Review of Rolife Free Time Books DIY Miniature House Kit – Part 4 of 5

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I have had my eye on Rolife Miniature House Kits for a while now. After I finished my Island Holiday Book Nook Kit I started looking at which Rolife Kit I wanted to do first.

I decided on the Free Time Books Miniature House Kit and grabbed it from my local Joann Fabrics. (You can also get it from Amazon here: Free Time Books)

My Review

This is the first Rolife set I have done. They offer different levels of DIY from simply snapping pieces together like a puzzle, to painting and building each item. This set leans more towards the latter.

While there is no painting required, there is a considerable amount of cutting and gluing. There is also quite a bit of work with wire.

If you are looking for something that can be done quickly, this is not it. However, the way the instruction breakdown makes it easy to pause between steps and put away if necessary. I took my time and spread the process over a couple days. But in the end the total time it took me to assemble is between 3-4 hours.

I liked the instructions and felt they did a good job explaining each step. My only issue is that the measurements are all in millimeters, and the only ruler I have with mm measurements is my old sewing measuring tape.

Overall, I would recommend this kit to someone who is ready to move up from beginner kits or already enjoys advanced kits with lots of steps.

Videos

Just for fun, I decided to release one step of making my Free Time Book Shop each day. For these blog posts, I will be compiling the videos for the entire week. Each week I will release the new post with the next set of videos, and link the new posts here.

Find Part 1 with days 1-5 Here

Find Part 2 with days 6-10 Here

Find Part 3 with days 11-15 Here

Find Part 5 with days 21-24 Here

If you want to see the videos as they come out each day, follow me on Instagram at

https://www.instagram.com/michaela.makes.it

Days 16-20

This week includes a rather big mistake that I made. On day 16, I broke the lightbulb off the wire after I had it attached. I also realized at that point that I had cut my wire too short, so it wouldn’t have reached around to where the battery pack was supposed to attach. I decided to pivot and forgo the light and electrical elements. Would the final project have benefited from having the light working? Yes. Do I still like my finished project? Yes. For me, not having a working light was not a deal breaker.

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