Liann's Cozy Cottage (LEGO 42687)

About this set

This is LEGO Friends 42687, Liann's Cozy House, a 946-piece building set rated 2/5 for difficulty, with instructions split across two volumes and Friends branding on the box. The finished model is a street-scene house: a two-storey home with a balcony, curved windows, a skate ramp, a street lamp, trees and a minifigure, built in pink, purple, blue, green and yellow. Work through volume one then volume two, raising the main walls and curved windows first, adding the balcony and roof after, and saving the ramp, lamp and trees for the exterior pass. At 946 pieces and 2/5 difficulty the build moves along without much clutch trouble, though the curved window and balcony joints need lining up carefully, and it pays to dry-fit the ramp and lamp before pressing them down. It suits builders who have finished smaller sets and want a two-storey street build, and Friends minifigure collectors drawn to the pink, purple, blue, green and yellow palette; on display it reads as a complete house with a balcony and ramp.