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From the album: The Laurel Build
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Hello All. Just starting my first Build. The Laurel. Following instructions. Just windows and doors so far. Followed advice of a friend who advised painting pieces first. I am retired so I can take my time. I am sure I will have questions as I get going.
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The last couple of days have been busy with family. I did get the new porch posts painted and installed. I also got the bathroom window trim in. I used artist water color tape to hold the trim in place. Artist tape is a very low tack tape. Its used with watercolors. When I pulled it off it pulled part of the wall paper with it in two place. :whistle: I am not sure if I kept the scrap from this scrapbook paper. I will have to go thru my paper stash to see. I will think of some way to repair it.
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I finally finished the Laurel and Primrose. :whistle: To fix the paper that had been torn off. I tried to fill it in with paint. It really shows up in the photos. I am giving this house to my sister's friend little girls with some of the extra furniture that I have collected. I'm not giving the patio furniture away. Looking around my house I really don't have a place to display the house without starting a continual remodel. Well, I am off to finish the other projects I have got going on. Cheers <_<
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I have gotten a lot done on the Laurel. It is almost done. I am think that I need one more Saturday to myself to get it all done. I did get an offer from someone at Ella's preschool to buy the house, but then she disappeared. After inquiring to the persons where abouts it became apparent that this person does and says things like this quite a bit. Just means I get to keep it. :whistle: I don't have any pics yet, but that is because I would like to have all the construction done.
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I seem to have fallen into a routine of "getting all the other stuff done". I lead a very full life. I have a great family. We have our ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade them for the world. Having a large family means a lot of laundry, cooking and cleaning. Not to mention 'mom's taxi service'. I took the time this weekend to work on my Laurel. I ignored the house and it shows. lol Besides Battlestar Galactica is over till the next season (whenever SciFi decides when that is) so my Sunday nights are free. And who is the fifth of the Final Five anyway? I got the patio roof painted. I will need to do some touch ups on the yellow. I thought I had taped it off well enough. Guess I was wrong. Even my trusty assistant didn't notice. There are a lot of spots that need touch ups. All of the flower boxes painted and put on. Some of the shutters, too. I wallpapered the attic. The one side will be a girls room. I am not sure what the other will be. Maybe a study. I feel that I am close to the home stretch. I need to finish the back side roof shingling and the what-knots like door knobs and trim. Then there is decorating. I still cannot find a rug that I like for the patio floor. I am sure that I will find something.
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I was able to get some more crown moulding to finish up the bathroom. ( I have enough to do the Kitchen, too) So I got the moulding cut and painted. Got it glued in and taped up. When it was dry I took the tape off and the paper ripped. I got to thinking that I may not have sealed the paper in this room. I really don't want to repaper the room now that all the trim is in. I am hoping I can find some nice art work that will match the paper to cover the blemishes. I have again ripped out the paper I had in the attic. I am really not sure that I like it. I am not really sure what to do with the space anyway. Holly(Havanaholly) mentioned in a thread about using pink felt for fiberglass insulation. Maybe I will add some rafters and trusses, throw in some "insulation", some mice and bats along with a few other secrets and call it good.
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12-9 I finally got a little movtivation to get to working on my house. Last night I shingled both the front and back of the primrose addition. I need to cap the ridge and paint. Right now I have the glue sitting in its holder upside down so I don't have to shake the bottle. 12-10 Yesterday, didn't go so well, for the roof part. My brilliant idea for a roof cap took forever to dry. What I did was soak some shingles in warm water to get them more pliable. Then I bent them over the top of the ridge with a little glue and tape. I waited all day for them to dry. When I took the tape off they were damp, the glue must have soaked into wood. I reglued, taped and went to bed hoping it would stick. This morning were dried and stuck. Other progress that I made. The primrose addition to my house is supposed to be a greenhouse porch type sitting room. I got the baseboards and frame around the door done. I need to add curtains, plants and furniture. I thought I was done is this room. A few weeks ago, when Mike was home, we were at Lowes looking at Wallpaper borders where I found these free border samples. I thought they would look good here. I need to get some more stripwood to add along the bottom of the borders. I don't know what is on the floor. I am hoping that a magic eraser will take off the black spots. In the bedroom I added the baseboard trim and the door trim. I think the room just needs curtains and some decoration.
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I started the shingles on the front of the Primrose attachment. I also painted the interior window trim. I took pictures; I will post them later. I must have thrown away the color I wanted to use for the trim. I went through all of my craft stuff and threw or gave away a lot of stuff. The color I used doesn't match the color on the window inserts I made. I think I may paint it all white for this room. It is going to be really fun repainting the inserts that were painted before they were glued in. Well, I am off to clean up my mini mess that I left out last night. I had such a hard day, that I finially felt exhaustion and went to bed.
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I just finished my third doll house quilt. My first two were just expirments. This one is going to go into the Laurel Masterbedroom. I put the quilt on the scanner bed to scan rather than taking a photo. The backing fabric is a cream and green check. The center design is machine embroidered by my mom.
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While I was waiting for my mom to come over I got the vaulted roof stained. The only thing is that I should have stained the wood before I started gluing it on. Oh, well! I think it turned out nice anyway.
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I finally decided to start my blog. Winter is on it way. For me it means more time on my hands. Hopefully to work on all of my hobbies. Today, after I scraped off the glue mishap I proceed to glue on the front section of the Primrose section of my first house. I then began to trim in out with quarter round and 1/32"x 1/4" strip wood. I wanted to get it stained today, but It looks like rain. I do have a few more pieces of strip wood to put in and then I can stain. Maybe while my kids are at school tomorrow I'll work by the opened kitchen window and aim the fan to blow the fumes out. All I have left after this is to get all the trim in and start decorating!
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