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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

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    This is my first dollhouse and it is still in progress. I am doing the Beacon Hill as a "haunted house".
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Exterior

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    I finished the exterior! I put bricks around the porch foundation but I ran out. Not sure if I will do the rest of the foundation with more bricks or just leave it. I'm kind of anxious to do more on the interior at this point. LOL!
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Exterior
    Thank you all for your complements!
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion bay side
    For the siding and shingles, I used a Kona color stain, then I coated with crackle medium and then I used a chalk paint (Folk Art, Sheepskin) For the siding, I also used distress ink on the edges prior to gluing and I didn't care if the siding broke because that fit in with the aging. For the trim, I used acrylic paint as the base, then the crackle medium and then a top coat of either the brown acrylic paint or the light-colored chalk paint. For the roof shingles, after the stain, I watered down the chalk paint and let it drip over the shingles after I glued them to the roof. Then I wiped it with a dry cloth. After that, I lifted (bent upwards) some of the shingles. If they broke, all the better, as I wanted that to be the case here and there. I also ran some sand paper over the shingles to distress them a little more. Drying time in between coats was long though! Crackle medium takes hours to fully dry and if you don't wait, the top coat of paint sticks and drags. In some cases, that was ok, but overall, it's better to wait until it dries before doing the top coat. Thanks for the question!
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    Beacon Hill exterior haunted mansion
    Thank you!
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    Yes, the picture clarified for me too! Thank you, Carin!
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Exterior

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Roof

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    Roof progress.
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Porch

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    Close-up of porch with a doll I purchased on Etsy from a lady in the UK. She named her Doris Dittany. She is just adorable, I think anyway.
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Interior

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Stone Foyer

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    Close-u[ first floor foyer
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Bathroom

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    I used scrapbook paper for marble-looking floor.
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion interior 3rd fl

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    This is the 3rd floor interior, sitting room and hallway. I used the large popcycle stix for the floor and I plan to do a skinny stix wainscoat in the sitting room.
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion 2nd fl interior foyer

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    I to make a stucco type wall with air dry clay. I also stained some match stix wood pieces for the look of the old-fashioned lath and plaster walls. I may still do the rest of this room with the same technique, although you may notice the other walls have a different finish (wallpaper and stained stucco to muddy it up.
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion Interior

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    A look at the three interior floors. Used the same cardboard technique described in the chimney photo on the foyer floor.
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    Beacon Hill Stone Chimney Close-up

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    A close-up of the chimney on my haunted mansion. Did finish with air dry clay (distressed white color with Ranger distress liquid spray in Walnut). Stone made using cardboard packaging material torn into pieces. Glued with "Quick Grab" glue (I used this glue on everything except my wallpaper, for which I used "Yes" paste and another similar paste, I forget the name of but I think "Grandma" is in the name) onto the clay. Didn't wait for clay to dry first. The next day, I dry-brushed over with acrylic paints (grays, browns, white). After that I painted over with mod podge to seal and harden. Then I hit with my Tim Holtz distress inks (walnut and peeled paint - brown and green)
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    Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion bay side

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    Left side and front exterior view of exterior as of October 31, 2017
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    Beacon Hill exterior haunted mansion

    From the album: Beacon Hill Haunted Mansion

    Front view of exterior as of October 31, 2017
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    Such a cute little house! Westville is the name of the street we live on so I was curious what it looked like. Great details! Love your work!
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    BeaconHill-parlour-wip3.jpg
    OMG! This looks like a real-sized house! Amazing! You have way more patience than I do. I don't think I could ever make a dollhouse that didn't look distressed because so much of my Beacon Hill broke when I was taking out of frames or sanding. I wouldn't have any hair left! LOL! Very well done, though!
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    Oh and Joanne, I also used distress ink (ranger/tim holtz product) in Walnut after the paint was dry and before I glued the trim/siding onto the house (obviously, only on the "white" pieces). Oh and thank you for the complements!
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    OK, I deleted my two previous pics so I could add a new one. Used the stone-making technique of using cardboard (like egg cartons) and painting and mod podge for the chimney, if anyone is interested in that. Just have the roof trim pieces left on the exterior and there may be some other small trim I missed on the bays. I'll have to post interior pics after I get to my five posting requirement.
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    Hi Joanne, Most of the aging on the exterior I did with chalk paint, crackle medium and acrylic paint. On the roof shingles I used a dark brown stain and then watered down chalk paint and rubbed it in and then sanded. I've been trying to post a more recent picture, but for some reason it says it's too large even though my "properties" say its 120kb. Will keep trying.
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    Hi Karin, I'm expecially excited to hear from you since I've admired your Beacon Hill house for months! It's amazing and has given me a lot of inspiration!
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    Hello Everyone, My name is Wendy and I have recently started building my first dollhouse, the Beacon Hill. I am making it to look "haunted". The most surprising thing I have found out about this hobby is that it takes so much time! Although I'm lucky enough to have time to work on it, LOL! Since late July, I've been spending about 5-6 hours a day, punching out, sanding, painting, gluing and researching what the heck I'm doing and how to do it! LOL! I have found the instructions for the kit to be very confusing and lacking in pictures. I have also found "typos" that actually make it even more confusing. For example, the chimney instructions regarding the "flue" and adding trim to the outside of the chimney, the first step referencing the pieces on the schematic drawing refers to six middle flue pieces and 2 flue sides but then the first direction on what to glue together refers to six flue sides. Anyway, it's things like this that make assembly more challenging. I've been greatful though to find other builders willing to share their experiences and who took the time to either make videos or take pictures with explanations. One good source I have used is "jennsminis.wordpress.com". She actually cut the Beacon Hill into two houses and is doing the chimney side house now. Laurie Heisler is also I very good resource for dollhouse tutorials. Her website is "dollhouseminiaturemadnessandtutorials.com" She and her Dad have done numerous videos showing the Beacon Hill and various other tutorials on miniatures. I look forward to sharing my progress on this house with you all and hopefully gain further knowledge from you all! Here is a pic of what I've done with the interior so far.
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