tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34179422880488563852023-11-25T14:37:01.211-08:00Happy Little WorldsDollhouses, little furniture, and dollies of a tiny tiny interior decorator (well, I'm not that tiny tiny but I pretend!)Little Loosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196792259976762253noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417942288048856385.post-37995933017238449392023-01-17T11:57:00.001-08:002023-01-17T11:57:57.232-08:00The Maryetta, an Art Deco Dollhouse: Real Good Toys, CC3, 333 Franklin Street. Part 5 - Stairs and Stairwell<p style="text-align: justify;">The stairwell of the Maryetta is a far cry from the original stairs' configuration of the Franklin kit, but at least I was able to still use the stairs from the kit for my stairwell customization. Thank goodness!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpsaLlzork_Zxs4_bGzQJxC66QHXFaSUS6dGavxexXzJaeF-QX9Rv_tlV-1JZzJXQIGaeYxdr44dkVix4QJY2cutr3Z7SSUCMFCMHQ1YxHp9eiAJhWP-7gTGYW7oKrpx1zIbhobhEZijPG3iX1aEOQcqEXrRh0ITuY_5pVMojs3-SLC3ddzUaNfe1/s1133/Stairwell%20Customized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1133" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpsaLlzork_Zxs4_bGzQJxC66QHXFaSUS6dGavxexXzJaeF-QX9Rv_tlV-1JZzJXQIGaeYxdr44dkVix4QJY2cutr3Z7SSUCMFCMHQ1YxHp9eiAJhWP-7gTGYW7oKrpx1zIbhobhEZijPG3iX1aEOQcqEXrRh0ITuY_5pVMojs3-SLC3ddzUaNfe1/w545-h419/Stairwell%20Customized.jpg" width="545" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: the original RGT Franklin interior layout. Right: the Maryetta with it's custom cut inside wall and modified cut floors.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">______________________________________________<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><h3> Stair Construction</h3></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Each set of stairs is two pieces glued together, as per the kit and it's instructions. Using "mercury" metallic scrapbook paper, I papered the risers and backs of the the stairs. The treads and sides got a couple of coats of silver craft paint.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85980g1jNtw9wr23-FI62M9Ec6IJcJt-_yBpis-juxP6KzfLZxXi7UiNhHBs7L-7Tb5gr9w6znh5OXvo-j-vFnWDqgKh9txyowpx1dZ4EMk1NrFIZn-WfoSNitBA0vEdey_YCoNPPuH8LMCKbe-gJ26AXEEhB7ip10hsuKATYRh1GV7uEH3hwN9Bn/s2564/02%20Stair%20Construction%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="2564" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85980g1jNtw9wr23-FI62M9Ec6IJcJt-_yBpis-juxP6KzfLZxXi7UiNhHBs7L-7Tb5gr9w6znh5OXvo-j-vFnWDqgKh9txyowpx1dZ4EMk1NrFIZn-WfoSNitBA0vEdey_YCoNPPuH8LMCKbe-gJ26AXEEhB7ip10hsuKATYRh1GV7uEH3hwN9Bn/w551-h351/02%20Stair%20Construction%20.jpg" width="551" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The stair railings proved to be a time consuming sourcing exercise, but I finally located some mesh used for grilling from my local big box grocery and it was cheap too. I cut strips of it with kitchen shears and glued silver painted 1/8" basswood trim for the hand rails using E 6000 adhesive. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="2755" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaWWDJE9DzajvqOiKOFg-toQPq7iJlZvHziIYKcWTeeatUwEkDm2HgAWSzuOn8VSZpMVFADlSR2LhNkPDTF6Ko4n0xjtfRaEKUNBWvzAc7mnBbagXy7xaKinKhiDX0I4wGHOnefWMv36Dl3Bk3op92jzjRGoJzNPxts2JdlR6JUmZVW_igCLOefk3/w524-h288/03%20Multiple%20Rail%20Contruction%201.jpg" width="524" /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I glued the baseboard ribbon to the outside wall before I glued on the stairs. All of the rest of the baseboard basswood trim was then fitted and cut to the stairs. The inside, back and outside walls' installed baseboard ribbons and trims had to be fitted exactly to each other, but at least the wood trim pieces and ribbon provided the correct matching height for each wall.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0szIArqoDlK9h-yOKSFi1skvrf3MT7vGMDAvu1A-LRcvg6rO7h9ikMjZP4o2rwT_TWxeEezITf8u3EaVpvhm3m4qEz1Z-86zTjo6twMxk41GRGuLGAk1E759jgu1CnNxCztuRFPvim_Wg34psHDPg9PWYwTlcTTow_zkTDjoKcYugpDiDJU65U_0/s3720/04%20Multiple%20Railing%20Installed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="3720" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0szIArqoDlK9h-yOKSFi1skvrf3MT7vGMDAvu1A-LRcvg6rO7h9ikMjZP4o2rwT_TWxeEezITf8u3EaVpvhm3m4qEz1Z-86zTjo6twMxk41GRGuLGAk1E759jgu1CnNxCztuRFPvim_Wg34psHDPg9PWYwTlcTTow_zkTDjoKcYugpDiDJU65U_0/w604-h281/04%20Multiple%20Railing%20Installed.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Before I installed the inside wall's stairs I trimmed it's windows with my "classic" thin cut popsicle craft stick trim, painted a silver. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Vc2pMM35CIRBXKZmJcF9aRJCShi09-q4RwmCo-Bh6jEcdevi4_DNZdupQfg8lnAvmaA8J_AymtLN-PhMPPYJhksR-w-ktdmnMXfUgFO0udKNPuVEFcu1peF2iRLmX1VefJ6tQcUY-bI2fl-cSjeuAwSTz8G2Qe-nppIbhs85B1K4ZRIdbYa6PBvX/s1221/01%20Stairwell%20Before%20and%20One%20Stair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1159" height="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Vc2pMM35CIRBXKZmJcF9aRJCShi09-q4RwmCo-Bh6jEcdevi4_DNZdupQfg8lnAvmaA8J_AymtLN-PhMPPYJhksR-w-ktdmnMXfUgFO0udKNPuVEFcu1peF2iRLmX1VefJ6tQcUY-bI2fl-cSjeuAwSTz8G2Qe-nppIbhs85B1K4ZRIdbYa6PBvX/w498-h525/01%20Stairwell%20Before%20and%20One%20Stair.jpg" width="498" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The custom cut inside wall of the stairwell before and after it's installed stair component and before it's baseboard trims.