Mallory

Love MyAngela's bash... so gorgeous! Thanks for the tips everyone - I am (very) slowly getting started on it.

Stickyfingers - your Orchid is absolutely gorgeous! Such a beautiful style. It is making me very tempted by the board and batten approach. How did you do the corners of the house? Are they two pieces joined or can you buy L shaped wood? Sorry if it's a silly question! Khadi - thanks for the suggestion for stucco, I will definitely keep that in mind for the next project - at the moment I feel like this little house is sending me timber vibes

Thanks KathieB for the terminology (board and batten - I had no idea!), link and smoke and mirrors advice I shall keep pottering about the internet now I know what to look for and work out which way I want to go Thanks Wormwoodz for your suggestions. I've tried a low quality timber filament before (for other things) and sometimes it looks ok, and sometimes it looks very plasticy - like you said, not very convincing. I printed a chess piece that looked great, but tried a train track and it looked rubbish. I've ordered a better quality wood filament so will see how that goes, and if it doesn't look great will probably just go with plastic as you suggest. I'll keep you posted And thanks Havanaholly for the pics - gorgeous house! I love the siding in the attic - very cute

Hi everyone! I'm from Sydney Australia and received an Orchid kit for Christmas - very excited to start! I'm currently in the planning stages and am trying to work out what I'm going to do with the outside of the house. I saw a couple of posts on here with what looked like vertical siding (??) and really liked that but I have no idea what it is or how to use it. Any suggestions? Or if I go with regular siding, is it better to use the sheets of siding, or the single panels? Also, DH has a 3D printer so I'm planning to design and 3D print a different set of stairs in wood filament. Does anyone have any tips / experience for using 3D printed items in projects like this? I'm just in the very early stages of planning and figuring out my approach so any tips and suggestions gratefully received