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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 difficult. He also says this house is time consuming because you have to follow each and every step as it is written. Complements of LPCullen
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We are finished! Compliments of LPCullen
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Well, we have a little problem. I looked and looked and looked for the top to the chimney, and it is nowhere to be found. We even cleaned up the construction area, and it is still nowhere to be found. So, either the minutemen or Chloe took off with it, along with the rails to the staircase. So, the house will not have either one of those, unless they are found hidden somewhere at a later date.Now, I have gotten the fence painted, and the house is mostly finished, I am just waiting on Jimmy to put the doorknobs on for me. The doorknobs I want to use for the interior have to be cut, and I haven't the hand strength to cut them!Compliments of LPCullen
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Not too much exciting going on today. I have finished staining the interior doors, and have put them together with the hinges inside of them. Jimmy had to trim down both interior doors and the exterior door so that it would fit, and he has hung them on the house. I have also been doing so touch up painting here and there.Jimmy has been building the little picket fence. Way too many pieces to that fence, and I now know why most everyone else has elected to leave it off.Compliments of LPCullen
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Now that Jimmy has completed the shingling, I have been staining the roof shingles. I've also been staining the interior doors, and the exterior door has been painted. Because the recipient of this house's favorite color is blue, so is the front door.Compliments of LPCullen
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Jimmy is FINALLY done with the shingling! Well, almost. He's still waiting on one little area to dry.Compliments of LPCullen
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Poor Jimmy, he's still shingling ... It's kind of interesting how he has to tape down the shingles on that one side. Here's that picture:He is almost done though. In this picture, you can see most of the roof done. But, pay close attention to that double window behind the house. Next time you see that area (see the Westville blog), that window will not be there.Compliments of LPCullen
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Jimmy is still shingling, poor guy. He is also creating a little side line down the sides/peaks areas of the roof using pieces of siding. Just look where the small pieces of blue tape are, and you can see what he is doing with that. Compliments of LPCullen
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All of the exterior trim is now on the house, and Jimmy has begun shingling. Because this is a complex roof (what part of the house has not been complex?), this is going to take a while!Compliments of LPCullen
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Not much has happened today. Jimmy has been putting the interior window trim in now. He says it is going in fairly easily too. He keeps eying that roof though, and says he is not looking forward to shingling it ... that will take some time too, since we don't use hot glue but use wood glue instead ... Here are some pictures of the interior windows. Compliments of LPCullen
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Time for me to play again! Jimmy has put the little corner roof sections on, and now I need to paint the underside of the roof sections. First I have to tape it off so I don't hit the trim--taping off is not one of my favorite things to do either! This painting technique that I am using has been quite interesting. My first coat was my standard white semi-gloss as a primer, then I mixed my color to get the color that I wanted the house to actually be, and used that as a base coat. Then I mixed in the sand, and there are also some pieces of seashells in there that I missed in the sifting process. The sand mixture has been made fairly thick, per Jimmy's request, and I have to stir it in between each section that I paint because of its thickness. When putting on that final coat, I am not so much painting as I am "slopping" it on and swirling it around. Zack came and looked at what I was doing and said "it looks like the real thing". High praise from Zack indeed. Here are some pictures:Compliments of LPCullen
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Jimmy is just about finished installing the exterior trim on the front and on one of the sides, and he is working on putting the exterior windows in too. This house has been quite interesting. Normally, Jimmy does a small amount, and then waits on me to do my thing, and then he does another small amount, and waits on me again. On the other houses that we have built, it has been--time wise at least--1/3 Jimmy and 2/3 me. This house has been quite different! It has thus far been 1/4 me and 3/4 Jimmy. Might explain why he is liking it so much!Compliments of LPCullen
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Jimmy is very excited now because he is putting the exterior trim on the house. I stained it all, using the Minwax Provincial stain (don't know if I will EVER be done with staining on this house!). Jimmy is really liking the way this house is looking, and so am I. Here are pictures of the front trim going on. The house is laying on its back when these pictures were taken. Jimmy has begun installing the front livingroom window. I really like the windows in this house! Compliments of LPCullen
