Well, it has certainly been a while since I've posted anything....... We had a super busy Fall (we took a trip to Gatlinburg, TN., had a Halloween party, actual Halloween, etc., etc.,) and it seemed like the season rushed from one thing to the next so quickly that I really didn't end up working on any dollhouse stuff for a couple months there. But, December is rapidly approaching and so I've been focusing on getting the Backyard Art Studio and Flutterby Bakery finished. The past couple weeks I've gotten a lot done, especially on the Backyard Art Studio...... at the same time I'm getting ready for our annual "Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner" and that's coming up this weekend, so as i take a break from trying to make the house at least semi presentable (haha) and getting everything ready for that I thought I'd post pictures of the progress on the dollhouses. :)
So, not the normal detail and attention I would give to posting each "step", but hey, it's the holidays right?!....... lol
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| getting all of the brick for the exterior painted |
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| getting all the brick for the exterior painted |
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| walls taped in place while the glue dries |
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| walls taped in place while the glue dries |
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| front view of the structure with the walls and doors in place |
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| side view of the structure with the walls and doors in place |
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| posts for the porch attached, and windows in place |
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| posts for the porch attached and windows in place |
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| posts for the porch attached and windows in place |
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| inside view with walls up and windows in |
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| put some of the furniture in place, including the easel I made |
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| better view of the easel, with a canvas on it |
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| the start of the first set of flowers I made for the landscaping |
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| combining pieces of 2 different "bushes" I got from Hobby Lobby |
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| waiting for the glue to dry..... |
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| and finished product....... a peony bush with pre-bloomed peonies |
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| checking out the skylights in place after my Hubster cut the openings for them for me |
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| from the top |
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| and from inside..... loving how they look! |
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| I went back and forth on what color I was going to paint the ceiling..... I didn't want it white because that just would have been too much white, and I originally thought gloss black, but then I wasn't sure if the black would be too much so I thought maybe a charcoal gray, but then I thought "no, I don't want it to look half-hearted" so I decided to go back to the gloss black and see how it looked so I painted just one side to check it out. And I loved it, so that's what it ended up being. |
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| the other side with the ceiling painted |
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| with both sides of the ceiling sitting in place. (I don't have all the ceiling braces in place yet in this picture) |
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| I forgot to take a picture before I started painting, but it the slate roof started out as a white plastic, then I painted it it a slate gray and then went over it with a combination of the gray and black. |
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| roof painted |
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| more shots of the ceiling with the braces and windows in place |
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| more shots of the ceiling with the braces and windows in place |
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| more shots of the ceiling with the braces and windows in place |
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| more shots of the ceiling with the braces and windows in place |
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| outside of the roof with the windows in place. I also debatined a bit on the color for these, I thought about painting the outside gray to match the the roof a bit, like you would normally have in real life, but there wasn't really a way to do it that you didn't see some of the gray from the inside and it just didn't look as good as everything white, so back to white I went |
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| side view |
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| I still have to do the roof peak and a few trim pieces, but other than that the structure itself is finished..... so now on to the accessories and decorations |
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| mini sketch book (complete with mini sketch) and pencil sitting on a pillow I made |
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| sketchbook and pillows in place on the porch swing |
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| sketchbook and pillows in place on the porch swing |
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| sketchbook and pillows in place on the porch swing |
