Wow! Our progress on this house has been going very slowly! Not really the house's fault--it's ours because of time constrictions. June has been a very hot month, and because Jimmy does air conditioning, I have barely seen him and he has not had much time to work on the house. I have finished bricking in my fireplace areas, and I have chosen my brick and "marble" for the hearth. I again just printed ones that I liked and glued them on using white glue. Here's what that area looks like now.The ne
It's still my turn to play. Once the outside wall--where the fireplace and chimney are--the interior walls where the stairwell is will not be accessible, so I have to go ahead and wallpaper it and "brick" the inside of the chimney. Here's the beginning of the wallpapering.I decided that I wanted the interior of the chimney "bricked", so I found some paper that I liked on-line and printed it and put it on the inside of the chimney. Since I don't plan to change this, I have used white elmer's glue
Now it's FINALLY time for me to play! Jimmy has been having all the fun! I had to paint all the risers and stain all the stair treads before they can be installed. Jimmy said to remind everyone that it is very important that you do write the numbers of the risers and the treads on the back of them, and that you put them on in the order that they are supposed to go in. Chloe has decided to check out the Glencroft to make sure that we are doing our jobs properly.Here's where we ended at day four.C
Today we worked on Beam Section 2A and 2B, which is an area a lot of us had problems with--figuring out how they go. These beams are support for the staircase. Here is how we did it.
In reading the instructions where the beams go, Jimmy says that if you look at the diagram/schematic on each sheet it actually tells you what slot each beam goes in.
The next step is building in the staircase sides and back side of the chimney. Jimmy says this part wasn't d
I have run myself out of stain so I had to work on the roof.
I bought some brown chocolate tub of paint and added some black to it and than some sand.
before I painted I took the dremel and sanded the edges of the roof to make them more even. than I was very generous with the woodfill on the slots and where the roofs meet each other. that would be photo one. it also shows the brown paint before adding black and sand to it.
photo #2 is of the roof painted with one coat of th
I have started adding the clay to the front of this house. I started with the upper front window area and added brick (soldier bricks stand upright and common brick "lay") I will also have fallen plaster/stucco in this area.
I added the stone to the front today too. I am still working on it but won't add any other pictures after these tonight (Fireworks tonight at the lake!! B) )
I added the lamp in the entry way. I will age it later on.
Well, I looked at the instructions for the timber and decided I could not follow the instructions any longer B) I guess I was "born to bash" . I decided to add my own wood timber because I wanted the wood to be thicker. I stained this timber a very dark walnut. I also decided not to use the brackets accept the ones attached to the kitchen beams.
I then started adding the Paper Clay ( http://www.paperclay.com ) to the upper front windows. I drew a "mock" pattern of
I have added most of my roof parts without many problems. Because I used paper clay, I did have problems around the Chimney area because my chimney was too thick. I just took my hobby knife and cut a sliver of wood off so that the fit would be better.I stained the inside roof parts "Chocalate Brown" (the same way I did the floors).Complements of My Mini Shop
Well, I thought I was finished paper claying this room and discovered walls O & P which needed to be installed. I decided to paper clay all inside walls. The two downstairs ones are stucco (the fireplace has a stone wall). The large room upstairs has stones on all walls in this room. I have not picked the fabric for the window seats yet but I know it will be blue.I have picked out my lights but I am still waiting on one of the ceiling lights. I have the light bulb in my fireplaces but I have
I wanted to do wood floors for sure in at least 2 rooms. The problem was, I did not have any wood flooring . I did not know what to do until I found my last two packs of Corona Birch Wood siding. I cut each strip to size and then glued each strip one at a time. After I completed the room, I sanded it and added wood filler to fill any gaps.
After that I noticed I was completely out of wood stain (yeap, 11:30pm in Wisconsin, EVERYTHING is closed including some gas stations ). I
well after waiting for all the glue to dry overnight....sometimes it is best to just walk away untill it is completely dry....believe me you will know when its time B) I finished my roof!now here I must add that because of the rocks added to the chimney before the roof my roof is crooked. it does not lay as it should....YET!after the last of the glue finishes drying I will take the trusty dremel and sand it all smooth and use wood filler for the small cracks and such. photo #1 is of the front
Day three is more of building the shell of the dollhouse, but Jimmy is mostly concentrating on the front of it. All those different pieces which make up the front of the house! Mind boggling! We are still going with put one or two pieces on and let them dry. We use clamps and/or masking tape to hold everything in place while it dries. The third wall (the one that is actually the chimney) has to be left off for the time being because I have to wallpaper the hallway, prepare my stair treads, and d
well today I am stopped again not because of the kit...but because of my clumsyness. I have the back roof on and the main parts of the front roofas I was preping the chimney section of roof I sliced my thumb with my exacto knife...into my thumbnail as well.....OUCH!!! B) because of the rock on the chimney the roof peice will not go on.....Im almost to the point of cutting the small roof section off. as I am done for the night to let the liquid bandage do its job and let the glue on the roof
As I talked about in my previous post for Day One, this house is designed to go together in sections. For the first time, Jimmy is actually reading instructions! Jimmy says to be sure to read the instructions and follow them to the letter. Normally he does not read instructions, but he has found these to be very helpful, if not essential to read.Jimmy says the interior dividing walls have to be installed at the same time as the floors because of the design. Complements of LPCullen
The Glencroft had arrived while I was on vacation, and it is now time to begin. The house looks like this on the box.
