tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219428771957101972024-03-27T06:17:55.588-07:00Ann's Dollhouse Dreamsannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-14918410053808670892024-03-22T06:50:00.000-07:002024-03-22T15:11:07.570-07:00Ordinary Women <p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> In March we celebrate <i>Women</i>, their accomplishments and place in American History. The Media and other institutions tend to immortalize the same well known women for their historical landmark accomplishments. Still there are ordinary women who every day make a difference. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, a nonpolitical, service organization focused on education, historical preservation, and patriotism, I see women from all backgrounds making a difference in their own, ordinary way at home, in their community, and even nationally. Many of our members are military or former military. I write our chapter's newsletter and this one article I wrote for the Women's History Month issue. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2cXNbXNj-tjyDN-RFdbuCWwBICQ79RBw-8UgnJxia62TxkEw6BPtKBXvnBaOlaR10r3gxWiEgmokfwJVq8ByhOeCELn1kNLMDZ9ehqslXYCbUM2RM1T6Ml4fXGaqGojIz5bZYzE1wGwkjNy2c8gZnzzZijEvHhMKLXXaN8G9tcNsDg01yg2iKo0soAa83" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2cXNbXNj-tjyDN-RFdbuCWwBICQ79RBw-8UgnJxia62TxkEw6BPtKBXvnBaOlaR10r3gxWiEgmokfwJVq8ByhOeCELn1kNLMDZ9ehqslXYCbUM2RM1T6Ml4fXGaqGojIz5bZYzE1wGwkjNy2c8gZnzzZijEvHhMKLXXaN8G9tcNsDg01yg2iKo0soAa83" width="180" /></a>You will see the crossover with my REAL life and my miniature life. As I </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">explain, my first car was a '67 mustang coupe, so naturally I recently purchased a 1:18 scale mustang for the Manchester, feeling that the little red mustang was out of scale and would fit nicely in a half scale setting. While this not the replica of my mustang, it still stirs nostalgia for the good old days and those fabulous muscle cars of the '60s. After unboxing the mustang, I read the box and discovered a fascinating story about an ordinary woman ahead of her time, helping women move ahead of their time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #181818;">The </span><a href="https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/2024-whm-theme/" style="color: #954f72;"><span style="color: blue;">National Women's History Alliance</span></a><span style="color: #181818;"> designates a yearly theme for Women's History Month. The 2024 theme celebrates <i>“</i>Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion,” recognizing women who understand the need to eliminate bias and discrimination from individuals' lives and institutions.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #181818;"><b>Anne Goodro</b></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVqV4KTlJLY5GjNvEmjFH9d4TsyEs-RMeHY5cGCsnGMI5bM8chJx90DlOi2K-_mBu8z4kU8Pug4hFSPip7Fh1JNKDjGBBvsHOvL3_VySE2OcCGl5o46UBofD2Y-vXXD49CWiGynoiL_Ug9W9LdgH1fatKjTI5kF8HhC4zHRdUlzGGS5eIIbO_nF6Ub3Bj9" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1280" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVqV4KTlJLY5GjNvEmjFH9d4TsyEs-RMeHY5cGCsnGMI5bM8chJx90DlOi2K-_mBu8z4kU8Pug4hFSPip7Fh1JNKDjGBBvsHOvL3_VySE2OcCGl5o46UBofD2Y-vXXD49CWiGynoiL_Ug9W9LdgH1fatKjTI5kF8HhC4zHRdUlzGGS5eIIbO_nF6Ub3Bj9" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-M0xnAC4RbpM2txF-PRgisBFFl06-fv6Mn0YIlXGbvWRTrnYCwNOezUJQYy1AYSEqs6ptfzX8iYlG0Fg0tiKa5QmzhEvEwIW-xZPpRsA0cZ0y-x94ktqLJT-7lfBHN1ycEoa3JxU634Z0EhrFXt0fi8MCXcRwHsoCemH9NeTJeMcHyLELeKVibRQzyGcK" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-M0xnAC4RbpM2txF-PRgisBFFl06-fv6Mn0YIlXGbvWRTrnYCwNOezUJQYy1AYSEqs6ptfzX8iYlG0Fg0tiKa5QmzhEvEwIW-xZPpRsA0cZ0y-x94ktqLJT-7lfBHN1ycEoa3JxU634Z0EhrFXt0fi8MCXcRwHsoCemH9NeTJeMcHyLELeKVibRQzyGcK" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She was ahead of her time. Thrust into running a car dealership after her husband died, she brought a new approach to selling automobiles, which just might qualify her to be recognized as one of this year’s Women’s History Month Theme: “women who understand the need to eliminate bias and discrimination from individuals’ lives and institutions.” She transformed a predominately male landscape into one that accepted women, not because it was a politically correct and socially acceptable thing to do, but out of necessity because she saw a need and took advantage of the opportunity to grow her business while giving women the opportunity </span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">of be more self-reliant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In 1972 I purchased my first car, a used Ford, but not any Ford— a ’67 Ford mustang GT coupe with a 4-on the floor shift and a 4-barrel carburetor. I loved that car—so much so that it’s stored in our barn. So much so that I purchased another one on eBay to park in my dollhouse garage. After I unboxed the car, I read the box to see exactly what I had purchased, for this one was labeled “The She Country Mustang.” and I was very curious about what made this car so special. This ’67 mustang has quite a legacy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd5FV5lVI6x9EZyB2FYNnwd1SOQ9BIvJ0WEoJNNuaMDQ3oeL5OfqbTB_9CxFAZCUqVOU6MNFpctT87ABKS0FBaJsGytdZDfaIk567wljE2JHHZnuAJnWFaT6szcFcKZUrKXCTvMFoJZ3D0vJrVG9QZYNBVRnnRjSr6-KNUeSV5wcqtJY3c4D9XE_geZ8wt" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd5FV5lVI6x9EZyB2FYNnwd1SOQ9BIvJ0WEoJNNuaMDQ3oeL5OfqbTB_9CxFAZCUqVOU6MNFpctT87ABKS0FBaJsGytdZDfaIk567wljE2JHHZnuAJnWFaT6szcFcKZUrKXCTvMFoJZ3D0vJrVG9QZYNBVRnnRjSr6-KNUeSV5wcqtJY3c4D9XE_geZ8wt" width="180" /></a><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Growing up, I remember well the commercials for Goodro