tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50312518202986721762024-03-13T11:20:18.439-07:00Little EndeavoursA new found small infatuationAaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-76215752353798214802012-05-12T22:16:00.004-07:002012-05-12T22:18:17.880-07:00Another Scratch Build - Day 3Well an update to my Georgian townhouse project. I sat down with it today for the first time in what seems like months, but I'm fairly certain is only weeks - if not just one week... regardless, far too long. We've had a lot of rain the last two weeks, and that humidity has taken its toll on my plywood. All the walls, including the front opening facade, have warped. It made it quite a challenge to build up the box structure for this house, and I'm not entirely sure what to do with the front halves of the house. There must be a way to flatten them back out, and I will find it.<br />
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I did however decide on a colour for the front door, it will be quite red with brass fittings. I even have a mail slot here somewhere in this crap-room to put on the front of it. I also started working on the staircase but then ran out of the triangle wood I'm using for the steps, so tomorrow I guess I will have to go to the hobby shop along with the gym. Luckily they are right beside each other.<br />
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I'm still not 100% sure how to attach the hinges to the front panels yet, I may have to thicken up / reinforce / flatten the front panels with columns of some sort so the screws have something to bite into, and that may be enough to take the warp out of the panels so they fit together again. There is also the front garden to assemble, that may just do the trick too. <br />
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I'm finding the directions in this book don't make sense until you just sit down and do it, then looking back after several choice utterances, it makes perfect sense and you don't really realize where the last four hours of your life went. I suppose it's just the way the English phrase their sentences - helps I've been Americanized!<br />
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I had ordered a few books off Amazon.ca weeks back, and they're filled with projects that are primarily done in the European style (front opening) rather than the North American open backed style. I've never really been fond of these, they tend to look like boxes with windows, and I'm still wrestling with that - unaided by the fact that I do literally have a 24 x 17 box that I'm currently cutting window holes into. <br />
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The project I chose as a learning exercise is the second project in the book, a seven room Georgian townhouse with faux basement. Although seven sounds mighty large, three of the rooms are located in the attic and at best guess will be too small to function as much other than a bathroom. I didn't realize the depth of the house until I was dry fitting the panels together, this thing is ridiculously deep and seems to not be making efficient use of space.<br />
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The author's goal with this project was to build a "home of a well-to-do family and that the rooms should be large enough to fit quite a few impressive pieces of furniture...". Fair enough I say, but when you have a 17 x 10 dining room and not a thing to put into it, plus you have to walk upstairs to find a sofa to plunk your tiny butt on after eating, that just seems ridiculous (I currently live in a townhouse - not georgian - and it's nothing but stairs, this is a serious consideration in my mind).<br />
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Now that I have the panels cut, I don't want to go putting access doors everywhere on my very sturdy box, so I am tossing around ideas for a visual division of the ground floor room so it can be both salon and dining room. My first attempt is pictured, the second option will be pillars . I like that the division travels across the ceiling but I don't think I'm entirely sold on this idea yet either.<br />
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Yesterday I started with the base. The one thing I do like about the front-opening style is that the structure is incredibly sound. This is the first house that hasn't creaked when I pick it up - in fact there's no give to this thing at all. Constructed out of 1/4" pine plywood it should stay relatively stable through the years. The base tucks in between the exterior walls, and has a 1.5" recess at the front where I plan on putting my electrical panel for ease of access. <br />