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Finally I was able to glue the last outside wall on and proved that all my planning, meticulous measuring and fitting paid off! I then installed the silver painted crown moldings from <a href="https://www.manchesterwoodworks.com/">Manchester Woodworks</a>, magnets for the LED battery powered custom lights and the inside of my Maryetta was finally complete! Wow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11NAihz8WRwtUduBcARKiPFx8I03NqR13cBrh_e5XD8ChVJ-vnjr21vkj4AZ1VX5VFUAc7MIBxyw_dRU9lnUH3bEawLt7g5KRSgkwc2544xVPieAUN79JbYdMYY1uZRoqMyoBYV5zvCfKv3mSHDn1t8BOEFQSc07SpT7WnrhEpWQ0mNuhk5cLWO8W/s1365/05%20Stairwell%20Trim%20and%20Finished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1365" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11NAihz8WRwtUduBcARKiPFx8I03NqR13cBrh_e5XD8ChVJ-vnjr21vkj4AZ1VX5VFUAc7MIBxyw_dRU9lnUH3bEawLt7g5KRSgkwc2544xVPieAUN79JbYdMYY1uZRoqMyoBYV5zvCfKv3mSHDn1t8BOEFQSc07SpT7WnrhEpWQ0mNuhk5cLWO8W/w566-h506/05%20Stairwell%20Trim%20and%20Finished.jpg" width="566" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: clamping and wedging trims and cornice to the sides and ceiling.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4>Next: construction of the opening front wall! Oh my!</h4></div><br /><div><br /></div>Little Loosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196792259976762253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417942288048856385.post-25434916275585210052023-01-16T15:23:00.003-08:002023-01-17T12:05:34.651-08:00The Maryetta, an Art Deco Dollhouse: Real Good Toys, CC3, 333 Franklin Street. Part 4 - Room Trims<p style="text-align: justify;">(Note: It's been three years since I've posted. I apologize. The Covid Lockdown not withstanding, my daughter finally did succumb to her ovarian cancer in the fall of 2020. It did take a lot out of me, but I did finish the Maryetta in the summer of 2021. It is named for my daughter Alexandra Maryetta and my paternal grandmother and aunt so I just couldn't let it sit undone. I'm just now piecing together the last posts for the Maryetta, revisiting photos and trying to remember the processes long done. Thank you all for understanding and visiting once again!)</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">A Revisit Of the "Barn Raising" Of the Walls and Floors, 2019:<br /></h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ4W5UIGTZRQ9_kfXJl-m8KYcSvbkgPqcseDB8V1aRP9ydiH9aqfl6spEJ4Sz-PRI7kkIUz7ndRh338o4w5iqwJZ4rVjfcS_VocjpF90HLitP3wOIGz9uhDZ8UFLlEfQ4xLldzTPF1X6FKWbEWPxVW4nWmo3PO4BitPE38YDiNSUKQU8ao4Mhr5GU/s1280/01%20Floors%20Wall%20glued%20together.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ4W5UIGTZRQ9_kfXJl-m8KYcSvbkgPqcseDB8V1aRP9ydiH9aqfl6spEJ4Sz-PRI7kkIUz7ndRh338o4w5iqwJZ4rVjfcS_VocjpF90HLitP3wOIGz9uhDZ8UFLlEfQ4xLldzTPF1X6FKWbEWPxVW4nWmo3PO4BitPE38YDiNSUKQU8ao4Mhr5GU/w325-h433/01%20Floors%20Wall%20glued%20together.jpeg" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay! All the pieces align and fit!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Yes, all that time consuming matching of prints, bashed cutouts for stairs, pieced ceilings and hand painted floors came to a assembly crescendo of success. Thank goodness! It was then on to the baseboard, ceiling and corner trims.</p><p style="text-align: center;">__________________________________ <br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Popsicle Craft Sticks and the Making Of a Classic Art Deco Style</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">What a miracle of versatility, the lowly popsicle stick! Sliced
carefully in half lengthwise (steady now!) and painted or stained, they
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Lucky for me! <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeYjZExqg0-LkyV_iOV2V1fBNiXrnW-Z5GCIsTpL168KZavh1WLmzclGIQODRib6cK2t342vPCrpMNGNQzEvyKJRT-s5OsLIYDzCd6P9m5uMYWeoBz5MlNtIMWCZNtQg6Ng_5qVcYRLTAX6H6ykgwLEF8-dkovhzEimCIj72AsxH5qGXUwA4tE6bz/s1280/Popsicle%20sticks.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeYjZExqg0-LkyV_iOV2V1fBNiXrnW-Z5GCIsTpL168KZavh1WLmzclGIQODRib6cK2t342vPCrpMNGNQzEvyKJRT-s5OsLIYDzCd6P9m5uMYWeoBz5MlNtIMWCZNtQg6Ng_5qVcYRLTAX6H6ykgwLEF8-dkovhzEimCIj72AsxH5qGXUwA4tE6bz/w328-h437/Popsicle%20sticks.jpeg" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Popsicle craft stick time!</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I used large and medium craft popsicle sticks and it took a good while to cut, sand and then stain and paint all those pieces in readiness for their ultimate Deco statement. Cheap and simple but effective I think:<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7N_2NjvasV-8fAFJa4hVtpGMhyOR-2JhJwjMye0RxuQJ0Wcf8Se-d4klo_n5ocqH0anMxsd6ReAa0FeY2eS-pQ2Af6GrBrordXM3xfeTSY0K3rDVyqnegRWu_dYI_wdtiNPz7YBfJOw_WUnjKJAlk3xJ77-KhVjh5xuwB_yO7pGhvX8QOUUrMSlQQ/s1193/Kitchen%20Trim%20Out.