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 I found this great little prefab castle which folds together; at Michael's, marked down to $6.25- minus its drawbridge!  Working it 1:24 
2024 update:  I have not been diligent working on this.  Honestly, hardly thought about it for a few years.....    I did finish the stained glass windows and some trim.  The kit did not come with the drawbridge, it has a gaping hole on which I have been deliberating.   I wanted a stately bed, but the rooms are so small.    

My mother's doll house c. 1985- tweaked by me 2009 with enhanced decor.   In 2006 it moved to the Jersey Shore town of West Cape May.   It lives in The Mermaid House, so that's what we call it. 

Learning as I go ~ a 1st project; I found this looking sad abandoned behind a Goodwill.

Photos of period Victorian homes in Cape May, NJ; USA's only entire town on National Historic Registry.