The catalog says The Queen Anne II is made by Real Good Toys and the following pictures are owned by their website and not by me. Their site is amazing though so check it out if you haven't already http://www.realgoodtoys.com/. The dimensions are 50"W x 49" H x 24"D so that means I am only about 16 inches taller than this house would be when fully built. I guess I really need to wait until I have a "real" house of my own before investing in something like this because once built this dollhouse would be so big that I wouldn't fit through my apartment door so I wouldn't be able to take it with me!
Then I saw this miniature English display hutch (once again the pic is owned by http://www.miniatures.com/hbs/global/index2.asp and not me) and that sparked the idea that this house would make a beautiful inn! Can't you just see little keys hanging for the rooms and little envelopes and parcels of mail sticking out of all of the little cubbys? I love it!
The inside shot of the house is what sparked my imagination the most. The catalog says this is a 13-room kit, but I only count 12 so I'm not sure exactly where the hidden room is. Any ideas?
So this is how I imagined it - you would come in the double doors and there would some sort of counter there and the display hutch would be behind it against the wall. The downstairs could be used as a little dining establishment that would be open to the town locals as well as the mini travelers who are staying the night at the inn. I think I would have to do a little bashing to the layout to make everything look the way it does in my head though. I think the downstairs room to the right should have a door leading out onto the beautiful porch so you could dine outside in the evenings. I'm not sure what all would be in the downstairs room to the left, but I know there would have to be a kitchen somewhere and maybe some sort of den area with some comfy chairs where guest could curl up with a pipe and a good book. The closed off rooms on the left-hand side of the second floor would be for the inn keeper and his family. The small room in the middle would be the shared bathroom for the inn guests. I would want one of those older toilets with the pull chain so I'm not sure what time period that would put the house in. The room to the right and the two rooms on the third floor would be bedrooms painted with warm colors and filled with big comfy beds with plenty of blankets and fluffy pillows. There would be wooden floors throughout and rich carpets and rugs scattered around. I wonder if there would be a way to take the outside door out of the second floor bedroom and put it in the hallway where the stairs are so that all the guests would have access to the balcony? And what exactly do you put on a balcony anyway? It seems like rocking chairs would go on the front porch, right?
And by the way if anyone would like to donate to my dream I do have a paypal account...just kidding!!! Later guys!
In this pic you'll see Sophie encouraging Olive to come and join her in the pool.
I'll leave you with one last overhead shot of the girls playing out in the backyard. I don't know how well you could tell from the pictures, but I hand sewed the tiny bikini bottoms. I took a small piece of fabric and folded it in half and then cut semi-circles out of the bottom edges. I then fitted the bottoms on the dolls and folded the tops over at the waist and sewed the sides together. I definitely need to search online for some free clothes patterns so that I can do a bit more practicing. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the pics!
Next is a leftover box that jewelry comes in that I found at my Mom's. I used the box as a form and covered the outside with popsicle sticks. If you can see the bag of sand behind it then you might be able to guess where I'm going with this. 
And finally here are some more mini making supplies that I found over at my Mom's. She and my Dad are currently cleaning out their basement so there's lots of good stuff to be found. First the string I think could be roughed up and used for some nice mini rope to hang outside of my saloon. Gotta have something to tie those mini horses up with, right? Then the book in the middle is an old day planner of my Dad's from 1990. The cover is some of that fake leather looking stuff. I'd like to experiment around with it and make a more realistic looking cover for the scrapbook that I made for my Mom's birthday present. And also the pages of the planner are all edged in gold leaf or whatever you call it. I could use the scrapbook cutter (that I have yet to return to my Mom) and use the pages to make a mini Bible. My real Bible has a black leather cover with gold edged pages so that's what I thought of when I saw the planner paper. And the big wad of cottony stuff off to the right is just all of the insides that I stole out of the old jewelry boxes. I have plans to use those as mattress stuffing. 
Oops - had to come back and update this one after it was published! The little plush pink stickers that you see on the bottom of the planner are from my Mom's scrapbooking supplies. The "S" is for Sophie and the "O" is for Olive - I thought we might use them to decorate their beds whenever I'm finished.
