Gillie2020 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Hi All, I'm very new to dollhouses but I bought this because it's so beautiful and I can practice with it. I think it was originally a kit but I'm very green to this and would love to have any background, insight, etc. about what any of you may know about this kind of house. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 A picture would be a really, truly big help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I'm guessing your pic is too large to post. Try decreasing the pixels to less than 999kb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillie2020 Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Oops, I posted 5 pics but I guess they were too large. I'll resize and post again. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillie2020 Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 I tried to add 5 pictures in my original post... that's what I get for getting pixel-greedy! Let me try just this ONE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillie2020 Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Hopefully I've got the hang of it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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minikelli Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 This is a Dura Craft Farmhouse 505 model. Lovely house! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillie2020 Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Oh my gosh, so awesome to know!!! Thanks so so so much! How do you guys recommend displaying/working on a house this size? I'd love to have it on some type of a lazy susan but is that feasible? Is there a better way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnmini Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I have a couple of my smaller houses on turntables, but the farmhouse is pretty big.....I seem to recall someone once had posted plans for a special display table that you could put close to the wall - the table top would slide forward until the house had enough clearance, then you could turn the house around and slide the table top back into place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Hobby Builders' Supply used to sell a turntable, but I don't know how much weight it could take. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I saw a setup recently in a club member's home which I thought worked well. The house was on a sofa table behind a sofa in an open section of the room. The house matched the decor of the room so it didn't look like an elephant in the room, it blended in. It was very tastefully displayed and visible from all angles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 There's a dollhouse turntable by Houseworks for about $45 on Amazon that gets good reviews. One reviewer said she put the turntable under a sheet of plywood and then put the house on that so she had more support for her large dollhouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Turn table Previous topic zero clearance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 most of my big houses are on the 10" flat turn table that is attached to a 3/4 inch base. they all turn smoothly. First one I got at Hobby Builders, then I found the same one at Menards for less and NO shipping charge. my smaller houses sit on the turn table without a base quite well. The Beach house and Beacon Hill are on 36 inch rounds with the turn table attached to the underside of the round. both are pretty heavy houses. I did put the Willow Crest on a small microwave stand that rolls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillie2020 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Thanks all, this is all such great information! I showed your suggestions to the hubby and he is going to try a combination turntable with slider idea set on a rolling buffet table we have. He's quite handy so it should turn out wonderfully... after I remind him a time or ten that he promised to make it... ;) I'll let you guys know how it works out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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