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I can't seem to follow directions. I mean I start out following the instructions and then can't resist the temptation to do it my own way. So I gotta bash and add my own personal custom modifications. In the Coventry Cottage, I did the following: I moved the door between the two ground floor rooms closer to the back so there is a wider wall between the two doors. I did this to give me the space in both rooms to place larger pieces of furniture where they wouldn't have fit before. I added a gazebo to the corner of the porch. I had an unfinished wood bird feeder that I bought at a craft store that I intended to make into a miniature gazebo someday. I decided that this would be the perfect time and place. I added half timbering to the second floor exterior and slightly modified the gingerbread in the peaks of the gables to allow the timbers to be more visible. Most significant, I bumped out a shed-style dormer in the upstairs over the porch to give more usable floor space. I discovered that the sloped interior of the roof gave very little headroom and made it impossible to place most furniture at the edges of the space, exce[t directly in front of the windows. S0 - this is what I have done so far. All the structural work is done and I am ready to start furnishing it. I intended from the beginning to make this the Mad Hatter's cottage and tearoom from Alice in Wonderland. I'll start a gallery soon and add more photos once it is furnished.
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For once, my wife's lapse of memory worked to my advantage. I had a birthday recently and she bought me a Coventry Cottage kit. She apparently picked it up in a craft shop for 40% off. When I opened it, I was excited and said I would start on it as soon as I finished my Glencroft. She had forgotten that I had another house kit waiting in the wings and thought I would be at loose ends as soon as I finished my soon-to-be-completed Quirky Cottage. Otherwise, I don't think she would have bought it, as space to store/display the houses is becoming an issue.
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The little occupant I started building the Storybook Cottage for loves it but has consistently expressed that he needs more space for his things. After much searching I think the Coventry Cottage would be the perfect 'addition' if built on the reverse. The only thing is being so new to actually building dollhouses I don't know if they would fit together even after modification. (I'm totally not afraid of altering the kits if it gets me what I hope for.) Both houses are stated to be the same height so I don't know if that right there would cause issues or how to work around them once they arise. I'm simply looking for advice if this would work, or if by chance someone might have both of those houses to give me an idea if this might work. Ideally I'd like to attach the Coventry to the side of the Storybook without the bay window, so the bay window of the Coventry is on the 'front' of the house with the little porch in the middle. (I hope this makes sense.) I know I could just add an Adam's kit to the side of the Storybook to get the basic kitchen that is needed, but I'd really love the personality that the other two could create. The solution could just be as simple as just raising up the Storybook on a platform to make it high enough that I wouldn't have to worry about mismatched roof edges. I also wonder if anyone has altered/removed the interior wall on the main floor of the Coventry to open up that really small room. I'd be happy to add a column support back in if it is really needed. That space just seems really quite small. Thank you in advance.
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Hello, I'm wondering what to do - I bought a Coventry Cottage off craigslist so it was assembled and needs some finishing touches before decorating. The woman I bought it off of gave me a box of materials but no windows. The upstairs windows were installed but I need to find ones/make ones for the main floor. Anyone know where I can get some replacement windows? I did some online searching but can't seem to find ones with that pattern. Thanks for any advice!
