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  1. I was in Chicago this year and it was awesome!! I did some blog posts on 1) Tips if you're thinking of going; 2) Loot :-) and 3) Workshops I took. I also took four which was a bit much. I think if I do this again I'll stick with 2, maybe 3. (Maybe) Start here, and go forward: https://jennsminis.wordpress.com/2019/05/05/chicago-international-miniatures-show/ Jennifer Ashley
  2. Nooooo!!!!!! This is terrible news. I had sent in a check to renew Min Collector in August, and I just got back the envelope labeled "Refused, unable to forward." I looked forward to this beautiful magazine every month. I'm so sorry to hear of the publisher's fall--best wishes for her. Sad now.
  3. These are very cool! The cutout from the dollhouse is from the Beacon Hill. It's the bay window sills and the roof trim sheet. A great idea. However, I still am getting rid of my scraps. I just don't have room for them and the box. I'm having a grand clear-out. If I don't get any takers I will slowly feed it all to the recycle bin.
  4. I have just completed a Beacon Hill (more or less). I wondered if anyone would like my box of scraps? Most of the sheets are intact (with the pieces punched out, of course). I never used the shutters, so all those pieces are there. I am willing to send the box and all the scrapwood to anyone who wants it. Jennifer Ashley
  5. Lovely! Thanks for posting all these pictures. I have started my Beacon Hill (finally) and looking for inspiration.
  6. forjenn

    French knot rug

    This whole house is beautiful!! I'm about to take the plunge into my Beacon Hill kit and am looking for inspiration. Yours is so lovely, something to treasure.
  7. Good ideas. Thank you! I'm debating. Many craftsman era bungalows in my town have cement porch floors--it's a hot climate and board flooring doesn't do well. I might paint it to look like cement. Jennifer
  8. I recently started building the RGT half-inch scale bungalow. I've been looking through the forums and the galleries--great ideas! I am wondering how others have finished the porch floor. Did you leave it the bare wood, either painted or stained, or install flooring? I fear the posts won't fit if I put flooring on, but I can see it would be difficult to put on flooring after the posts and railings are in. Any ideas? It's the one bit of the house the instructions don't cover--when to finish the floor of the porch :-) Jennifer
  9. Thanks everyone! The bungalow is now on its way to a good home. Thanks for your patience with a newbie who didn't know the rules. :-)
  10. If I can figure out how to edit the post, I'll change it. Um.... how is that done? Jennifer
  11. I have had to make the tough decision to give up the Real Good Toys Classic Bungalow Kit (1-inch scale). It's the plywood version (milled siding on the outside walls; I purchased this from HBS). I have opened the box and looked at the pieces, but I did not unpack everything (pieces are still bundled and rubber-banded), and instructions are intact. The whole thing is in excellent condition--opened the box a couple weeks ago, which is when I realized I didn't have room for it. All I have to do is tape the box back up and mail it. I don't know if it's ok to post price here, but I'm asking *price removed* plus how much it costs to ship it to you via UPS. I'm thinking US only will be cheapest (I'm in Phoenix; if you live close enough you can pick it up from me). I hate to part with it, but I seriously don't have room. I live in a small house, have a bunch of dollhouses already, and at the moment I have to pack up my entire house to replace floors that got water damaged from a broken water heater (All my miniatures were well away from the damage zone, thank goodness!). So--if you are interested, post here or contact me. Remember this is the Kit only (un-assambled), in excellent condition in the original box. Jennifer Ashley http://www.jennsminis.wordpress.com
  12. Thank you! I will pass that on. I can't imagine trying to put it together without the instructions!
  13. Putting in the second staircase was kind of a pain, but I got obsessed about having a staircase all the way to the top. LOL As you can see from the pic, I cut out part of the floor to have a kind of gallery over the floor below. Love havanaholly's idea of having the tower open all the way from the top w/ a pendulum!
  14. A fellow miniaturist posted on my mini blog that he had a Fairfield kit missing its instructions, and he says Greenleaf hasn't responded to his emails. Where can someone get the instruction sheet?
  15. Here's what the modified tower looks like from the outside. I'm sorry if these pics are too big--trying to figure out how to make them smaller...
  16. I cut the wall to leave the tower open to the third floor for easier access. That said, I still lift the roof on and off, and I too cut off the tabs. Hinging is a good idea! This is what it looks like from the inside. The entire post is here: http://jennsminis.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/fairfield-half-inch-more-interior-decorating/
  17. I know this is an old thread, and the problem has already been solved, but I cut the openings in the floor wider to use the HW stairs. I also turned the stairs around to face the other way (from back opening). I cut a hole in the attic floor so I could have stairs all the way up. You can see how it turned out here: http://jennsminis.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/ffstairsrailings.jpg for the rest of the blog post about it here: http://jennsminis.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/fairfield-roof-and-trim/
  18. I'm usually a stickler for stairs going all the way up (added an extra to the Fairfield to the attic floor, cause that drove me crazy), but I'm now about to build Lisa's Country Cottage, and the ladder / stairs are going to take too much space for what I want to do. So I'm going to pretend the stairs are in the open wall. :-) I did a huge dollhouse with my dad many years ago, a four-story house but a staircase only from ground floor to 2nd floor. I'm revamping the house now, and I decided to put in a fake elevator to take people to the 3rd and 4th floors. The elevator rests on the second floor, and I have doors only on 3rd and 4th floors to suggest it goes all the way up. I bought a Cherrydale mostly finished, and the builders had added a two-story addition to one end. This made room for a staircase without diminishing space for other rooms (staircase in middle rooms, and extension became kitchen below and bathroom above). I love realism, but I agree, sometimes there isn't room for stairs. I like the suggestion of a door that leads to a "staircase". I've done that when I want to suggest stairs down to a basement. I'll keep that in mind! Jennifer http://www.jennsminis.wordpress.com
  19. I now have takers for everything! Thank you so much! (and my closets thank you). If / when I have more to give away in the future, I'll know where to come. (But I am swearing to myself that I'm going to make the rest of my kits! Even the Beacon Hill.)
