Just because I have been MIA does not mean that I have not been working on any dollhouse stuff. Quite the contrary, I have worked on stuff. It's been slow going for sure though.
The siding....when I last
wrote a post I had just finished one side of the McKinley house. It took forever to do the other side! There were all those little tiny spaces between the windows on two floors of the tower. The top of the tower had oval windows. Oval windows equal pain in the arse if the trim is already installed when doing siding!! (Any window actually) and of course tons of angles around the slopped roof. I would work about an hour or so on nights when I was home and when I could spare the time. Anything more and my patience would start to wear thin and I would begin to make sloppy errors and/or make decisions to cut corners. So it was understandably slow going! But eventually I got it done and then painted the siding and touched up the painting on the trim and porch.
During the final paint touch up I got tired and accidentally swabbed the trim color on the siding. While fixing that I got the siding paint on the trim. So I put the paint away and finished it the next night. Just another lesson in going slow and stopping before you make stupid mistakes!!!
I also put the egg carton 'stone foundation' on that second side. While I was at it I 'stoned' the chimney! So other than the door and the fun stuff for the porch (flower pots, mailbox, etc) that side is done!!!
I actually like the poster board siding and thought it turned out really well.
When I finished that I pondered the inside of the McKinley and decided that I needed to get the Mini Mansion closer to completion before moving onward with the McKinley interior.
First up was a look at the flower to hid the wiring for the one lamp. I had tried a few homemade ideas and they all went belly up on the work table. I needed a tall grassy plant to hid the wiring. I eventually went to Hobby Lobby and picked up some artificial grass. I cut it off the length that I needed. I used floral clay and a wee tiny pot and it worked perfectly.
I then turned my attention to the bed for the Mini Mansion. I bought a bed a while back with the idea to use it in the Mini mansion but it totally dwarfed the room. That left me with the need to make a bed. I pondered, plotted and planned.
I have had a few aborted attempts.....
But I'm not out for the count. I have another idea!!!
So in he multiple aborted attempts at ideas for the Mini Mansion I decided to turn my attention to the Mckknley. At first I thought about working on the kitchen first. I even took the time to make my templates of the walls, ceiling and floor of the kitchen...including electrical wiring.
This plan for the kitchen was all because I found a flooring at an antique store that I liked. However,the kitchen will take a lot more work. I need more electrical tape wire to finish up the electric. I will need to build kitchen cabinets, procure a table and chairs that will fit in the small space and upholster the window seats. I have my ideas and plans! But when I really thought about it I decided that the bathroom would be the natural first room to complete.
Ok maybe my plan to work on the bathroom first was in part due to the kit I got. What kit? Bathroom accessories!!
Really with that kit and the toilet, tub and sink I have I will be sitting pretty close to having the room complete! I will need towels and some other toiletries to fill the shelves. But not much!!! So I turned my focus to the bathroom.
First up, a template for the floor and tiled flooring. Once the template was made I spent an evening cutting teeny tiny squares. Black and white of course. After that I spent two nights gluing tiles to a poster board that I traced from my floor template.
It was slow going, remember I learned my lesson about rushing the tedious work. That's when mistakes occur!
Slowly but surely the floor took shape. And eventually it was done!!!
The floor isn't totally done. I need to seal it and I want to have a nice little layer of either shellac of modge podge in order to make it shiny like a sparkling clean tile floor!
I'm debating the sink and toilet...I may flip flop them. That remains to be seen!
Next up?
I plan on doing a subway tile on the walls. Basically a white tile half way up the wall, with a row of black tiles on the top of the tiles. Then just a 'painted wall' above that.
Then It will be tiny small things. I will need to paint the window trim (which upon thinking I should do that now!!!!) I have to plan on a color to use for towels and a rug for the floor. I will also have to paint and put my accessory kit together. The legs on the claw foot tub need to be painted also. After that...wow, the room will be just about completed!