Ford in Denver. According to the box, when Ann Goodro took over the dealership after her husband died in 1967, she became one of the first women in the 1960s to own and operate a car dealership. Ford was making the special edition mustang—the Ski Country Special and High-Country models—, so she talked Ford into making the She Country Mustang edition which she marketed specifically to women in 5 attractive colors: Limelight Green, Autumn Smoke, Bermuda Sand, and Evening Orchid. Each car came with an orchid corsage and a personalized license plate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Women are well aware of the gender pay gap, but in years past that financial gap was more restrictive than just pay equity. In 1967 a woman didn’t just walk into a dealership and open up the hood of a car to check out the engine and then sign the papers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In 1848 married women gained the right to own property when New York passed the first Women’s Property Act. By 1900 most states had passed the same law. Interestingly, single women had been able to own their own property, but husbands controlled their wives’ property.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As property owners, women began to gain wealth and start businesses, but they still could not borrow money. By the 1960s they were finally able to open their own checking accounts and use other banking services, but they still couldn’t get credit cards or loans without a male co-signer; worse, lenders tended to discriminate against women who applied for loans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #181818;">Financial status began to improve with the 1963 Equal Pay Act. The law leveled out the pay discrepancy somewhat, but we know that women still in 2024 don’t always receive equal pay, but that law did improve the ability for women to build, manage, and maintain their own wealth. </span><span><span style="color: #181818;">(</span><a href="https://www.bankrate.com/loans/personal-loans/history-of-women-and-loans/" style="color: #954f72;">https://www.bankrate.com/loans/personal-loans/history-of-women-and-loans/</a></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span>)</span><span> </span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In 1967 while women were fighting for their equality in a male dominated business world, Ann Goodro opened the door for them to own that classic mustang coupe. She defied auto sales by not only maintaining her husband’s sales but surpassing them. Ann was certainly a pioneer, “who paved the way for women to buy, own, and sell cars.” And to be fair, with the popularity of the She Country Mustang, she later released the He Country Special in Stealth Black. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today woman commonly hold CEO positions, own their homes, buy cars, and borrow money from banks to accomplish their dreams. Ann Goodro had little choice but to carry on her husband’s business; she opened her doors to women to take yet another step toward independence and buy their own car. Women don’t have to be famous or wealthy or extraordinary to blaze a trail; they just need to follow their dreams and take control of their destiny. Ann Goodro deserves to be recognized for what she did in her own small way to “eliminate bias and discrimination from individuals' lives and institutions” when she offered women an opportunity to own that special She Country Mustang. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Next week, part III of the attic flooring project and an "Oh woe is me" electrical fiasco. Stay tuned.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Thanks for joining me.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: medium;">Ann</span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-73415823175490108172024-03-16T05:31:00.000-07:002024-03-16T05:31:05.862-07:00What Could Go Wrong<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> My last post showed how to cut your own floor planks with Cricut's wood veneer 12x12 wood sheets using Design Space (DS). Happily, I am able to report that the floor is finished and awaiting staining, which may happen tomorrow after I buy some stain. In the meantime here's how I created the floor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I began by making a paper template of the floor because the flooring need to be notched to go around the the center peak wall that protrudes out beyond each side panel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkjhfHesK2vCo1lF0QR3OIFENBCPPoUkvaTFdOddJbSquQ7e31zIfUcUqpNfL2OTUAwrgLZ1QLMOJDcKb8k2xU6Xa45aEyMHBzUeGbwNAblh_DAMJ65iaE8P3fYCzpvkrxc_argCW4a_1bWusq6SK029i7Uu4A_z5eqylzBokNaHf2w_LaZTAKDjT3s1H/s1280/IMG_9310.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkjhfHesK2vCo1lF0QR3OIFENBCPPoUkvaTFdOddJbSquQ7e31zIfUcUqpNfL2OTUAwrgLZ1QLMOJDcKb8k2xU6Xa45aEyMHBzUeGbwNAblh_DAMJ65iaE8P3fYCzpvkrxc_argCW4a_1bWusq6SK029i7Uu4A_z5eqylzBokNaHf2w_LaZTAKDjT3s1H/w640-h480/IMG_9310.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Making templates of difficult spaces that will be covered seems to work best for me to get an accurate template to work with instead of messing with rulers and fractions be it wallpaper or flooring. This attic requires some fancy templates for triangle peaked front, the triangular side walls, and the trapezoids on the front of the house on each side of the center peak.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq63WSAabIVSKtDZp4YgeTlJ9QqNo9APlFGdWmUFagOFTBUKdCwTMcHLzcmmyp9QASll9nZDGhJLzCZWjmTwBwpq22Ssbvw1Jc_ncFuj7E_f3KZk_8mQBQM3ln_O2r4PqILKZPaT6cfzCtdw0fvqc5Rm5aGbnDGg4K1uKvasX1ZkU8tUqI_wfB4XPJRFL/s1280/IMG_9309.