I was so excited when I received this kit in the mail. I LOVE Cottages and Tudor cottages are even better!!
I thought this house was going to be a piece of cake. Shucks, I had put together so many Greenleaf kits (some even bigger than this one). I was in for a BIG suprise!! On a level of 1 - 10 based on difficulty, I must say this kit is at an 7. There are SO many parts to it!
When I first started on direction part A1 - A3 it went together similar to the others:
Well I had to take a forced break from building the Glencroftdue to not being able to make heads or tails out of the directions. but I decided there were other things I could do so I moved on.in this house there is an area that has to be decorated before putting together and that would be the stairwell. it is to small to do anything after glueing. so I found my favorite paper to useand I Love it. I couldnt find the right color of blue to go with it so I used green and I am very happy with t
today I worked for about 45 mins. I got all the parts out for the stairs and started sanding...up to this point the sanding has been minimal but the staircase parts need alot of sanding...these will be getting the red mahogany as the floors as will all the beams and outside trim. I also could not stand the wood look of the house so I grabbed my kilz and gave it a coat. I should have sprayed it with kilz but I guess I did not plan well. ;) My 86 yr old gran sits and watches me while I sand.
In the beginning there came a big box.and in this box there was a house.and so we begin to build a house....photo#1 shows the red mahogany stain I have decided on for the floors.photo #2 shows the beginning steps with a couple of the walls up. there are alot of angles and lots of peices....some of the comments I have read about this house had me watching for trouble when getting to part Fwell I got confused way before that. but than I regrouped.....plzz note that the step by step directions d
