CUTEBEE Dollhouse Miniature House with Furniture, DIY Dollhouse Kit with Dust Proof, Music Movement, 1:24 Scale Creative Room for Gift for Family and Friends (Rose Garden Tea House)

I am currently putting this together, I love it, but the pieces are super small, sometimes I have to use tweezers to pick up the different parts. It is not a snap together puzzle, every part has to be glued, including the paper items. It says on the box to use 2 AAA batteries for the lights but it only uses the round batteries like goes in a watch #2032. I don't think I would purchase again the small pieces are hard to work with, but, the instructions are very clear and easy to read. So it has some good qualities about it, but too small for me to work with easily.

I had about 10 booknooks under my belt before attempting to build Magic Wand and Magic Coffee miniature.I read all the reviews about how things had to be cut and glued together to make everything from scratch so I knew what I was getting into from the start and there were no surprises. That's why I think I really loved this style of build. It's tangentially similar to a booknook kit, but here everything is kind of freeform. No snapping things into place or just popping out a coffee maker and placing it somewhere. It's very detailed and I like that everything is 3D. Also cool to be able to open it and look at the details inside.Magic Coffee took me about 3 weeks of working on it. Another reviewer said it took them 100 hours to fully assemble and even though I didn't keep track of time spent, I believe it was probably close to that.Magic Wand took me about 2 weeks since it was a very similar build to Magic Coffee. I got tired for making wands so I had to take a break for a few days so that it didn't get annoying, but overall it was a fun build. Lots of odes to Harry Potter. My box had a paintbrush but it was was missing the paint. I happened to have green paint on hand that matched closely so I used that for the window and some trim.My personal supplies included: scissors, B-7000 glue, Scotch super glue, ruler, furniture markers to touch up edges, exacto knife, tweezers, binder clips large and small. Note that neither kit included any of this.The box was not wrapped in plastic and I was worried about missing pieces, but I went through the inventory list and counted every bead, button, and screw before beginning and 99.9% of everything was there with some to spares. I also check the lights 1st thing before every build to make sure that was working. Some wood pieces are warped and therefore I had to use superglue, but for everything else I use B-7000 glue which has worked perfect for all my builds. It was also hard to take the pieces out without splintering so I had to use an exacto knife on every wood piece. I had to keep binder clips on hand for these builds since there was a bit of clamping required to keep things together. I suggest keeping everything separated in the ziploc bags they come in. I had no issues with instructions on either miniature, everything was straightforward (though I'm very good at assembling furniture so following instructions are my strength). I don't ever read the text on instructions because pictures are usually more than enough for me. I am meticulous and patient so these projects keep my creative juices engaged.I really had a blast assembling this and recommend it for more those with more experience.

This was a (from scratch) making lil tea and bakery book nook. You will do everything to build it. It was hard but I loved the challenge! I’ll send pictures when I’m done. My cousin said, send it back! It’s too hard and you won’t like it. I wanted to try it, so I did. I don’t think I’ll buy another one like it though. It took a long time to finish it. I’d rather do the punch out and put together ones. This one was only my second one to put together.

I finally finished this kit and had a lot of fun doing it. It is pretty challenging and some of the paper products were too tiny to cut out, but I enjoyed the challenge and I’m very happy with how it turned out. I’m an experienced crafter and would not recommend for everyone. However I had so much fun doing it and it’s totally worth the cost with lots of fun tiny cakes and treats. I will definitely do more miniatures in the future.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Previously, I assembled a wooden model by CUTEBEE and thoroughly enjoyed it. The quality and finish of this model surpassed others I had put together, so when I noticed another Japanese-themed model from CUTEBEE, I decided to buy it. That was a big mistake!The CUTEBEE Dollhouse Miniature House Kit turned out to be a disaster. The first kit I received was clearly a return and had missing parts. I ordered a second kit and sent the first one back to Amazon, only to receive another returned model missing essential components. They restock returned items and attempt to sell them as new, unopened kits without checking that all necessary items are included. In the second kit, the entire kitchen set was missing. Moreover, you have to build everything yourself with poorly written instructions. Everything needs glue, which is not provided in the kit. You receive scraps of material and must cut and glue the pieces together yourself. The instructions are badly written, and the diagrams and photos are not very helpful. For instance, when instructed to thread the lamp line through the structure, the instructions say, "Fold it according to dimensions and twist it to fried dough twist."The parts are not properly labeled and are simply tossed together in plastic bags.I am unsure why this model kit has received such high reviews, but I would definitely advise against wasting your money on it. It is very poorly designed.