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1280" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq63WSAabIVSKtDZp4YgeTlJ9QqNo9APlFGdWmUFagOFTBUKdCwTMcHLzcmmyp9QASll9nZDGhJLzCZWjmTwBwpq22Ssbvw1Jc_ncFuj7E_f3KZk_8mQBQM3ln_O2r4PqILKZPaT6cfzCtdw0fvqc5Rm5aGbnDGg4K1uKvasX1ZkU8tUqI_wfB4XPJRFL/w640-h310/IMG_9309.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I debated on whether to use heavier cardboard or scrapbooking paper. I really wanted to glue the flooring to Cricut's 1.5 mm chipboard as I did for the addition second floor which made a very nice, solid floor, but I didn't have any on hand, so I used thin craft paper. Since two 12x12 sheets were too wide, I overlapped the pieces instead of cutting on side down to fit, with the hopes of strengthening the joint between the two sheets and secured it with masking tape. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I will order 1.5mm chipboard next week and glue the flooring to it so have that nice, solid flooring.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJHZWBHy83Es6S1dYasc46b7qDLn1YrwZkBfTlgi9fCB-zJBJZMcOF7BojbgpBE-0SQ_sVm_Sm5t0KZW_EIKA9gLuy-ngemUtrVlpGsInNKURfq9kCndGh7aRALnGytbGHWDCT7Anszser2F-C9vAqdyBKdULdcp8BK_bZ0kpFcItF5ZFFJuskyYxO2yq/s1280/IMG_9311.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJHZWBHy83Es6S1dYasc46b7qDLn1YrwZkBfTlgi9fCB-zJBJZMcOF7BojbgpBE-0SQ_sVm_Sm5t0KZW_EIKA9gLuy-ngemUtrVlpGsInNKURfq9kCndGh7aRALnGytbGHWDCT7Anszser2F-C9vAqdyBKdULdcp8BK_bZ0kpFcItF5ZFFJuskyYxO2yq/w480-h640/IMG_9311.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">What Could Possibly Go Wrong?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">1. GLUE: I first tried Gorilla Wood glue, thinking that because it is not water based, the planks wouldn't curl, but the glue didn't seem to like the paper template or something. I just didn't like it, so I switched to the tacky glue, which worked much better. I even pondered later using double sticky tape since some manufactured flooring peal and use. I'm sure that tape would be as forgiving a glue in that you need to be able to slide the pieces around to get a tight, accurate fit and tape doesn't not allow that flexibility. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUE9O-Rz14RIXvRDusBhi_v7YjecoXw6DaOo9hFdoeMkSUQ8TipICucN8-ZUu70rI1RiRfw0l42NwLOPTY6jYJMEAWq-Jno76wYHFp_5Mm2uWjcomuYazIiUeilSF1wLYFcgzDWcd5UDIQ1PQZ309Kk30WZDCUzrEFiGpEq_WdwJ_lCC_FLvut1i89Y0H/s1280/IMG_9317.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1280" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUE9O-Rz14RIXvRDusBhi_v7YjecoXw6DaOo9hFdoeMkSUQ8TipICucN8-ZUu70rI1RiRfw0l42NwLOPTY6jYJMEAWq-Jno76wYHFp_5Mm2uWjcomuYazIiUeilSF1wLYFcgzDWcd5UDIQ1PQZ309Kk30WZDCUzrEFiGpEq_WdwJ_lCC_FLvut1i89Y0H/w640-h462/IMG_9317.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">2. NOT ENOUGH PLANKS:About 3/4 of the way through the job, I realized that I was running short of planks. I thought I had had plenty just by laying out the pre-cut sheets and then placing the individual planks in a test run. (Better photo of the trapezoid walls.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8aTaXji1JzrGM4O4thG3VD0K50G33ug6T4-m7uh2sTsNcqMHjjABqhO03qPjFJxMZfid56jYA2OBSAjarx0QSLfGaK_Hxsr5nLjve7wKRd9RuP1VVwO3UonClNsGb8SCiJfGd6n7kpvZ_Dq3Z1HeHyM-8BS9XwqXeu0T4ccKJIpUw2qCVU6UWFJ6QBoCG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8aTaXji1JzrGM4O4thG3VD0K50G33ug6T4-m7uh2sTsNcqMHjjABqhO03qPjFJxMZfid56jYA2OBSAjarx0QSLfGaK_Hxsr5nLjve7wKRd9RuP1VVwO3UonClNsGb8SCiJfGd6n7kpvZ_Dq3Z1HeHyM-8BS9XwqXeu0T4ccKJIpUw2qCVU6UWFJ6QBoCG=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 12x12 sheets on the floor, forgetting the waste when cutting them out in Design Space because the cutting area was 10.5x11.5 inches, a loss of half an inch at the bottom and the 1/8 inch margin that DS allows to cut around the background and the 1.5 inches with the 10.5 inch width. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And to complicate matters, the remaining sheets that I had were the really dark walnut and I would run out of the lighter shade. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to cut at least another half sheet of the darker walnut.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">FIX: Now that you read about my failure to calculate accurately, you will be now be able to have a better estimate of how many 12x12 sheets you need for your project and it certainly does not hurt to have extras. For these really large spaces, I'd cut 2 1/2 12x12 sheets all at the same time to assure consistency in the color blends for each piece of wood does have its own character. You want flexibility to mix and match shades. Even each veneer sheet will its own color variations--that's what we love about natural wood--its unique character.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> If you have such a wide variation of shades as I did, cutting extras will make it easier to have a consistent variation in patterns and shades. I was prepared to cut an entire 3<sup>rd</sup> sheet or at least half a sheet, but I didn’t have to. I dug in my flooring stash and found some very light strips left over from the first floors that I made for the downstairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcikoW8SDRIGu25sp6JhbO2LU-Q82t1NfybU4we_r5lPvcXhiHgOEPbzcjGyCbKM904U3JECbzkG92aqoCWxK2TnH_C2hJsIMyuZS3NxiwZR5jBjM1XxM_ZsIZUbH8lsBY9ctEsg1lHWfzLS5wjfx8hFvzjLvIFCCPeFFwj-uj1fFSVBw3UO92kAUoCbZ/s1280/IMG_9318.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcikoW8SDRIGu25sp6JhbO2LU-Q82t1NfybU4we_r5lPvcXhiHgOEPbzcjGyCbKM904U3JECbzkG92aqoCWxK2TnH_C2hJsIMyuZS3NxiwZR5jBjM1XxM_ZsIZUbH8lsBY9ctEsg1lHWfzLS5wjfx8hFvzjLvIFCCPeFFwj-uj1fFSVBw3UO92kAUoCbZ/w640-h480/IMG_9318.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I also extended the planks beyond the edges of the template then trimmed them to fit from the back with scissors. They cut easily.