it is finished and waiting for my Aunt to come pick up sometime in March.
she wanted to do some of the finishing touches so I am doing nothing else decorating wise.
the steps are built but not attached so she can transport it better.

my thoughts ...The house when done is fantastic. the rooms are not bad size and the layout is different from other houses making it a unique addition to any dollhouse collection. Due to all the little extra trims this house does take some extra care. maybe not a good choice for a first time crafter...although one of my favorites was built by a first timer. so there ya go.
if you are looking for a challenge with a beautiful house as your results this is the house for you!
a disclaimer....I had this kit almost finished but for the trim work soon after I got it...due to surgery and my lack of interest I took far longer on this house than I needed to. so if using these blogs to judge how long it will take to do these houses please keep this in mind.
TTFN
nutti

here we have it as it looks tonight. all of the windows have their sills and are installed.
I also managed to get the porch peices punched out and painted a couple of coats of white and installed
all I have left are the dormers and the steps and the finishing touches.
I called my aunt and she is very excited about coming to pick up her house...she told me she has a sofatable to set it and her other things on it...I said oh you have other things? she's like well no coz Im waiting on the house to pick the other things.
so a miniature enthusiast is awoken!
nutti

I gathered all of my punched out peices and those that were stained got installed
all of the windows! ....NOT
nooo I had all of them done but for the sills and the fancy stuff on top
sooo I had me a staining session.
and how I wish that this was all of it but Im afraid I missed some. but now I have all of the window trim and doorways and most of the stair rail...dont have it all installed but I did manage to finish the double windows and the doors
so thats where I am as of tonight. I have painted the roof as my Aunt has decided she wants to do some stuff on the house. so she will shingle it.
she also will be doing the baseboards and crown molding and now wants lights
she wants to pick it up in march.
TTFN
nutti

after months of doing other projects and getting them out of the way
I rolled miss Lily back into work room and started adding all the trim.
it is the trim of this house which gives it its special look and there is ALOT of it.
now once again I want to stress
LABLE lable LABLE
you think you will remember where you leave off but you wont.
as I am so close to being finished my plan is to go floor by floor and completeing the windows and the trim. as I go. the first floor will be first as I cannot install the porch rails untill the windows are finished off.
a trip to Hobby Lobby for more door knobs...misplaced the jagillion I already have
now for the photos

here is a photo of the trim layers(verge)
here is the house with most of the verge and trim on....you do remember what I said about lableing?

this is what my widows will look like. that is my trial run
oh another small peice of advice...write down somewhere what color stain was used and paint because if you do like I did you will not remember and have 2 or 3 different stain colors.
I did stain most of the window trims but have alot more to do...try to do this in small sessions it will make the big job seem smaller
TTFN
nutti

I finished painting and adding the dormers to the roof. After that, I decided to start painting the base coat on the trim thatI added to the house (It will get about 4 washes to make it look like stone). I then started ading the clay to the foundation. I also made little clay embellishments that I want to add to the porch to give the effect and mood that my customer wants for this house.