No joke as I know this is a terrible condition. But I am NOT looking forward to this part of the Lavender Cottage! (See last post. * Click photos for full size.)
Well, I started and am doing a row here and there... It'll need some divider strips, too, since the pieces don't quite meet. I think (so far) I'm going to paint them dark purple like the shutters so trying to be careful with the glue. I have to shingle them off the house and paint them separate so I don't get paint on the walls. The roof pieces are fit in but not glued down yet.
Looking better, too, that I got all the shutters on. You can't tell, but I decided to put one shutter on each side of the bottom windows which looks less empty then. Have to find those small flowerboxes I made before...
A fun part was I got the two beds dressed for the bedroom. Decided on the purple floral to go with the wallpaper (scrapbook paper) print.
Also got some plants made. Fun easy stuff. I so want to get these roof pieces done and trim on so I can start adding vines and wisteria. Also waiting to start doing real planting. It's too cold yet and still getting frost so not sure when to start!
Next I'll work on the brick paper for the foundation and the trimming. Really isn't much to go. The shingles will take me a bit though. Have to do it in stages as I really hate this part of dollhouse building.
Meanwhile... oh, look, a visitor! Seeing how the remodeling is going, I guess. haa!
I am debating on putting some painted corrugated paper on the underside of the roof or some wood strips to cover the holes from the tabs. Not sure yet. We'll see how the paper fits in and if it looks right. I've got a strip of electric tape under there so not sure how to cover it. I may just have to paint it and camouflage it from the front with the vines.
Not much else at the moment. Counting down to the dollhouse shows at the end of the month and the half-scale swap box coming soon, too! I'll be sharing some photos of my finds and what I got later.
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