  20. Update: The furniture and accessories are all now spoken for. Now, I know *someone* out there must want a box of foam rubber (see item #1). And a bag of 1/2" scale shingles.
  21. Oops, forgot, the bag of square shingles is gone too (the 1" scale). 1/2" scale shingles still available.
  22. The Adams kit has been taken (no big surprise). The rest is still available! I really wanted to ship out furniture and accessories in one go (cheaper to send one box than 20); however, I've gotten requests for bits and pieces, so feel free to ask and I'll see what I can do. The object of the exercise is to have everything leave my house. :-)
  23. I have finally finished my big clear-out (husband bought and put together a slew of Ikea cabinets for me, and I now have room! Love that guy). Anyway, I went through *everything* I have and am giving away things I know I will never use or for which I have duplicates. Choose any or all of the five things below. The furniture and accessories go in one lot. I might ask for postage for the dollhouse kit. Have photos (below) of some of the stuff. Email me at forjenn at cox . net (no spaces), and we'll discuss! 1. Foam rubber: 1/4” thick—one-yard of foam, 22” wide Various pieces of foam rubber (small) from 1/8” thick to 1” thick Nice, clean, whole pieces—most came out of boxes with Bespaq furniture. Good sizes to use for mattresses or upholstery. 2. Adams Dollhouse Kit: Unassembled, box has been opened but no parts taken out. Complete instructions and shingle pack included. Will ask for postage on this (UPS ground is fairly cheap) 3. Small boxes: If you sell and mail minis (or even if you don’t) I have about a dozen or so small very nice plastic boxes that I received minis in: some tiny 1” x 1” x 1”; some 2” x 1” with black bottoms (a couple of the same size with clear bottoms), plus a few larger plastic boxes. I also have about eight or so small cardboard boxes, nice, clean and sturdy. All are in lovely condition. I’ll throw in clear clean ziplock bags (a couple of large ones and a dozen or so small). 4. Shingles (take one or both) Bag of 1/2” scale shingles left over from the Fairfield. Enough to shingle another Fairfield! Bag of 1” scale square shingles left over from the Cherrydale dollhouse kit. Fills a gallon-sized ziplock bag. 5. Furniture and Accessories: I have a jumble of miscellaneous 1”-scale furniture and accessories that I’ll give away as a complete set. I checked everything to make sure it’s whole, undamaged, clean, and nice. Most of it has not been used. Enough to fill a small or medium-sized dollhouse. Some things included (and definitely not all of it!): a) Victorian living room set (I think by Town Square or Concord). Very nicely detailed, in scale, light blue fabric w/ white pattern. Sofa, gentleman’s chair, and coffee table. Excellent condition. b. Store display counter, by Town Square (in box, unopened) + cash register c) Chrysnbon kits, unassembled (packages open but parts still shrinkwrapped and intact): 1 Duxbury chair kit by itself; 1 Grandfather clock plus Duxbury chair kit; 1 Victorian table and lamp kit. d) Wire “wicker” chairs and birdcage table / w birdcage. (I put the canary from the cage into a separate little box, with the birthday cake) e) Dry sink with pump f) 4 Beds: One double brass bed (in 3 pieces—headboard, footboard, and brass frame—it’s made to come apart); one Victorian youth bed (w/ high sides—wood and lovely; I think by Town Square); one child’s brass bed; one child’s brass rocker bed. The adult bed has no mattress, but the Victorian and child beds do. g) Miscellaneous kitchen / dining chairs, some painted, one unfinished wood. And others. Horde of accessories, including: Canned goods; Mexican pottery; a bag of brass candlesticks, trays, vases, plates—some a little larger than 1” scale; goldfish in a bowl; a birthday cake (with the canary); a partial set of porcelain dinnerware (a little bigger than 1” scale, but many of the pieces can go in a 1” setting); toys for the dollhouse nursery. And much, much more! The furniture and accessories currently fill four shoeboxes, though I’ll take everything out and wrap them well to pack in a shipping box. Enough furniture and accessories to fill a small to medium-sized dollhouse. Again, my email is forjenn at cox . net (no spaces). Thank you!
  24. Thank you! The pictures are helpful--I can see what's what. However, the pin (the little washer that goes through the hole and holds the blade in place), stuck like it was welded in by Vulcan. It took both my husband and me to get that puppy out (entailing a hammer and another piece of metal). We finally extracted it and got the new blade in--with much wrestling to get the pin back in; however, something must have bent in the process, because now the blade is not straight. After the 1 hour session involving much sweat and swearing, I don't think we'll be taking it apart to fix it again. Fortunately, these tools are not hideously expensive. And I need a new one, right? Many thanks to those who answered.
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