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If anyone has built anything out of this book I'd love to hear your thoughts on the process. I find I'm having difficulty following the instructions and images provided, they seem out of order somehow, and the author comes across as smug somehow (this is the only true way to do something or other...), but his designs are quite sharp. The book is "Making Georgian Dolls' Houses" by Derek Rowbottom. If you see a copy around definitely thumb through it!Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-63079701161302313322012-04-09T21:43:00.000-07:002012-04-09T21:43:47.789-07:00Day 2 - Beacon HIll<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6aZdGlmIztE/T4O5qDxKfHI/AAAAAAAAAfE/zaG_ppFHeeU/s1600/Day+2+-+2nd+hall+paper.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6aZdGlmIztE/T4O5qDxKfHI/AAAAAAAAAfE/zaG_ppFHeeU/s320/Day+2+-+2nd+hall+paper.JPG" width="320" /></a>After a week of procrastination I decided it was high time to tackle the 2nd floor staircase, which of course meant tackling the wallpapering as well. <br />
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The second floor is a much plainer room, less room for furnishings and only one light, it couldn't handle the floral wallpaper of the ground floor. I opted for a stylized yet relatively simple fabric which was again mod-podge'd onto the walls. I will be able to carry the single square around to the front wall, which means I only have to match one seam on this wall (score!)<br />
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The flooring is possibly my favourite tedious part of a house, it's just mindless enough that you can watch TV or listen to the radio while doing it, but not so tedious that your hands cramp and eyes cross after the first ten minutes. I may find it so easy solely because of my easy-cutter, I really can't imagine doing it without.<br />
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As I'm not one to build and then decorate, most of the work has been determining where lighting will go, how I will conceal it, and then figuring out the priority in which to get the paper on the wall and the paint on the ceiling!<br />
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I went with a floral fabric for the hall/dining room paper. It's bold, but I am still reasonably convinced I can pull this off. It lends an over the top victorian aspect to the staircase, and I'm sure that once the room is filled with dark furnishings it will be toned down considerably.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cBPewUMIhXg/T3lC9rqze4I/AAAAAAAAAe8/jnMXoyL7c-8/s1600/image003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cBPewUMIhXg/T3lC9rqze4I/AAAAAAAAAe8/jnMXoyL7c-8/s320/image003.jpg" width="229" /></a>For some reason the photos always make the paper more yellow than it actually is, the background on this fabric is cream, not yellow - but you get the idea :)<br />
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As far as the exterior goes, I've been waffling between two styles of masonry, but I think I have finally decided to go with the red brick. Every BH I've seen (with the exception of one) has had siding, so I want to avoid that at all costs. So here is my inspiration photo, lol and I'm about to learn a lot about bricking in minature!Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-84632230664907449632012-03-10T21:54:00.000-08:002012-03-10T21:54:14.749-08:00A General Update<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cvap-DIGYbU/T1w8fOr5WAI/AAAAAAAAAes/lpL8tFbp5kE/s1600/organized+craft+room.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cvap-DIGYbU/T1w8fOr5WAI/AAAAAAAAAes/lpL8tFbp5kE/s320/organized+craft+room.JPG" width="239" /></a>I've been working non-stop on a few different projects, but no photo-worthy progress to report on yet! <br />
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In somewhat exciting news, I was given the perfect excuse to justify starting a Beacon Hill. A friend of mine is getting married, it seems as grand an occasion as any to build a massive house, plus I have until July 2013 to get it done so it won't be a rush like the last minute christmas fiasco.<br />
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I also had a chance to sit down and sort through the last lot of miniature supplies I picked up on a trip for balsa wood. It's been both a boon and a source of frustration that every hobby shop in this city is going out of the minatures. I am getting a lot of supplies for next to nothing, but I am going broke buying these amazingly cheap supplies - and places to keep them.<br />
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The boxes contained numerous houseworks windows, hundreds of light fixtures, miles of wiring, several bulb extractors and wire strippers, furniture kits, glassware, furniture components, ceiling tiles, wooden shingles, siding panels, stripwood, landscaping materials - and there are still three boxes to go through. Thankfully, Walmart just "rolled back" their rubber storage bins. I picked up some lovely red ones for a rather reasonable sum. I have just enough room for another stack of two, hopefully I will be able to store everything else in 6 drawers worth of space.<br />
