A woman who has loved building Legos since she was a child is taking her obsession to the next level by making dog houses.
Lauretta Quincey received her first box of Legos when she was just seven years old, which sparked her passion for collecting stacking toys.
The 40-year-old told SWNS, the British news service, that she has “several hundred thousand” pieces she has collected over the years and now keeps in various cabinets in her home in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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The mother of three took her love of Legos up a notch recently when she decided to make a life-size doghouse for each of her dogs, Ozzy and Bailey.
“I always wanted to build things my kids could use, but then I started making them for my first dog, Ozzy, and he loved it,” she said.
Lauretta Quincey said she keeps her Legos in cabinets around her house. (SWNS)
The survey assistant told SWNS that it takes her about three weeks working three to four hours a day to build a large doghouse, something she has already done at least 10 times over the years, she said.
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“I don't use my dining room, so I took out the table and now it's become my Lego room,” she said.
Quincey's dog, Bailey, enjoyed his creation of a six-foot-tall Lego doghouse. (SWNS)
The largest doghouse she ever built was just over six feet tall and more than five and a half feet wide, big enough for her to stand up and lie down in, according to SWNS.
“I always wanted to build things my kids could use, but then I started making them for my first dog, Ozzy, and he loved it.”
Quincey said he finds building the structures relaxing, much more so than simply completing a board puzzle.
Quincey makes dog houses and then deconstructs them to make another version with stacking toys. (SWNS)
“I could just sit and build puzzles, but I like this a lot better,” he said.
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The mother said that after her three children, now ages 22, 19 and 15, stopped playing with their Legos, she would put them away and add the toy pieces to her own collection.
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When asked how many Legos he has, he estimated several hundred thousand, but joked that he would love for someone to volunteer to count them all.
A Lego-obsessed woman built a life-size doghouse for her beloved pet. She has enjoyed Legos since she was a child. (SWNS)
He added: “The collection continues to grow. I receive one or two more boxes every Christmas.”
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