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The Ginkgo House is my first official dollhouse. My background includes building architectural models for designers and architects, but I have never furnished or 'peopled' one.  The Ginkgo House project started out as an architectural model for my own some-day home, and was supposed to be 'Tiny Home'. Somehow it just does not want to be tiny. Small, yes. But not tiny.

The first mock-up was done in free cardbard and wood crates found behind the supermarkets. Masking tape and pins were the onlu out-of-pocket. 

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Demolition Reloaded

Pocket Doors

Jimminy Cricket, if only I knew what I was getting myself into ... I'd have done it anyways. Tutorials were so-so in helpfulness. First a little history. My house is made with triple-layer foam core. To make a pocket for my door, I left out the middle layer. Well, foam core paper-and-glue-wrapped on one side will warp as the glue dries. I put up the original walls, left a gap for the door, then paper and glued the walls. Both sides warped, making it impossible to slide a door in and out. So
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