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="791" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7N_2NjvasV-8fAFJa4hVtpGMhyOR-2JhJwjMye0RxuQJ0Wcf8Se-d4klo_n5ocqH0anMxsd6ReAa0FeY2eS-pQ2Af6GrBrordXM3xfeTSY0K3rDVyqnegRWu_dYI_wdtiNPz7YBfJOw_WUnjKJAlk3xJ77-KhVjh5xuwB_yO7pGhvX8QOUUrMSlQQ/w380-h574/Kitchen%20Trim%20Out.jpg" width="380" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottom: insuring horizontal trims are even from side to side.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I used 1/2" basswood trim pieces you can get at craft stores for the base moldings and a lovely miniature ceiling cove molding from <a href="https://www.manchesterwoodworks.com">Manchester Woodworks</a>, my go to for spectacular miniature trims and wainscotting.</p><p style="text-align: center;">_____________________________________ <br /></p><h4 style="text-align: center;">Kitchen, finished and tricked out with Strombecker furniture! </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h_L05-EXdDB1qsNs4jHjHoFPEo6jttp1CoVpxVT91KkihFZi2eUSBl-D__pftd6oYW2ZB8W15_0cAbrydTepebyUNp8W6x129uiaQONnEE5sUCK09ZFu-L_oUgGqj9TMPwHS8Yja0u91CI5ESXFVWTncBizTJmGnM-icc_cwrgjYwWUDg3YxTUQ3/s1280/Kitchen%20Tricked%20Out.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h_L05-EXdDB1qsNs4jHjHoFPEo6jttp1CoVpxVT91KkihFZi2eUSBl-D__pftd6oYW2ZB8W15_0cAbrydTepebyUNp8W6x129uiaQONnEE5sUCK09ZFu-L_oUgGqj9TMPwHS8Yja0u91CI5ESXFVWTncBizTJmGnM-icc_cwrgjYwWUDg3YxTUQ3/w559-h419/Kitchen%20Tricked%20Out.jpg" width="559" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h4><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;">Bedroom, finished!</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzwp4gR1YGND2pH71TSkqJZ1iJ0FCUdw_1YgBRmInMXXJlXti1nGzPOZeP-GWLSG1ikJmZG1mSgVShtYXEJeKPSYBGv4hcKLkZn7Qh0E1FaUkJkCmmk9H-ZB3i45j6KzDrtHjFjZ42IPqnv6qPrumL54EJ6CxaJHaR7zsO2MY1sitCBBRDGwP55XU/s1280/3rd%20ceiling%20and%20trim%20installed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1280" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzwp4gR1YGND2pH71TSkqJZ1iJ0FCUdw_1YgBRmInMXXJlXti1nGzPOZeP-GWLSG1ikJmZG1mSgVShtYXEJeKPSYBGv4hcKLkZn7Qh0E1FaUkJkCmmk9H-ZB3i45j6KzDrtHjFjZ42IPqnv6qPrumL54EJ6CxaJHaR7zsO2MY1sitCBBRDGwP55XU/w528-h409/3rd%20ceiling%20and%20trim%20installed.jpeg" width="528" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Next, the staircase. Oye!<br /></h3><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Little Loosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196792259976762253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417942288048856385.post-59606642014093272202019-05-02T05:43:00.003-07:002023-01-17T12:03:34.733-08:00The Maryetta, an Art Deco Dollhouse: Real Good Toys, CC3, 333 Franklin Street. Part 3 - Ceilings<div style="text-align: justify;">Dollhouse ceilings fill me with dread. I always forget about them until it seems like its time to put the whole kitten caboodle dollhouse together, but noooo! So I end up scrambling for a last minute plan that makes for at least another few weeks of parts, parts, parts laying around! I want to assemble!! But this time I was on a mission for at least one of the ceilings, to make it as Art Deco as I could so I was a bit more prepared.<br /></div><div>
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The 1st and 2nd floor ceilings were kinda a no brainer. I glued some hand made paper for the 1st floor ceiling and painted gold and glued ribbon and mirrors on the 2nd floor ceiling. They're OK, but I just wanted to move on I think! It was June already! The stair landing ceilings that jet out are a cool mercury glass look scrapbook paper:</div>
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However, with the Maryetta (Franklin), since I planned for a three story stairwell, it's rooms would be about the size that the original Franklin build. Oh well! The newly created partition panel is three stories high and, as described in the Maryetta's first post, the kit's provided floors have been cut to accommodate the stairway's cutouts and wall grooves:</p></div>
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<p>Just as with my other three CC builds, I used the provided small partition panels to test stain and painting techniques. And boy, did I try a lot of ideas!</p>
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Here are the panel interiors, including the three story partition panel in the center, prepped for wallpapering and painting. </p></div>
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The side panel on the right had to have part of it's grooves filled in. The cut, modified floor tabs will fit right in the remaining groove areas and that whole panel will be papered with a silver and white, Art Deco style, handmade paper.</p></div>
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I hoped the seams of the stairwell silver Deco paper wouldn't show much when the inside is put together. But all in all, I'm was happy with the wall panels as they stood and feet anxious to put them together with the floors. But the ceilings had to be done first. And that's Part 3. Sigh!</p></div>
