NeveFresca Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Hello everyone, I am new to the forum. I have just started on my first dollhouse, an Orchid that I mail-ordered 23 years ago. At the time I was a single mother with a 7-year-old and a 1-year-old. When the kit arrived and I saw how complicated it was, I knew there was no way I could build it. We lived in a tiny house with no place to set up the project, and there was the 1-year-old running around getting into everything. I hope you understand. My 7-year-old did not understand. She cried and cried. I put the Orchid kit away, out of sight but not forgotten. For 23 years I kept that kit, dragging it along when we moved from house to house. For 23 years I felt a nagging sense of guilt. Then, last month, my 7-year-old, now age 30, gave birth to my first grandchild, beautiful little Lydia. One look at that beautiful child, and I knew the time was right. Out came the Orchid kit, and I set up a work area to build it. I'd never attempted anything like this before, so I went online for general dollhouse-building guidance. I was astounded to see that they still make the Orchid! My astonishment quickly turned to joy to find a whole community of Orchid builders! I had a lot of questions, including total neophyte questions, that you wonderful people are answering as I read through your posts. Thank you all so much! As for the 30-year-old, she doesn't even remember the Orchid kit arriving 23 years ago. Turns out I've been wracked with guilt for nothing. But no matter. I am having fun building my Orchid! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Welcome to the little family, Celeste. I have built the Orchid twice already, once in wood and once in plastic, and I have another that was built with hot glue (recommended in the instructions, NOT by builders of these kits!) to rehab one of these days. If your clear acetate door & window inserts have yellowed over time you can use flat clear acetate packaging or transparency film instead; clear report covers will also work well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Hi Celeste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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