Flever Dollhouse Miniature DIY House Kit Creative Room with Furniture for Romantic Valentine's Gift (Coffee Time)

This is a very small project. Looks great when done but if your eyesight is poor you might need magnifying glasses to see your book. I found b7000 glue works best on these

Fun project for teens and adults. Instructions are easy to understand and diagrams are provided for ease of putting the items together. Assembly level 1 to 10, ten being difficult, iI rate this a 5 to 6. Loved the finished look. This project did not come with glue or batteries. Order a medium thick clear tube of glue and 3-LR44 batteries.

I learned a lot from this kit. It's the second such model kit that I have ever done. Second from the same manufacturer as well. One thing I learned is that despite having done similar kits from the same company, don't assume that the instructions are exactly the same. The directions are there for a reason. Refer to them even if you think you know what to do. I've also found that good enough is okay. I tried to make something look perfect and I ended up completely messing it up. To the point I had to buy another kit to help me out. It's only my second kit. I'm learning and I will get better. This kit comes with almost everything you need. You get scissors and a nice pair of elbow tweezers. You also get an exacto knife. However I would rather have gotten the high quality glue that came with my first set instead of the blade because I can't find that glue anywhere to purchase individually (The label is all in Chinese or Japanese) and while the blade is fine; the craft knives I already have are of superior quality. Though this kit has less steps to complete than my first kit, I felt that Coffee Time was more advanced. You have to specifically weave the lights into a pattern for proper illuminating as well as to prevent the wires from being seen. You have to clip and bend black wires for making the backs of the two bar chairs and the criss-crossing wire magazine rack. Also, you're essentially building 2 rooms from which forced perspective plays a key role in the wonderment of this set Finally is the display case. I really mucked up the first kit by using way too much glue and then scratching the ‘glass’ trying to remove the dried adhesive. Here, I learned that you must not remove the translucent protective covering until after the entire case dries. Second, use a fine tip for gluing the see-through pieces together. There's still a chance you will smudge a little bit. But it will be drastically less when using those keener tips.

This was a really good value. I ordered the coffee time scene, and the assembly was just about right for my purposes. There are a lot of small objects to assemble, so I spent a lot of the glue drying time working on other things. One of my favorite parts about the kit is that the paper cutouts were on a high quality glossy paper that made assembling the paper items extremely easy. The wiring was also pretty easy, though I'm not fond of the fact that it takes the small watch batteries to run. However, I am a fan of the fact that the battery case is easy to access. But my actual favorite part about this kit is that there is no flora to assemble. Flowers and plants give me fits! I'll be ordering more of these. EDIT: I've now assembled four of these, and I highly recommend them. For more advanced users: Others have said that you need to bring your own glue, and that is definitely true. I recommend having some wood glue and some super glue on hand. The wood glue is for any pieces involving unfinished wood, and the super glue is for any pieces that involve metal. I also recommend getting some Beacon 3 in 1 craft glue for everything else. An exacto-blade is included, and it's a good way to get started until you figure out what you're looking for in that kind of a tool. The scissors that is included is kind of flexible, but it does work. I hardly use the scissors for anything anymore, so that didn't affect me much. It also comes with a tweezers which, again, is a great way to get started until you figure out what you're looking for in that kind of a tool. To give an idea, I assemble things like this fairly regularly. I have an exacto-tool that has about six different blades that I can swap out, three different tweezers for different purposes, and two different scissors (one for fabric, one for everything else). Most of this is optional, but I highly recommend getting some quality glue so you don't find yourself having to re-assemble some parts. The batteries don't matter much to me. I'd prefer this plug into a wall, and since it doesn't, I won't be using the lights (even though they are cool).

On the whole, a great book nook kit, a lot of pieces need to be glued. The reason for the 4 stars is that the instructions need a little more work. The finished product is good, but a little 'Bland', compared to other kits I have built.

The instructions are not very clear and make it very difficult to follow along. It's a lot of cutting, so have scissors on hand. It also did not come with glue, even though the instructions say it does. So I had to find some glue for it. The quality is meh. Nothing fantastic. It's cute, but overall was more of a pain in the butt than it was worth.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: This was my first mini house and I am addicted!! This was so cute, and the details were amazing. A few things were challenging enough to make, to make it more interesting, and bolstered my confidence when I pulled them off. I love that it's all closed in to keep dust from accumulating on everything. I recommend you get a good pair of small scissors, and good tweezers, as the ones that come with it are not that good. Also, I used jewelry glue, and that worked out best for all the tiny pieces. I have gotten five more since this one, it was that much fun to put together!!

I refused to used the dust cover as it wasn't clear. For a first time building anything miniature, I think I did okay, but the instructions weren't great so it's not exact. Not recommended for absolute beginners, unless you want to get frustrated some.