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Ocean House - Bricklink 910036
The house by the ocean is part of an original theme I created while writing a story for my son (now a son!). The first set in this theme was Mountain Windmill, which was very gratefully entered into the Bricklink Invitational. As part of the invitation, I was asked to do Ocean House as well, but that wasn't possible at the time, so I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to submit it now. The story tells of a mysterious Mountain Windmill that hides mysteries long forgotten by the villagers who live in its shadow. The road to the windmill is too dangerous until a young village boy discovers a map indicating a hidden path to the Windmill. The boy's home will be House by the Ocean. One of the aesthetic "design pillars" of the theme is the combination of nature and man-made structures. The other is a vibrant and rich palette, I think perhaps my favorite feature of Ocean House is the vibrant multi colored cladding that runs around the facade. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I think it offers v quite a unique sight One of the biggest design challenges was the order in which the kit was built and the way the deck was to be attached to the legs, I'm happy with the solution as I found during construction that it wasn't bad to take it off and put it back on etc.