I have been finished for a few days now. When these pictures were taken, the kitchen did not have the stone floor finished yet but I will update it later. I have added paperclay to the complete base of the house and added trim around the doorways. I am VERY pleased at how this house has turned out. My houses NEVER end up looking the way I imagine it to look in the begining. The finished product has left me very happy. The hardest part was adding the beams and the next hard part for me was doing
I have a picture! <_< There is some minor work to be done, like permanently attaching the windows and door, adding the door knocker and handles, chimney stuff, etc. I am assembling the garden/yard separately, it just seemed easier that way. I hope to finish the yard by this evening <cross fingers>.Compliments of CatColorado
Yesterday I made the windows from F-6 (the triple that goes in the left front window opening downstairs. Today I made the rest of them.
I took the four frame pices and stacked them together keeping the inner edges as even as possible, spring-clamped them on the sides and clamped them into the benchtop vise and sanded the inner edges smooth with an emeryboard sanding stick and the outer edges with the Dremel drum until they fit.
I also had to perform corrective surgery on each
As I was putting my beams together, I started looking at the texture of them and I just did not like it. The beams were too smooth for my taste so I got out my saw zall blade and distressed them by scraping in the direction of the wood grain. Here are some before & after shots:Before distress:After Distress:I Then took a Bag of Corona Siding to create my hard wood floors:Here is a picture BEFORE I sand & staine them:Complements of My Mini Shop
It didn't seem like much until I got going, but I have installed all the half-timbering & spackled/ filled the "stucco" areas on the second floor and have washed it all with burnt sienna.
Then I assembled the tapered upper chimney, chimney top edge & flue. I masked the flue, spread a smooth coat of spackle over it & painted it terra cotta. I'll install after the rest of the chimney's done. I attached the chimney top to the tapered part and then I spackled the top edg
I worked my tail off, but have little to show for it since it was mostly finishing type work. Here I am assembling the staircase and priming the wall for painting.
This is the brick paper I am using inside the fireplaces.
The wall is primed, textured and painted and the stairs have been carpeted with felt. The felt made for excellent carpeting, I was surprised because I wasn't sure how it would look. I still need to finish off the outer edge.
The bookcase
so today I have painted almost all of the house with pimer(kilz)and the texture paint I made. I am very happy with the painting...but if you look closely at the photos you can see the mess I make painting always causes delays due to cleanup.any suggestions on removing the white paint from the dark stained floors?photo #1 shows the frontroom but without beam assembly on the stairs....waiting for ceiling to dry.#2 is a photo of the inner walls before I put the chimney and outer wall on.also I migh
Today we worked on Beam Section 2A and 2B, which is an area a lot of us had problems with--figuring out how they go. These beams are support for the staircase. Here is how we did it.
In reading the instructions where the beams go, Jimmy says that if you look at the diagram/schematic on each sheet it actually tells you what slot each beam goes in.
The next step is building in the staircase sides and back side of the chimney. Jimmy says this part wasn't d
I was so excited when I received this kit in the mail. I LOVE Cottages and Tudor cottages are even better!!
I thought this house was going to be a piece of cake. Shucks, I had put together so many Greenleaf kits (some even bigger than this one). I was in for a BIG suprise!! On a level of 1 - 10 based on difficulty, I must say this kit is at an 7. There are SO many parts to it!
When I first started on direction part A1 - A3 it went together similar to the others:
I am pleased to report progress!The beams are now donephoto1&2 I also managed to stain most of the remaining partswhile they were still on the sheets this makes it fairly easy with only the edges to do later if need be. 3rd photo shows the bay window side. and a photo of the front of the house with the beams in. #4and since I worked so hard I had myself some fun! photo #5 is some of my furniture from the Granville. It is my plan to make the corona kits for this house. I worked off and o
well today I am stopped again not because of the kit...but because of my clumsyness. I have the back roof on and the main parts of the front roofas I was preping the chimney section of roof I sliced my thumb with my exacto knife...into my thumbnail as well.....OUCH!!! B) because of the rock on the chimney the roof peice will not go on.....Im almost to the point of cutting the small roof section off. as I am done for the night to let the liquid bandage do its job and let the glue on the roof
Well I was able to find some photos of O&P section and I have them in and painted! this was very exciting! I have the roof supports in finally! B) and of course I had to have a nutti....which made me stop everything untill the glue was dry. Hint: when sanding the back roof support it is good idea to support the part where the groove is. or it will break in half! :o B) 1st photo is of Part 02nd photo is of the roof supports and my friend the hammer. ;) Complements of nutti
Day three is more of building the shell of the dollhouse, but Jimmy is mostly concentrating on the front of it. All those different pieces which make up the front of the house! Mind boggling! We are still going with put one or two pieces on and let them dry. We use clamps and/or masking tape to hold everything in place while it dries. The third wall (the one that is actually the chimney) has to be left off for the time being because I have to wallpaper the hallway, prepare my stair treads, and d
As I talked about in my previous post for Day One, this house is designed to go together in sections. For the first time, Jimmy is actually reading instructions! Jimmy says to be sure to read the instructions and follow them to the letter. Normally he does not read instructions, but he has found these to be very helpful, if not essential to read.Jimmy says the interior dividing walls have to be installed at the same time as the floors because of the design. Complements of LPCullen
The Glencroft had arrived while I was on vacation, and it is now time to begin. The house looks like this on the box.
