My daughter received a huge gift from the HH™’s family: a large armoire for her American Girl doll. Only it wasn’t a finished thing – it’s a project that needs assembly by an adult such as (gulp) me.

The Kid™ is terribly excited to have this done and put Kit & Kit’s clothes in the box, but first I have to assemble supplies and put the armoire together.
Step 1:
The Kid™ and I spend 90 minutes in the fabric store picking out fabrics, getting them cut, and trying to figure out how to buy 12.5 yards of fusible web, which I am not even sure what is, entirely.

1.5 hours of project time in, and all we have done is bought supplies. It is at this moment that I fully understand that this project is no small undertaking for me.
Step 2:
Yesterday, since I had the day off and the Christmas decorations are all down, I finally opened the kit. I pulled out the instruction book and start reading.

Step 3:
90 minutes later, I have accomplished… punching out the main exterior cardboard and I think I have a good sense of how the exterior is to be covered and constructed.

Total project time: 3 hours and counting….