Today, I am taking you through the next Rolife DIY book nook kit review, and this time it is one of the new ones; a book nook kit called Sakura Densya.
This review and walkthrough will be a bit shorter than usual, because it is honestly so easy to assemble, without the use of many crafting materials or issues that I encountered 😉
But I will take you through some points and pros and cons, so let's go!
Updated 03/01/24
But First: What Is Robotime/Rolife again and is it legit?
Robotime, aka Rolife, is a brand that has been making DIY dollhouse kits, 3D wooden puzzles, and miniature toys since 2007, and is located in Beijing in China.
I have already created several of their one-room kits and even hacked them a bit, so they sure are legit!
In recent times, they have developed a lot of book nook kits and the one that I want to take you through today has an Oriental design. But you will see what I mean below.
Don't forget that these kits are to be self-assembled and that they can decorate your home in a pretty way 😉
A Rolife DIY Miniature Dollhouse kit Called Sakura Densya
Let's dive a little deeper into detail about this particular miniature kit.
The previous DIY dollhouse kits from Rolife/Robotime that I assembled, were all "regular" and modern kits or one "Greenhouse" kit, called "Cathy's Flowerhouse", or I even hacked one named Simons Coffee and turned into a cat Café 🙂
This time, however, it is a book nook kit and it is more a 3D puzzle than an actual kit to "assemble".
What I mean is that you need to literally push out "puzzle pieces" and just push them together, step by step and layer by layer.
Most of the time, I didn't need glue, but sometimes you do need it, just a little bit is enough.
The design looks quite Oriental to me, with an Asian name as well.
The pink flowers, the stream, and the design of the walls give it a Japanese/Chinese look.
You can place a book nook perfectly in your bookcase, between real-size books, it is a surprise for visitors to see these! 🙂
This Book Nook took me about 22 hours to assemble, which is relatively short in my case haha!
Check out this book nook kit called Sakura Densya on Amazon
Check out this book nook kit called Sakura Densya straight from Robotime
Assembling Sakura Densya book nook kit, my process with images and videos
- First of all: make sure to "click out" one piece at a time to assemble the 3D puzzle, and not all at once like in the publicity ads, because it will be hard to find out in which order you need to put things together 😉
- There really is no need to apply a lot of glue on plastic pieces, or in general for that matter, or it will show! Just apply a tiny bit of glue with the help of a toothpick, using grab-fast tacky glue will be good enough!
- I decided not to film the whole process from start to end, because honestly, this was very easy to follow and make according to the manual.
But I did film a final video and some things in between while in process, check it out on my Youtube channel below.
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