CUTEBEE Dollhouse Miniature House with Furniture, DIY Dollhouse Kit with Dust Proof, Music Movement, 1:24 Scale Creative Room for Gift for Family and Friends (Rose Garden Tea House)

The media could not be loaded. Much more involved than a typical snap together booknook. I love making book nooks but the fun is often over too quickly and was looking for something a bit more involved. This thing is not too much bigger than my hand and is crammed full of tiny objects - some that have to be assembled from even tinier objects. For example, there’s a sauté pan with lid, smaller than a fingernail that you make by cutting out a tiny disk for the base, a strip to glue around it for the sides, a clear plastic lid, a ring to frame the lid, glueing it all together with a little bent wire for the pan handle and a 2mm bead for the lid handle. I think that alone took me 30mins-1 hr to make!Instructions are not bad - photo of alternate angles may have helped with some steps. Be sure to check all the items to confirm you have everything and to familiarize yourself with the pieces. You’ll need the right tools to assemble this kit - scalpel style knife, magnifier, tweezers, ruler. I found the most difficult things to work with was the fake grass (couldn’t get the template to stick or cut through it correctly) and the gold wire (used for the faucets - the gold kept flaking off).No glue was provided with the kit - luckily I had some left over from a completed booknook.Otherwise, the results were really rewarding. Beautiful piece that provides a really strong sense of accomplishment.

I built this for my sister for her birthday. It's the 4th miniature build I've done. It took me about 100 hours, altogether.And, it's a beautiful build.The instructions were clear. The pictures are very helpful.The number one tip I've found in miniature building is: be open to making modifications when necessary. Your build may not look exactly like the picture, but it can still look really great.I made several modifications for various reasons.Some thoughts:+ The triangular roof pieces were not big enough to attach to the other roof pieces. There was an open gap on the roof that was probably an inch wide. This was disappointing. To cover, I glued extra of the green vine over top of it.+ Be careful with the small wooden pieces for the pastry display cabinet. In the process of gluing the cabinet together, one of the pieces snapped into several smaller pieces. So, I improvised and created a pastry table.+ When making the pieces with shelving, it's probably better to glue the smaller pieces on to the shelves before gluing the shelves to the cabinets. I followed the measurements in the instructions, but still had to remove and reset shelving in both cases. Also, I ended up modifying where some things were placed due to insufficient shelf height.+ Due to a challenge gluing the fabric with the pink pillow on the rattan sofa, I used a leftover bunny from a Lego set.+ Some of the paper crafting is intricate. It requires patience, a steady hand, and focus. And even then, there's margin for error. One small mistake in the cutting or gluing can cost you the piece.+ The window film that I received was a bit scratched and smudged. So, I purchased transparency film to substitute.+ The transparent film collects dust. I used a can of compressed air to clean the windows off when done. Note: Be very careful (gentle) when doing this, and make sure your window film is glued well. I ended up using too much pressure and blowing out one of the triangle windows. It also blew some of the interior pieces around, too. Because everything is closed in when put together, it can be very difficult to reset the pieces on the inside.

This review is for the Magic Coffee Shop. This was a fun and rewarding challenge. The build time was about 45 hours, which was in align with the described 36 to 48 hours. There were no missing pieces. The kit had no glue which the instructions indicated it did come with but other reviews also seem to indicate it is not included. I used a combination of paper/wood glue and a clear Gorilla glue for plastic pieces pieces. The level of detail is amazing. Some parts are very small. I suggest a free standing (hands free) magnifier, fine tweezers and some type of putty to embed small parts on and hold them for stability and while glue dries. The instructions were pretty clear and thorough but there was some lack of detail about certain things and plenty of detail about others. For some reason the instructions seemed a bit inconsistent with the level of details at times. After having completing one, I'm sure another in the same style would go much quicker. Having a dedicated work area would be preferred as opposed to sitting on the floor at a living room coffee table like I did. Overall this is a good quality kit with a very detailed and crisp looking finish. It will test your eyesight and manual dexterity, especially if you're getting older and starting to lose some of that, like me.