But first, a couple pics of the new chairs and sofa in the Willow parlor:

I don't think that this is where they will live, however; I have something in mind for the "Lisa's country cottage" kit that I never got around to making for Ernie's contest the other year...

Snooze-ville here, on the Willow exterior!

Slowly and laboriously cutting and placing every single rock... What I am going for is, the pre-Civil War "primitive" stone house look that you might find in this Lexington, VA house from the 1700's, or this one at Manassas Nat'l Battlefield Park. My inspiration house which I found on a Google image search some time ago, I cannot find again, so maybe it was removed, but this is what it looks like:

The only label I put on it when I saved it was "PA", and now I cannot find it on Google image. If this is your house and you don't want me showing it here, let me know and I will remove it with apologies. But I love its simplicity and it is the house that has inspired me most with respect to stone work on the Willow.

I will finish the stone work before I get at those windows again because I really can't concentrate on the rest of the house until I have that stone work done, but I am not happy with the windows. I thought that I could make that trim work, but it's too brittle and die-cutty for me and I just don't like it. I will have to think about what to do with it. I may spackle down the whole mess and paint it off-white on the exterior, while keeping the interior window pieces stained. But if I do that, then what about the door trim-- will that look OK in off-white, or at least a barn-red paint color. Hmmm...