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Also, I found some amazing dollhouse books from the UK on Amazon.ca, 2 of which arrived this week. I now have several more projects to attempt. My scratch build is on hiatus, I lost my drive on that particular project - I'm not sure if it just wasn't speaking to me, or if I was in over my head making something so very complicated as my first real woodworking project in almost 12 years. Either way I'm going to scale it back a bit, the house has moved in to the furnace room so I'm not confronted with it every time I come to my work space.Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-50198541461570283922012-03-04T18:07:00.000-08:002012-03-04T18:07:21.665-08:00Glencroft - Day 27<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SrXcNSAmd0A/T1QePl94tZI/AAAAAAAAAeM/JIWdaHyLWI4/s1600/Day+27+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SrXcNSAmd0A/T1QePl94tZI/AAAAAAAAAeM/JIWdaHyLWI4/s320/Day+27+-+1.JPG" width="239" /></a>I'm on to the landscaping portion of my build, this is where I'm finding it difficult to keep the pace up, There is just so much to do and I don't know what to tackle first! The last couple of days I have been working on the fence and yard on the house. I'm fairly certain the light on the front of the house has been thoroughly destroyed by the cat so I have to figure out how to replace that fixture with the least amount of damage.<br />
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Tomorrow, with any luck, I will be able to install the railing and balusters. some trim work on the side of the staircase (I haven't decided how to treat the sides yet) and I will start staining these bad boys. It's such a relief to feel like I'm doing something on this house again.Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-37630062422141487302012-02-06T09:03:00.000-08:002012-02-06T09:03:03.751-08:00Scratch build - day 5<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qM8PouGWYps/TzAGlwKi2AI/AAAAAAAAAd8/zKD6cG9_3ik/s1600/Staircase+skeleton.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qM8PouGWYps/TzAGlwKi2AI/AAAAAAAAAd8/zKD6cG9_3ik/s320/Staircase+skeleton.JPG" width="239" /></a>I've actually lost count of the days because I've been picking at this house between other tasks / while procrastinating going in to the office. I don't know if it's burn out from the christmas house in such a short time or if I'm actually stuck on what to do next, either way it's extremely slow going on this little house so far.<br />
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I have been working on the staircase in an attempt to get something which looks authentic and is "functional" (as functional as a 1:12 scale staircase can be anyway). I have the risers in place and now i'm attempting to figure out where on earth I put my newel posts! I have a vision of these stairs of flowing arches with Victorian opulence oozing off every tread, and I have a saw and glue, but I haven't the faintest idea how to achieve it! <br />
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My next small step will be cutting the second floor - once that is done I can make my lighting plan and start getting some wallpaper up - once I hit that point I think the process will resume it's normal faster than lightning pace. <br />
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This house is much, much larger than I had originally planned it to be, I think I may be getting overwhelmed!Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-71019157746549090652012-01-07T18:43:00.000-08:002012-01-07T18:43:58.734-08:00Glencroft Table and Scratch Build Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3cawmziIOVY/TwkB3nlUcfI/AAAAAAAAAds/sT4o83IT5SY/s1600/Glencroft+table.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3cawmziIOVY/TwkB3nlUcfI/AAAAAAAAAds/sT4o83IT5SY/s320/Glencroft+table.JPG" width="239" /></a></div>I have been spread between two houses today. I started with a table for the Glencroft to sit on - just to get it off the floor if nothing else. The kitten had far too easy access to the house while it was on ground level. The table has some work left on it obviously, I'm going to dress up the table top a bit - I struggled to keep the design somewhat simple to go with the "basic" style of the house.<br />
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The centre of the table top was cut out so the wiring and fuses are still accessible. The benefit to the table is that I can now do some landscaping! The house oddly doesn't seem nearly as big now that it's elevated.<br />
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My hallway was supposed to be 7.5" wide, this allowed room for the stair kit I have which is 2.5" wide. I'm not sure why something didn't trigger when I realized that my double door kit was too wide - regardless my beloved front wall had to come off tonight and now I have to figure out how to cut my base without taking down all the other glued and nailed walls so that I can add a spacer of three inches.<br />
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I wrestled with putting a "tower" on the back of the house but in the end I knew that I wanted to have visibility of the hallway, and if it was only 4" across it wouldn't be very impressive at all. Two steps forward and one step back it seems!<br />
