzzles! This was just a joy to work. I would call this a medium difficulty puzzle with no false fits. Pieces fit together well, but not tightly enough to lift the completed puzzle. Lovely satin finish with little glare. Medium puzzle dust.

Diane Dempsey MCM designs are the BEST!

I splurged and picked up a dozen Cobble Hill puzzles as a Christmas present for myself. I love all of them, but the four Diane Dempsey designs are my favorites and I had so much fun piecing Vintage Main Street (my first 1000 piece puzzle!) during Christmas vacation. In a perfect world, I would wish for the Cobble Hills puzzles to have a firmer hold...I had to use a spatula to move pieced sections into place because these puzzles do tend toward some crumbliness. But the linen finish, piece quality and stellar image quality offset that. I am hoping for more Diane Dempsey NON-HOLIDAY puzzles in 2025!! (Yes, I had helpers!)

Missing a piece, again

I love this puzzle. It was challenging and attractive. But it was missing a piece. The first thing I do when I put together a puzzle is put together the edge, and when I did that, it was missing a piece. I kept thinking the piece would appear as I worked through the puzzle, but it didn’t This is the second of four puzzles I purchased directly from Cobble Hill and the first one was also missing two pieces. Will be interested to see whether the next two puzzles are also missing pieces.