In early 2003 I bought a bunch of Shenendoah kits (now owned by Houseworks) in order to make a kitchen island like one I saw in a 1997 issue of Dollhouse Miniatures. After almost a year of cluttering up my own kitchen in varying stages of put-togetherness, they have finally been finished!
Here they are, painted and waiting to be attached to each other.
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I wanted this kitchen to have all the modern conveniences… including a dishwasher! There’s nothing uglier than a little person with dishpan hands…
I used pieces of basswood between each cabinet so they’d fit snug in the space against the wall. The floor and backsplash are made from “Spanish tile” paper from What’s Next, which I bought from HBS.
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