I hope everyone is off to a good start for 2011. I have been working on this Greenleaf Rosemont for the last 2 weeks. It has been my dream to build a haunted house to display my growing collection of dark miniatures. I looked at lots of doll houses before I decided to go with this house. My new house needed to be small, fast and easy to assemble. I had a budget of 100.00 from the sale of my conservatory. I started checking and found Lazar cut houses by Greenleaf with FREE SHIPPING! Building doll houses is not my forte, I have built 5 so I know my limitations. I have got to say this is the easiest house I have ever built, almost no sanding and it is easy to punch out. I used spackle inside and out and am still working on the color, I ran out of white paint which I am dabbing on the gray outside. I want it to look old and spooky. I don't have a name for it yet so maybe I will have a contest to name it.
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Victoria ♥
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Happy New Year Victoria! Is fantastic, I love it! I think you can use your own nick, The Dark Squirrel Mansion... greetings
ReplyDeleteThis is a great shaped kit and I love how you have done it too. I've seen it available in the UK (one of very few Greenleaf kits one can buy overhere).
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Michelle xxx
What a great house! My idea is similar to PAKY's idea, but instead of mansion, I like manor better. Dark Squirrel Manor or DS Manor. The colors you have chosen remind me of Malfoy Manor from Harry Potter.
ReplyDeleteThank you PAKY and Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michelle, I wish I had the patience that you do with your building.
Thanks Lori, I do like Dark Squirrel Manor. It seems that everything in my life is squirrels.
Victoria ♥
The haunted house is very cool! I love what you have done with it so far!!
ReplyDeleteJamie
This looks great, Vickie! And I do like the use of "Manor" in the name. Looking forward to your progress.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jamie and Susan!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to see your house, I know it will be great. Happy 2011 to you! As far as a name...Annie's Asylum
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Kim! It already has Annie's hair stuck on it, she is a helper pup hee hee.
ReplyDeleteThe house looks great so far, Victoria. I also like the name "Dark Squirrel Manor." It's somehow both spooky and elegant. :)
ReplyDeleteLove this building and what you've done to it so far!:) Can't wait for more of it to see soon :)
ReplyDeleteI just know you are going to do a wonderful job on this house. The shape and rooms are great and the colours you have used are perfect. I can't wait to see what fab furniture you make and put in it.
ReplyDeleteI like 'Annie's Assylum' for the name.
Happpy New Year :0)
Julia xxx
So lucky you have free shipping! Luckily shipping charges for me for dollhouses from US or Uk to Singapore is absolutely out of the question otherwise I will buy them all!Nahhh, just dreaming.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, your house look very spooky already. Love your choice of colours. I will watch this space closely. Love haunted houses :) some people think I live in one..hahahaha
Thats a really gorgeous design and youve put it up so well and quickly! Love the layout, and that wonderful huge attice room, and this will really exciting to see how you decorate and fill it! In Frasier one of my fav programmes theres an episode called Nightmare Inn, so I like that name for a spooky house , or Nightmare Manor. Kate xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you De, Julia, Ewa, Sans and Kate! So many great names.
ReplyDeleteSans! my parents call my house The Winchester Mystery House of Wyoming. If you don't know what it is google it.