MiniCity Book Nook Kit, DIY Dollhouse Booknook, Book Nook Miniature Kit for Bookshelf Insert Decor Crafts for Adults Teen Halloween (Abbey Library)

Cool build! Lots of neat details and stuff to look at. Lighting is great. The scale of some items don’t fit the scene but you don’t buy these things for scale realism anyway. Pieces fit good and the build took me 10 hours at a leisurely pace. Enjoyed it thoroughly!

I have built over 30 book nook kits in the last year and this kit was one of my most enjoyable. The design and artwork are great. Parts production, printing and ease of assembly are first rate. Most parts are designed to fit together with expandable tabs and few require any glue at all. Parts include beautifully printed gold wood, plus paper, cardboard, plastic and plexiglass. It even includes a tiny working stamp for the emperor’s desk. All in all a real masterpiece and puts many other kits to shame.

This is my 3rd book nook, and creatively it’s my favorite that I’ve done and also the most “sturdy.” Constructing the sunken ships took the longest. The materials are really well made, and it was such a fun project to do! The glue is pretty good, but the fog on the dust cover is from the glue, and it wipes off easily. The lighting is so cool, it creates a storm effect with the clouds. Definitely not a starter set, but great for someone who loves to be creative!

I have built this kit twice. It is my personal favorite book nook. There are many good things about this particular kit to recommend it. Firstly, it is a MiniCity product, and that always means it will be a quality item. The MiniCity book nook kits all come with quality glue, a tack hammer, useful metal tweezers, a sanding file, and a detailed full-color large format instruction manual. Other kits at the same price point do not include all of these items, or have much weaker instruction manuals. Many of their kits also can be downloaded so you can zoom in on illustration. They also provide an email address for free replacement parts and other support. I have no relationship with MiniCity, but I have built many book nooks by them and by other companies, and find that they are a top provider. Yes, I am a fan of their products! I appreciate that the "book with pages" that need to be accordion folded have the pages scored to make the folding easier. This has been a real pain to so in the past with stickers and no scoring. The umbrella you need to fold is similarly scored to simplify its creation. The LED lights have color-coded wires that simplifies identifying which light to select when wiring them. There is a full inventory list at the start of the manual, and each section of the instruction highlights the board to be used in that stage of assembly. The finished prodcut is unique and striking. Recommended project.

very pretty and very fun. my sister finished it in a month

This is my first puzzle I’ve done and I found the directions to be very easy to follow. I plan on doing more. Would love to have more Harry Potter options

This is the most amazing kit!! I’ve worked in many natural history museums, so this kit reminded me of those days. There are few words in the instructions, but all the parts are labeled very well and the illustrations are great. The entire kit is very well organized and the materials are high quality. There was one piece that was mislabeled and a bit too wide (a YouTuber had the same experience), but it wasn’t that big of a deal. The scene looks so real, down to the individual books and sketches. I’m less than a quarter of the way in and enjoying every minute!

This is my fourth such kit that I have assembled, and as a whole I have enjoyed the process while at times resisting the urge to take a hammer and smash the whole thing. On this particular kit, I noticed (after installing the first part-a somewhat rickety staircase) that some of the slots where things must be placed on the floor of the kit do not go all the way through. In this case, I cannot simply apply a little pressure and pop them out. The cut is so shallow that it does not appear on the bottom of the piece. If I had noticed this in the beginning, I think the fix would have been easier before attaching the steps and back wall. I am concerned that my attempts will damage the floor and the carpeting removing some of the print if I don’t get it just right. Also, with this particular kit, there was a strong, unpleasant smell, initially. It has largely dissipated after setting out for several days on my table. Lastly, I am not a fan of the notching on the little tabs that insert into other pieces. I prefer the uncut ones that may require more pressure, but stay together more consistently.