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I cut the strips in with an X-acto blade, placing that edge at the end of the template so that I had straight edges lined up in the main flooring.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwksPKTkDZ7zVn89l7-PXNB7HSen8hfMi4M-9bEFgjG3ajUgM1zjnmtbQgPLpRqXgs22ioqk1tl3EG5NSe8wTBQchcNWgIHWNeQo1ft3hxOsKvKYe_bz7_a-jTodbSLa177cYVF3KcBOUpxL85aIn6t5_BUksFtqWMP8i58oXHJ7br_u3HITIOwWRTUNUA/s1280/IMG_9321.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwksPKTkDZ7zVn89l7-PXNB7HSen8hfMi4M-9bEFgjG3ajUgM1zjnmtbQgPLpRqXgs22ioqk1tl3EG5NSe8wTBQchcNWgIHWNeQo1ft3hxOsKvKYe_bz7_a-jTodbSLa177cYVF3KcBOUpxL85aIn6t5_BUksFtqWMP8i58oXHJ7br_u3HITIOwWRTUNUA/w640-h480/IMG_9321.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Once the glue had cured--a couple of hours--I sanded the floor using first 120 coarse grit sanding block then 220 softer grit. I let the fine sawdust fill any gaps.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwf3PdJnFaEIbmNHAauJ4KVpzsboGDJb8vs1kr7NusQRsELR2DpZOjjGuQXv-3LQ-0tOBhMnIllVrF7sLKAn3brCgkGGz-AVmCH5VWLhXj_mMDLxqiI0M4PHtOZxqNRfABM1VNdiDMoul9UcL522cLxz5GcQtrUmXVkyJh4GrqHEClbZzI4V3Hbu7wGChC/s1280/IMG_9322.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1280" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwf3PdJnFaEIbmNHAauJ4KVpzsboGDJb8vs1kr7NusQRsELR2DpZOjjGuQXv-3LQ-0tOBhMnIllVrF7sLKAn3brCgkGGz-AVmCH5VWLhXj_mMDLxqiI0M4PHtOZxqNRfABM1VNdiDMoul9UcL522cLxz5GcQtrUmXVkyJh4GrqHEClbZzI4V3Hbu7wGChC/w640-h390/IMG_9322.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I am very pleased with the final results. While it is work intensive to cut your own wood flooring, you have a unique, pretty floor--one of a kind. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bKyoAF7aLkV5Do2LNkR9h5v1PjVvnCvovIUa6_THjx5Cp0xFQPKTyPGSecuOaU5nWvo0B2NcysXuk_ewcRFYA-013wf5UWpA9bmvkV7swSvw9Oi2TTeBt2nKkKcCZ3BBFWsmWo5fpPnFGKZFBLkJ8Vj57PWygOvrnOcCZaja3sMtWuSS0UfpakmIk8kc/s1280/IMG_9323.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bKyoAF7aLkV5Do2LNkR9h5v1PjVvnCvovIUa6_THjx5Cp0xFQPKTyPGSecuOaU5nWvo0B2NcysXuk_ewcRFYA-013wf5UWpA9bmvkV7swSvw9Oi2TTeBt2nKkKcCZ3BBFWsmWo5fpPnFGKZFBLkJ8Vj57PWygOvrnOcCZaja3sMtWuSS0UfpakmIk8kc/w480-h640/IMG_9323.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="text-align: left;">With the sanding finished, I</span><span style="text-align: left;"> I'll wipe the floor clean with mineral spirits, let it dry then apply the stain. I created a new test strip using Golden Pecan which is the bottom sample--the one that I originally wanted for all the flooring, but when I stained the first floor, I grabbed the wrong stain--Puritan Pecan, a lighter finish and not as rich as the Golden Pecan (top sample), so I'll use that lighter one to match all the floors--to some extent. </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0RfdEfQnJuaWcdME8ezhiLV_jDPiINf_4Br4XCrI1EzAziinfooQGZzg0ai2VJ_yo0HvIi5wUIuG7J2e2rUUUhfJE51Op_b2B_yMm78LPMwGCfMNl1oGI5kWo83BU6MHvyr-5GhNMHqUQKVk6CDp5Q59q1MfYWzWmy5rdzGbUG8UPauxUaXg88IXcKhm/s1280/IMG_9324.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0RfdEfQnJuaWcdME8ezhiLV_jDPiINf_4Br4XCrI1EzAziinfooQGZzg0ai2VJ_yo0HvIi5wUIuG7J2e2rUUUhfJE51Op_b2B_yMm78LPMwGCfMNl1oGI5kWo83BU6MHvyr-5GhNMHqUQKVk6CDp5Q59q1MfYWzWmy5rdzGbUG8UPauxUaXg88IXcKhm/w480-h640/IMG_9324.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHP7TLUJ0CpiSuie6fBXXasNKcFRRDJ48VfWQYVWxksbzMxFz-Eir73PWuPL_gMKrFrtZ3v52VT0nda6yeF-DIyQmDlIxzYvi-fBkUNx30rCtRhESMeDb8kbvOHABs0Mxn_xsJJsbQneI6kQgPTg9aTQLDSN9Y-zEbxuzaOpY7rV6AbWpMUv2pjDZ14izs/s1280/IMG_9325.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHP7TLUJ0CpiSuie6fBXXasNKcFRRDJ48VfWQYVWxksbzMxFz-Eir73PWuPL_gMKrFrtZ3v52VT0nda6yeF-DIyQmDlIxzYvi-fBkUNx30rCtRhESMeDb8kbvOHABs0Mxn_xsJJsbQneI6kQgPTg9aTQLDSN9Y-zEbxuzaOpY7rV6AbWpMUv2pjDZ14izs/w640-h480/IMG_9325.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Before the flooring can be installed, I need to do some electrical work. So check back next week to see my progress.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">PS: Did you notice my new Mustang Coupe? I am so exited to share it with you in the near future for this model has quite a legacy that makes it a perfect story to share during Women's History Month.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">And Yes we survived the Colorado snow storm this week. In fact, our wet snow melted as it hit the ground and, so we didn't get the massive amounts that Denver and the mountain towns suffered as shown in national news. I liked one guy's advice when he battled nearly 3 ft. of snow--stay inside and let it snow. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: x-large;">Cheers, Ann</span></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-34760016223713472822024-03-08T18:25:00.000-08:002024-03-09T09:33:11.368-08:00Using a Circuit Maker to create a Hardwood Floor<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <span face="Aptos, sans-serif">Two main tasks remain to finish the Manchester Country Home Interior: Wallpaper and flooring. There are several ways to install dollhouse flooring ranging from nicely printed paper flooring--either purchased or home printed-- that looks beautiful and is easy to install and less expensive than wood flooring. Miniature building suppliers offer a plethora of flooring options specifically for miniatures building, sometimes costly and even tricky to install, </span><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">or DIY craft sticks (popsicle sticks and coffee stir sticks)</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">To remind you, as I wrote in back on December 6, 2022, I had 3 rules when I began this build, “<span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Use from my stash before purchasing new; make as much as my talents and knowledge would allow (somewhat limited there); and purchase items that are handmade or come from what I perceive as a small business or a cottage business--a home based business." My self imposed rules have turned this house project In to a very long one. