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Houseboat: Canopy & Railings


KathieB

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In the previous entry I mentioned a canopy. Well, here it is. I cut a plastic frosting container in half for the arch, made the underlying frame from skinny sticks, and added 4 porch ports. As you can see, it looks more like something erected for the visit of the Pope than protection from the weather. And there is no protection from the weather.

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So, the porch posts were cut down and a 2-litre soft drink bottle was cut up.

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A little trimming and scoring, and voila! A very modern shelter. No rain will get into the music room after all. :unsure: Still need to define the edges of the door and doorway, and am considering some kind of embellishment (maybe stained glass design?) to make it look a bit more substantial.blogentry-818-1186253503_thumb.jpg

The next step, one I've been putting off because I knew it was going to be mind-numbing, was building the railings for both decks. I finally decided on a combo of matchsticks and skinny sticks with 1/2" scale top & bottom railings. For some reason, the matchsticks (not really matchsticks -- these are craft sticks found at Michael's) slipped easily into the bottom rail but had to be shaved to fit into the top rail. Come to think of it, the spindles one buys are fatter at the bottom than the top ... doh. At any rate, I now have a little bag of tortilla chips stashed for a 1:12 project. I made 11 feet of railing ... and then figured out I'm probably going to need 12 feet. Will install what I have and see what else is needed.

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You made some serious lovley progress with the canopy as well as the railings, ayayay that must have taken some doing!!!! But the end result is gorgeous!

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