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Enjoyed it a lot

Order as expected. Son very happy with kit.

This is a great pandemic project if you have free time. I made this over a two month period. Each step took two to three times as long as I thought it would. This project gave me the feeling of accomplishing something for the day as I finished each piece. This kit is very clever and someone’s labor of love. Mine had all the pieces. There were a few very slightly warped wooden pieces but nothing that was a problem. I was concerned about whether there would be enough glue so I used my own Elmer’s Glue All to make all the paper, and paper and wood books. I was glad I did this. There are a lot of books! I think the Elmer’s Glue was easier to use anyway for paper. The project glue in my kit was very good with the wood and metal parts, as well as paper, and did not have a smell. I also was very glad I had a small desktop battery operated OttLite with a magnifier on it. Here are my recommendations.1. Read through the whole instruction book carefully before you begin.2. Make the wood and paper books first thing while you are enthusiastic. This would have been a drag at the end.3. Do not make the first large bookcase in the instructions first. It is the most complicated. Instead begin with an easy one like cabinet 5.4. Verify the parts for each piece with the part number illustration papers. Very important. Also, it may have guide marks you need to make on the wood.5. Fit the pieces together before gluing to figure out where to put the glue and to be sure you’ve got it right.6. This project takes a LOT of patience.7. If you are not patient, or if you are a perfectionist (this is not perfect), or if it bothers you it is made of wood, paper and cloth do not buy this.8. Do not buy this for a child. Even at 14 I think the child would get very frustrated and perhaps lose interest due to how much work is involved.9. The paint will not give you a solid white wall. It will look a bit rustic. I tried artists’ tube acrylic white paint and it did not work either. I finally used artists’ white gesso but I don’t recommend buying it if you don’t have any.10. The kit comes in a great box for storing the project parts.11. The lamp! It will work if you put it together right. I just didn’t have the skill. I would say it takes a person experienced with doing this kind of thing. I read the instructions many times and examined parts and tried very hard. I ended up cutting off the wires and just fabricating the lamp which was hard enough. I spend 9 hours over three days. I glued it in place. Once I had the bookcases filled, I thought it didn’t look good – too large for the scale and very busy. So I removed it.12. The end product is very cute.

This is my third model from this company. I love putting these together. The instructions are pretty easy to follow, most things can be cut with scissors, and it’s something you can easily pause and come back to. I definitely recommend these to someone who likes small, short projects like this.

Bought one from the same company for my granddaughter last year and she loved it. Good quality pieces. Builds well and takes time