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I will have further news once I figure out the best way to cut my base!Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-45655559470701212492012-01-02T16:43:00.000-08:002012-01-02T16:43:11.003-08:00Scratch build - Days 1 -- 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6ag3wBfoj8A/TwJMvx5C1jI/AAAAAAAAAdk/_qXw8c9_EwA/s1600/inspiration+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6ag3wBfoj8A/TwJMvx5C1jI/AAAAAAAAAdk/_qXw8c9_EwA/s320/inspiration+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Now that I've had some practice on three kit builds I have decided it's time to put that humongous bundle of windows and doors to good use and make my own house from scratch. To the right is my inspiration photo from a set of blueprints dated in the early 1900's. <br />
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I have no idea how I'm going to do the roof on the tower yet, or how to tackle the bay windows (mainly because I have to fashion my existing windows into skinnier versions of themselves) but I will cross that bridge when I get to it. <br />
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Day 1 was spent making a pattern out of foam core in an attempt to conceptualize the house. Now that I'm in the middle of the build however all this has gone out the window - at this point I find myself winging it and I have no idea where to put the stairs! There have been a couple of points where I found myself longing for a kit build so I could feel like I was making some progress - but today I got a table saw and it's sped things up considerably - I am now making straight cuts and not spending hours sanding the wood down to square up corners.<br />
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Access to the two "tower" rooms will be from a side opening much like in the Lily kit. If I get truly adventurous / confident I will hinge a wall there so when the lights are on it doesn't cast strange light all over the place. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>So far I think it's managed to avoid making "a box with windows" - that's the one type of little house I can't stand. I'm not sure what it is about them that drives me mental - maybe because I think anyone can build a box. I love the Greenleaf kits because none of them, even the colonials, have such a boxy look.Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-16916382105382993182011-12-23T23:04:00.000-08:002011-12-23T23:04:51.306-08:00A House in 22 days - Day 13 - Christmas Eve Eve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHHIiG5vmK4/TvV2g6862mI/AAAAAAAAAbk/EwSYh57e4Bc/s1600/Day+13+-+6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHHIiG5vmK4/TvV2g6862mI/AAAAAAAAAbk/EwSYh57e4Bc/s320/Day+13+-+6.JPG" width="239" /></a></div> The elves are thoroughly whipped and the house is thoroughly done! The house wasn't quite 22 days, we actually did it in 13... with an average of 10 hours per day... each... so 260 hours all said and done. I feel like I've run the Boston marathon!<br />
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The final trim bits have been glued in place, the paperclay is done on the chimney, and the cap is on (not pictured). Ben and I came close to killing each other only once during the whole process which is pretty damn good if I do say so myself. <br />
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Things I would have done differently on this build - more time. I hate a rush build, I like to agonize over placement of everything, this is a hobby that definitely appeals to my OCD tendencies. I would have used a saw to cut the siding rather than a utility knife to get cleaner edges, and I would have added plexi glass to the sunroom rather than the GL plastic window. I definitely wish we had taken the few extra hours to electrify the house. I wouldn't use the wooden shingles again, I would go with paper clay and simulated the terra cotta shngles.<br />
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I really like the lay out of the kit, it's different than your standard four room box, I'm quite pleased with the stairway and we're already planning on getting some appliances for a kitchen set and finding a smaller dining room table for the "dining hall" (blue room).<br />
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I will actually be sad to see this house go in spite of my aggression towards it earlier today when I thought it might not be done in time for christmas :)<br />
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The MDF siding appears to be extremely difficult to cut, I have to say I'm quite glad i'm not working with it :)<br />
