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I've been looking over the inside of the home and it is a very sturdy home. I've decided to search for a new door in hopes to find the original. If I can't find one I will use one I have found on miniatures.com. I will be removing the first floor wall and staircase. I plan to add a support beam and spiral staircase, in hopes to make it an open floor plan. I want it to be easy for my daughter to play and decorate. She would like a bohemian garden home. So I think it will be super cute and fun to work on

Thank you so much on your thoughts! I have been going on miniatures.com and hobbylobby.com finding replacement parts and parts I would like to add. I'm super excited to start buying and building! My husband thinks I'm crazy because he knows how detailed I am. I think this will be a great new hobby for me and possibly continuing!

That's what I was thinking but I wasn't sure how common it was to find other Duracraft builders looking for parts. I have found kits on eBay but no single parts. Thank you so much for your advice!

My daughter was gifted a beautiful dollhouse. I have no idea what I should do or how to go about remodeling. I've just today found out the dollhouse is a Duracraft Newberg and that the company is no longer in business. The door is missing to the dollhouse and I don't know how common it is to find another one for this model. I wanted to do a complete remodeling to the dollhouse and change the first floor, staircase location, windows and front door to match. I wanted to liven up the house but finding out it is a vintage home I don't want to ruin its uniqueness. What should I do?!!

I've recently just found out my daughters dollhouse is a Dura-Craft. I'm trying to restore it and from reading more into the background I'm afraid to change anything about this vintage dollhouse. Does anyone have any info on where to locate dollhouse parts from this company? I've tried Ebay but is there anywhere else anyone can think of??

Awesome! Glad to finally know some important info on the house. I guess I will measure out what the house has going on and see what I can work with. Thanks everyone!! Everyone is so helpful!

Yay! It worked!! Hoping someone recognizes it

Hoping I can post now!!

Great advice Sable! Thats exactly what I was afraid of if I tried removing the first floor wall and relocated the staircase. Maybe if I made support beams? I've been going crazy online trying to locate the dollhouse name, company and year. We have checked the bottom and there is no label. The previous owner said it was a kit given to their daughter by a neighbor whose hobby was building miniature dollhouses. Their daughter is 12 years old now. The windows do not open. They are just a clear plastic with a white decorative design.

Thanks havanaholly, The dollhouse was not built with hot glue from the looks of it. I am debating in what direction to go in on the remodeling. I definitely want to paint the exterior and remodel the interior. The previous owners left the inside bare so I won't have much work to do inside. My eldest daughter feels I should leave the structure of the home as it is. But for my youngest daughter I would like to open it up more and add another full story and move the attic up. Building across is not an option since the previous family also gave us a stool that sits perfect under the dollhouse. We also move every few years due to my husband being in the military. I'm afraid the movers might break it in the process. So I may leave any new remodeling for after our move this summer. I can't help but want to start work in the house now, so I may just but a primer on the exterior black and blue paint.

Thank you for the advice everyone! The dollhouse has black, blue and white paint on the exterior. The interior has not really had any work done. So I guess I'm luck on that behalf. The windows on the house are not like I've seen on miniature websites. I think because the dollhouse is dated it has outdated parts. The door was broken so I will be replacing it. I was debating on building another floor. I wasn't sure if it was possible. Maybe removing the first floor wall and staircase location. So many ideas! I'm very excited to start this remodeling and scared at the same time because I don't want to ruin it. Especially since a good friend regifted it to my daughter. I can't seem to post a picture. It tells me I can only upload 501.76kb. I have an iPhone 6 not sure how to adjust the picture size.

My daughter was given a dollhouse for Christmas that was built years ago. The family whom built it were not into the miniature dollhouse idea but someone they knew had given them the kit for their daughter. So they built it to the best of their ability. I would like to restore the home for my daughter. I'm not sure the name of the home or where to start on restorations. Someone please help!!