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Because we've gotten the majority of the exterior painted, and the wallpaper up, and some of the exterior trim on, I thought I would go ahead and give you an update and show pictures so that you can see where we are on this house. Even though I am not very fond of tudor style houses, I am really beginning to like this one--especially now that the exterior trim is going on.And in case you wanted to know what it looks like to look down the chimney, here it is:Compliments of LPCullen
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My staining thus far has been done (at least until he takes out the next round!), so Jimmy has begun applying the stained pieces to the exterior of the house. Again, because of the way this house is designed, we had to put one side of the trim on, and let it dry. We also used various paint cans to hold the trim down on the house while it dried. Jimmy used the pro-bond wood glue to glue the trim to the house.Compliments of LPCullen
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Jimmy has taken out my trim pieces which go on the front and sides of the house, and I have decided to stain them using the same stain that I used for the floors (Minwax Provincial). I have already stained the window trims themselves, and they are sitting to the side.Today I have done only staining, lots and lots and lots of staining. And still more to go of staining ... And, of course, before I can stain, I do have to sand all the edges ...Compliments of LPCullen
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Jimmy has put the majority of the roof on, and so I have put my ceiling wallpaper in on the top two floors. I like how it has turned out, too.Jimmy has also caulked in certain areas, and I will need to go back with the paint brush on the angles/edges and paint those white. Again, I have a preference for semi-gloss white.Compliments of LPCullen
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Now that I have finally finished my room wallpapering, Jimmy has begun putting the roof sections on to the house. Here's where he's at now: Because I have decided to use the "popcorn texture" ceiling paper in the upper floors as well, he has taken out some additional roofing pieces for me to prime and wallpaper. Yes, believe it or not, because of some of the difficult angles in the top floor of this house, I have decided to go ahead and wallpaper certain sections prior to assembly. Compliments of LPCullen
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I have FINALLY finished the livingroom and kitchen wallpapers! Here's what it looks like:Compliments of LPCullen
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For the past two days, I have concentrated on getting the remainder of the upper floors finished with their wallpapering. I am very pleased with how they have turned out thus far. Again, because of the layout of the rooms, I have to finish one wall, let it dry completely, trim it down, then do the next wall. Additionally, in the bedroom, there are several angles in which I have to repeat the same process, so it takes a little longer, but I am still pleased with it.Here are some pictures:Compliments of LPCullen
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I have now begun painting the remainder of the front of the house. I am really pleased with how this paint texture is working out. It is very funny, because while I paint the "front" of the house, I also have to go ahead and paint the sides of the "bay" windows and other areas which are showing while the front of the house is face up--meaning I have laid the house on it's back to paint its front. I have also removed the tape on the beams in the front.Here are some pictures:Compliments of LPCullen
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I have begun painting the "underside" of the eves on the front of the house, and also the back of the house, where the staircase is. Again, because of the mixture of the paint on this house, I have to paint one area and allow it to dry completely before I can move the house.Here are some pictures:Compliments of LPCullen
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I have now flipped the house over and have begun painting the other side. I have discovered that this "paint mixture" works best if you apply it in kind of a circular motion, and apply it thickly. Here's a picture of the other side:Compliments of LPCullen
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I am now painting the exterior of the house. For the actual "base" coat, I had mixed about 2 tablespoons tan paint with about 1/2 quart white semi-gloss paint. For the actual "finished" coat of paint, I have added some sand that I got from St. Pete Beach the last time I was in Florida. It gives it sort of a stucco finish.Because of the way that this house is built, and because of the texture to the paint, I have to paint one side of the house, and then let it dry completely before I move it. I have begun painting one of the sides.Here are pictures:Compliments of LPCullen
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I have been staining upper beams and still working on wallpaper. With the way that these rooms are designed, I have to wallpaper one wall, let it dry and then trim it out and then re-paste any sections that didn't take (and repeat for the next wall). I have discovered that for those areas in which the glue/paste didn't quite adhere that if I take a small paint brush and dip it into my paste, and then run the paint brush down behind the wallpaper, in between the wallpaper and the wall, that works quite well! So, for the past two days, I have been working on the upstairs wallpaper.Here are pictures of the progress:Compliments of LPCullen