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I really wish we had electrified this house, I think it would be one of the neater ones to see lit up! With 2 days to go until christmas, I'm beginning to think we just may make it (as you can see the roof is going up currently)Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-38172010691601756262011-12-19T09:19:00.000-08:002011-12-19T09:19:59.563-08:00A House in 22 Days - Day 7 & 8<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FpYgq0okkI4/Tu9xnV6R7mI/AAAAAAAAAYo/KAudgkHMelk/s1600/Day+7+05.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FpYgq0okkI4/Tu9xnV6R7mI/AAAAAAAAAYo/KAudgkHMelk/s320/Day+7+05.JPG" width="320" /></a>I have to say this kit goes together pretty darned easy, I haven't had near the fight with it I did with the Chantilly and Glencroft. After pulling 14 hour days on Saturday and Sunday, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.<br />
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The floors are down and the walls are up. The two wings have been glued into place (this house is freaking huge) and the roof should be going on today. The house was reinforced with corner moulding on the corners and the siding will be fitted between. The only thing i'm not happy with is the ladder to the loft - I don't like the look of it. I don't think I will have time to build a new ladder however.<br />
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The only downfall I see to these kits is the room sizes are so strange, they are either far too big or uselessly small. I really can't wait to start a scratch build so everything is exactly how I want it - as you can see the temporary occupant feels the same way!<br />
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The lino tiles are holding up well to the twisting that comes with construction, and the spackle grout hasn't chipped at all which is rather surprising. As you can see I have the wall braced with scrap wood and a small box, four clamps, tape, and positive thoughts!<br />
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The wallpaper is fabric mod-podged on to the wood. Ben wanted very girly colours for the house, and they seem quite dark placed together. I think white trim-work will brighten the rooms up, and I keep forgetting there is a solarium to go on the ground floor - this house certainly isn't just a box with windows!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-adTbixjc_ZE/TuDqduuTsEI/AAAAAAAAAX8/vYkRKDRiZWo/s1600/Day+3+-+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-adTbixjc_ZE/TuDqduuTsEI/AAAAAAAAAX8/vYkRKDRiZWo/s320/Day+3+-+2.JPG" width="239" /></a></div>I put lighter paper on the kitchen side of the house before he could notice what I was doing, so there will be one bright room here anyway! I have some hutches I picked up at michaels, i'm hoping that the tops can be removed and used to make overhead cabinets but I haven't sized this up yet.<br />
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The second picture is terrible quality, I simply was too lazy to walk across the room to snap it off - the back side of this chimney is an immense blank canvas, I want to imbed something to break up the solid mass of white, I was thinking a large bronze sun, or a clock face - any ideas on this my creative readers?Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-82405571597538631512011-12-05T08:53:00.000-08:002011-12-05T08:53:33.053-08:00A House in 22 Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YOgiwWI7Ln0/Ttz2lCqsPNI/AAAAAAAAAXU/TC-cSkGy-2k/s1600/Day+1+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YOgiwWI7Ln0/Ttz2lCqsPNI/AAAAAAAAAXU/TC-cSkGy-2k/s320/Day+1+-+1.JPG" width="239" /></a></div> My partner decided he wanted to build a dollhouse for his niece for Christmas. I happened to be in a store which was liquidating its dollhouse inventory and managed to pick up a Brookwood kit for $20.00. The kit sat around for months, I even offered to Ebay it if he no longer wanted to build it. Sadly he did - and the panic set in on December 4th. Day 1 was pretty hectic but managed to get quite a bit done on the kit so far, then he realized that the front door on this kit is quite tiny. The door kits I had lying around were far too wide for the wall where the door is supposed to go, so the only option became bashing the kit (just to make things easier).<br />
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As a result, the front windows on the ground floor are now a set of double doors with side lights. We also managed to get the chimney assembled, paperclayed, painted, and some of the stucco completed! This is going to be a wild project if it's going to be done in time.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xyw0zIt0WFI/Ttz2owcr9WI/AAAAAAAAAXs/Mzb5bSoydSY/s1600/Day+1+-+4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xyw0zIt0WFI/Ttz2owcr9WI/AAAAAAAAAXs/Mzb5bSoydSY/s320/Day+1+-+4.JPG" width="239" /></a></div>Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-91551486422258749222011-11-29T09:31:00.000-08:002011-11-29T09:41:39.256-08:00Glencroft - Day... who knows nowI'm not nearly as religious about blogging when working on my own wee house it seems, I suppose it doesn't help that the majority of us seem to show off our hard work at the green leaf forums these days! Regardless, despite radio silence, I have been working diligently on the Glencroft in the desperate hopes of clearing off some table space so Ben might work on the house he was planning on giving his neice for Christmas, or should we fall behind schedule, her birthday. Although it doesn't matter how much space is cleared off, it never seems to be enough, he may be intimidated by the amount of work these tiny houses appear to contain!<br />
