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The first steps are completed on the RGT Alison Jr. I have opened the box, read the instructions twice, and inventoried all the pieces. No missing pieces, but I did have two damaged - one piece of gingerbread and one dormer window roof. So next, I need to email RGT for replacements. Onward......

Welcome Beth !

Welcome!

Hello Everyone, I'm not really a new member, but haven't been on here for so long that I thought it would be appropriate to reintroduce myself. I first joined back in 2018. Throughout that year I purchased several doll houses from my local antique mall and tried my hand at rehab. I also purchased several of the vintage tin doll houses and collected the plastic furniture for them. I found a Beacon Hill at an estate sale and started to rehab it and then tried my first new build - the Orchid. The walls and floor of that build became badly warped so I abandoned that project. Then life and work got in the way. All the doll houses had to go - well, not quite. I kept one of the tin houses and the one house that started it all - an Ashley that I rescued from the antique mall. Fast forward to now. With all the things going on in today's world, I was feeling at loose ends. I needed something besides work to occupy me. I do a bit of knitting, but that wasn't really satisfying. I was at Hobby Lobby buying some yarn, when I wandered towards the back corner where my local HL keeps the doll houses and accessories. Yes, you guessed correctly. A RGT Alison Jr. kit came home with me. So, I'm back..... .

I bought an Orchid kit from Hobby Lobby some time last year - can't remember exactly when. I have the foundation, the walls, and both floors glued in and was getting ready to put in the partition walls when I realized that the partition walls are badly warped and then I discovered the main floor is now warped. I am assuming that the only way to work on the main floor is to totally disassemble the whole house. I glued it with Aleene's tacky glue. Is there any way to take it apart now ? If I get it apart, do I just soak the warped pieces and weigh them down ? For how long? What's even more discouraging is I bought another Orchid kit (also from Hobby Lobby) just before Christmas and have discovered that it also has warped walls and floor. Any suggestions ?

What a wonderful house ! I would love to find one like it.

Are these houses in a antique shop ? I couldn't identify any of the houses, but I would love to shop here !!!

Great Picture !

What is it with cats and dollhouses ? My two just love crawling inside and peering through the windows and doors. It looks like a really bad science fiction film "Cats Take Over the World". This afternoon I had the Beacon Hill that I'm rehabbing on its back while I reglued a bit of foundation. Youngest cat climbs up on the house and puts her foot through a window. Nothing broken, but now I have to reglue the window back into the opening. On a happier note, I already bought a rug for the downstairs hall and two battery powered lamps because I just couldn't wait to see how it looked with lamps in the windows (even though I haven't done any interior decorating).

Finished cleaning the Beacon Hill that I bought this past weekend and have started doing some repairs. I am missing a few things and was wondering if anyone on this forum had any spare parts that they might be willing to sell? I am missing one shutter, half of the front door, 10 of the large roof brackets, and about 12 of the smaller brackets from the bay windows. I can make my own replacement parts, but thought that if anyone had any spares it would save a bit of time.

What did you Beacon Hill Builders (or rehabbers) do with the flat portion of the roof? . The mansard portions of my latest acquisition has all been shingled very nicely, so I am going to keep them exactly as they are. However, the flat portion is still just raw wood. Did you paint, stain, or ? Thank you for any tips and I'm sure I will have many more questions.

While cleaning the BH that I bought this morning at an estate sale, it dawned on me that there were no interior doors (openings, yes, but no doors). I have never built or rehabbed a Greenleaf house before. I assume the previous owner just never attached the doors. Can you purchase replacement doors easily? The openings seem smaller than my other houses, but I haven't measured them yet.

I last posted here at the end of July about a house I found at an antique mall. Well, my personal and work life got a little crazy. I downsized my dollhouse collection - four houses went and I was debating what to do with some of the others. This morning I went to an estate sale. Upstairs I found a little box of thimbles - my other collection (nice and small, right ?). Then my son and I headed to the basement. There in the corner of the room on a little stand sat a dollhouse (which I later identified as a Greenleaf Beacon Hill). I so did not need another dollhouse. But, you guessed it - I bought it. It was marked at $75, but I got it for $60. Some exterior trim is loose, it's missing some of the eave brackets, and it is missing 1/2 of the front door, but everything else is in great shape. The interior was never decorated, so I can do that however I want. What is this addiction to dollhouses ? Well, I am headed over to the other parts of the forum to learn all about the Beacon Hill.

Tara, Thanks for the i.d. I searched Arrow on both this forum and out on the internet. I believe this house is a bash of the Arrow Dream House. Wendy

I have to stop going to antique shops. I went last weekend and came home with a rather neglected two story plus attic house. I first thought it might have been built from a kit. It has printed wood floors and roof, but some of the walls are old scraps of wood paneling. The windows are thick plexiglass, not the thin plastic sheets. I pulled up two vinyl tiles and removed some 1980s wallpaper. This one has a lot to be repaired and it may be beyond me, but I just couldn't leave it there (plus it was only $20). Sorry for the poor quality photo- I took it with my laptop.