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></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/AVvXsEgReFF2nplg0StGSvYAVe3PfWatEf6CshkcNULPx-laiwQ80wS5gCW-XPEc9gDMtcKptXmdyrxO9N2jF-E74-tVM5TXKF-bjb9TDGI6Kw6etpDwrCAI5V1gYKUH3KOjvScSz9ddofdfX79gdWZL-WN5TIQSdlDXUD2IhhLrPYXu7WYT5CwR5f5vtdilyb8e/s1280/IMG_6708.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReFF2nplg0StGSvYAVe3PfWatEf6CshkcNULPx-laiwQ80wS5gCW-XPEc9gDMtcKptXmdyrxO9N2jF-E74-tVM5TXKF-bjb9TDGI6Kw6etpDwrCAI5V1gYKUH3KOjvScSz9ddofdfX79gdWZL-WN5TIQSdlDXUD2IhhLrPYXu7WYT5CwR5f5vtdilyb8e/w400-h298/IMG_6708.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />The 3rd floor will require at least 2 12x12 Cricut wood veneer sheets, since the Design Space cut will be 10.5 wide, just sort of the full 12 inches.</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></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/AVvXsEiSVp5KgftGwhrS5G44OhHi1uk8hVTjXZDlrfuX11pS3dheo3ewyk5XWOm2izskKJC7jC60ue5WMOqMG7E2FDR7LQmeTqCKCdk-2wm7GS9W-t_wuwCJqi10UDTgCpEkGvKCt3luJ5yBPzh8kT__U9_g4CTNiJoZHrPDfezMCs0DSaHT5DM4kAcM3jxzpcPX/s1280/IMG_6629.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVp5KgftGwhrS5G44OhHi1uk8hVTjXZDlrfuX11pS3dheo3ewyk5XWOm2izskKJC7jC60ue5WMOqMG7E2FDR7LQmeTqCKCdk-2wm7GS9W-t_wuwCJqi10UDTgCpEkGvKCt3luJ5yBPzh8kT__U9_g4CTNiJoZHrPDfezMCs0DSaHT5DM4kAcM3jxzpcPX/w400-h304/IMG_6629.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />The first floor planks are the from the old San Franciscan kit. I ran short for the second floor bedroom, so I used the light colored wood to fill in, creating quite a unique floor.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">For the first floor and the second floor addition, I used the ¼ inch wide flooring that came with an old dollhouse kit, The San Franciscan that was actually a disaster. The wood planks came in 12-inch-long strips in a variety of shades to make an interesting floor. When It came time to make the flooring for the second floor, I didn’t have enough of the San Franciscan kit flooring for the bedroom, so I cut some strips to fill in using Cricut’s oak veneer wood, which was much lighter. See the results here: “<a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/search?q=cricut+and+floor" style="color: #96607d;">When Progress Isn’t</a>”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Now I have created a complete tutorial to make an entire floor with the Design Place work sheet available in Cricut's Design Space. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Supplies:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Circuit Machine that will cut wood (the Maker)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Circuit Deep Cut Blade (black)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Circuit Wood Veneer because it is specifically designed for their cutting system. Sometimes JoAnns, Michaels, and Hobby Lobby carry the product. (recommended). If you have Never cut wood, check out Jennifer Maker's tutorial on cutting Cricut's wood veneer. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqPFAnzrZg" target="_blank">Click here</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Purple Cutting Mat Strongest grip<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Painter’s Tape<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Heavy Card stock 100 lbs. (Michaels works best for me)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Tacky Glue or similar adhesive<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white;"><o:p><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Disclaimer: This tutorial is requires that you know some basic Cricut skills. If you do not know how to use the certain tools used here, then search <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">YouTube</span> for a quick lesson on how to accomplish the task that you want. We especially enjoy Jennifer Maker's Tutorials. </span></b></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white;"><o:p><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></b></o:p></span></span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Design Space Tools:</span></span></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">Align: Center</span></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"> Arrange: Bring Forward or Send Back</span><br /><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"> Shapes: Score Line and Square</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"> Attach</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Group and Hide</span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white;"><o:p><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span></b></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background: repeat white;"><o:p><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica;">To Increase size of screen images to easily read the image, on a Mac command +.</span></b></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">Follower these steps to cut planks for a beautiful wood floor on your Cricut Maker:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVqu2o-m2ZHvgecOdtPQontQWF5-zVGTACD-2j9lrvAkIuWYfSnogbbekk9MMY_VBS3aEGvB1xAheaUHl9WWsom8MC5B5EPw66VS8JjQt4JfkJ47DtHFc0YL7dlT-KveK6GSIraymAdI7cPMjNE_UlJ8Y3H-IJxI-_LIEzFR-BR4QglJR7XYtR_RPJmGi/s2880/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%207.48.09%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVqu2o-m2ZHvgecOdtPQontQWF5-zVGTACD-2j9lrvAkIuWYfSnogbbekk9MMY_VBS3aEGvB1xAheaUHl9WWsom8MC5B5EPw66VS8JjQt4JfkJ47DtHFc0YL7dlT-KveK6GSIraymAdI7cPMjNE_UlJ8Y3H-IJxI-_LIEzFR-BR4QglJR7XYtR_RPJmGi/w640-h400/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%207.48.09%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">1. Decide how wide you want to make your wood planks and how big a space you will cover with flooring. I am covering a 3rd story floor that requires two 12x12 inch sheets of Cricut wood veneer. Each package comes with two sheets. