SuuS Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Hi everyone, I'm building the Garfield and my question is: Do you completely put it together and then decorate (wallpaper, carpet)? Because I really don't know how I want to decorate it yet. I thought I get to that when my house is done. I don't know what to do. I do want to use lightning in my house. Does anyone has some tips? Please! Thanks Suus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJEP Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 You can do it either way. Some people will hang wallpaper or paint the walls before hand, but if you are going to electrify it, you don't usually. I wouldn't put the stairs in before doing the walls, floors, ceiling. I usually try to paint the ceilings first, but don't always. If you aren't sure how you want to decorate it, build it first so you can get an idea. Good luck! Enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenlaine Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Suus, I'm the type of person who needs to see the house together before decorating (even then I change my mind a half dozen times) and if you are going to wire it you're probably going to want to decorate after. It helps to have an idea whether you want paint, wallpaper or stucco, etc. especially against walls where stairs are going to be. If you are going to be making your own flooring, then wait until your floors are in before putting your stairs in. Everyone is different and eventually you'll find your own way of doing things that feels right to you. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecats Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 I know that with the Garfield, there are some areas that will be hard to access for decorating if you build the house completely first. There are many Garfield builders on this forum who could tell you which rooms they are. Have fun decorating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Susanne, this is why we discuss "dry-fitting" (assembling the house with masking tape, but no glue) forst, to figure out which areas are going to be too difficult to decorate after the build, and the plan your decor and layout and go ahead & decorate the "problem" areas FIRST. This may be one of the reaons Dean is having the Building Team have one member build the kit undecorated and unbashed, so prospective builders can learn where those places are, as well as the "better" bashing sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppitycats Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Hi everyone, I'm building the Garfield and my question is: Do you completely put it together and then decorate (wallpaper, carpet)? Because I really don't know how I want to decorate it yet. I thought I get to that when my house is done. I don't know what to do. I do want to use lightning in my house. Does anyone has some tips? Please! Thanks Suus There are several areas of the Garfield that -- if you wait to try to decorate after you've done all the building -- you'd wish you had a herd of little mice to help... Like: The tower; the area from the back door into the kitchen; the upper two bedrooms in back of the stair case; the area around the front door and wall leading into the dining room, and probably others. As for lighting -- I didn't light my Garfield, but most folks here will tell you that in any of the houses, you need to install lighting before wallpapering, and with the Garfield, I'm guessing you'd run into the same problems trying to install lighting as you will installing wallpaper -- very confined areas to reach. Also with the Garfield: make sure you understand how the underside of the roof pieces become the third floor walls -- and you'll want to paper them, too, before installing the roof -- they're all angles and are notoriously hard to paper, if you're particular about matching the seams and all that. As Havanah Holly suggested, put the house together first with masking tape (or I like the blue carpenter's tape..doesn't leave quite as much residue) so you can see how walls and ceiling come together, and where it will be a particular challenge to decorate..then maybe you can take care of those areas first. You can check out my Garfield in my gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuuS Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 Susanne, this is why we discuss "dry-fitting" (assembling the house with masking tape, but no glue) forst, to figure out which areas are going to be too difficult to decorate after the build, and the plan your decor and layout and go ahead & decorate the "problem" areas FIRST. This may be one of the reaons Dean is having the Building Team have one member build the kit undecorated and unbashed, so prospective builders can learn where those places are, as well as the "better" bashing sites. That's really handy, where can i find some info on that, do you know that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 We just started building the unadorned verson of the kit with the current Magnolia, but if you look through the bulding team blogs you will si several pictures of the various kits in the "dry fit" because they will be covered with tape!lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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