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<b>Well, this is the forth, and last, of the Real Good Toys, Children's Choice, open front, dollhouse kits that I undoubtedly, bashed. I must be on some sort of Art Deco craze as my last two blogged projects are Art Deco inspired as well!</b></p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">To be fair, I actually started this build in February of 2017 and am still working on it. My daughter was diagnosed with cancer a few months before and the blog posting for this build just never seemed to ever get started. </span></p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I did decide to name the build after my daughter's middle name and my Grandma's maiden name, the Maryetta. To be honest, I'm hesitant to finish the Maryetta, like superstitious bad luck for my daughter or something! Maybe I'll just leave one thing unfinished!</span></p></div>
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The 333 Franklin Street (CC3) is also known as the Brownstone of the CC collection, and when built to its specs and with the pre papered front, looks like this:</p></div>
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Of course, being a Strombecker kind of girl, I have to have a dollhouse to house some of my Strombecker furniture collection. Strombecker's stylized 3/4 (1:16) scale size lends perfectly to Art Deco, at least in my mind, and I fleshed that furniture out with handmade fireplaces and mini resin replicas of Vladimir Kagan's sectional furniture from the Wiman/Preview furniture company.</p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">I decided to bash at least the inside, as I wanted a tall stairwell for the two sets of stairs and three floors. I designed a 3 story interior partition wall with two interior windows that my gracious husband cut out of masonite, and replaced the three small wall partitions included in the kit. </span></p></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Of course I would like to say I got sooo much done the four weeks I was there at my daughter's, and really, after her dramatic surgery, she was strongly on the mend before the next block of chemo, so she wasn't the holdup. Its just I couldn't make up my mind on what the floors should look like. The kitchen floor, I had to do twice (turning it upside down for the second version) as the Sharpied black squares streaked when I tried to polyurethane the first version. Argh!!! That's the last time I'll use Martha Stewart craft colors!!!</span></p></div>
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It was way over two months before I settled on a look for the 2nd and 3rd floors. The stencils I had just weren't cutting the mustard, and once again, I was flummoxed! First the kitchen floor and now these (as it would turn out, one of many flummoxings I was to have with this build)! </p></div>
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Finally I had a tupperware lid inspiration, and finished the 2nd and 3rd floors in a matter of hours with a bronze Sharpie. Then a couple of days for polying and fine sanding in betwwen each coat.</p></div>
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From the box top, I sketched out a plan, using the long sides as the overall height of the fireplace.</div>
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To make the arches, I used a drill with a small drill bit to help cut out the arches that both pieces would need.</div>
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The biggest part of the fireplace, I used the top of the box, its sides' thickness was just right for the overall depth of the fireplace, so I did not have to remove it arch.</div>
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The inside arched part of the fireplace, I did remove the arch and cut it in half length wise,</div>
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and glued the inside arch together with a scrap piece of thin craft basswood.</div>
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I stained and painted all the pieces, cutting two half round to place on each side of the fireplace to create that Deco look.</div>
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I used a little firebox I had and my Aunt Elsa's watch pendant to finish the piece.</div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="s1"><b>The last ting to do before the assembly was to drill whole for the lighting. Once I made up my mind on those locations and got up my nerve, that didn’t take very long. I decided to wait to decorate the 3rd floor, as I wanted to make sure everything glued up the way I thought it would. And the 3rd floor has a removable front wall so it was just better to wait.</b></span></span></div>
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Oh! <a href="https://michellesminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=226" target="_blank">Click here for the link to Michelle's Miniatures' "the Mulberry"! </a></h3>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In my online research of the Mulberry (I always try to find other examples of finished kits), I came across a completed one where the little square window holes had been filled in with some sort of clear plastic. It’s such a cool effect! I was able to track down the artist and she shared how she did it, a product called “Gallery Glass”. It’s usually used to create stained glass effects on glass and windows but she had successfully used it on her Mulberry. So I bought some clear Gallery Glass, set up the wax paper and began filling all those little holes!