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">Before we begin, note that Cricut Design Space has pre-determined cut margins which means that it will not cut a 12.x2 wood sheet edge to edge on all 4 edges, so I will make my cutting area 10.5 wide which will require 20 lines created using the score line in <b>Shapes</b>. The lines will be 11.5 long from the top cutting line to the bottom cutting line. See the <b>Make</b> photo. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">2. In </span><b style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Shapes </b><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">select the </span><b style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">score line</b><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">. The score lines will become solid once they are attached. For this project you need to </span><b style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Duplicate </b><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">20 lines. Size the first line: For this project it should be 1l.5 inches. You can select it and drag to length or select it and enter the length in the </span><b style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Size H </b><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">tool. Now <b>Duplicate </b>19 more. They will be staggered on the on the screen, so next you must line them up and position them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">3. The Tedious step: position the lines next to each other one at a time spaced two work space squares apart to get a 1/4 inch wide plank, as demonstrated below the photo 1. Next<b> select</b> all the lines; use the <b>Align tool </b>at the top of the screen and select <b>Align Top</b> which will even the the top and lower margins. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">4. Select the lines and <b>Attach </b>them so that don't move around. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">5. <b> Photo 2: </b>Create the cutting background. I colored mine brown to simulate the wood sheet. In <b>Shapes</b> select the <b>Square</b> and size it to 10.x 11. 5 inches. You will drag it over the lines and will have to <b>Send it Back</b> to position it behind the plank lines. Last, select the image and use the <b>Attach </b>tool to join the two layers. Now you are ready to cut your planks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif">This photo shows that the tutorial as you will see it in DS. The instructions are grouped s</span>o the you click in the right panel the layer (green selection) to hid it and just have flooring image to print. OR you can now copy an image and paste it into a new Design Space, which you can practice with tutorial.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><b>Note: Before you click MAKE, hide all the images that you don't want to show up in the MAKE screen. I have grouped all those images together, so before you cut the image, hide the group by clicking on the hide button. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif"><b>Photo 2 </b>shows the finished imaged ready to make, with the instructions grouped and hidden, using the layers panel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p> <div><br /></div><div>This is the cutting screen. As you can see, I forgot to hide an image on the white screen. </div><div><br /></div><div> You will note that the cutting image does not fill the 12x12 mat and there will be some waste because of the way Cricut is designed. I found that attaching the planks to a background allows for a cut from top to bottom because the machine will first cut the square then the lines; otherwise it will not cut clear to the bottom of the wood, only to the bottom of the line. If you want a longer cut to full a 12 inches then use 24" mat. The machine will first cut the brown background border around the lines then it will cut the planks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Ready to Cut</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukE9DL5Y1NPGdtnHBtfEMbjXjOJxgGQzQXvxTyB-i0N5pQMoFarkP9_2cEPWktCrYDqENxLam4p3EuaI1GScZEQRUM5wBT1vhjMeYlF9qqfyfHV67mke8EvWWvvoXly6wGYL_ohghT6dinaNW6t_pHdvCrgFrWybEj0ZA_OrEhMJJnQ33Eetma-iqCPBM/s2880/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%207.51.09%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukE9DL5Y1NPGdtnHBtfEMbjXjOJxgGQzQXvxTyB-i0N5pQMoFarkP9_2cEPWktCrYDqENxLam4p3EuaI1GScZEQRUM5wBT1vhjMeYlF9qqfyfHV67mke8EvWWvvoXly6wGYL_ohghT6dinaNW6t_pHdvCrgFrWybEj0ZA_OrEhMJJnQ33Eetma-iqCPBM/w640-h400/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%207.51.09%E2%80%AFAM.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><b>I always cut my new patterns out on card stock first to make sure my design works, which I recommend you do the same. You don't have cut the entire page; just enough to make sure that your design is what you want.</b><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsPHDluZKvYsP45YiAbJZuaCxG0kJ0kW1HacKwIPqqb2G2ynLjN2TIzIAUwusCFE7r0dzSf7FUANIJclPGTbhuVwl3ZkDNm7bXopi3-9IxTWgzNp7qVgjdTUeBfGtjY6fzskTod3DZ6voA93jYKXR7dyZpEtM5-G8d30ZDsssF8PO3iOF4G5kXeVcj6h3/s1280/IMG_9269.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUsPHDluZKvYsP45YiAbJZuaCxG0kJ0kW1HacKwIPqqb2G2ynLjN2TIzIAUwusCFE7r0dzSf7FUANIJclPGTbhuVwl3ZkDNm7bXopi3-9IxTWgzNp7qVgjdTUeBfGtjY6fzskTod3DZ6voA93jYKXR7dyZpEtM5-G8d30ZDsssF8PO3iOF4G5kXeVcj6h3/w480-h640/IMG_9269.