Houseboat: Middle Deck Construction Begins
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Today I finished painting the furniture for the boy's cabin and started placing the walls bulkheads for the middle deck. Painting the little bitty stars was a challenge, but I think the overall effect is nice. Sort of rough and tumble for a boy's cabin. I'm thinking cheesecloth fishnet draped across one wall, maybe part of the window treatment.
Before I could start constructing the middle deck, I had to run the wires from the kitchen and library ceiling lights down below. The library was no problem. I'd put the wallpaper on with rubber cement, so I just pulled it loose, tucked the wire into the corner and stuck the paper back over it. There was no wallpaper in the kitchen, so I just used Aileen's Tacky Glue to stick it into the corner. After this photo was taken, I painted it blue to match the walls and it nearly disappeared. The refrigerator will be in front of it, and I may add a border around the top of the room, so it won't be noticable.
Here is the middle deck roughed in, port side. Ran into a bit of a problem. No place for a doorway into the music room because of the placement of the two stairways. (White circle marks spot for circular stairway). I solved it by staining another bit of board and partially filling in the lower stairwell and will not put a wall between the music room and the circular stairway. Nice railing and bannisters will be added around the lower stairway opening to keep the little people safe.
In the photo above, note the brass tracery, lower left. These are leaves stamped out of brass, meant for making little plants. However, I see one or two of the panels left intact and mounted in the wall between the master cabin and the ballroom -- that big blank wall. It will become a screen to let someone in the upper cabin peer into the ballroom and listen to the music. The master cabin wallpaper has a leaf pattern that is about the same scale. I think it will be ultra neat!
The white circle marks where the circular stairway to the upper deck will go.
And below is the starboard side. I've never seen such a large head on a boat, but then I've never seen a two-story ballroom on a boat, either. (Counting the Titanic as a ship, not a boat! :whistle: )
The flash wiped out most of the wallpaper behind the headboard. You can see a glimpse of the pattern in the corner. The bed, table, and rocking chair were made from kits. The rocking chair needs a cushion, to be done when I figure out how the bed will be dressed.
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