Jesikah wanted a big dollhouse for Christmas, so after looking around, we found a nice one for a great price with only one catch--you have to build it yourself. :) Eric was excited about the project and Alex wanted to wire it for electrical, so we decided to involve Alex and let him help build it for his sisters. These are some step-by-step pictures of the building process. As it turned out, it was a much bigger project than we originally anticipated. It required a lot of painting, cutting, assembling, and gluing, but we finally finished it the night before Christmas eve, whew!
Eric still excited about the project. :)
Alex and Eric putting in the electrical.
The roof is on!
Pre-painted view of the inside
Alex painting the shutters.
Putting in the windows
And...it has real working lights!!
Yes, even I helped. I did a lot of painting and shingled about half of the roof, and then I picked out the furniture (of course).
Eric fitting the shingles into the corners--they all had to be cut to the right angle in order to fit.
Eric painting the many, many porch rail posts.
The porch is finally on, and we're finished!
Back view
Even though it was a lot of work, especially for Eric, it was very rewarding for us to see how excited the girls were. It seems like every couple of years we try to take on a homemade project and it always ends up being more meaningful.
Eric still excited about the project. :)
Alex and Eric putting in the electrical.
The roof is on!
Pre-painted view of the inside
Alex painting the shutters.
Putting in the windows
And...it has real working lights!!
Yes, even I helped. I did a lot of painting and shingled about half of the roof, and then I picked out the furniture (of course).
Eric fitting the shingles into the corners--they all had to be cut to the right angle in order to fit.
Eric painting the many, many porch rail posts.
The porch is finally on, and we're finished!
Back view
Even though it was a lot of work, especially for Eric, it was very rewarding for us to see how excited the girls were. It seems like every couple of years we try to take on a homemade project and it always ends up being more meaningful. 
5 comments:
Wow! What a great doll house. The three of you did a great job putting it together. I'm not sure Scott & I would have been able to complete it with our marriage intact :)
The house was great! I wished taht we had family around too, perhaps next year if you all are still there, and we are still here we can plan it so that we could come and visit. It looks like you had a good Christmas.
Nice work on the doll house! Ally was so excited to tell me about it after a very excited Jesikah told her about it. Good job!
Amazing doll house! Shingles! Electrical! Wowzers!
All I have to say is that house is amazing!! Can we hire Eric?? :)Looks like you had a fun Christmas and thanks for posting the pic of Joel's wedding. It was fun to see everyone and the cute couple.
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