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This project was SO fun and turned out amazing! I would highly recommend this to anyone who is into crafting or miniatures. As many noted, it does take patience and care. Take the time to cut things out neatly along the lines, measure as indicated etc. They give you the exact amount of product you need, but the stencils for each material are laid out on the page as you should cut them out within the amount of material given. Others also noted the spacing on the 3 triangle ceiling panels is off. I broke off small straight pieces of wood left from the wood piece containing the table leg/chairs, stool seats etc. and painted those blue, and glued them to the base panels. I had some faux moss from other projects lying around, and used this to fill the gaps to the triangle windows. The small cake tray on the outdoor table wound up breaking. The 3 panels are slightly too large to stick in the frame, but I glued it together and added moss to cover the break. The lights were a little tricky to twist the tiny wires together and tape etc. but I was surprised how easy the extension cords were to hook up otherwise, and they worked right away. An exacto knife, scissors, glue and glue gun, and tweezers should work well for tools. Liquid Fusion is my favorite glue that I found on this site. Best of luck, hope you enjoy it!!

First let me say that this little project when completed is absolutely adorable and treasured. However, this kit is not for the novice. It took me a month of working on weekends and a lot of nights to get it finished. I used Turbo Tacky Glue and Gorilla super glue, 5 sets of tweezers, extra small Fiskars scissors and a lot of paper towels. There was an extra of the blue triangles that I cut into smaller pieces to fill in the gaps for the circular roof feature in the front. The instructions can get confusing and not entirely easy to follow. I wish at times it would say “green crepe paper” or “shiny gold paper” as opposed to it’s code. Be prepared to improvise and use your creativity. I hope some of my pictures can help with seeing things that aren’t explained well or not addressed at all.

These homes are so much fun to put together and not as difficult as other companies

This kit was delivered well packaged and not missing any parts and nothing broken. Good value for the money. If you are a scratch model builder or advanced doll house crafter then this kit is best suited for you. Parts are very small and mostly require gluing of the parts. Instructions are adequate, but are not typical step 1, step 2, etc. it’s more general instructions on how to get different parts of the kit completed. It’s a good kit to use as a base and customize to be more Potter-like, which I did. Good to have clear wood glue, hot melt glue, stick glue, exacto knife, magnetized screwdrivers. Overall pleased and it looks good on the shelf.

Alot to put together. Takes time and a steady hand

Huge PITA. No glue, no stickers, very tedious, with poor directions

This kit is great! I have a lot of mini room kits and this one is the overall best.

While this ket is lovely in theory, it includes tons of different pieces and accessories and fairly detailed instructions for basic assembly - many of the pieces are very poorly designed - not well thought out. There is reference in the front of the instruction book for U Glue and White Glue (neither of which were included in my kit - not 100% sure if they were suppose to be included) But this is not my first rodeo with building a dollhouse - so I happen to have a drawer full of about 30 different types of glue on hand - good thing too cause first off WHAT the heck is U Glue? And even the term white glue is vague. I am over half way through the kit and so far have had to use quick dry pva glue, wood glue, E6000, super glue, and Epoxy glue to adhere all the different types of materials together for a lasting bond. The materials: ohh boy - the variety of materials used in the kits is plentiful - again in theory that would be lovely . . but . . . . the laser cut wood pieces are VERY fragile - I had the table completely assembled with the table cloth and dried overnight . . . this morning when I went to glue the tea towel on top (along with the other items that sit on the table) the simple act of applying a TINY bit of pressure to the table top while glueing an item in place resulted on one of the legs on the table completely splintering and breaking off (that was fun to try and fix - double reinforcing all the seams with glue and then taking an extra layer of modge podge to the entire wood service for added strength. The cake display cabinet was a whole nother nightmare . . the template was about .2cm too bit all the way around on the acetate - getting the acetate to stick/glue to the resin pieces was a whole nother adventure - while I managed to get the main display case together (glue one piece at a time and allowing the glue to FULLY dry before moving onto the next piece) the black smaller display case that's meant to sit on top of it was a whole nother story . . after 3 days of fighting with one piece at a time trying to line up the acetate within the poorly designed pieces - trying 3 different types of glue to get the acetate to stay in place against the tiny edges and eventually super gluing my fingers to the side of the stupid thing while trying to balance and hold the piece long enough for the glue to take hold this item ultimately ended up in the trash as it was beyond saving. The good news is - I didn't buy this kit with the intention of building it as instructed - mostly I just needed the 1:24 scale cakes and tea sets that are included for another project (finding those in the size I needed outside of a kit proved impossible) And the cakes and tea sets are PERFECT :)