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Adhere wood veneer to the strong grip purple mat; use the brayer to create a tight fit; and secure in place with painter's tape around the edges. While the tape will hold the wood securely in place, since the planks will be cut from top to bottom, the tape will no longer secure the wood in place. You'll see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHF7Tjwlc_1XBhtWes9Zlv2_5PB02B_PqDPXzPj3dokjYL4xtq_y3n91nur69TaYlUGqXq39wVNbV8tFn2RaGrgF7Eqrq9wzod4PjFmbVg2jtFvtWBn4HF_SNSb4bp4mCwmejiDWwoW4OdPyebuqvIpLpKlCoKHvSX7stUp2NU3UdU1OVIJ4OlThYJvov/s1280/IMG_9276.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1102" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHF7Tjwlc_1XBhtWes9Zlv2_5PB02B_PqDPXzPj3dokjYL4xtq_y3n91nur69TaYlUGqXq39wVNbV8tFn2RaGrgF7Eqrq9wzod4PjFmbVg2jtFvtWBn4HF_SNSb4bp4mCwmejiDWwoW4OdPyebuqvIpLpKlCoKHvSX7stUp2NU3UdU1OVIJ4OlThYJvov/w552-h640/IMG_9276.jpeg" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When you are creating a project for the first time, you make mistakes. For me, I misjudged the direction I want the grain to run. This image shows the cut going across the grain, but I needed it go with the grain, so I stopped the cut and realized that my cuts were not going to the bottom of the border, so I stopped the machine half way through the cut and started over with a new sheet of veneer. I always buy extra--just incase. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t4CWfB5y3HkOP9xQIQm6SgZ7TRSIO0GRSiZjVcBXVYFQQW7nZaeIYVQ19y0vydaqI_QlRHzqy6tWqPuvCoDvAMDHcmES_vWBpdZQ3RX7joKktMhyphenhyphenmFIM6_1i9gwfpJAYUITAxgFdY6rOiO0ZP1RfeMU3EX71FhDhaYKUCtM40K4jkykfJpMvrd2QrLCj/s1280/IMG_9274.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t4CWfB5y3HkOP9xQIQm6SgZ7TRSIO0GRSiZjVcBXVYFQQW7nZaeIYVQ19y0vydaqI_QlRHzqy6tWqPuvCoDvAMDHcmES_vWBpdZQ3RX7joKktMhyphenhyphenmFIM6_1i9gwfpJAYUITAxgFdY6rOiO0ZP1RfeMU3EX71FhDhaYKUCtM40K4jkykfJpMvrd2QrLCj/w480-h640/IMG_9274.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A craft knife easily cuts through the veneer should you have this problem. To avoid this miscalculation, you will see that that lines won't go clear to the bottom in the Make It screen so that is the time to cancel the cut and make the adjustment by simply decreasing decreasing the size of the background layer. (In this tutorial, the brown layer.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here they are. Nicely cute wood planks for a lovely floor. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JEb7MmOAtltS-z2E6zdECsEi3yp9PqbP3bvhPCXm8NL_I4R4fS6fUBop2-unym58A97kp3psz4_dt21JqccDg62tgsVA6p0p1AMtLyjBXSNNDDw09Kld49DYAEdtIWyOBS5DH9nFj8_u7aPr-nZrLjPBpLp3eaUJK63i_lM6EAJ0elsqR8wO79pIoyEm/s1280/IMG_9278.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JEb7MmOAtltS-z2E6zdECsEi3yp9PqbP3bvhPCXm8NL_I4R4fS6fUBop2-unym58A97kp3psz4_dt21JqccDg62tgsVA6p0p1AMtLyjBXSNNDDw09Kld49DYAEdtIWyOBS5DH9nFj8_u7aPr-nZrLjPBpLp3eaUJK63i_lM6EAJ0elsqR8wO79pIoyEm/w480-h640/IMG_9278.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I laid out the first bundle, as you can see the lighter colored ones and then cut another sheet of veneer which is darker--and that is okay because when I glue them to the floor template they will be mixed, giving the floor a natural look. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRvh2wRTrUiuBA2Uf90FTcjeKG5yDU5hh00YGJZM6q-WmRerGT_e3a7HfhxkQLZdNFJMbNQg_-vwM-E6J_OVs1jUdefW62muG-SeYk0ViglRK_xXc2m7lD13Aip0Bt-o8gK4a8pHdylPcivEbX3_SLKaHVtId9_nhj7kXAOsoStmEefUhH5SUUHX9-EOP/s1280/IMG_9285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRvh2wRTrUiuBA2Uf90FTcjeKG5yDU5hh00YGJZM6q-WmRerGT_e3a7HfhxkQLZdNFJMbNQg_-vwM-E6J_OVs1jUdefW62muG-SeYk0ViglRK_xXc2m7lD13Aip0Bt-o8gK4a8pHdylPcivEbX3_SLKaHVtId9_nhj7kXAOsoStmEefUhH5SUUHX9-EOP/w640-h480/IMG_9285.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>The final step will be to glue the planks to a thin cardboard template. </div><div><br /></div><div>You will find this tutorial along with the Design Space image that you will be able to use. I do suggest that you <b>Duplicate</b> the actually cutting image and hid it in the layers panel if you want to modify it so that you don't destroy the original. </div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>You will find this tutorial in my Design Space public library. <i><b>Making Miniatures with Cricuts, Laser Cutters, and 3D Printers and Dollhouse Miniatures and DIY</b></i></div><div>Thanks for stopping by. I hope find this tutorial useful. </div><div><br /></div><div>Have a great weekend, <span style="font-family: Calligraffitti;">Ann</span><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-87088018451645437822024-02-05T06:57:00.000-08:002024-02-05T06:57:36.884-08:00Close to the Finish Line<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Note:[To increase the font size or screen size: Mac: Command +. Windows: Start>System>Display] </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">From the beginning this simple farmhouse style 3 story house caused me problems because I decided to do what some call "kit bashing," which I really am not very good at. I wanted a larger house, so because this house resembled a Real Good Toys Vermont farmhouse, I bought one of the company's sweet additions to add two more rooms, assuming it would be a perfect fit. I decided, too, that the addition's roof should have a sky light. I fumbled my way through, struggling because the addition really didn't attach as seamlessly as it would have to one of Real Good Toys current kits.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZxS-ibBCPwjvticRwMq3iU1wVftwSg98qw03O7o9Wa1Iz_QhGBMF50K0aMzgmmrKe_rpO7UqozBbozvp9LGbOnVBZ9QjdzitWezLHHpVtOG7YhkhF4rSzbYQzYauDctta1q8uJwQ4ZaHgOBODeaQs6ioS2bJ9lxJyyTaeHQwqfJHDr8ns30kxNMlqOP6/s1280/IMG_9377.