[Plastering the outside of a house?]

Fantastic ideas one and all! Thanks!
I will be doing a lot of experimenting in the next few weeks. The Squirrel House (the eBay fixer-upper I’m also working on) is wavering between becoming a Tudor Townhouse or a North Oxford Gothic, so I should be pretty proficient at this when I’m done.

[Plastering the outside of a house?]

Ok, I’ve been perusing the forum and the blogs, and in a way I feel like I’ve almost gotten too much information! Lots to process. I’ve labeled and dry-fitted the main bits of my Orchid, and I know what I want to do with about 3/4 of it. However, the exterior is a puzzle. I want to achieve the effect of smooth, newly-applied plaster on the outside of my house, and I’d love to know what material more experienced people prefer to use, and what sort of prep would be best. Thanks!

[Hi all! Newbie from Northern Virginia]

Hi! I’ve been browsing the site for a while, but finally decided to sign up. I have two dollhouses to work on: the first is a huge thing I got on eBay that is roughly the size of a loveseat. I call it the Squirrel House because it’s always distracting me from things I should be doing. I’m about 3/4 of the way through stripping down the interior, but, due to conflicts with my husband’s work-at-home set-up, I can only work on it every other weekend, when I’m home from my own job. The second is an Orchid; I got the kit off of eBay about 2 years ago and never got around to building it because life intervened. I’ve finally opened the box, as I can build it in the dining room without disturbing anyone else in the house. Lots of questions, though, as this is the first time I’ve ever built a whole house!