The previous weeks I've been working on the exterior of the cottage and made some real progress.
I started by measuring and cutting the wood for the roof and front.
Then I drilled the holes for the screws, and that's when I faced a new dilemma :')
Dolls house walls are normally a bit thicker than mine; approx. 8 mm instead of 4 mm. So the screws for the piano hinges were too long but smaller (4 mm) screws would just disappear through the holes of the hinges.
Despite not being very sturdy I choose Balsa wood so I can carve and age the beams to fit the ones in the living room :)
Since I wasn't sure what to do next - put the beams in place and then the screws or finish the upstair rooms first - I started planning and drawing the dormers. That took quite some time :')
On the next photo you can see the first paper version (both windows will be gabled like the left one). Doing a gabled dormer in the middle (the attic landing) might be a bit to fancy for a simple cottage though, so I'll probably just put a window to let in some light.
Then finally when I had the right plan for the dormers, I cut the wood and put it together with masking tape.
Can you see all the paper templates on the table and all the pieces of Balsa I've cut wrong? :')
I also made the openings for the windows a bit bigger.
The outside of the dormers got a coat of black acryl paint and only the front of the dormers got a second coating (since there will be tiles covering the roof and sides ^^).
After adding varnish on the front I could put the windowframes together.
When I was looking for egg carton to make slate tiles for the roof I came across some nice grey wall paper. Maybe if I painted it a bit more black and grey-ish and cut it in even tiles it would look nice?
I decided to give it a go and I love the result! <3 So, the next couple of weeks I'll have my work cut out for me ^^
First painting three more sheets of wall paper, cut them in 3 x 3 cm squares, finish the second dormer and then I should be ready to start glueing all the tiles to the roof :')
Woe, wat een werk heb je verzet, en ga je nog doen! Ik snap dat je verliefd bent op de dakpannen, ziet er nu al mooi uit. Ik ben benieuwd hoe het in het echt zal zijn....
ReplyDeleteDank je, Jolinda. Hopelijk kunnen we snel weer eens samen knutselen, dan kun je het gelijk in het echt zien :)
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