Khadi Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I was just watching a program on the Winchester Mystery House and thinking it would be really cool to make a "Mystery" dollhouse. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to incorporate any "mystery house" features into a dollhouse such as the staircase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Only in my mini dreams. One day, one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 You can be the first, so we can follow :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I am still watching you Joanne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Spent some time Reading about it as I had forgotten the story behind. Gives a lot of i inspiration for sure and would be an interesting mini-build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Jeannine said: I am still watching you Joanne I was afraid you were Jeannine lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 We had a thread not long ago about the Winchester house in a movie with Helen Mirrin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Joanne I want you to do it so I can copy you every inch of the way.. Which house do you think would be a good choice, I guess it needs to be fairly big/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khadi Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 I think I need to improve my skills to make something so creative. The low stairs would be really cool but would definitely take some patience. Some of the other features such as the door on the side of the house wouldn't be so difficult. I'm thinking a Garfield would be the best bet because of the size and flexibility of floor plan. Perhaps, someday I'll take on the adventure. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenrodfarm Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I just went to the web site, wow, 160 rooms, but there are so many different styles, towers, the huge round tower room that used to be many stories high, the parts in the back not sure if that is still the house but it has a flat roof. The room of windows would be a huge challenge! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Wasn't Selkie bashing a Garfield, a Pierce and about a half dozen other houses together? Or was that someone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
third_hand Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 This is so intriguing! I watched a short documentary about Sarah Winchester and her strange house just a few days ago. I wonder if, instead of aspiring to build such a large house (160 rooms is quite a lot!), we could perhaps incorporate details of the Winchester house into existing or new projects. Maybe it would still be satisfying enough to have just a few quirks, even in a smaller house. Of course, those of you willing to attempt a much larger house, I admire your enormous (miniature) efforts! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 2 hours ago, havanaholly said: Wasn't Selkie bashing a Garfield ... Yup, it's me. "Family Mansion". It has never been completely finished. I'll try to find some pictures. I closed the album due to a Pinterest copying issue several years ago. It's 1 Garfield, 1 Orchid, 2 Primrose, and a Conservatory for main the building. Doors, arches, etc connect all areas internally. No secret stairs or doors. The story goes that it's an old family mansion that has gone thru many changes as the family home was passed down the generations. Additions, styles and purpose changes happened along the way. One Primrose was their old stone wellhouse. It is off set 2/3 of the way back on that wall and attached on the kitchen "L" end converted into an art studio with an adapted roofline and front. 2nd Prim is business office downstairs/ bedroom up on the far end of other " L". Orchid is 2 bedrooms up w/stairs up on the back open wall, gentlemen's room w/ pool table, library, hunter theme and bathroom down and attached next to the Living room wall of Garfield. Electric components are sandwiched between those walls. Conservatory off the back of business office as extra client area. All added houses slide on and off for moving it with moldings covering the attachment areas. Out buildings include a GL 2008 Spring Fling contest double kit - as a motorcycle repair garage, an old HBS contest Swingset sandbox replica, and a GL 2010 Spring Fling contest barn kit as a barn/business created with the extensions offered in the contest. That's it so far. Perhaps I should convert it to a Mystery house. Maybe that would re-energize the project out of it's stalled state. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Oh Selkie, I am dying to see photos, sounds amazing and hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beulah Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 7 hours ago, Jeannine said: Joanne I want you to do it so I can copy you every inch of the way.. Which house do you think would be a good choice, I guess it needs to be fairly big/ I have a Fairfield in the box, I will have to think about what I could do with that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I have 2 Garfields but my Fairfield is built ,well the shell is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I put a Foucault's Pendulum in one of the two Fairfields I built. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khadi Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 I wonder if you could bash a full scale and half scale house together to make a crazy funhouse effect- A children's only section of the house or part of the house that you could see but not enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I love the concept of the Winchester house as dollhouse. I also love calling any dollhouse with strange doors, hidden rooms, missing rooms and/or weird stairs a Winchester Mystery House. lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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