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I was having the same feelings today going through my grandparents things There is so much stuff packrat is an understatement here and i found myself wishing that we all had places for their treasures i saved a bunch of things and may still try to save more but i just dont have the space to keep it all. The one thing that i am happy to have saved despite not knowing what i will do with them is a combined collection of both my grandmother's and great grandmothers collection of souviner spoons. There are hundreds of them from places all over the world and my dad was going to take them to the scrap metal depot and trade them for whatever cash he could get. This is something she put a lot of effort into collecting as did my great grandmother i bought them spoons for their collection when i went places. Its not minis and houses but this kind of thing i think happens to a lot of people when they pass away and its sad. For the first little while i asked for every little thing i wanted after a while my dad just said take what you want its first come first serve and what does not get taken by the end of the month is either going to charity or in the garbage. I hate that it is going to come to that there is so much i would like to save but just cant i already have too much clutter i am trying to downsize

it looks good

I thought so too i cant pass up little pieces of wooden things that i can turn into stuff

I found a box full of little wooden items in amongst my grandparents things. They have both passed away years ago but it is only now that my family has bothered to go throough everything. I grabbed the box thinking it may be useful in making dollhouse items i just dont know what kinds of things i might be able to make out of them. Some look like they might make good pies or cakes but other ideas are welcome too

if not blue and tan squares painted on the floor i bet a tan throw pillow with blue embroidery on them would look nice

i am glad its going better for you

Here is a picture of the house with a trial coat of black paint. I am going to try getting some textured rl house wallpaper to paint in hopes it will simulate stucco

thanks for the suggestions i did not think about the stairs they are not glued in yet and i dont think i will if i use those ones. I am still undecided about the stairs. When i got the kit it was really cheap and had been partially built the foundation was built as were the stairs. The stairs were done horribly very uneven and glued in like that. I am not sure how easy it will be to take it apart and redo it without breaking the small stair pieces. I have been considering trying to find a smaller staircase for her to use something that wont take up a lot of room like maybe a spiral staircase She is a scorpio i am happy about that too my mother was one i am one my sister is one and my daughter is one too she was born almost two weeks late and i was getting upset that she was not going to be a scorpio but she made it she was born on the 21st of november the last day of the scorpio sign. I am kinda mad at myself at the dollhouse show we went to on the weekend they had zodiac plates i picked up one scorpio plate but now i wish i got more cause i am thinking the little plate would look cute with her house maybe on the front of the house where the little oval would normally go in the trim piece of the roof above the front door. If i do that then i wont have it for my house though.

I posted the other day about my daughter trying to steal my garfield so i am thinking that maybe it is better to just get her pierce done for her so that she will be able to play with that then i can have my garfield back. I was missing a few pieces but made them myself out of a sheet of 1/8 inch plywood i had. I traced them out and cut them with my dremel tool it worked out really well too! so aside from the roof and trim the house is built and needs to be decorated. I had really wanted to electrify it but i really dont think doing that for her now is a good idea lights can be fragile and i dont want her accidently pulling out wires and such. I also know that her tastes will change as she grows so if i make this house for her now in a few years she is going to want to chnage it. How hard would it be to go back and wire it later and change the wallpaper and things once its already built? I really wanted to wait on the pierce until she was older but the orchid is a really small house and she is dying to have something bigger I think the pierce is a good size for her but i just cant let go of the idea that i know she is going to want it redone later and because of that i am a little hesitant to finish it now. She has decided on the main exterior colour for the house and it surprised me she wants it to be black! I tried out a coat of black paint and it looks pretty good i think with a couple of contrasting colours it will look really nice white is probably going to be a major colour for trim but i cant decide if i should try to add a third colour. I also am unsure if i will shingle it yet that is a very time consuming process and she kinda wants the house yesterday. Are there any quick and easy finishes for roofs that could be used?

I dont think the houses ever go together perfectly but something i found that has been helping on my garfield is to file down pieces to help them fit better. I have widened the slots and used a lot of tape to hold it together while glueing it. The thing is any imperfections can be hidden with wood filler later if it turns out to not be just how you want it. It will probably pop a bit until it is glued just cause of the size of the house but then i am not an expert and there is probably a lot more people here who can give better advice honestly though i had the same issues with my garfield till i glued it and used a ton of tape and now it fits together pretty nice

I actually do have a pierce i have started building for her but its not ready yet She is very particular about her minis she spends hours arranging them just right and if i dare touch them she gets mad and she cries and throws a typically little girl tantrum so i know that sharing a house will not go over well. I just have to get her to understand that. I am not ready to give up my house yet and hopefully i can persuade her away from it

wow what a job! I am thinking i might do the same to my pierce house. Although it is really only a shell at the moment so its not that bad i cant imagine taking apart a finished garfield and redoing it. I am glad to hear it is going together better for you now though

we dont have a hobby lobby here In fcat the only way to get a greenleaf house here is to order online. Although that being said there is a local dollhouse store here that has a princess anne sort of house that is very sturdy it is 1/12 scale but built with 1/2 inch thick walls and floors its about the same price as a garfield but not nearly as big I think that one will be very easy to build could probably have it built in one day and not much longer to decorate it I may pick that up for her birthday coming up in november and just donate the orchid i built to the childrens hospital or something like that. I wont include all the furniture but a few things i made to go with that house specifically will go with it and maybe pick up a cheaper sturdy living room set. She said she really liked it so maybe that will be an option to deter her from my garfield. I had hoped that once i had a dollhouse made for her to play with she would let me work on mine but yeah thats not happening. I have a pierce i was going to make for her but i am missing a bunch of pieces for it so its going to take me a while to finish it which is why i think the other house might be better i can get that one done a lot faster. I think all she wants is a bigger house. Something capable of a living room, kitchen ,bathroom, bedroom for children and a nursery and parents room after that she does not care what else is in the house. I dont think the garfield is appropriate for her as gentle and careful as she is its just not a house for a 5 year old. so 6 rooms is really all she needs. She knows what she likes though. we were at the dollhouse sotre yesterday and she looked at one house they had and promtly told the woman in the store she did not like that house it was too small and the attic was so high nobody could get into it which was true. I have to say she has good taste for the most part she picked out the most expensive of everything at the dollhouse show that she liked today. Things like fancy beds that sold for well over $40 a piece and all the premium furnishings that i drool over until i see the price tag those were the first things she would point out that she wanted. Surprisingly it was not all pink either. I think if i did get her a bigger house it would not be as pink as the one i just made for her i want something more neutral for her and i think she will be ok with that. I would love to do a country victorian for her and since she loves beds for her dolls i would have fun making all kinds of quilts for her house

My daughter and i went to our first ever dollhouse show she got very spoiled and not just by me. Lots of people loved having her there and she collected a lot of gifts, unwanted grab bag items, She won a door prize and got given a couple prizes others won and did not really want. The result? We came home with tons of stuff and she has now decided that there is too much stuff to fit into her orchid. She played with the orchid for a bit arranging things But then i caught her playing with MY house my garfield and as i started to write this topic knowing it was coming she came to me and said "mommy you know we could share your house and i can share my furniture i cant put my stuff in your house and play with it there so see we can share that house isint that a great idea!" BUT its MY house she can have all the other ones but no she wants the garfield

I think we should trade animals all mine are too thin. My dog especially he is dangerously underweight to the point i keep expecting to wake up and find that he has passed away frm being so thin. Theer is nothing wrong with him i think its just he is such a high energy dog that he burns off all that he eats. I even have been feeding high fat home made treats and thats not working well either