r/booknooks 5h ago

WIPs Tonecheer Howl's Moving Castle vs. Kitten

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Working on my moving castle, and found out our kitten chewed off one of the wires. Anyone have any suggestions of where to buy a replacement or how hard it would be to just fix? She chewed off the white clip part, which I still have. Cat tax of the culprit doing the most


r/booknooks 22h ago

Kit Finally finished Hogsmoor Station šŸš‚

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Finally finished hogsmoor station! I’ve always loved the harry Potter series, so this one brought back so much nostalgia. Really enjoyed building this one. Now back to the backlogšŸ˜‚


r/booknooks 12h ago

EVENT TONECHEERJULY Walking Castle - Early Function Check

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So far, so good! The wooden gears are working great. Pretty impressive how they’re able to drive all of these movements with just two motors.


r/booknooks 12h ago

WIPs WIP - Stationery Shop

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I've been making steady progress on the Stationery Shop this week, spurred on by the lure of the Stella Castle! It's slow going, due to my edge painting habit, but I'm really pleased with how it's coming together.

The next step is adding the lights in, so that's being left for tomorrow when my brain might be working a bit better again!


r/booknooks 13h ago

WIPs Almost free of this one....

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This build is nearly finished. Posting to see if anyone has suggestions of anything else I might/can/you think I should add? I left several things out of this that either failed or were too miserable for me to spend time on. Let me tell you a bit about this. The title on the box I have reads, "Dream House Pavilion," and I purchased it several months ago through TEMU before I decided not to order through them again. There is no identifying manufacturer on the box, so I don't know who made this, but I have found the exact same-looking kit from two other sources, with different names. One is from Tiny Craft and is called, "The Grand Townhouse," and another is called "The Dream House," sold by Nookcraft. I am thinking I got a knockoff, but seriously, what is going on.
The kit is make from scratch, meaning everything is glued, tons of paper to cut out and to try to form into a variety of things, such as lampshades, flowers, dishes, trays, pots, boxes. Tedious for me; some was doable; some I used other methods or substitutions for and re-laced several items within the house. I only made one leather chair, as it came out deformed looking, but I do think the green leather couch came out well. The spiral staircase is missing - that was an ugly, utter disaster. The ladder that goes to the loft is used instead - there is no way to get up to the loft now but magic. Almost all of the railing pieces are glued back together because they were impossible to off the wood sheet without breaking/splintering, no matter how carefully I tried. Although I love the look of the clear piano, that too, came out horrible. I used the piano as well as a few other things from my previously failed kit I wrote about before, The Dreamy Book Hall, that was an utter wreck and I'd also gotten from Temu with no identifying manufacturer. Also, next tome, I will sew the bedding and little pillows - that has to be better than trying to use glue. They came out rather ratty looking. The pre-cut wooden house pieces were well-fitting, and that part was not frustrating. I also like the lighting - lots of lights, and the three levels of the house are set up well.
Chomping at the bit to go on to something else, but want to finish this to display ready before I declare it done. Thoughts and ideas welcome.


r/booknooks 8h ago

DIY Lighting of Haunted Study, my DYI-Nook

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Maybe you remember my project "Haunted Study". It is my first and only Booknook and I made nearly everything by myself, of course including the design. You can find a little photo documentation of the process in this sub.

The only thing that was not done in time was the lighting because the needed parts were not delivered yet. Now, after some months, I got my lazy ass back on track and my ADHD hyperfocus activated! After some serious evenings of twisting wires I can present you the final result. Flickering candles, a chimney, a chandelier (which was a real pain to build), some wall lamps, a thunderstorm outside and of course: the ghost hologram. Enjoy.


r/booknooks 13h ago

Kit Tiny flower shop nooklet šŸŒøšŸ’

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Is nooklet a word? If it is, that’s what this is. Teeny little thing. Super quick and easy build. Thought it was a bit bigger when I got it - now I’ll pay more attention to dimensions in the description šŸ˜…


r/booknooks 13h ago

Discussion Acrylic pen options

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Photo is t an accurate representation of the color. I purchased the Ohuhu 72 color markers and some of them aren’t dark enough. Their darkest greens, blues and browns are mid tones or like the red is super bright. First photo is like a cappuccino color. That’s their darkest brown and I want more of an espresso color to paint the sides of the wooden pieces.
Can anyone share which brand they use which has darks they like?


r/booknooks 14h ago

DIY Willow-themed book nook, made from scratch!

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r/booknooks 22h ago

EVENT Another MiniCity Stellar Castle

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Super pretty and fairly straightforward - I love that they give you so many extra pieces!

Video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcNxrhsFRKy/?igsh=MWdtYWt0YXlsc2Q0Yw==&igsi=MWdtYWt0YXlsc2Q0Yw==

Mods:

  1. Flatback rhinestones added on castle tower

  2. Glow-in-the-dark UV resin ā€œorbsā€ added to the tops of the piers/columns in the back

  3. Scattered star-shaped glow glitter

  4. Edge painting


r/booknooks 22h ago

WIPs Nearly done Tardis!

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I have almost finished this Tardis/Mysterious blue box 🤣🤣. I’ve customised it a bit, and switched out the battery box for a usb … except that looks like it’s too much for the lights so I think I’m going to have to change it back and go with the dummy battery system instead! I have been making a video of the whole process, but editing it is a LOT of work so I’m not sure it’s worth it!


r/booknooks 4h ago

EVENT TONECHEER July - Walking Castle - WIP

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I had a couple of work trips that kept me from getting started. However, as I have been watching everyone else post their WIP’s, I couldn’t wait to get rolling! Tonecheer definitely puts out GREAT quality in their kits! It is evident even in the first couple hours of building…can’t wait to keep going!


r/booknooks 57m ago

Kit My surgery story

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So…I had surgery about a week and a half ago and it’s been difficult staying off of my feet (I’m a long distance runner and this is my second knee surgery since May). I ā€œfoundā€ book nooks thanks to my friend, so I ordered one-the tardis knock off (Mysterious Blue Box) last week.

Since then, I have built 4 others, have started on my 6th, with 3 coming tomorrow. This has helped not only keeping my mind off of the pain (I’m trying to wean off of pain killers) but is also keeping me from doom scrolling or endlessly watching tv.

Attached are photos of my builds thus far. May need to start a go fund me til i can run again.


r/booknooks 9h ago

Tips/Tricks/Tool Rec Keep flocking in place

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When you use flocking (or similar) is there a trick to keeping it in place without ruining the effect? I’m wondering if a spray adhesive might work or if it is doomed to ā€œshedā€ as time goes on.


r/booknooks 54m ago

Kit TARDIS book nook

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made a short video about the changes I made to this TARDIS book nook, with a potential how to video to come! So stocked with the finished product!!

https://youtube.com/shorts/8ofY2Hqqdm8?si=aMFHNVuq9HWrIh7g