Connie Kollmeyer has been working on her dream home for six months now.

Every inch of the Victorian home has been meticulously crafted, from the stained-glass window and the chandelier to the mauve-accented posts outside.

It would be the perfect home for Kollmeyer -- if only she were three feet shorter and a few decades younger.

"The little girl came out in me when this was being built," she said.

She created the Victorian playhouse for this weekend's Tool Belts and Bow Ties auction to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

The home is a two-story testament to details. There is a ground floor complete with a pretend fireplace and a loft area with a small bed where children can play or rest.

A longtime Habitat for Humanity volunteer, Kollmeyer started working on the 90-square-foot playhouse in June. She has worked on it almost every day since.

The playhouse was created from materials donated by area businesses and from the Habitat Restore, a building products recycling center that provides cheap materials to residents in need and donates its proceeds to Habitat.

Kollmeyer started her project by taking photos of Victorian houses for inspiration, ultimately choosing three to morph into a miniature dream home.

With help from husband Jeff Kollmeyer and Bryan Norman of Habitat for Humanity, she has watched her vision become reality.

"She's been a strict taskmaster," Jeff Kollmeyer said. "She has in her head what she wants this to be and she won't settle for anything less."

One reason Kollmeyer has been so resolute in her execution of the playhouse is that its proceeds will help build more Habitat for Humanity houses.

The annual auction has been a good source of revenue, said Habitat spokeswoman Melissa Gates.

Last year's event raised more than $60,000. The money was used to fund construction of a complete new house.

Kollmeyer's Victorian house will be in decidedly more masculine company. The other three playhouses being auctioned are a pirate ship, fire station and train caboose.

Kollmeyer hopes the house will make a lovely Christmas present --but more than that, she wants it to be a catalyst.

I want it "to raise as much money as possible so we can built another Habitat house," she said.

Tickets for the benefit are no longer on sale, Gates said.

However, those who already have tickets can see the house at the Habitat Restore, 2410 S. Scenic Ave., until Thursday afternoon.