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I found this house on Marketplace and will be picking it up next weekend.  I was hoping someone here would be able to identify it.  There are no pictures of the back of the house.  The guy I bought it from doesn't know anything about it except that he got it from his neighbor lady that passed away last year and it's old.  Both @Mid-life madness and @Qubanqtee think it looks like a Clell Boyce house, but just wondering if anyone here happens to have any information on this house.  .

Welcome!!  I'm in the Grand Rapids area.

Those kits from Melissa's MiniWereld look awesome!

Dan, spoken like a true miniaturist!  If I have ever built a dollhouse kit so it turns out like a cookie-cutter of the box picture, I don't remember it.  And if you don't like the stairs, put them in the invisible back half of the house!

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Hi Kit

Woah, this looks just how I wanted.my fridge to look. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks so much for your tutorial that just might work.

Id do what @fov suggested as that's how I found my kit for this same house.  It's a beauty so I completely understand your desire to locate it!

If the floor can be removed I'd be tempted to go that way; or else save the stairs for another build, fill the hole and let the stairs for this house be in the invisible rear half.

Yes - Shellie from MiniEtchers. I think if you email her she can put 1:24 together. If I remember correctly, I got them in an online mini show that she was doing. It is also possible to order just the 3D printed lamp and shade if you have LED lights. I have a bunch of LED supplies from Evan Designs that I forgot I had already. I used them for ambient lighting on the Lisa since is gets pretty dark inside. Anyone else have any cool half scale projects going on?

Thanks for posting these Kelly!  I had never seen Moseley Hall.  Love all of those Colonial details.

You're welcome! Although I have to admit, no detective skills were needed. I just have a bunch of catalogs that have dollhouses listed in them. Thank you for the pictures. I'd say that was definitely the Batrie Heritage. And those look like two of the columns in front. The smoke alarm is on the opposite wall across from the oven, maybe about 5 feet diagonally. I hope I'm only going to be here another month, though, so I'm not going to stress about it too much.

Yes if it just sat on the base and could be lifted off then the house would still fit through the door, The table could fold, and you could turn the base sideways or something to get it to fit through the door also. Hmmm might work. I will have to think more on this. A dramatic seaside setting might be a possibility.  Thanks Kelly

I have acquired a Pierce dollhouse and would like to sell it near columbus ohio, Does anyone know a good place to start. A few pieces need repaired,

The porch trim assembly was put together using Titebond II Premium. A mixture of equal amounts of water, vinegar, and acetone dissolved the glue without damaging the wood.. Just put a little bit along the joint. Let it sit for about 10 minutes, and then scrape the glue with a very thin object like one of those screwdrivers used to tighten the screws in a pair of eyeglasses, and gently pull the soffit out of the assembly.

Love this car. 

That's a tough one. I went on this quest as well once - thinking I wanted Marmee and the girls to occupy a house of mine.  I found it almost impossible. I considered antique looking china-head dolls, and I often considered the Erna Meyer vicorian era and biedermeier era doll collections - thinking I'd piece something together from all the options (there are different sizes and ages of lady/girl dolls that would have worked and the dolls are lovely but expensive and only on ebay it seems). And the jointed Heidi Ott dolls were an option - but less variation in their faces than the Meyer dolls. Are you wanting realism? That's a tough one.  Have you looked here? https://minidollkit.com/ . maybe you could piece something together. ANYWAY - i ended up abandoning the idea of the family, but I did end up with the Susan Sirkis-designed Historical Half doll of Louisa May Alcott and I was quite happy with that. She could be Marmee... You may want to consider her. If I were to do it again, I'd go with the Erna Meyer or Heidi Ott dolls - the Ott dolls often have wigs you can select separately and put together your own set. They have teenage size dolls for the younger characters. Good luck!

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Oops, I meant the $10.99 metal once is under the rather large Harrison. If it can hold a house that big it would be good for the Beacon Hill.  Good Lord....too many dollhouses.lol

Ok, thanks for the information!  I appreciate everyone's help. 

"I always tell myself that serial killers typically don't bait their victims with dollhouses." - I dunno Carrie..... several years ago there was a "Victorian dollhouse" listed on our local CL for a really great price, but no picture.  So I contacted the seller and asked if a photo could be sent just so I know if it is worth the 45 minute drive.  I got a story about not having a camera, blah blah blah.  First red flag. I suggested a family member or a neighbor could perhaps take a picture for me. Nope-got some more blah, blah blah on why that wasn't possible. Second red flag. Well, I thought maybe I could drag my daughter along for "safety in numbers" and proceeded to check MapQuest to locate this person's house. This was before the street view feature, and the aerial view showed the location covered in trees-no view of the house.  hmmm. Not good. I declined the sale.  This particular listing stayed on CL for probably a YEAR!  I remember contacting this person one more time, but got the same no-camera story. Red flag number three!  After that I was convinced this was a serial killer using the dollhouse as bait!  LOL     The other weird encounter was when I purchased the Pepperwood Farm house from a woman near Philly.  She went on about how the house has meant so much to her as a child, etc and asked that I please leave it the yellow color since that was her favorite color.   Really?  As we were chatting about dollhouses I mentioned that I was part of this forum and would be posting my rehab progress photos on here. Wrong move. When I began posting about my newest acquisition and what my plans were for it, the thread naturally began to include the words "bash/bashing"......Yup. you guessed it.  The seller found the forum and that thread and, not understanding, she thought we meant ACTUALLY destroying a house- and HERS in particular!!  I got a nasty phone call demanding that I not post any more photos of her house online!    Good grief.    

Oh, I saw one of those this weekend and pondered it.  I didn't get it because I’m mostly working smaller scales, and there was only one.   When we go back I may have to get it!  I never thought of doing a special one window i will keep my eye out for a water tower, I confess I’m unsure of at scale, I don’t know that I’ve seen that scale, but since I usually go straight to smaller scales, maybe I missed it.