A Lego-obsessed mum who has collected the bricks for 33 years makes incredible life-sized houses for her dogs out of them. <br /><br />Lauretta Quincey, 40, got her first box of Lego when she was seven years old.<br /><br />She loved it and collecting became her passion - even after growing up and having children of her own. <br /><br />Now, the mum-of-three, has amassed several hundred thousand bits of Lego which she stores in cabinets around her home.<br /><br />And her favourite hobby is building life-sized dog houses for her dogs - each one bigger and more elaborate than the last.<br /><br />They take around three weeks to build - with Lauretta working on them for three to four hours a day - and over 10 hours to break down again afterwards.<br /><br />Lauretta, a survey assistant, from from Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada, said: "I always wanted to build things my kids could go into.<br /><br />"But then I started making them for my first dog, Ozzy, and he loved it.<br /><br />"I don't use my dining room so I took out the table and that has now become my 'Lego room'.<br /><br />"I keep the houses up a couple of weeks before I break them down - because I start planning the next one. <br /><br />"I could just sit and build puzzles, but this, I just like it so much more."<br /><br />Lauretta loved Lego growing up and would get it for birthdays every year to add to her collection.<br /><br />She kept the boxes of bricks in her home over the years, adding to it over time.<br /><br />Her passion for Lego was renewed when she had children of her own - now 15, 19 and 22 - and eventually claimed their Lego for her collection after they all grew out of it.<br /><br />She reckons her collection is now "several hundred thousand" pieces strong.<br /><br />She said: "If someone asks me exactly how many I have, I ask 'are you volunteering to count?'."<br /><br />Lauretta's favourite hobby is making spectacular life-sized dog houses for her pets.<br /><br />She has made at least 10 over the years - each one an upgrade of the next - and dedicates up to four hours a day on a project.<br /><br />And once she has finished one, she only keeps it up a couple of weeks before she's itching to break it down again.<br /><br />Lauretta said: "I get antsy - it's actually hard to even finish one.<br /><br />"Because I start planning the next one and I'm excited to start again."<br /><br />She first made them for Ozzy, then when he passed away she made them for her new dog, Bailey.<br /><br />The biggest house she has made was 6ft 1in tall and 5ft 8in wide - big enough for her to stand up and lie down in.<br /><br />The dogs have always loved them and Lauretta said she finds it "relaxing" to build them, too.<br /><br />She added: "The collection is still growing - I get one or two more boxes every Christmas.<br /><br />"I have no idea what it would be worth."
