I really wasn't looking for another dollhouse, at least at a conscience level. I'm so happy with my 4 houses and I am technically *technically* out of space for any more. But.....
I found this guy at the Flea Market today for a mere $20. I later found out is the Duracraft Brookfield. When I saw it and the price, I grabbed it and started off towards the check out counter before realizing a second later that I hadn't even looked at the inside to make sure that I like it! I did, so home it came with me.
It's a little worse for wear. It needs a good airing out, as you can tell by the smell that it has been in storage for a long time. The outside is painted, as are the window trimmings/flowers boxes, etc. The door is glued in place, so it doesn't open. The shingles are a little beat up, though honestly, I love that they look worn. So to me, they are perfect.
When I originally carried the house out to the car, it had a room divider in both the upstairs and the down stairs. While I was eating dinner, I was wishing that I could simply remove that bottom divider, to go with the design concept that was coming together in my head. When I looked back at the house after dinner, the top room divider was partially out and the bottom room divider had somehow fallen out completely and ended up in one of the bags (how and when??) So, that work was already done for me! And that's when I really looked at the construction of the house. And let's just say, it has some issues. I'm not sure who put this together or how long ago, but it's starting to come apart. The trim has already shed 2 pieces just from the drive home. I'm afraid that it was put together with hot glue. :/ I've heard it recommended that if a house has been put together in such a way that you take it apart and glue it back together with wood glue. I'm honestly afraid to do that as I don't want to mess up the shingles in the process of taking the house apart. I really think that it would damage them, so I'm thinking maybe the next best thing would be to simply reinforce the pieces with wood glue.
The door is going to be removed, and I am going to custom make a door to replace it. I already have the vision of how I want it to look. The window trimmings I need to take off as some are very crooked on the inside. And, I just don't like them. The windows like the door are curved at the top, so I will really need to re-use the original trimmings, so I will have to be extremely careful in the removal process. And if something messes up, well...I'll just have to get creative.
My plan for this house is to do what my very first original plan was when I got back into the hobby a few months ago. And that is the Tudor Lair for my dragons. I am getting my second resin bjd Dragon out of layaway tonight, so I should have him home next week. The dragons are technically just a bit too big for the scale, BUT this house has very high ceilings. So I think it'll work. Fingers crossed that it'll work. I'll get my one dragon out tonight and put him inside to see how it works.
The good thing is that with the Tudor concept, stucco for both the outside and inside of the houses will cover any potential surface flaws that I am liable to run into in this house restoration project. I just wish that I can start on it soon! I had started working on my actual house with prepping the bedroom walls for painting, which is having to be done in sections. All of this work includes sanding the walls, taping and mudding under where the strips were and then finally, priming and painting. It's going to take a few days before I am finished taping and mudding one part pf the room, and until that's done and we can start loading some stuff back into that room, the dollhouse room isn't usable with all that stuff in the way. Ah, life with projects! :D
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