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That said, here is my progress. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kmwtxn4qyDE/TtUUOPlyJSI/AAAAAAAAAWc/xysGhKqv9J4/s1600/Day+24+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kmwtxn4qyDE/TtUUOPlyJSI/AAAAAAAAAWc/xysGhKqv9J4/s320/Day+24+-+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>1. The paper clay shingles. Greenleaf supplies sheets of thin shingles with this kit. I actually did consider using them until I realized that my house would look like thousands of other ones out there if I did that. I also remember having a hell of a time getting them on straight, keeping them from migrating, and an even colouring throughout because of glue spots and whatnot. I went with my tried and true method from the Chantilly and dug out the pasta maker then cut inch wide strips, notched the strips for the look of individal shingles and glued them on with modpodge. Every couple of shingle rows I would go back with my knife and texture them to look a bit more like wood-grain, specifically pulling at the lower edge with the blade so that it both cut in a bit and pulled back. I think this gives you more of a realistic yet story book illustration type of roofing shingle.<br />
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</div>2. The base coat - to get a colour variation between shingles, I applied a base wash of greys and yellows, mixing on the fly so no two shingles are actually the same colour. It's painstaking, and to be honest I don't know if it actually makes a difference once you put the stain on. I was thinking of leaving the shingles in grey tones but it was too much grey on the house between the stonework on the front/chimney. <br />
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Last but not least, this is my first electrified house, for months the little roundwires have been played with by the kitten, tripped over, painted over, glued, taped, moved, trampled on and yanked upon. At long last I was able to locate a transformer. The unfortunate side to this story is that I wasn't able to test any of my lighting before moving forward. I am currently sitting at a higher than expected success rate with all lights working but the upstairs ones. I need to check bulbs at this point, if there's a break in the wiring I have no way to access them and the lights become purely ornamental.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. interior lighting shot of the living room</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next the interior progress. I'm almost done since the last post anyways. I have flooring left to do in the study and a bit of trimwork to figure out, but the interior finally made it over the slow hump or the ("to hell with this I'm leaving you on the side of the road" stage). The floors on the bottom level are cut up lino tiles in a stone pattern and then grouted with spackle, toned with watercolours. The second floor bedroom is strip wood stained and glued in place. I also have the doors up and hinged aside from the dining room door, it is waiting patiently in the wings, and the windows leaded and half installed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0tDMazLsqQ/TtUZNhuHmNI/AAAAAAAAAXE/a5Z6RIEUwFA/s1600/Day+23+-+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0tDMazLsqQ/TtUZNhuHmNI/AAAAAAAAAXE/a5Z6RIEUwFA/s320/Day+23+-+3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I've been terribly busy with work so the house has gone on the back burner so to speak. I think I needed a break from it regardless, the interior work was dragging on terribly and after being left alone for a week or so, the house seems to almost be putting itself together!.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X0cRmv8lsDQ/Tr9TIMCVzKI/AAAAAAAAAVU/ibwGQD9lHso/s1600/Day+20+-+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X0cRmv8lsDQ/Tr9TIMCVzKI/AAAAAAAAAVU/ibwGQD9lHso/s320/Day+20+-+5.JPG" width="239" /></a></div>Since my last post I have finished wallpapering. The smaller upstairs room is becoming a study and was papered with fabric swatches. The larger room has been paneled, papered, and stucco'd using the TP Stucco method. The bashed window in the now dining room has also been finished. The leadwork was done with silver jewelers tape and transparency film - with a coat of clear nail polish over the finished product to give a glass look. <br />
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I had a bit of difficulty with the roof on this kit, I think that's the one part of every house that causes the most grief. After several gluings however, it seems to now be sticking.<br />
