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I had thought about the microwave things, Lawanda. As Sable brought up, I did wonder how they would hold up to the weight of the house, and also how it would impact the wood table it sits on underneath. I think I'll get a silicon mat to put under it to protect the wood from the weight pressing the lazy susan in and making impressions. That marble turner is very nice, Sable. I can see why you'd want something more substantial for that house, and something nicer in your living room. If you ever don't want to use it for your dollhouse in the future, you can use it for something else!

What a smart idea, Cyndy! That must make working so much easier. As it is, my house is sitting on the board on my sewing table, so I have rotate the entire board when I need to change the orientation to work on it. Kind of cumbersome.

I figured it would be some sort of lazy susan thing, but it didn't even cross my mind to look at a hardware store type of place! Glad they're cheap. :)

Right now my dollhouse is sitting on a 1/2 inch thick piece of mdf, as I want it to have a yard, and I want to be able to turn it easily. I think I got mdf because it was a uniformly flat surface, whereas the plywood had more waving. I got it so long ago that now I don't remember, but there was a reasoning behind it. What material is most frequently used for this purpose? And there must be something that can be placed underneath to spin it, right? What is the favored item for doing this? Thanks! Angie

I posted a couple months ago about the Houseworks power strip I ordered not properly fitting the light plugs. I just thought I would update those who were helping what ended up happening. I didn't want to pry apart my plugs without at least trying to find a power strip that was sized properly. So, as was recommended to me here, I went to Hobby Lobby and what do you know, the holes are perfectly spaced so there is no prying necessary. Despite being outside of the thirty day return period, miniatures.com is going to take it back and let me exchange it. At the same time I also ordered two lights from Houseworks (in the same order), and two Heidi Ott lights off Ebay. One of the Houseworks lights didn't work at all, and I tried to change the bulb thinking it might just be broken, and it was in so tight, it appeared that it was almost stripped in the process of the company putting it in. I couldn't even get a new bulb in. A second Houseworks light I got only turned on half the time. I know it wasn't the power strip, as the Heidi Ott lights worked perfectly 100% of the time. Has anyone else found the Housework lights to be unreliable? They are obviously less expensive, so is there really that much of a quality difference? Anyhow, from now on I'll just buy the Heidi Ott lights so I don't have to mess with all these exchanges! Didn't really want to spend that much on each light, but I kind of want them all to reliably turn on. Thanks for all the original help. I'm glad that I got the new strip from Hobby Lobby so I don't have to mess with my plugs at all. Angie

Thank you, Emily!

Sorry to go a bit off topic in this thread, but does the person who made this Haunted Heritage (which is AMAZING!) post here? I wanted to ask a question about the grass she used, though I see she made it years ago and perhaps it's a pointless question anyway. Thanks!

Looking good. I love that blue wash you used on the stairs!

What seems to be the favorite product for sticking things non-permanently to a dollhouse? I'm getting read to be able to add things like door knobs and my mailbox. Obviously anything that is structural on my house is being glued on, but I don't want to glue on those kinds of things in case I want to change them later. I think I saw something about a wax type of thing? I just don't want it to leave bad stains on the house if I decide to take them off. I presume whatever it is you guys use is acid free? I'm sorry I ask such basic questions; I literally know nothing!

That looks wonderful. Those books look so real! I'm such a novice, you had me completely fooled until you told me what you did. :)

What a great idea. Much better than what I did when I started refinishing my dollhouse. I probably changed the color scheme about ten times, which involved me actually beginning to paint it. Such a waste! Thanks for sharing.

I'm about 75% done with my exterior stairs that lead up to the front porch and I am THRILLED with the results of this. First of all, it's so much easier than making stones out of clay like I was doing, although I will say that I'm spending quite a bit of time fitting the pieces together just right. The results look so real, and I am definitely on the sealing bandwagon. It looked good before I sealed them, but afterward it really did bring the whole thing together to look more real. I think a big part of it was that it knocked down any fuzziness that was still on the egg cartons. That was the one thing my husband noticed that he thought didn't look very real, and the varnish just smoothed it all out so nicely. I ended up getting the Liquitex matte varnish at Michael's, with a coupon as it wasn't the cheapest. It does go on very nicely though, and the results are great. At any rate, thanks for all the tips, has had fantastic results! Thanks for all the inspiration. :)

Brae, I referred to this post again to look at people's work, and I must have missed your post the first time. I love what you did! Everything looks so real. What a great idea for making leaves, and the moss looks amazing! I had already bought some of that crumbly grass stuff to add in areas. I really like how you added it in the grout lines. Very nice! Thanks for sharing.