As some of you know, whenever I begin a new house I usually go out and take pictures of real houses that are similar to what I am building to gain some inspiration. I have not been able to find a house that I want to model this one after, but I have found some pictures of houses that I liked.This house is located in Morristown, New Jersey.
Well I was able to find some photos of O&P section and I have them in and painted! this was very exciting! I have the roof supports in finally! B) and of course I had to have a nutti....which made me stop everything untill the glue was dry. Hint: when sanding the back roof support it is good idea to support the part where the groove is. or it will break in half! :o B) 1st photo is of Part 02nd photo is of the roof supports and my friend the hammer. ;) Complements of nutti
I am pleased to report progress!The beams are now donephoto1&2 I also managed to stain most of the remaining partswhile they were still on the sheets this makes it fairly easy with only the edges to do later if need be. 3rd photo shows the bay window side. and a photo of the front of the house with the beams in. #4and since I worked so hard I had myself some fun! photo #5 is some of my furniture from the Granville. It is my plan to make the corona kits for this house. I worked off and o
I installed all beams and I am waitng for the glue to dry (refer to section G on your instructions). This is the way they should look when you have assembled the entire set of them.Hope this helps all of you Glencrofters out there!Complements of My Mini Shop
Well, I was stuck on this part and I was trying to figure which beams go where and thought that this would help others (Since I think I got them figured out now). This is the instructions showing which beams go where and I hope this helps you. I will post pictures of my progress soon. I am using paper clay inside and out on this house and I have to let it dry a bit more before I glue anything in place.Complements of My Mini Shop
not much to tell...a busy weekend here. my sold her home and there was a big moving out party all weekend.uuuggggbut I did manage to squeeze in enough time to finish all my painting and texturinginside and out...and to make a good start on the chimney. actually just waiting to see some photos of how everyone else did their beams ;) ;) I do have all of the beams labled and 2 of them glued together ready for sanding and staining...do not like the split between the 2 peices after staining but its
As I was putting my beams together, I started looking at the texture of them and I just did not like it. The beams were too smooth for my taste so I got out my saw zall blade and distressed them by scraping in the direction of the wood grain. Here are some before & after shots:Before distress:After Distress:I Then took a Bag of Corona Siding to create my hard wood floors:Here is a picture BEFORE I sand & staine them:Complements of My Mini Shop
so today I have painted almost all of the house with pimer(kilz)and the texture paint I made. I am very happy with the painting...but if you look closely at the photos you can see the mess I make painting always causes delays due to cleanup.any suggestions on removing the white paint from the dark stained floors?photo #1 shows the frontroom but without beam assembly on the stairs....waiting for ceiling to dry.#2 is a photo of the inner walls before I put the chimney and outer wall on.also I migh
well I had a huge problem with the beam and stair assembly.
it just would not come to me how to fix it. ;)
so Linda and Jimmy had to e-mail me the photos with the solution to my dilema.
photo #1 the boo boo
I put the railings in...incorrectly! but of course which made the beam not fit.
once I saw the photos I was able to adjust and cut out the notches needed for the beam to fit in the correct place. #2
my next issue was the fact I wanted to stucco
I noticed it is time for me to start adding the beams and because I am no longer sure if I wish to use the wallpaper I had planned, I decided to paint the walls and add stones on the fireplace wall downstairs and upstairs.Now, I will add the beams! Complements of My Mini Shop
Well, it took forever and a Day to figure this one out. I was having problems trying to figure out WHERE the heck the stupid stairs & Beam went starting in section B4 and Section B5 and Section B6 After pulling my hair out, cleaning up the kitchen, coming back for another 30 minutes and still not getting it. Hubby took me for a walk to clear my head. Got back 1 hour later and STILL ;) could not figure it out. I found out Nutti was having a problem here too. I looked at the old forum and foun
