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To the right you will see pictures of the exterior and interior of the Greenleaf Garfield dollhouse I have coming. Mine of course is yet to be assembled, painted, and furnished but this is what it should somewhat resemble when I get it completed. To see additional views visit their website at http://greenleafdollhouses.com/.

July 28, 2008 - I placed my order for Greenleaf's Garfield Dollhouse from http://miniatures.com/. From there I also ordered a lighting kit, tool kit, glue and fish scale shingles. I can see the dollar signs flying out the window of my modest apartment but WHAT FUN!!!!!

August 4, 2008 - I get the lighting kit, tool kit, glue, a daunting 4 bags of shingles...each bag contains 100-1" individual wooden shingles, and of course their catalogue...the wish list grows. I also received two books I had ordered to help with color choices and Victorian history. Now I'm thinking of ways I already might want to modify the dollhouse once it gets here...lol I've made a book list for people interested in this form of resource. Oh and I started this web page as people have asked about the progress of my new hobby. (As you can see I've changed sites and so this site was actually started on 8-8-08) PLEASE NOTE - this dollhouse will NOT be done quickly...it is my leisure activity and creative outlet.

August 5, 2008 - Received three more books and both my wish list and remodeling ideas list continue to grow. There are so many different ways to make this dollhouse stand out and be noticed. I'm having so much fun looking and planning.

August 6, 2008 - Went looking to see what the recommended number of bags/units of clapboard siding it takes to complete the Garfield and discovered an interesting tidbit of information. The daunting 400 shingles...in reality is 4,000!!!!

August 7, 2008 - I love stained glass so went online looking for a possible way to add this feature into my project. One way I hadn't even considered was creating a picture and then printing it to overhead transparencies. There are other ways such as painting glass but using transparencies seems the easiest and most economical at this time.