Juliet balcony

For this swinging window, I had to add a Juliet balcony for grandma's safety. In the original layout, there would have been a stairway here and no way for someone to fall out of the floor to ceiling window. By moving the stairs to the center of the house and adding a full floor in the bedroom, that meant grandma could tumble straight out the window. Not good. :[

The Juliet balcony was made from was made from wood dowels, plastic railing from The Dolls House Emporium, bead caps, Houseworks finials and pins.

I added a base from scrap wood and trims, with a painted sandpaper floor. I attached the balcony to the house with headless pins and glue. It wasn't until after I did this that I realized the balcony was not centered around the window. But, you know what? Maybe the miniature carpenters who built this house didn't measure twice drill once and just left it. Who am I to argue? I also added a bottom support beam to keep the balcony from falling off the house.

Love this rickety old balcony!