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The 1st floor mural was more challenging but then I remembered my dad’s photography, and all the wonderful natural scenes he posts to his Flicker account. Sure enough, there was a desert scene he took near his home that he had tweaked with some photo software that was perfect! I asked him for it and a couple of other files and the 1st floor had it’s focus!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I then used software on my computer, sized and "mirrored" Dad's photo to create this lovely desert"mural". I also resized a photo he took of my mom in their sweet home, for the mantle artwork. Very Craftsman indeed!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is a lovely quarter scale dollhouse kit with three floors. It stands just over 8 inches and 6 1/2 inches wide. It is made of laser cut wood and comes c</span>omplete with two floors of embossed, Craftsman style flower wainscoting and Nouveau trim for it's outside. My intent is to make it a front opener!</h4>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I asked that she leave the floors uncut, so I could place the staircases where I wanted them, I would cut the openings myself. And smart woman she is, Michelle left the flower embossing on the 1st floor walls, despite my direction that I didn’t need it. Boy was I wrong on that one as you will see later in my posts!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">These little home kits sometimes come in large envelopes or small book boxes! Usually they fit right in the mailbox. Always a shocker for me but convenient for the maker I bet!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I planned to move the staircases to the sides of the home, to take up less interior space. Once I took a thorough look at the kit I realized I didn’t want the 1st floor to have two rooms, it would have one long expanse, and a fireplace. For the 2nd floor, if I moved the stairs to the back wall, I could create what looked like a hallway that would have openings to two rooms. This required graft paper. I laid out the 2nd floor and planned for the change.</span></h4>
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I have admired "The Arc", a 3/4 scale, kinda abstract mid century feeling dollhouse from 3StarStudioArts, for a very long time, but found it hard to afford. So when I discovered they were offering pretty much a 1/4 scale version, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/270710431/the-mini-arc-an-original-miniature-model?ref=shop_home_active_2">The Mini Arc</a>, I figured it was time to quench my want for an Arc and experience the thrill of 1:48 dollhouse building!</h4>
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It arrived in a firm envelope, which fit in my mailbox, a big perk in shipping a dollhouse kit for sure. The Mini Arc itself had eight parts and came with some tiny furniture pieces. I immediately got to work, I mean fun!</h4>
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Gluing the wee puppy together was a bit more challenging than I had anticipated. The parts didn't fit together as well as I would've liked. There were gaps at the seams and tab slots, no matter how hard I tried. My original "vision" for a sparse, mid century abode, was not possible with the open gaps I found myself with.</h4>
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I realized I was going to have to trim it out a bit, and sliced the width down of some paper thin wood trim I had. I think the trim turned out OK and in fact gave it a bit more realism.</h4>
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The furniture that came with it was a little big, I thought, for my 1/4 scale MC world. I went ahead and assembled the bed, the coffee and dining tables and the little stools, which I used as side tables. I ordered some awesome 1/4 scale mid century furniture kits, but I didn't need much. I thought it was more important to suggest a home rather than outfit as a real house (I'm always that way!).</h4>
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As you can see my Ultimate Frisbee Roman dude is happy to have some company! That place on the shelf always looked a bit needy for some MC action.</h4>
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Now where's that Mini Arc again???</h4>
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My grandson turned 3 this last year. He had always been enamored with the wee wooden castle that was on the burn pile, marked for extinction (too many mice had made it their home and it had been outside for a year)! "No Ben no!" I would call out, "Too much mice poop!". And the poor little mug would look at it wistfully, and toddle off. He's such a good kid.<br />
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I discovered that Playmobil Medieval people and accessories were the perfect size and afforded so many dueling options! I also purchased and painted a couple of wood treasure chests and a wood jewelry box (used for the dastardly dungeon) at Michaels to hold all the accessories. A couple of my old dollhouse finds and we were in the castle business!</div>
