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Decor dreams take flight with a dollhouse

Laura Jofre's daughter stands with her dollhouse, currently

Photo credit: AP | Laura Jofre's daughter stands with her dollhouse, currently an eclectic collection of Barbie furniture, painted wood furniture, fabric floors and "doodle wall."

In a kids' entertainment world of expensive game systems and disposable plastic toys, there is an alternative: Make something. Play with it.

The do-it-yourself trend, which embraces projects in electronics, engineering and crafts, dovetails nicely with the perennially popular, mainly girl-driven activity of decorating. An abundance of room-decorating games appears online; Girlsgogames.com...

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