The Lindenbergs

No roof or brickwork, but the rooms are all wallpapered and the divider walls and door have been added. Must be Saturday, Anna's still in her pajamas. The house with no roof is about 3 feet tall. Anna's resting on her knees in this picture.

The kitchen table is an "Eric Creation" consisting of cut scrap plywood and 4 dowels. The stove, microwave and cabinets are printed from a web page and cut-&-pasted into shape. Notice the detail work Nora put in, outlets and switches on the walls and a nice wall clock (which is correct twice a day).

Anna's girlfriends, Wonderwoman and Supergirl are relaxing in the living room (and I think babysitting the little girl dressed in the chicken outfit). Nora and I handmade the sofa -its modeled after our own living room set. The area carpet is a crocheted dollie Nora found at the Dollar store.

A Transformer, Optimus Prime, has come to visit the unnamed Barbie in the upstairs bedroom. The Barbie appears to be watching herself in the mirror while the chicken girl has escaped Wonderwoman and Supergirl to converse with the Optimus Prime. Furniture in this room seems to be from the Barbie furniture of bright and colorful line. Notice the ventilation vent near the ceiling and the custom-made picture frame (courtesy of Nora).

The house's sole bedroom is much like the Whitehouse's Lincoln bedroom, it offers overnight stays to many famous and illustrious guests. So far its been occupied by Superman (always the gentleman, he never took off his cape), Wonderwoman and Green Lantern. There are plans in the works to make this a four poster bed using chopsticks as the posts. Notice the Dora the Explorer backpack against the back wall (near the window). The bed's docorative blanket was hand crafted by Cinthy, a very nice woman that I work with, specifically for Anna's doll house.

Based on the way I'm dressed, I'm guessing I've been in the backyard either mowing the lawn or building the house's roof/attic. I believe Anna's comment after this picture was "Dad, you sure are sweating". Notice the pink dog house sitting on top of the dollhouse.

We have roof! Anna spent a lot of time with me outside as I built it. She says she can't wait till she's "big" so she can have her own tools. The attic area was immediately designated as the horses' room. I'm not quite sure how they made it up there, since the house has no visible stairs or elevator. Pierce enjoys playing with Anna and the dollhouse. Usually they're either playing hide-&-seek through the windows in the back, or pretending the house is the Hall of Justice (from the Superfriends).

Shingles and bricks have been added. The brickwork is printed paper (off the web) and glued to the sides of the bookcase/house. The shingles are handcut from the cardboard box the bookshelf originally came in. Nora and I are debating whether to paint the roof black. I suspect we'll leave it brown. You can't see it in the pictures, but the flat part of the roof is actually terraced, so action figures and Barbies can hang out on the roof-deck in complete safety. I'm trying to figure out how to put up a wrought-iron railing around the edge. Anybody got any ideas? Obviously the horses like their new room, but I think all that (apparent) kissing they're doing is a little inappropriate. I need to attach a back to the attic, then Nora's interior decorating will turn to that area. Woodpaneling anyone?

The next major task (for me) will be to build a hinged front, complete with windows and a front door. I have no idea how I'm going to accomplish that.

-Eric (Dad)