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Hi everyone. I totally messed up my Beacon Hill dormer windows. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Or where to get some that will fit? Thank you.

Hi all. The Chicago Miniatures Show is being held this weekend in Arlington Heights, IL. I am thinking of going, but it's about an hour and a half drive for me, so I was wondering if anyone has been to the show in the past and what they have thought about it. Is it a good show? Worth a 90 mile drive?

I'm trying to electrify the Cranberry Cove and I can't get any tools to go in because the wood is so hard. I already tried drilling, awl, nails, a lot of different things with points, etc. I can't get the "oulets" for the lights to plug into either. Any other suggestions? Thanks. Jennifer

oops. I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I meant parts I can add like the two-story wing, the different porch rails, posts, oval door, etc. that they advertise we can buy in addition to what comes with it so we can customize it if we want. They have customized parts we can buy to customize the house but I can't find anywhere to buy the stuff. Thanks and sorry for the confusion. Jennifer

Does anyone know of anywhere online that I can buy the parts that go with this dollhouse. I can't find one retailer that sells the parts at all. Lilliput's catalog offers part numbers but nowhere to buy them. I am posting this here becuase I don't know where else to post it. Thanks for your help, again. Jennifer

Hi. Thank you for responding to me. The gable front piece is too thick to sit in the grooves. Does it not go in the grooves? Bythe way, your house is beautiful.

Hello all. I am builing the Cranberry Cove and so far things WERE going smooth but now I am at the part where I'm putting on the roof and the gable front. The "gable front" part does not fit in the grooves of the molding plus having the Front Roof fit in the grooves too. Does anyone know what I am referring to and how I do this? The pictures in the instructions aren'd very helpful. Any help would br great.......Thanks.

Hi All: I haven't been to the forum in quite some time now, but I am bringing out the Lily to work on it again. I stopped working on it because I was having a difficult time with the front foyer. I am finding out that it's hard to put the wiring in before the wallpapering in this area, but can't put the left wall up until the wallpapering is done which has to have the wire in first...uhhh..confusing eah? Also, what is the best to use for hanging the wallpaper? Oh and one more thing, how do you wallpaper and have no seams? Thanks.

Hi All: You have given me so many ideas and inspiration for my Lily. I have the floors together and the center partition in. Luckly, you told me to be extra careful I saw some of the pictures some of you had posted. Your Lily's look fantastic. I can't wait to see how mine turns out. I am in the process of making the templates for my wallpaper. I am going to electrify before I put up the paper and stuff. Are there spots I should pay closer attention to when I am making my templates? Are there spots that will be extra hard to get to later? Thanks Jen

Hi All: Just bought the Lily today. I opened the box and read the instructions, once through. Any suggestions as to where I should start? I read that I should do the windows last. Any help would be great. Thanks

I contacted CITMA too after Lisa suggest them. That was very kind of her. They also need copies of 3 business invoices from people I have bought from under the business name. I don't have those yet. Though I Thank you for the suggestion. I didn't realize I was going to have so many bumps in the road. Jen

Hi Again: Thanks so much for everyone's input. I appreciate it. I looked up Handley House and Dee's Delights as a distributors to get products for my website and they both indicate I need three trade references. I am just starting out and I obviously don't have those yet. I also contacted Aztec and I am waiting for a response from them. Does anyone know of anymore names of distrubutors or dropshippers I can contact since I need to gain the three trade references? Thanks, Jennifer

LisaN: Do you know of any drophip distributors? Thanks, Jen

Thanks for the advice and suggestions. I think I have decided to run an internet miniature business. Do I just order a whole mess of products from the distributors, take a mess of pictures then sell. :lol: I mean, I know the ecommerce well but where do so many of these internet stores get their inventory? They have so much on their sites, do they have all this inventory in their homes and then sell it online? Thanks, Jennifer

Thanks for sharing your experience with me. I already have the name and the tax EIN so that's a plus. :o Now I know where to start for distributors. At least now I have direction to go in so I appreciate your support. :lol: I know sometimes people don't like to disclose their secrets, but I want you to know I appriciate your kindness. Thank you so much. Jennifer

I hope I can ask this question here.....I was curious if anyone here owns their own dollhouse store. I am looking to open a dollhouse business and don't know where to start. I already own a business of my own, but I am looking to restructure the business to a dollhouse store instead. Any advice would be great. Thanks, Jennifer

I was just starting to take the staircases out but I think it's all going to break. (panic).lol I think I better try what MiniMadWoman said and that's to get a mirror and have lots of patience. Let's see how that turns out. I'll keep you posted.-Jen

Thanks MiniMadWoman. Off I go....out with the staircase....Oh, by the way, I am in Waukesha, Wisconsin. I think you're about an hour and half away from me, small world, eah? Did you see my photos I have up so far of at least the wiring? Talk to you and all soon.-Jen

Does anyone know if the staircase will come back out if I already put it in. I can't get the staircase painted without ripping it out. I can't get the walls wallpapered either. I was wondering if there was something I could do without ripping it out. What can I do?-Jen

Thanks for the suggestions. I have posted new pictures. It's only the wiring and a basic start of the house. I'll track my progress with pictures as I get more done. Thanks again.-Jen

Hi All: Here are the first pictures the hubster took for me of my Beacon Hill. I have obviously have lots of work to do ahead of me as you will see, but the wiring is all done and working. Let me know how I am doing so far. If there is something I should be doing differently, please make any suggestions. :o Also, I will keep posting my progress for everyone too. Jen P.S. Here's the link: http://community.webshots.com/user/jditter

Thanks everyone. I will go buy the mitre box at Michael's and I will also get an Easy Cutter too. Those seems to be pretty popular. Do they have the Easy Cutter at Michael's too?-Jen

I am wondering if anyone knows how to mitre the corners of the base boards and crown molding? Is there a "craft" size mitre box? Thanks, Jen

Thanks everyone for their advice. I ended up using a q-tip and nail polish remover and that worked perfectly. Some clouding but very little, ended up better than the paint being there. Does anyone know where I can get a window that is 5 3/4 w x 5 1/2 h? I really messed up my big front window and need another one to install. I bought one window but it's too small. It's tall enough to work but there is a big space on each side and I have no idea how to fix it. The wallpaper is already glued on. Boy, I sure do have a lot more to learn. :o Thanks, Jen

Thanks for all the advice. Boy, you guys are fast. That's awesome. I will try water first, if that fails, I will try paint thinner. The windows are already in so getting them out may be difficult. I'll let you know how the suggestions worked out. Thanks again, Jen