CJEP Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I finally started my Brookwood!! You may remember my Brookwood was my first ebay purchase ever back in the fall. You start with the chimney. Mine is glued together, but I realized I have to go finish the chimney before I can build the rest. I'm off to Michaels for some supplies. I think I'm going to try the cereal box bricks this time. I'll post pictures once I have the bricks on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Be careful because the entire house is built around the Chimney and if you are off by a little bit, you will have a couple issues. Whatever you add to the chimney be sure it does not affect the rest of the house being built around it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Thanks for the advice, Tracy!! I'll be very careful with my cardboard bricks and check the places where the other things are added. I'm off to cut more cardboard bricks and then spray paint them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecats Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Great! can't wait to see your progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchouch Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Yes please don't forget lots and lots of pictures! It's going to be a long time before I actually start building mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 The Brookwood is a wonderful doll house! I would give my fangs for one! Had one back in 1990 but it was destroyed when it fell out of the back of the van because the door had not closed properly. When I got back to it after running two blocks back, a truck had run over it! What a sorry end for a beautiful dollhouse. There I stood in the road with tears running down my face holding a few shreds of walls, etc. And do be careful of the chimney, not to decorate it too much untilyou figure where the floors, etc., are supposed to go. That is a fabulous fireplace by the way! My two favorite rooms in that dollhouse were the living room and the "greenhouse!" Wolfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just One More Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'm not sure if I've seen a Brookwood. Is it a Greenleaf? The chimney first sounds interesting. It must have been awful to have a truck run over your house Wolfie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 This is a picture of the outside of the Brookwood: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Here is a Picture of the Inside: Yes this one was made by Greenleaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrellandmelissa Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I have had a Brookwood sitting in it's box for several years now. Lately it has been calling me but I have a few unfinished items mini and life size to finish. Then I will start working on a house not sure which one yet. Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just One More Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 What a neat house. I guess I have a picture of the front in the pics that came with my older Jefferson kit, but none of the back. It has a nice floor plan. Maybe Greenleaf will bring that one back too, we can hope. Just bring all the old ones back I say. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chattycathy66 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 What a great house! Can't wait to see pics!! Maybe one day i'll run into one of those :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokelly Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I only have two or three houses I'd love to get my hands on that are no longer made and the Brookwood is one of them. I just love this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JewelsRus Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 The house is really neat! I cant wait to see what you do with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Well, today I dry fitted the house at the suggestion of Wolfie. I need to know where things hit the chimney before I do anything to it. I learned alot. I won't be finishing the top of the chimney until the middle roof is in place or else it won't go on. The bathroom is very, very small. I had big plans for it, but it won't fit. Hopefully my Diana will have a bigger bathroom for my bigger plans. I definitely want to make some changes to it. relatively easy ones though. Maybe I'll make a bigger bathroom...hmmm. The kitchen is super small as well. Not sure if I'm going to put a complete kitchen in there or not. Anyway, pictures are posted in my gallery here. They aren't much, but it gave me ideas of what I need to do and what I want to change. Here is a teaser: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 You GO girl! You are doing a fabulous job! Wolfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Thanks, Wolfie!! Thanks for the advice as well!! I'm glad I asked for your opinion before I proceded or I would be regretting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melva Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Hi, Your Brookwood is looking good! I got one off of ebay a few weeks ago and I am so anxious to start on it. I'm trying to get a little farther on my BH before I do. I all ready have plans for mine too. It does seem like the perfect beach house because that's where my is going to be! I've been looking at the layout and the kitchen is a little small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A & A Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 looking great. this house is a neat one with a very different look to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyJudi Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 What a sweet little house. I will be putting this one on my wish list. You are doing a great job on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Oh, my mind has been reeling. I keep changing my mind about things in this house. I think I may even change which dolls live in this house, because how I'm now seeing it, the story I had set up for them won't work. I posted some new pictures with my new ideas. Let me know what you think. Good thing we are going away for a few days. I can let the ideas sit before I really do anything. It also helps that my birthday is this week and I'm getting money for lots of new minis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 DH sawed my wood for my bash of the kit and I taped it together to see how it would work. There are new pictures in my album (including the picture of the couch I made from the McCalls pattern I just won on ebay). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 One of the houseplans DH & I carried around for us for many years was so similar to the Brookwood that I already know how I'd build & decorate it. I hope I'm still around & healthy enough to build it when it's reissued! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share Posted August 4, 2007 Ooooh, Holly, now you have peaked my curiousity. I hope it gets reissued very soon so I can see what you do with it. I also would love another one. It is such a fun, versatile house that you can do so many things to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 Ok, I've been working on it and have the chimney done and some walls glued together. I also just did the tape wire. I posted new pictures in my album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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