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Tonight I tackled the paperclay exterior. Riverstone for the chimney and flagstone for the main house structure. I'll attach pictures but there will be another wash or two of colour to go on before the stone work can be called completed.<br />
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I've also papered the upper floors. I will continue with the paneling on the larger room and stucco on the lower portion of the library room. The library is "papered" with fabric and mod-podge (matte) so seepage isn't an issue. lol I will never use mod-podge again for hanging paper however, it's only good for fabric.<br />
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I've also picked up some fabric bags from the dollar store which will be used to make seat cushions and possibly draping for the lower floors. That's still up in the air however.Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-5348859458564980322011-10-03T22:40:00.000-07:002011-10-03T22:40:03.976-07:00Glencroft - Day 14<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eU7Eb7agEes/ToqbHqYlsHI/AAAAAAAAAUI/tc-aZPZWYN0/s1600/Day+14+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eU7Eb7agEes/ToqbHqYlsHI/AAAAAAAAAUI/tc-aZPZWYN0/s320/Day+14+-+1.JPG" width="239" /></a>Well the move is finally over and the boxes are rapidly approaching "unpacked". I even have the place to myself tonight so I dove head first into the miniature land and worked on my Glencroft with fervor for the first time in weeks. <br />
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I had been debating the idea of making larger, oriel windows in the smaller main floor room of the house because I want to use it as a dining room. With a sample dining set in there the windows are far too high for the room to function at all in this capacity. I had been debating building a larger window before I got the kit, and this approach is far out of my comfort zone, but I knew I wouldn't be happy with the finished product if I didn't try.<br />
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I am happy with the results so far, it's really opened up the room. I briefly toyed with expanding the front window slot to allow for two smaller windows to be installed to centre them more from the interior. It may still happen, nothing has been ruled out yet :)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hjd89XCM20Q/Toqb8VwItJI/AAAAAAAAAUc/7YompCexHOo/s1600/Day+14+-+4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hjd89XCM20Q/Toqb8VwItJI/AAAAAAAAAUc/7YompCexHOo/s320/Day+14+-+4.JPG" width="239" /></a></div>.Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-68199823267916017172011-09-15T09:11:00.000-07:002011-09-15T09:11:01.080-07:00Glencroft - Day 10Day 10 is something I haven't attempted before, plasterwork. I picked up Poly spackling compound and thinned it out with white latex paint, it mixes to about the consistency of oatmeal and not much smoother than that it seems. I started out dabbing it on with a brush but I really really hate stucco. after doing two walls in bumpy stucco I decided "to hell with this" and grabbed a discard piece of wood, loaded it up, and started smooshing the plaster on to the wall. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xY0HXxIA_E4/TnIitD0mtaI/AAAAAAAAAUE/8XQMurTOyMo/s1600/Day+10+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xY0HXxIA_E4/TnIitD0mtaI/AAAAAAAAAUE/8XQMurTOyMo/s320/Day+10+-+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The photo is the first coat, I will put a second on, sand lightly, seal, and add timbering trim / beams. Plastering is actually a helluva lot of fun, I have to say it's been my favourite wall effect to date.Aaron Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334973328493855280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5031251820298672176.post-58412596093459160002011-09-12T21:08:00.000-07:002011-09-12T21:08:19.622-07:00Chantilly - Day 24<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B_Ur3VoVq8M/Tm7Wy70O0aI/AAAAAAAAAT0/hNjNI4i8l-k/s1600/Day+24+-+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B_Ur3VoVq8M/Tm7Wy70O0aI/AAAAAAAAAT0/hNjNI4i8l-k/s320/Day+24+-+2.JPG" width="320" /></a>Ah unpacking, it's like christmas on a budget. All these boxes and no idea what's in them.<br />
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I finally unpacked the furniture for mom's house tonight, so I thought I would snap off a few pictures of it so I have an idea of what I still need to get.<br />
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I need to find a living room set that will work with orange. This is obviously no small feat - pardon the pun!<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCTPfnr3bFk/Tm7WzpNWwmI/AAAAAAAAAT4/rhp2rgy8VmA/s1600/Day+24+-+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCTPfnr3bFk/Tm7WzpNWwmI/AAAAAAAAAT4/rhp2rgy8VmA/s320/Day+24+-+3.JPG" width="320" /></a>I would also like to find a vanity and a dress form. The vanity will be easy enough but I have no idea where I will find a dress form in half scale.<br />
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