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Finally, some light on the subject.


rbytsdy

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But first, some of my goodies that I got from Michael's with my gift cards from Mom (thanks Mom!):
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I was eying that pastel turquoise paper for the country house living room, since I didn't like the paper I'd installed there; before (finally got windows installed, after putting fixtures on them including handles made from Kris' tutorial at http://1inchminisbykris.blogspot.com/search/label/How%20to%20make%20kitchen%20cabinets%20from%20mat%20board., as well as black-painted jewelry-fixture-bits for "locks"):
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After:
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Much better. Here are some of the scrapbook papers that I'm using:
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Finally got on the wainscoting for the powder room (1/16" basswood strips); decided to go with a simple beadboard:
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I painted it with acrylic a few times, spackling the gaps because while it seemed like a good idea at the time to allow spaces between the little boards, it didn't look good after painting. :noway:
Finally getting a start on the wiring layout; I had gotten a little battery-pack with ten lights stringing out from it (found it on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Dollhouse-Miniature-Clear-Lights-Green/dp/B00U6UV7SI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434837512&sr=8-1&keywords=flora+lite+ten). I positioned the battery pack underneath the house and laid out each light to its destination (see, this is why I couldn't glue the house to the big plywood base yet):
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I thought I might have to splice in extra wire to some points, but it turned out that I didn't have to do that. Here are the living room and kitchen ceiling papers (embossed card stock from Michael's) in place; the lower one was glued (white school) onto cardstock and then glued to the ceiling, whereas the upper one was glued straight to the ceiling. I Mod-Podged them both. The bubbles needed some help (rubbing down with a soft cloth) to go away. :glare:
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The light fixtures are a weird combination of little brass-colored pieces taken from a "nail-on swivel glide" set of little "feet" from a hardware store, glued to a plastic "bottle cap" (found in Michael's) with model glue (and a wooden round glued on top), then spray-painted. I was really trying to think outside the box for these light fixtures! :prop:
I measured and installed the false ceilings in the second floor; you can see that I wasn't paying attention and so the "inside" of the ceiling also has embossed paper on it! Oh well...
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Here are some views of the wires stringing along the outside walls (now you can see why I couldn't start siding yet):
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Some views of the inside so far, un-lit and lit:
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I need to get on those stairs! (That dangling light on the left side of the living room is for a closet in the staircase.) And, I need to figure out what the porch light fixtures look like, so I can finally get to siding!

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I used those style battery lights on my Spring Fling planetarium for creating the "constellations" in the "show". They are so easy to work with.

A word of caution I learned the hard way, just remember not to leave the batteries in the clip if you aren't using it for a while. Ya, it's a real mess to clean up the leaking batteries. Fortunately I caught it before I wrecked the entire unit. I would have been livid if I'd had to rewire it.

Live and learn.

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