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Radio Shack is now just called "The Shack"? When did they change their name? Even my boys know it as Radio Shack, so it must have not been that long ago that they changed it.

Thanks Kathie! It's good to know that warping isn't a problem with something that has been put together well. I will have to remember that when I build my Glencroft. The cleaning tips are also great to know because despite my horrific experience with this house, I am sure that somewhere, somehow I will be in a situation where I will forget the lesson that I have learned from buying a used dollhouse and will end up caving in to "something that I just have to have right this minute" and I will end up buying something in dire need of disinfecting. These things are great to know--just in case! Thank You!

Holly, I hope it does go to someone who can save it from complete ruin. Just a question since you have now piqued my curiousity with the bleach solution... won't the wood warp on the Corona and Greenleaf houses because of how thin they are if they get wet or have chemicals sprayed on them? Because if not, I tend to work in bleach like a cobbler works in shoe leather (I am practically a bleach addict, lol, and have always used it to clean my RL house)--I just need to know a safe application technique to use should I ever again come across a dollhouse that should NEED to be bleached. How do you apply it without warping everything, and how would you get it into all of the nooks and cranny's of the fireplace chimneys and eaves, etc... Would you do this prior to removing the wallpaper, trim, and floor treatments or after?

They're really going to enjoy the shipping charge they will pay on top of what it has already cost-- not to mention the RETURN shipping charge <_<!

Especially not to anyone who has taken part in this posted topic-lol!

That is slightly more than what I paid. The seller ended up ahead for my returning it to them - Ha!

Pat Catan's is awesome. I find everything there when I go, even though it's a 40 minute drive to get there. I will so have to visit them and their Tuesday Morning neighbor this week and see if I can get in on this deal. I go about twice a year, but when I go I stock up, so the discount from a free VIP pass would definitely be worth it. Thanks for the heads up!

I miss our Michael's. They closed it over two years ago and replaced it with a "BuyBacks"--ugh! Another symptom of the bad economy around here after they closed our GM plant. All we have left is JoAnn's and Hobby Lobby.

I think I posted twice--sorry. I'm really NOT losing my mind--t looked as if I lost my original message, so I wrote another one and then they BOTH posted-LOL!

I love that "through the looking glass" feel that your winter garden gives. It is so realistic--which is the look that I personally prefer as well. Your work is amazing--Congrats!

Jo your work is AMAZING. Congrats on the landscaping. It looks incredibly real!

Does anyone have pictures of the real Harrison?

Is there a RL Harrison??? I HAVE to see it if there is!

How FUN!

I have seen the grooved floors left as is and they look fine. You can always stain them after you have finished everything else to see how you want them if you aren't happy with the way they look then, but I wouldn't worry about it yet.

I'm working on making 1:48 scale furniture for the quarter scale house that I'm finishing. Just finished a fireplace with built in cabinet and a bed which I made up using fabric that I made to match the wallpaper in the dollhouse bedroom.

Holly- if they had even wiped the dollhouse out with a damp paper towel, I would have been none the wiser to the fact that it had roaches or spiders or whatever and I probably would have never sent it back and would have just assumed that I only needed to eradicate the ashtray smell that it carried with it. I mean that extra mile that the seller could have gone here would have made a world of difference for their transaction with me because I would have never known--until possibly the eggs that were left behind started hatching and taking over my RL house. I think Im actually glad that she didn't clean it up for me so that I knew exactly what I was getting. Hopefully the next highest bidder will see it for what it is and be prepared to deal with it accordingly. Im sure there are certain things that can be done to salvage the house if someone is willing to deal with all of it. I just don't care to with what all that I have seen from it and the enormous hassle of it all. I hope it ends up in a loving home with someone who can clean it thoroughly and make it into what it can be-- which is, I'm certain, beautiful.