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  2. Because, you always want just a few more! I am very drawn to this scale and similar because I (probably) won't run out of space for them. I started with the Hallmark Nostalgic Houses and shops, and then went straight down the "dollhouse for a dollhouse" rabbit hole, researching far and wide. I do feel like I missed the Golden Age for this scale, now that the NESM houses and the Cynthia Howe ones and even the Greenleaf ones are no longer sold. For now, I have bought a few inexpensive kits from overseas, just to make sure I like building this tiny scale. (It's possible that I just like looking at them. 🙂) If my eyes and fingers survive, maybe I will treat myself to something more complex. Would love to hear about others' adventures in 1:144.
  3. Also check eBay. I have found several lights that are no longer being made on there. Houseworks used to make several 1/2 scale fixtures. There are other suppliers that do make fixtures, but some do come with stickershock. These stores I have ordered from with good customer service. Oakridgestores.com Thelightingbug.com Thelittledollhousecompany.com Mountainminiatures.com
  4. Invest in blue painters' tape or beige masking tape and dry fit your house first, taping it together before you glue or nail anything, and spend time looking at it (and conversing with it, to find out what it wants to become). I usually prime the parts I will want to paint or paper later and stain what I want to stain. Since I tend to build from the ground up, I decorate the interior of the first floor before progressing to the second floor. I don't electrify my houses, since I build them for myself to play with, but having the house in dry fit will h elp you decide h ow you'll want to run your wiring as you and the house decide how it wants to be lighted.
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  6. I'm going to make it a little worn and dirty, it scared I'll ruin it.
  7. That would be a fun line-up to do!
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  9. Quick peek at the full floorplan. Doesn't look like much yet, but it'll all come out in the wash, or warsh, as Grandma used to say. Still deciding which wall/s to pop off for play, or just keep it top access.
  10. Oh my goodness! I had a grocery store similar to that with the little people and their shopping carts running around in isles powered by a magnet underneath. What Memories! I also think my Holly Hobby doll house was the same way. Not the wood manufactured one, I had a cardboard one with a Holly Hobby doll and plastic furniture. The doll fit in a stand with a magnetic base driven by a wand underneath. That house was the only thing that did not survive the leak in the she shed.
  11. There is part of the Florida Trail that begins at a big, friendly sign about three miles east of Pensacola /Beach that goes through the dunes on the Sound side of the road, one of the few places people are allowed to walk the dunes in Florida. About halfway there;s an abandoned fish hatchery that a nesting pair of bald eagles have claimed and they like to check out hikers. There's also a primitive campground nearby. There's a campground at Ft Pickens with RV and tent sites. One of our old hiking buddies, Sandra Friend, has written some good trail guides for Florida.
  12. Sanding the worst parts might make you feel better in the long run, and I tend to zone out doing repetitive routine stuff like that and have conversations with the house. By all means dry fit to see where you might not have to sand as much.
  13. Does anyone have the ability to measure their Beacon Hill? Particularly I'm in search of the height of the first-floor rooms (floor to ceiling), and the placement of the door (and its width) on the wall between the vestibule/hall and kitchen. Where on the wall is the door, and how wide is the aperture? Thank you ahead of time. I know the kitchen at its narrowest part is 7" and the depth is 11". I just need the third axis.
  14. https://moreminis.blogspot.com/?m=1 Step by step pictures and building help for most of the GL dollhouses as well as tips for other dollhouse parts like doors and floors. Scroll down to the listing for The Glencroft. Good luck it's a great house.
  15. I agree, especially the trim pieces look to be real life size cabinet trim material but it works. 👌
  16. If you have one of those nice paper cutters you could invest in some inexpensive poster board and whack out all the siding your heart desires. Once it's glued down and painted,it will look good. I slathered the exterior of mine with joint compound.
  17. I used to pray for patience when my sons were little, and had the chance to attend a school for prayer shortly after, where the Franciscan brother teaching the course mentioned, right off the bat, that God ansers prayer by giving us opportunities to acquire whatever we pray for... OOPS! I now have LOTS of patience with most things.
  18. Makes good sense! I will be going to Pittsburgh soon and may take the house with me, and will stop by Lynlott Miniatures for guidance. I'll prime before going. Thanks!
  19. If you use the square columns you can build a serving bar between them to divide the kitchen from the living/ great room.
  20. Great stuff. I think maybe you beat me in the auction on this one! Love the lots of old furniture on eBay. Always a few treaures.
  21. Don't throw any of it out! Donate it to a thrift store, for goodness' sake, if you can't find it a home. I also make furniture and accessories for my dollhouses, but I'm down in southwestern most Alabama, just across the Perdido River from Pensacola, FL.
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  23. I was never very successful at making those hinges work either. I gave up and my doors do not open
  24. Thank you, but those aren't the patterns I'm looking for.
  25. Hi! This is my first dollhouse ever. The kit is fairly old and I’ve just recently received it from a friend. However, as I was approaching the roof part, I realized I’m missing sheet 10 im so heartbroken. I was wondering if anyone knows the measurements for the parts in Sheet 10 so I can make it on my own instead (I have no other options since I won’t be able to get a new one 😭)
  26. Thanks Emily. I don't think that is the problem. I have drawing programs that I can save images in high DPI and they will print well on photo paper or high resolution paper but everything else they're blurry. I did consider asking a printing service to print for me, but not sure they'd print on fabric. And that it might be the same problem.
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