Lannso DIY Dollhouse Miniature Kit, Doll House Kit with Dust Proof Cover, Magic Wand Shop, Mini Handmade Wooden Dollhouse Toys for Adult Gift(F32)

This wand shop miniature kit is definitely not for novices. It’s incredibly detailed and challenging for experienced book nook and miniature crafters. You will need quite a few tools for assembly, which most crafters have on hand, but I would suggest reading through the instruction book first, before beginning assembly, to get a good idea on what you will need. Some helpful reviewers have posted lists too. I love the final look of it, although I did modify a few pieces to work the way I wanted them to. One example is the luggage cart, which I modified the “wheels” in the front to sit lower. The potion bottle, wands and lanterns are my favorites, as they really lend to the detailed “magical” look. I had some issues with the quality of the items, which I had to figure ways to work around the issues. The first being the color of the touch up paint included in the kit. It was a bright green, very gel-like consistency and didn’t match the darker green of the entire store front. I wound up mixing my own color to match with acrylics I had here. Another issue was the splintering of the wood. The green, brown, black and grey sheets are a 3 layer product. There are two thin colored layers sandwiching around a center core layer. The top and bottom layers splinter easily when removing the pieces from the sheet, leaving the internal core color exposed. I used touch up paint and markers to cover those exposed spots. I also used a wood stain pen to color the lightest wood pieces, as I felt they didn’t match the overall look as well. The back battery access panel is also in the lightest wood color, and I stained that also to blend better into the faux brick back of the store. I have not assembled the dust covering/display box as there is a corner chunk broken off. I can’t use it. The most challenging part for me was the wiring. I feel that there is some sort of short where the wires connect to the battery box. I had to anchor the black wire to the box before attempting to connect the two other strands of lights. One helpful tip to get a good connection from the single fairy light to the battery box; lightly sand the wire to remove the coating and it creates more surface for the wire to get the charge. The single fairy light used in the desk lamp is also quite short, so connecting it to the battery box was difficult. All said and done, it really is an impressive and beautiful finished product, in spite of the quality issues, which is why I gave it 4 stars. I have it on display and everyone who sees it instantly falls in love with it. Someone asked me to assemble one for them, and I declined because once was more than enough with this one!