Painting & More Painting!
Greetings
again! For the U.S. followers, I hope
your Memorial Day weekend was safe and hopefully dry. I did get one day of the three-day weekend to
work on minis!
Paint, paint, and painted some
more! As you can see the shop front is
ready for the stucco.
The door is ready
and I found a Fleur-de-Lis that looks like it might work. I also finished painting the two windows, the
French doors, and all the trim for the third floor.
Like I said, paint...paint…paint. I also painted the tops and bottoms of the
shutter; the door frame and the “iron” scroll of the forthcoming door for the
second floor entrance.
The two little
“iron” works (above) are also painted which will be decorative items in the shop. (Liking the look of this already!--Chris)
I
also painted the cabinet for the shop in a soft red which matches the design in
the floor. So far, it has taken three coats.
I may need another coat of paint,, too!
Finally,
the third floor floors (three walls) are getting ready for wallpaper, just need
to sand first. As you can see from the
picture, the lines in blue are the added pieces of wood to make the rooftop
flat as opposed to the original angle. The red lines indicate where there used to be windows on the side
walls. I first put on Kilz primer, then the
wood was glued onto the walls and open window spaces, and filled with light
joint compound. The next step is to sand
to make it is a smooth finish and then I can apply the wallpaper.
So, the next step is to see if the items painted in black and the cabinet need another coat of
paint. Once the cabinet is done I'll
varnish to give it a shine and assemble the item (the top has shelves with a
mirrored back).
Also, on
my list is the shop floor and the windowpanes for the shop front. Then I can put up the four walls and see
where I want things to go to be able to glue on shelves, etc. before
permanently gluing the walls together. It’s so much easier to have everything hung, etc. before putting it
together.
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The planning continues for the Paris Miniature Project which is my friend Gigi's Serendipity Shed renovation for the HBS 2019 Creatin’ Contest.
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It's moving along! Until the
next time… Happy Creating!--Gigi
