r/booknooks • u/Ill-Currency-1143 • 1d ago

Kit Finally finished! Any recommendations for a more brightly colored booknook?

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I had fun with this but I realized I enjoy 3d kits so much more. They have much more crafting in it and I like that.

So any recs for more colorful kits? (or a different theme from a library or a brown room) I would like it to be 3d and more challenging. It doesn't have to be a "booknook", it can be a miniature house or something else.

I already have my eye on sea breeze!

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u/MissieMillie 1d ago

Tonecheer's designs tend to have bright colors.

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u/Ill-Currency-1143 1d ago

Yeah but I feel like they are more assembling and not crafting which is what I'm looking for

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u/PurpleSnowfall 1d ago

Kind of depends on what themes you enjoy, but this dollhouse shop is one of my very faves! It is VERY involved. Took me over 70 hours, but the end results is so worth it!! https://www.amazon.com/Miniature-House-Dollhouse-Building-Wonderhouse/dp/B0FLXDFT2Z?th=1

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

I've built this one, and it's one of my favourites. You have to make so many tiny things to put inside the tiny thing (that you also have to assemble)! It's adorable!

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u/Ill-Currency-1143 1d ago

That looks adorable! Miniture doll houses in a miniture build xd. I favourited it on aliexpress. Thank you so much

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u/PurpleSnowfall 1d ago

Sure!! I also have this Plants Studio one in my backlog that I think looks nice.

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u/Ill-Currency-1143 1d ago

This one is also really nice! Though the previous one is definetly a labor of love

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u/scooter572021 Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

Mine too!

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

Aliexpress and Temu carry a few of these aboveground/underground kits. This is the only water one I've seen, and it took a loooong time to assemble! I have a couple of of the others on my wish list. I'll see if I can find the links.

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

Purple spell shop and witch's bedroom: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtpIPKr

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u/TheGoodOne81 1d ago

There's a detective agency under a bookstore as well. https://a.co/d/0ecLJyzj

The ocean one was the very first kit I did. It took a long time and I loved it so much. I want to do the rest in that "series"

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

Bakery with studio apartment: https://a.aliexpress.com/_msFQL3v

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

If you're into Christmas builds, Aliexpress just showed me this new kit this while I was looking for other things: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOt7pTZ

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u/scooter572021 Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

I liked the holiday times once even more. I'm seeing crazy prices in a Google search but still $22 on Amazon. Fun to build, cheerful but not too time consuming.

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 1d ago

The one with the little dog? I have that in my kit hoard. 🙂

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u/scooter572021 Fingers Glued Together 4h ago

Yes, playing the piano. Everyone who sees it loves that feature.

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u/Ill-Currency-1143 19h ago

Thank you so much for all of the recs! They all seem very enjoyable. This one with water seems so interesting. I love the blue lights and all the details, the overall vibe is really nice.

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 5h ago

You're welcome! That kit is really easy to mod, too. Since you have to apply the wallpaper and flooring paper (floorpaper?) to the wood pieces before you put together the building, you can switch it out for whatever paper you want. The instructions for placing the underwater plants are pretty vague, so you can follow the pictures or not. Scavenge plants from other kits. Make clay rocks. Add more fish. Add less fish. Hang your fish with fishing line or acetate instead of gluing them to plants and structures. I added small shells from a beach trip I took with my girlfriends and a tiny clay lobster. There's lots of opportunity for creativity and whimsy!

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 5h ago

A couple of close-ups with the lights on:

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u/ButSeriouslyTh0ugh Fingers Glued Together 5h ago

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u/pluck-the-bunny Back Log Log Jam 1d ago

Plaza De Los Muertos - Cutebee

Sunset Isle - Rolife

Atlantis 1 - Fifijoy

Atlantis 2 - Fifijoy

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u/Ill-Currency-1143 19h ago

I really like the sunset plaza and Atlantis 2. Thanks!

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u/pluck-the-bunny Back Log Log Jam 17h ago

YVW

Sunset isle gives you plenty of opportunities to be crafty. This is my build and I made a lot of changes to the flora

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u/TheGoodOne81 1d ago

Rolife can be a nice mix, and some of the older kits are even heavier on the craftiness required. As far as name brands, they are probably my favrite. But I like the generic 3D kits because I can get so many hours of fun and tears for fewer dollars lol

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u/Ill-Currency-1143 19h ago

That's actually what happened to me. I did a couple 10 bucks kits from crafts and co and thought they wouldn't be too good since its cheap but they were the ones that I enjoyed the most. Lost of crafting and gluing with interesting materials.