Franciebelle
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Francie's Witch House (Orchid)
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photos of my build of the Orchid, a witch house (but not Halloween) -
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As a cross-stitcher, I KNOW what this took! It's beautiful! -
Greetings from the Pacific Northwest
Franciebelle replied to Franciebelle's topic in New Member Introductions
Usually I attend the Thurston fair, but it slipped right past me this summer! We've promised our daughter that we'll take her to the Puyallup fair this year, so we're not feeling too bad about skipping the county fair. I haven't been to Elma since I was a teenager! I live in DuPont, actually, but most people recognize Olympia, and since that's where I grew up and where I still work, I call it home. I will, however, be attending the Miniatures show in Seattle this September. Can't wait! It's been a while since I've been. Hope to see you around! -
Stair rail. I find it a little incongruous that the stair rails all have gothic arches, but nothing else does--it's all angles! Just kind of weird. -
I decided that a hallway needs a hat rack and coat rack. However, I haven't drilled the holes for the pegs in the coat rack piece, so after I do that and glue in the pegs, I'll install the rack. I just bought a really cool monster-foot umbrella/cane stand that will go in here, as well. The Victorians had elephant's foot stands, so...why not a monster foot? It's a witch's house!! -
A suitably dark image of the stairs and window, now with its trim and panes installed. I didn't like the look of the stairs, open between steps, so I added panels to make it look a little less rickety. This is the hall area. -
A look at my hinging, doorknob (I dug out a keyhole with my awl and Xacto blade on both sides, so that the tiny key will actually go in! I like the idea that someone can peep through the keyhole), and the trim on the wallpaper on this side of the parlor partition. -
Upstairs complete. The far left will be a closet (not a W.C.!) My miter box is weighting down the stair rail. If you look closely, you can see a little mouse hole I carved into the baseboard at the lower right corner of the main dormer. I painted the wallpaper black behind it to give it some depth. -
Gluing in the porch floor. My husband supplied the weights. What's a little ammo, right? -
Sorry, kind of a weird angle there. Partition glued in! I made a mistake with cutting the wallpaper for it, so I made lemonade out of that lemon, and kind of visually connected the two rooms with center panels of wallpaper. I covered the joins with more baseboard trim on this side, and antiqued German scrap paper (gold-foiled) on the other side. The parlor is fancier, you know! -
The parlor area. Yes, the window to the left of the door is crooked. Grrr. But...I think I'm going to consider it crooked on purpose. Maybe there's something magical/special about it? I dunno...will have to figure that one out! -
Dry fitting the baseboards, step, and stairs stringer. -
A different angle (and hopefully better detail) of the stones. I'm not happy with my camera's macros! -
After the wash dried, I dry-brushed the "stones" to bring out the highlights. Most stones were brushed with light gray, but the ones that were originally light gray needed a lighter color, so I did a little white on those. The cinnamon stones I decided needed a little light brown. All stones got a tiny dry smattering of lichen green. I liked the effect! -
The next step was a wash of burnt sienna with a touch of black. This really brought out the depth of the texture.
