The Kit....

 

It's A Treasure Trove....

Just In Case you Wondered, Dear Readers, It did not take me long to Jump In to this kit! The very next day after it's arrival, I was sorting through the parts and reviewing the instructions to get a sense of the "layout" and the order of tasks. The manual is a bit complex, being mostly just pictorial with very little written instruction. I know this is so it can be used by people of many languages and I am good with picture diagrams, but it did take a while to figure out the "locater" system for all the individual bits and pieces. Each part in the assembly picture has a number which coordinates with a "Parts diagram or list" which will give you the "little bag number" or "layout map" of where to find it! Complicated, but effective and you get used to the three step process! But First thing, as I was familiarizing myself with the process, I noticed there was No Glazing for the windows! All those windows (on every wall and the ceiling!) and No Glazing even of the plastic type??? Not a good idea in My dusty house! But I could fix that. I decided right away that I would add plastic windows....

I started with the smaller side walls.

 And I realized the kit had "spray-painted" an orange base color

 all around the interior edges of the openings.

 Since this color was not my idea of a great color 

with the interior of the room's wallpapers.... 

I decided I needed to paint all these interior openings 

to match the trim of the wall decor, which was dark brown.

 You can see this step in the above picture!

 

Here you can see I am gluing the plastic "glazing" 

to the outside of the building. I did this because there are 

places where the decor is positioned on the window ledge.... 

or so close as to be the same thing.

And I figured the exterior window frame trims would cover

 the "bump" of the plastic under the wall-covering.

 

Yes, my gluing is a bit bumpy and the glue

 got on the surface in a few places...! 

These papers are all coated with a gloss, 

so it mostly could be wiped or rubbed off later. 

Rest assured, it looks better after drying! 

And then, since I was painting the window openings dark brown, 

I realized I might want a different color for the exterior window trims...

 especially against all that lovely brick...

 

Like a Lovely Traditional Green.....?! 

Oh, yes, I think I might want that instead of

 the reddish-brown of the wood in the kit packs!

 

But before we get romping too far ahead, 

the back wall needed the exterior papers

 and might as well get the flooring glued on too! 

Because the next step is challenging!

The electrical system needs to be prepared and glued

 into the wiring channels on the back wall

 before the interior decor can be started!

 There is a very careful diagram about just how to twist

 the mini LED lights into the pattern needed.

 And there are two separate "chandeliers"

 for the studio and the shop which need to be 

constructed and also glued into the wire channels.

 

Here you can see the chandeliers and the LED string

 (off the right top corner) being glued into the channels.

 Then I forgot to take pictures of gluing on the

 interior papers and starting the gluing of walls onto the base.

 

But here you can see the "corner" started where the little studio is set up,

 and the lights and wires have to dangle off the top for a while now....! 

Because they want you to get the corner studio all completed.... 

every little detail before you move onto the main room decor! 

So I jumped right into the building of that tiny desk.... 

I actually think this kit is closer to half scale than full scale.... 

 

I'm sorry the pictures are darkish.... it is Winter and getting late.... 

and the lighting in my house is very old fashioned.... 

but here I have hunted down and painted and

 assembled the pieces for the corner desk... 

(I decided that I wanted the darker brown for the furniture too... 

that reddish brown color was not to my liking. 

And add to that all the unfinished edges 

from the punched out pieces.... 

I was going to need to paint them anyway!)

 

And here you can see I have added the

 little gold "drawer pulls" to the desk! 

Believe me, they were not easy to do! 

One of the little "instructions abbreviations" 

in this kit are the use of little symbols like "scissors" 

where anything needs to be cut apart rather than detailed descriptions.

 But the little metallic jewelry findings that needed to be 

"cut in half" according to the diagram, were very hard to cut!!!

 I used the scissors..... pliers, wire cutters, and eventually

 repeated bending the metal to make it separate... 

and then the pieces were not very neat... 

but they were willing to be bent back into a shape that was usable..... 

and Hey, I think they look great after all!

 

And by now, I was getting the feel of this kit, Dear Readers, 

and found myself Dreaming of it at Night... 

and waking up with the knowledge that

 a few more details would need to be changed!

 

In particular, I was not fond of the wallpaper for the main room! 

The top border is cute, but the red and cream stripes did not please me. 

And It is the "Fairy Tale Wonderland" Dollhouse Shop.... 

so Could I use my 'Fairies" wallpaper instead?

 

I have had this wallpaper for ages,

 just waiting for the "right" place to use it.... 

I know... too many still unfinished projects in line out there.....! 

But really, wouldn't this be better... more fitting? 

The color would work fine with the main cabinet... a pale blue color.... 

And I know most of the walls are covered with all the little items... 

but still... a stray fairy peeping around from behind would not be amiss! 

I was trying to get a test picture here but the paper started to fall.... 

but it was good enough that I went ahead with the re-model straight away! 

 

I think it gives things a much more magical, ethereal atmosphere!

 

And the little interior wall dividing the Studio from the Main room... 

there are so many wonderful touches in this design... 

like the stained glass windows!

 

And starting to glue the desk in place! 

It was such a dark and snowy day.... 

the light never got very bright....

 

And starting to assemble some of the "paper bits"..... 

the box with extra stuff that goes under the desk in the corner. 

And I can't tell you how much Fun it is, Dear Readers,

 to find each of these little paper pieces 

and to realize how detailed they are

 and the printing is so precise....

 you can read the details on most of them!

 

But this is where I will leave you, Dear Readers,

 as I go flying off to hunt down

 more tiny pieces to assemble for

 this magical little Treasure House!