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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
Let's see if this one uploads properly... I did a wash of charcoal gray on the shingles, and thought I'd done enough, but nooooo... now I have to do more. Grr. Good thing I still have half a box of shingles! Next: a dirty wash of rainwater, dry brushing to simulate weathering, then moss and lichen. Fun fun fun!!© Francie Harville
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Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
Images added to a gallery album owned by Franciebelle in Members' Gallery
photos of my build of the Orchid, a witch house (but not Halloween) -
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
I love how the shingles turned out, but...I ran out! I have a metric a**-ton of them, but I thought I'd painted/stained enough of them. Not so! Nay, Nay! These are wood shingles that I have "stained" with a wash of charcoal gray paint--I wanted an aged/weathered look. After the shingling is complete, I will add a thin "dirty" wash of brown to create rain patterns/effects, and then apply lichen and moss. And dried leaves. But that's the fun part! Now to paint some more of those !#^@%^!$#% shingles...© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
I really like how the steps turned out, even if they were the worst/sloppiest part of the whole grouting "learning experience"... Paint helps a lot.© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
Just another look at my stonework. I'm liking the overall effect.© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
Much to my chagrin, I ended up having to paint the grout to achieve the look I wanted. I'm much happier with it now. I was not when I started. Glad I stuck with it!© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
I love Elmer's Wood Glue Max! Now the porch is on like a rock. And spackled/grouted.© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
The front porch step fell off. Oops.© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
Even though I mixed gray paint into the grout, it still ended up white. Grr...© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
After much trial and error, I decided to put the spackle/paint mix in an old kids' medicine syringe, which worked FAR better than just slapping the stuff on there with a flat tool. Fingers are NOT good for spackling tiny grout spaces...© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
Stones glued into place. Next, we grout!© Francie Harville
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From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
My "extra fingers" holding my paper stones to the bottom of the house while I puzzle out the rest of the stonework.© Francie harville
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As a cross-stitcher, I KNOW what this took! It's beautiful! -
Greetings from the Pacific Northwest
Franciebelle replied to Franciebelle's topic in New Member Introductions
Usually I attend the Thurston fair, but it slipped right past me this summer! We've promised our daughter that we'll take her to the Puyallup fair this year, so we're not feeling too bad about skipping the county fair. I haven't been to Elma since I was a teenager! I live in DuPont, actually, but most people recognize Olympia, and since that's where I grew up and where I still work, I call it home. I will, however, be attending the Miniatures show in Seattle this September. Can't wait! It's been a while since I've been. Hope to see you around! -
Stair rail. I find it a little incongruous that the stair rails all have gothic arches, but nothing else does--it's all angles! Just kind of weird. -
I decided that a hallway needs a hat rack and coat rack. However, I haven't drilled the holes for the pegs in the coat rack piece, so after I do that and glue in the pegs, I'll install the rack. I just bought a really cool monster-foot umbrella/cane stand that will go in here, as well. The Victorians had elephant's foot stands, so...why not a monster foot? It's a witch's house!! -
A suitably dark image of the stairs and window, now with its trim and panes installed. I didn't like the look of the stairs, open between steps, so I added panels to make it look a little less rickety. This is the hall area. -
A look at my hinging, doorknob (I dug out a keyhole with my awl and Xacto blade on both sides, so that the tiny key will actually go in! I like the idea that someone can peep through the keyhole), and the trim on the wallpaper on this side of the parlor partition. -
Upstairs complete. The far left will be a closet (not a W.C.!) My miter box is weighting down the stair rail. If you look closely, you can see a little mouse hole I carved into the baseboard at the lower right corner of the main dormer. I painted the wallpaper black behind it to give it some depth. -
Gluing in the porch floor. My husband supplied the weights. What's a little ammo, right? -
Sorry, kind of a weird angle there. Partition glued in! I made a mistake with cutting the wallpaper for it, so I made lemonade out of that lemon, and kind of visually connected the two rooms with center panels of wallpaper. I covered the joins with more baseboard trim on this side, and antiqued German scrap paper (gold-foiled) on the other side. The parlor is fancier, you know! -
The parlor area. Yes, the window to the left of the door is crooked. Grrr. But...I think I'm going to consider it crooked on purpose. Maybe there's something magical/special about it? I dunno...will have to figure that one out! -
Dry fitting the baseboards, step, and stairs stringer. -
A different angle (and hopefully better detail) of the stones. I'm not happy with my camera's macros! -
From the album: Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