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I've finished my third of four dollhouses from the RGT Children's Choice collection, the 1 Country Lane. Take a look, its definitely the "sister" of the RGT CC Tudor, just a change of the exterior trim package and the "bash" I did on it... <a href="https://happylittleworlds.blogspot.com/2014/02/retrofit-kit-tudor-dollhouse-part-12.html">https://happylittleworlds.blogspot.com/2014/02/retrofit-kit-tudor-dollhouse-part-12.html</a>.</h4>
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In any case, I'm very pleased with Handgemalt Cottage's results as I kept within a very sparse budget and only bought special "beams" from my favorite miniature trim provider, <a href="http://www.manchesterwoodworks.com/">www.manchesterwoodworks.com</a>.</h4>
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So the batons that run vertically on the front of the wee Handgemalt Cottage, what a pain!!<br />
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I realized, after marking the 1" spacings per the instuctions, that RGT's 1" spacing, well, was dumb! But of course that realization did not come to me before I had glued up the window trims and shutters! Duh!!!!! None of the baton sticks lined up with the middle of the windows or the peak of the front porch!!! Argh! So I ended up erasing the original spacing guidelines while all that trim and shutters were on, and made new spacing lines to satisfy my need for symmetry! Geesh!!!<br />
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Another frustration, the sticks for the batons were not long enough to span the longest areas! Another reason I decided to use shutters, a desperate attempt at making the fewest scarf joints as possible! I only had one scarf to make, to be exact, using my "new" spacing and shutters. Originally there would have been at least four.<br />
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Well, after all that thought, I decided to use the last piece of fabric I bought to match the house that I found at a thrift store. I'm not sure it was such a good idea, but its different!<br />
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I always like this view. The dolly's view, inside, looking through the windows and door of the front wall panel. One will never see it again once the back is on. Anyways...<br />
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I decided to make the front inside wall panel the just with the 1st floor and 2nd floor the fabric wall paper. In my one of my previous RGT CC Tudor dollhouse, I tricked out the wall inside wall panel with the wainscoting, (<a href="https://happylittleworlds.blogspot.com/2014/01/retrofit-kit-tudor-dollhouse-part-8.html">RGT Tudor</a>), but with my RGT Town Hill I did not ( <a href="https://happylittleworlds.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-carl-larsson-experiment-part-7.html">RGT Town Hill</a>). I figured quicker assembly and vintagely consistent with antique front opening dollhouses like Bliss' was just fine for the Handgemalt Cottage.<br />
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Here are the back and front interior wall panels. The front panel has yet to have its windows and doors cut out at this point, I used a sharp razor blade and cutting board for that. I did attempt to have the fabric wallpaper line up all the way around. That was a challenge!<br />
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Here I'm applying the provided interior window trim from the kit, no special buy on replacements for this dollhouse, yet. RGT has you build out the window sills so the plexiglass window inserts can slide in and out for cleaning. I didn't think I was gonna like that but now I think its a cool idea.<br />
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So, like many a doll home builder, I try to get an idea the few looks or ideas I have for the different parts of the home. It takes some extra time, but with the advent of the digital camera, these mock ups can really help clarify one's visions to reality. </div>
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Here are the two variations of the outside of the front panel that I mocked up and what I've decided on.</div>
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I made the custom shutters with some more craft store wood pieces, staining them first and a quick finger wipe of craft paint to get the transparent red color.<br />
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Unfortunately, RGT doesn't have the batten placements centered with the windows or the door, so I'm going to have to erase all the batten placement pencil lines I made after following their directions, and adjust them to have them centered for symmetry, especially over the porch. Sigh. Good thing I'm using the shutters so I will probably have enough provided batten material to work with!<br />
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It always seems each of these little homes gets started because I have some collection of vintage doll house furniture that I just can't keep in a box anymore. This house will be home to my vintage Handgemalt collection, made in Germany, a sweet, oversized folk set. I've only ever seen two pieces of it elsewhere:</div>
