ITS A STUDIO!!!!!
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Other than a few minor details, like putting flowers in and glueing on the flower box, my studio is now a reality.
Mirrored Walls
I used acrylic mirrors that I was very fortunate to buy off a really nice guy on ebay. It is better and cheaper than the mirror sheet I bought to start with. You can cut and drill into it. I dryfitted the roof and marked where the inner half wall came to. Then holding my breathe and praying that it would still fit, I glued the front roof together and measured and remeasured then glued the mirrors to it before placing it on the house. Low and behold, for once in my life I measured correctly. The roof still fit and the mirrors met perfectly or at least as close as I could figure out how. The next step was to set in the small tea cup hooks for the balance bar. Since I didn't want to push my luck with measuring again, and the bar needed to be straight, Riley drilled the holes and put the hooks in. Now, you might say what's the big deal. Well, with roof angled and mirrors reflecting all images--it was like working in a fun house. It really kinda boggled the mind. Funny note about these mirrors--sitting at another table and looking at the house, I kept wondering when I stained the walls. The light bulb went off, and I realized I was looking at the reflection of the darn floor. Here's a picture--feed back is welcomed.
Shingles
After getting the side and back roof parts on, I decided not to use the foo foo trim on the top. Two reasons, actually 1. I didn't review the instructions again before I so merrily attached the parts and 2. They little thing that was supposed to connect that back corner no longer fit. So what's a person to do, I close the gap and got rid of them. :lol: Now I understand when people say a lot of bashing comes about do to misunderstanding the instructions. The Lily had shingles and I really did not have a problem with them, but it's roof is not angled. That back corner gave me fits. I didn't do to terribly bad on the V of the front, but I could not seem to get the back to line up at the corner. Now, this could very well come from the fact that I can't draw a straight line and I really thought I was doing pretty good, until Riley sitting across the room (and I thought was paying me a bit of attention)says "Peg, you're crooked." I started to take offense, then realized he meant the shingles. I ended up taking a small level and placing on top of the row to mark the next. At this point I had been happily glueing them on with tacky glue. Those suckers were stuck good. If you look real close you can see where I started trying to straighten them up. Needless to say, I was real worried about the front, but Riley surprised me and when I came home from work the day I was to start on the front he had taken pity on me and drew lines for me to follow on the front. Bless his heart, without him doing that I probably would have done a real hack job. I used fleck stone paint, I wanted a lighter color to contrast with the brown of the house.
I also started using hot glue, I figured if it was good enough for Tracy and Deb, it was good enough for me. Boy did that make the job go so much faster.
Elevator
It is not working, but I do have an elevator. Riley made 2 solid circular discs and 1 with the middle cut out, using scrap pieces and then he made 4 support posts. He notched the discs and the poles so they would fit in each other flush. Using hot glue he first place the edge of a clear plastic sheet and then slowly rolled to the next pole, glued and rolled to the next.
Here's the model:
Here's ours:
In Studio:
We are still debating on how to do the 2nd floor, but more than likely, it will on have a partial frame to give the appearance of the elevator rising.
Finished and Furnished
Thank You
I like to thank Greenleaf owners and members for asking me to be a member of this team. It has been an honor. I just hope I did the house justice. I very much enjoyed the experience and want to say how much I appreciate the advice and help I've received not only with this house, but since joining the forum. I feel I've made new friends and have learned a lot of new things. Again, Thank You.
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