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The Dura-Craft FarmHouse 505. I found and purchased this from GJ Junkers in Neihart, MT. The gentleman I purchased the home from had started the house, but quit after beginning the shingles. I gutted the house and replaced some pieces which were used in the wrong places. Moved and re-designed the stairs so I could have a "larger kitchen". Finished and am on to other things
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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Previous owner had used the wrong piece for the floor bracing, so I saved what I could. Which leads me to a question: When a kit uses a 1/4" square for floor support/braces, how do you add crown moulding? Cut it to fit over the 1/4"? Build up pieces to disguise the square and make it look like moulding? -
I did move them and added a turn and landing so the "kitchen" could be bigger and the upper staircase would be in more of a hallway (I'm thinking a linen cupboard in that space). I think I will also put a parlor/church door from the foyer into the living/dining room, and the middle room on the second floor may get a false wall to create a hallway there. -
I thought it would be a nice nod to the previous owner to leave the house the color he originally chose -
From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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From the album: Dura-Craft FH505
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I have the Dura-Craft FH505. The gentleman I bought it from had purchased new-style plastic windows, so I haven't used the wooden windows which came with the house kit. I think they are all there still.
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How to Remove Excess Wallpaper
mjuras commented on LPCullen's blog entry in The Orchid Dollhouse Construction Blog
Thanks -- this was something I wondered about! -
I have a bag of red brick powder which came with the Dura-Craft house I bought. I didn't use it (made "stones" around the base with coffee trays instead). My scale says it weighs 18.34 oz. No labeling on it and top is folded over and stapled closed.
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Hello! I took the plunge and joined your forum. I live in Montana, USA. I've been fascinated by miniatures since childhood, and remember writing to a miniatures store in the 80s to request a catalog in the mail--then pouring over the catalog and "shopping" and dreaming. Fast forward through library books on miniatures, and the internet as it came into being and grew . . . Most recently, I have enjoyed looking at everyone's photos as they popped up in searches online--you all have so much creativity! Well, 20+ years of dreaming and I finally have a dollhouse! Last year I found a DuraCraft FH505 (the same model I had wanted as a child! No kidding!), which I purchased from a fellow who had started the house, but didn't want to finish it. I work on it when I'm not busy with young children and hubby!
