Marcia Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I started my first dollhouse in 1991 from scratch, using a book called Building Miniature Houses and Furniture by Dorie Krusz. I thought it would be an inexpensive hobby. I worked on it for years …. scratch building brick fireplaces, windows, doors, ceiling beams with hidden lights, stairway, etc. During this time I also started building furniture from scratch and from kits. In the Summer of 2001 my grandaughter, Emma, was coming to the US from Europe for a visit. She was 3 ½ at the time and needed a dollhouse to play with. I found an Ashley by Dura-Craft at a flea market for $5.00 and built my first kit. I built a kitchen for her using child-proof yarn as drawer and cupboard pulls and furniture for the house. Emma loved it! It was the beginning of a mutual hobby that we will share for a lifetime. It was also her introduction to bigger and better things … as demonstrated when she ask me to build her the large Marquam Hill Mansion a couple of years later. Needless to say, I was hooked on kits! Parts from my unfinished scratch-built house were used on other projects. No digital pictures were taken of it, although I do have a photo album I kept. Marcia in Fremont, OH http://www.picturetrail.com/miniatureoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 I love your Ashley Marcia!! What a sweet story too! Yeah, no little girl should be without a dollhouse for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggi Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Your Ashley is beautiful and you are such a nice Grandmother! My middle gd has asked me already for my Lily. Thanks for sharing. Peggi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakyshaky Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 What a cute little house! I just did the Laurel for my daughter and now my son wants a cabin. Atleast they are not all mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 a book called Building Miniature Houses and Furniture by Dorie Krusz. I use her book for inspiration, especially as I anticipate one day trying another house "from scratch". I like some of her furniture ideas. That's one of a number of OOP books on making minis I wish someone would get publishing rights to (anyone else collecting the old Chilton publications?). I also wish someone else would make the Reallife kits again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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