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Alayna is working on a very special house. This is The Dooley! This dollhouse design was created McGhee's Miniatures ourselves! The basic concept was designed after the dollhouse that Barbara McGhee had as a little girl! Barbara and her younger sister shared this 2 sided design, which worked perfectly for 2 little girls! Some changes and 'improvements' were added to the design!
Here is the progress.
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This is the progress of Alexis' Dollhouse.
Alexis was my very first builder!The story of this very important builder is one I must share!
I opened my business and store in it's first location in Crestwood mall. To be completely honest, I'm not sure I knew exactly what I was doing, having never worked retail, much less owned a business before. Alexis and her Mom, Kelly, found me at Crestwood Mall. Alexis had never really seen a real Dollhouse before, but fell in love when she say them in my store. Her Mom, Kelly, wanted to get Alexis a Dollhouse, but confided in me that they lived in a small apartment, and really did not have the room for it. I poured through my vendors until I found the answer. Greenleaf has a house called The McKinley Dollhouse. This unique Dollhouse hangs on a wall! It is completely flat on the back side of the house! Kelly loved the house, or at least the pictures of the finished house. So I ordered it right away.
When it came in I called Kelly to let her know.She rushed to my store very excited! But her mood quickly changed when she realized that the flat rectangle box I was handing her was the kit she had ordered. Looking like a deer in headlights she cried, "I can't build this! I had no idea it would be so complex!" Of course you can build it I assured her. But her doubt and fear persisted. After going back and forth, arguing if she could build it, I finally dropped the kit on the floor between the two of us and said, "Fine, build it here!" Kelly and I stared at each other, her dollhouse kit resting on the floor. Finally she asked, "Are you serious?" It was at that exact moment that I decided to change my entire business model. I replied, "You know what? Yes I am completely sure! New plan! People can now build their entire kit right here in my store with me by their side if that is what they choice!
Thanks to Kelly and Alexis, many customers now build their houses at McGhee's studio!
This turned out to be the perfect solution. So Kelly and Alexis began work on their house in McGhee's Miniatures first store location.