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One of the nice things about these kits is its easy to to do the interior, you don't have to assemble the whole house to work on its insides and every body part is basically a rectangle. And starting with the insides makes the most sense to me, and to that end I always start with the floors.<br />
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I don't know if I would have done anything different had known from the beginning Palazzo Moderno's genesis. But now I'm really glad I decided NOT TO glue a fireplace to the cork wall! I did want a fireplace, and that wall is the natural choice. Right before I was gonna glue (nooooo!), it dawned on me I could make a frame to hang the fireplace on top of the cork wall. I would use the indents between the cork parts to help anchor the frame. <i>Ora che e l'architettura!</i></div>
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Remember my Strombecker/German Frankensteined bed in my last post? Here it is with vintage plug in lamps that plug into that little vintage plastic battery box dresser. Waiting for bulbs. One lamp works and the other needs fillin'. <i>Cosa sto guardando!?</i></div>
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I know, I should have used the first floor as a gentle breeze porch of a palazzo in the hills of green, ahhhh, but I have had a little Dol-Toi, Barton, and Lundby collection percolating for a while now. Now I have a place where they belong! <i>Benvenuti piccoli!</i></div>
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As well of course it means cleaning up the leftovers of the hurricane that was that Big Project, yuk. So of course I moved all my tables and such, repositioning my working space. Come to think of it I seem to find that the best way to restart anything in my life. And I got to move that comfy velvet vintage rocking chair next to the fireplace for when my Benny comes to visit his Granny! I also got obsessed for a whole day culling my dolly home furniture collections. Thank you old movies!<br />
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So here's one of three little projects I gathered and moved to the side as I worked on my RGT 22 Town Hill, Larrson Dockhus (Swedish for "dollhouse" I hope, cause that's what I named it!). For some reason I see fit to work on each at the same time. Oh, and go to work everyday too.<br />
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On the way home this last time from Colorado, my hubby and I took a detour to Cincinnati Ohio to pick up my "new" modern dollhouse score from eBay. With the winter traveling weather we were constantly in danger, not to mention the semi trucks, but we met an awesome couple and we achieved our "Local pickup only" purchase, only 250 miles away from our home in Ann Arbor <br />
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I feel bad I took it apart and cut it down but it was not in prime shape anyway and that is that!</div>
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Here you see it in comparison to the lovely 3/4 bed it came with. I used that to help me proportion my new creation. </div>
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I cut the foot board down so it would be split in the middle, glued it back together. I left the head board intact to create the back of a floating nightstand bed. I then took a parted out, broken, walnut Strombecker solid buffet drawer, cut it down to size and split it in half to make the matching nightstands, those are on the left. The walnut "strap" decorating the foot board pieces is from an old Strombecker something parted out too, it's walnut as well.</div>
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So here it is, glued, polyed and upholstered. Sorry about the little speck on the one nightstand! I used my cellphone to take these pics.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, after a few family challenges and a week in Denver, I finally finished. How happy am I! This little place will house some of my porcelain collection, as you will see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6 months to complete after a 6 months in storage! A lot of interruptions but we just persevered!</span></div>
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Now the best part, and always sooo longgg in coming! Furnishings!</div>
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It was difficult finding all the porcelain in the same 3/4 scale, or at least close to it. And of course I used brass colored pieces to round it out a bit.</div>
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Yes, the side table is a door knob. Pretty clever huh? I didn't do it but I'm glad I bought it!</div>
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Must have a place to relax and have a good read while tending to dinner!</div>
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The little wood stove is a salt shaker. I think the salt is still in it!</div>
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Well, I hope you enjoyed my tour of the little Larrson experiment! I know it doesn't exactly copy the Larssons' house in any way, but I think it has a bit of that character. And now it gets to sit next to it's sister, my Barton Tudor!</div>