As some of you know, whenever I begin a new house I usually go out and take pictures of real houses that are similar to what I am building to gain some inspiration. I have not been able to find a house that I want to model this one after, but I have found some pictures of houses that I liked.This house is located in Morristown, New Jersey.
I installed all beams and I am waitng for the glue to dry (refer to section G on your instructions). This is the way they should look when you have assembled the entire set of them.Hope this helps all of you Glencrofters out there!Complements of My Mini Shop
Well, I was stuck on this part and I was trying to figure which beams go where and thought that this would help others (Since I think I got them figured out now). This is the instructions showing which beams go where and I hope this helps you. I will post pictures of my progress soon. I am using paper clay inside and out on this house and I have to let it dry a bit more before I glue anything in place.Complements of My Mini Shop
not much to tell...a busy weekend here. my sold her home and there was a big moving out party all weekend.uuuggggbut I did manage to squeeze in enough time to finish all my painting and texturinginside and out...and to make a good start on the chimney. actually just waiting to see some photos of how everyone else did their beams ;) ;) I do have all of the beams labled and 2 of them glued together ready for sanding and staining...do not like the split between the 2 peices after staining but its
well I had a huge problem with the beam and stair assembly.
it just would not come to me how to fix it. ;)
so Linda and Jimmy had to e-mail me the photos with the solution to my dilema.
photo #1 the boo boo
I put the railings in...incorrectly! but of course which made the beam not fit.
once I saw the photos I was able to adjust and cut out the notches needed for the beam to fit in the correct place. #2
my next issue was the fact I wanted to stucco
Well I had to take a forced break from building the Glencroftdue to not being able to make heads or tails out of the directions. but I decided there were other things I could do so I moved on.in this house there is an area that has to be decorated before putting together and that would be the stairwell. it is to small to do anything after glueing. so I found my favorite paper to useand I Love it. I couldnt find the right color of blue to go with it so I used green and I am very happy with t
today I worked for about 45 mins. I got all the parts out for the stairs and started sanding...up to this point the sanding has been minimal but the staircase parts need alot of sanding...these will be getting the red mahogany as the floors as will all the beams and outside trim. I also could not stand the wood look of the house so I grabbed my kilz and gave it a coat. I should have sprayed it with kilz but I guess I did not plan well. ;) My 86 yr old gran sits and watches me while I sand.
In the beginning there came a big box.and in this box there was a house.and so we begin to build a house....photo#1 shows the red mahogany stain I have decided on for the floors.photo #2 shows the beginning steps with a couple of the walls up. there are alot of angles and lots of peices....some of the comments I have read about this house had me watching for trouble when getting to part Fwell I got confused way before that. but than I regrouped.....plzz note that the step by step directions d
I noticed it is time for me to start adding the beams and because I am no longer sure if I wish to use the wallpaper I had planned, I decided to paint the walls and add stones on the fireplace wall downstairs and upstairs.Now, I will add the beams! Complements of My Mini Shop
Well, it took forever and a Day to figure this one out. I was having problems trying to figure out WHERE the heck the stupid stairs & Beam went starting in section B4 and Section B5 and Section B6 After pulling my hair out, cleaning up the kitchen, coming back for another 30 minutes and still not getting it. Hubby took me for a walk to clear my head. Got back 1 hour later and STILL ;) could not figure it out. I found out Nutti was having a problem here too. I looked at the old forum and foun
