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hi angie, i did a tutorial on floors you may find helpful, here is a link to it, hope it helps. any questions, send me a message! http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/i...i&img=53720

wow!!!!!!! never thought of that holly!!! good tip, thanks.....and roxxie, any links you may find will be gladly received....thanks guys!!!

hi guys.....i have a problem. i am building a model home for a construction company. it will be a complete house, all rooms, and when finished, the roof will come off to view the inside. i realized it would be way to big, (6'2" X 4'), so, i have to make it in half scale. the company wants it with cabinet's and sinks, toilets, tubs, and kitchen appliances. does anyone know where to find these things in modern design, in half scale??? i have looked around a little, without much luck. i am fearing i may have to make some of this stuff myself. any help would be much appreciated!!!!! thanks, dave

i would think a scroll saw, you can really make some intricate designs with one. and, with the variety of blades, you can cut different thicknesses or cut the tiniest details.

i use a syringe with a transfer needle, (large gauge) if the needle is to small, it's hard to get the glue out. i have tried different things, but like this the best. p.s., i havn't stuck myself yet!!!!!

i dont know if this would work for your situation, but i use a small nail, cut off the head, and drill a small hole in the porch and the post. then i just add a little glue, and slide the post over the nail, it cant move!!

hi kabrina, so far i have mainly used two types of wood, walnut, and cherry, and i love both. if you want a lighter floor, maple is nice. this floor is walnut and this floor is cherry hope this helps....

i think the yellow you guys are talking about is the unpainted wood that has no color on it.......

after i decide on the house plan, and the shell is built, i look at tons of pics to get ideas. i take bits and pieces of what i see, and incorporate them into my design. lots of it also just comes out of my head, and believe me, many things get changed along the way. lots of the time, i just design something to fit a certain area of the house that i feel just needs something. perfect example is the strip of circles under the second floor windows of my current build. it was a plain area, and not big enough to put siding in, so i came up with the circles. i had seen them used in pics of real houses, and i thought it would work well in this area.

hi don.....i think ceiling height can depend on the style of house, but anything you chose is really up to you. however, if your house is of an older design, i would make the ceiling height a minimum of 9'. i dont think i have ever been in an old house like we build that had 8' ceilings. also, i make the ceiling height what i want it to be, not including the floor, so if it's going to be a 9' ceiling, then i have a full 9". dave

i am starting to think about exterior paint colors now, and i have a main body color in mind. what i would like to know is, if i do go with this color, what other colors would work well for accents. i was thinking of another darker shade of green, and a dark burgundy, but i would like at least one more color to add to this, as i have a lot of details to paint. i posted a picture in my blog of the color i am leaning toward, so have a look and send me some input!!!! thanks!!

i am finishing up the last exterior wall now, and it was a hard one. in the plans, this was a bare wall, nothing on it, except some optional windows, if you wanted to put them in. BORING!!!!! so, i got a little creative. i used 8" sonotube to make the wall. sonotube is a round heavy cardboard tube used as a form to pour round concrete pillars, and it comes in a lot of different diameters. it's 1/8" thick, so i had to glue 4 pieces together to make it the same thickness as my walls. then it got tough, making all the round trim and so on. i bent the wood, using steam, but had a lot of trouble since the diameter was so small, but i finally got it how i want it. i made my posts, and put it all together. still debating on the plain band just below the roof, i might add some kind of detail there, not sure yet. also, one of the pics has a color painted on the front of the house, i am thinking of that color as my main body color.

back already!!! well, i built the door frame for the front of the house, i will make the door later, but i needed to get the frame in place so i could finish the siding on the front. the finished front entry will have narrow windows beside the door, and a transom above. once again.........anyone want to help me paint???????????? hahahahaha. next, i think i am going to move around to the other gable end, and finish siding there, and continue on with the roof.

i have been very happy so far rubbing tongue oil on the floors after staining. i just wipe it on, leave it alone for about five or ten minutes, then buff it with a dry cloth. the more coats, the more shine.

sorry holly, i was saying that the tools in the pic are just the ones linda keeps in her purse....a drawplate for sizing wire and such???

yes holly, those are scratch built windows..... hey, don't let linda fool ya about her tools....those are just the ones she keeps in her purse!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well, i am happy to say, i am taking a huge building lead on linda, i am officially kicking her but, progress wise....(now i'm in big trouble). let's see if this challenge gets her creative juices flowing again!!! http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/b...ranky/index.php?

hi, it's been a while since i have posted on here, i've been working on the house, but some trial and error work, so i haven't wanted to post, until i was pretty much set on my design. i have pretty much finished up the top of the front of the house, lots and lots of detail work. i scoured over pictures of real houses, looking for designs i liked, that took time, and then making it work, which included some tearing apart and changing. i find i kind of make some of this up as i go......so, that being said, i have sided the front upper part of the house, both tongue and groove siding, and shakes. i came up with a design for the fan window that i'm really happy with, and some gable detail i also like really well. i have also installed soffits under the eaves, to give it a real finished look. windows are in, and i have just started roofing the front porch. i cut shakes for the roof in different widths, and i am putting them on kind of randomly, to simulate a real shake roof. wow is this roof going to take some time!!!! so here are some pics, so you can see my progress...... p.s. anyone in the area that wants to help me paint this thing!!!!!!!!!!!

well, you know your car keys, and the button you push to unlock your car doors???? well, i walked up to my house door, pushed the button, and couldn't figure out why the house door was still locked!!!!

yum.............hey everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bbq at gabby's this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ok, back at it, i took a break, because i had to build a rl shed onto the shop. that's done, now back to the house. i still have some round shingles to put on the tower, but i need to put the shingles on the porches roofs before i can do that. i think i have decided on how i am going to do the front, so i started, and if i don't like it, i will tear it off and start over. i decided to take some of the the trim from the tower, and continue it around the front of the house, so the windows will be similar, but the top of them will differ from the tower. i think i have settled on a window design, made one up, and set it in to see how it looks, and i think i like it, so got a few to make now..... i am also thinking of changing the front attic window, it looks to much like an egg to me, i think i will make it a half round. i may also play with the shape of the other round window, not sure i like the way it flattens out on top, any suggestions???

yes, i have shipped a couple packages to linda in australia. i used usps, best deal i could find. i think they have a flat rate international box, but it's small, and i think a 4 or 5 lb weight limit, and i think it's about $14.00. the guy at the post office told me the box was about the size of a vhs tape box. i shipped linda's halfscale house to her, and the cost was about $73.00, but it was a decent size box, and i think it weighed about 9 lbs. i think ups wanted about $150.00 to ship it.

ohhhhhhhh, an underground bar!!!!!!!! it's so prohibition era!!!!!!!!

actually, i like mdf, and use it for lots of projects. it doesn't warp very easy, and i personally like the way it paints up. i have never had it crumble tiffanie, were you maybe using particle board? that does crumble. if used right, mdf is great stuff. i built my router cabinet out of mdf, and its great, and strong as all get out. now, the drawback, it's weight. since mdf is very dense, it's very heavy. so, if weight is a problem for you, mdf is not the best choice.