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BTW, I purchased the next in the RGT Children's Choice opening front dollhouse kit collection, the 333 Franklin Street brownstone. Let's see, I have to paint my front room, that'll be three months, have to go to Denver again, another month, and... Geez! I should be done with that one too in another year!!</div>
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Now comes all the little finishing up things that you can't wait to finish. Not that shingling a dolly roof is a little thing. Especially after dyeing, salting, coffeeing, and bleaching all the little shingles in a hot sink bath. Yuk!<br />
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But first to finish a major piece, the railings. I can't remember how many little rails I punched out of the, I call it "splinter pack", that the kit has, and sanded each one. I waited to paint the railings until I had them glued up. One set for the top, one for the middle and a couple for the door. <br />
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Like I said above, the shingle dyeing was a journey all it's own. First the shingles were too dark, then too blue. I tried everything I could think of from my clothes dyeing days; salt (that just set the dye darker than I wanted), rinse, vinegar, rinse, strong strong coffee and it's grounds (soak soak soak, stir stir stir) rinse and finally some bleach and the final rinse. They sure did end up having a weathered look and now that they are on I very happy with them. My neighbor thought I was a nut however as she watched me. All I needed was a big wart on my nose and I'm sure I resembled a old wicked witch!<br />
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I decided to make the roof part that was supposed to come off for access to the third floor, hinged instead. I just don't like major dollhouse pieces that come off only to possibly be misplaced or accidentally slammed onto dolly furniture! In the instructions the little block chimneys are used to hold the the removeable roof piece onto the home. So now that I won't be using them I have to have chimneys of some sort! Just the thing to try those cool rock stencils you see advertised.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right: Drying. Love the variegation in tone. Left: scraping the compound off the back after a thorough drying.</td></tr>
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I'm still a quandary whether to touch up the color and how am I going to apply the chimneys to the sides????? Oh well. I'll figure out something!<br />
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Hopefully my next post will be the last, the finish, the reveal, of the Carl Larsson Experiment. We'll see!<br />
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Little Loosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196792259976762253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3417942288048856385.post-85070168328624411292015-01-29T10:58:00.000-08:002016-12-09T07:25:06.193-08:00The Carl Larsson Experiment: Part 7, the Doorwall, Last Of the Inside - Real Good Toys 22 Town Hill Road CC2 Front Opening KitThat big doorwall. Keeps the dust out but adds another wall, front and inside, to complete. This will be some of the last of the interior decorating. Finally! <br />
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I hope I have enough paper for the 1st floor. Had only three sheets for four walls. I've decided too not to trim out the inside doorwall with the wainscotting used on the other walls on the two floors. A lot of work and there is no side trim like on the RGT CC Tudor to take up the added thickness to have the door hinge and latch properly. Geesh! I guess it will be more like the old dollhouses of yore, where the inside walls are all tricked out but the doorwall interior is more meager by comparison. Still, there is a lot to plan out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planning and making the trim. Trim and door stained, polyied, finger rubbed with silver craft paint and polyied. Boy! Am I crazy!</td></tr>
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I had to make some side edge strips out of 1/32" thick wood to cover the edges of the wallpaper and take up the space between the crown moldings and the 1" corner blocks' space when the door is closed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papered and initial trim applied. Made do with the leftover wallpaper. Insert above the door says,"Happy Little Home", in Swedish (I hope!).</td></tr>
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When wallpapering both floors I applied the paper as a full sheet, and carefully sliced out the window openings. Was just faster than making a template.<br />
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After waiting for some trim I didn't end up using, I finally finished the 1st floor of the interior doorwall windows...<br />
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The upper floor papered and finished so the whole kitten kaboodle......<br />
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Even though no wainscotting, I think it looks pretty good. Now to the exterior railings. Getting close!</div>
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