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| Under the Christmas tree one year, the Queen found a kit for a dollhouse. The King thought that it would only take two or three months at the most, to put it together. The Queen was delighted. Two years and three months later the house was finished and the Queen was ready to move in. |
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project as it turned out was just like building a real house. The framing
went up pretty fast. The first indication that there were going to be
problems was when the Queen decided that the Victorian flashing on the
roof had to be changed to the more modern contemporary style. Then the
decision needed to be made as to the color of the house and the trim.
Out came the color cards and several trips to the paint store. |
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With
the easy part completed, the next phase was to complete the inside of
the six room house. Before any finishing could be done the house needed
to be wired for light fixtures and wall plugs. Question one: How many
plugs, and where to locate them? Question two: How many light fixtures,
and their location? The plugs were the easy part but took a while to decide
on the location. The fixtures were something else. The Queen spent hours
looking through decorating books and many visits to the Doll House store.
Finally, it was decided that there would be three, two real crystal chandeliers,
one in the living room and one in the dinning room, and a kitchen light.
With the decisions, made wires were run to the selected locations through
the walls and floors. |
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| The flooring was not much easier. After much thought and some more trips to the Doll House store, it was decided that the house would have varnished oak floors in all the rooms except the kitchen, which would have linoleum. The Queen pointed out that it was easier to clean up spills on linoleum. By this time we were on first name basis at the Doll House store, and the project was just starting with the major decisions still to come. Each room needed to be decorated and wallpaper selected. As the Queen had not selected the furniture for each room, she wanted wall coverings that would not constrain her final selections. This process took months and many more trips to the Doll House store, as well as pouring through many decorating books. With the wallpaper hung, the floor and ceiling moldings were installed along with the bathroom door and a French door leading to the kitchen and dining room. The end was near, --- there was light at the end of the tunnel. The final hurdle; the staircases. |
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