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZxS-ibBCPwjvticRwMq3iU1wVftwSg98qw03O7o9Wa1Iz_QhGBMF50K0aMzgmmrKe_rpO7UqozBbozvp9LGbOnVBZ9QjdzitWezLHHpVtOG7YhkhF4rSzbYQzYauDctta1q8uJwQ4ZaHgOBODeaQs6ioS2bJ9lxJyyTaeHQwqfJHDr8ns30kxNMlqOP6/w640-h480/IMG_9377.jpeg" width="640" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Still I preserved and herd she is in the final stages of completion. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpHUyYPkHq51HIwhmiOK9kuuYAab7Ba2dkMmk9qXhFW2lhYoDLO_BgRxayWkwVXLNJu9bpaBT7v2QH2NOknpWfugoyOBduw0kV8rWAmv9zHf-ftQ1LK97N_mXKxr6indb4RIVSRJfJwLf1sYknewtN3Sqj5PbdmmTfJVz1jF20-EBvppEH5_FpYMYoXx1/s1280/IMG_9075%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1280" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpHUyYPkHq51HIwhmiOK9kuuYAab7Ba2dkMmk9qXhFW2lhYoDLO_BgRxayWkwVXLNJu9bpaBT7v2QH2NOknpWfugoyOBduw0kV8rWAmv9zHf-ftQ1LK97N_mXKxr6indb4RIVSRJfJwLf1sYknewtN3Sqj5PbdmmTfJVz1jF20-EBvppEH5_FpYMYoXx1/w640-h548/IMG_9075%20(2).jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">With the main roof shingled, the addition had only one challenge, shingling around the sky light. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I began by placing a wood strip along the end as a foundation for the first row of speed shingles so that that roof itself would not show through.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvoylfyeszItCdvI73SLrPudVzp-vqZuy6vCuNbZey22Zl2Q4IABbMKH_jBxoUFGlF4iUh4a8yVb5hSAZvRGnG0D93S6Sl37vocoBclIP7HEiBioy1Mux-8zYvKWeZI16KY6Skbu_6sZmbXluNklm6CWaCeDVsbzg-k-24RJjHBTsEsLq1SfuvAHINr_G/s1280/IMG_9043.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvoylfyeszItCdvI73SLrPudVzp-vqZuy6vCuNbZey22Zl2Q4IABbMKH_jBxoUFGlF4iUh4a8yVb5hSAZvRGnG0D93S6Sl37vocoBclIP7HEiBioy1Mux-8zYvKWeZI16KY6Skbu_6sZmbXluNklm6CWaCeDVsbzg-k-24RJjHBTsEsLq1SfuvAHINr_G/w640-h480/IMG_9043.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The strip shingles went into place quickly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4emz5P_xi9ZnJCAysfqYBlcl7QoR6933yAKpgvZDWcgifglv8lyulLKsHvBYrIz89DgvhdQgeOYUowj2k6CdrYNMZRhWjaROVCB5dIqp_8rfyNqFSDKIIr2GwFN8wNE57H81x7gpTktQHmnXKughgd7aMXgvlx9kcElw4lxHAIuS53SKBZdHnq1EFLcL9/s1280/IMG_9047.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4emz5P_xi9ZnJCAysfqYBlcl7QoR6933yAKpgvZDWcgifglv8lyulLKsHvBYrIz89DgvhdQgeOYUowj2k6CdrYNMZRhWjaROVCB5dIqp_8rfyNqFSDKIIr2GwFN8wNE57H81x7gpTktQHmnXKughgd7aMXgvlx9kcElw4lxHAIuS53SKBZdHnq1EFLcL9/w480-h640/IMG_9047.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Looks like a mess, but I used full strips because it was easier to match the off-set, so there was more waste than what I liked; however, I save the end pieces to use the rows. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GDQ7UH0yF3nV-kZxe_fRIdmZjaeUq3h8OZsRj0I15SA24CPgAzamYEuvW5x1PuLncJxy4adPxmcvzvgrtJgPf8p-uqVhD80SLkyfZRg4mG64zM0jvx13C4_zK6Kp3K-wk2Jbcuw5gctVrrOsr7y-yxV8aY_E1bH8ByTeUvHoWKiHmbcBiF9N-tIsblOk/s1280/IMG_9042.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GDQ7UH0yF3nV-kZxe_fRIdmZjaeUq3h8OZsRj0I15SA24CPgAzamYEuvW5x1PuLncJxy4adPxmcvzvgrtJgPf8p-uqVhD80SLkyfZRg4mG64zM0jvx13C4_zK6Kp3K-wk2Jbcuw5gctVrrOsr7y-yxV8aY_E1bH8ByTeUvHoWKiHmbcBiF9N-tIsblOk/w480-h640/IMG_9042.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had to order more speed shingles from Greenleaf, so I also ordered single shingles, which I used for the row that framed the bottom of the window. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_8VIXB2GtUvLDp5vATi4r4HYj8_tgvSZoAGpCOVdOrLGZmfbv4O02CSagFoZ6NTZfPLlfkUZiO08JStN5Hhy4lfuAANjCpLI9SNK8rU0z03Sv1t4q_tQUJbCkJldvvulUT4DO3A64yR4H3vMPpv39mbwKoqpMx8-0SBOgyUePnjoANe5x6wmfWWh6Paa/s1280/IMG_9067.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_8VIXB2GtUvLDp5vATi4r4HYj8_tgvSZoAGpCOVdOrLGZmfbv4O02CSagFoZ6NTZfPLlfkUZiO08JStN5Hhy4lfuAANjCpLI9SNK8rU0z03Sv1t4q_tQUJbCkJldvvulUT4DO3A64yR4H3vMPpv39mbwKoqpMx8-0SBOgyUePnjoANe5x6wmfWWh6Paa/w640-h480/IMG_9067.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In some cases the the variation in color might be an issue depending how the shingles are to colored. I will paint the roof gray, so I don't think the darker shades will matter that much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJw6VEWar2dhCYbor35heNzeStWbJ39TWyuj2qPpOwWcPB2URXL_g4EQqsJ0FFsnTcAdHlEsK6yLLNVFSV-Sht9LAABCBOLfl2-sncULQhKd1vaB5rT3sfIK4EJgSnQd_XTZXCaBSDWEb868coBFc-O8jQYWUPfNxqfaYERCX2b1Au89HDgFcpGQpjP_F/s1280/IMG_9073.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJw6VEWar2dhCYbor35heNzeStWbJ39TWyuj2qPpOwWcPB2URXL_g4EQqsJ0FFsnTcAdHlEsK6yLLNVFSV-Sht9LAABCBOLfl2-sncULQhKd1vaB5rT3sfIK4EJgSnQd_XTZXCaBSDWEb868coBFc-O8jQYWUPfNxqfaYERCX2b1Au89HDgFcpGQpjP_F/w480-h640/IMG_9073.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I made the skylight so that the window pane piece could be easily removed and replaced. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQtgRxHMps2RDYBW6VrnbibMdlEIi3xvhLgvWzjLrhP5KnqcElZOBgTmcIlya-7QoFlf1tOrAwlGYasq7Mjl1WzlHzzIyV6ZThyplpc-sw3He86PIaiGFHFuWdJySR-162aXM513UwffeJHlLG5x0v40cMvJ1ZJGBlgmjvneedkzmAmaNDGYpWGtmOeyQ/s1280/IMG_9096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQtgRxHMps2RDYBW6VrnbibMdlEIi3xvhLgvWzjLrhP5KnqcElZOBgTmcIlya-7QoFlf1tOrAwlGYasq7Mjl1WzlHzzIyV6ZThyplpc-sw3He86PIaiGFHFuWdJySR-162aXM513UwffeJHlLG5x0v40cMvJ1ZJGBlgmjvneedkzmAmaNDGYpWGtmOeyQ/w480-h640/IMG_9096.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyObcsqKga4iUPRyXLcE1kBgjAMb0j8BBnN2FHzXSKcUciGpox4C4rq7W5Fc1cn1i70NCNwUNY-ccIkhxg2IjsNTiwUmmTlBnMCpflfInMX_5KKt2iOD_sFTAEEkVLUqr5fuERlAJyZpic6M5lpKhaohO_jQpOUOv66oZvZxd9MZYAvD0gf1URBsFzyilz/s1280/IMG_9098.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyObcsqKga4iUPRyXLcE1kBgjAMb0j8BBnN2FHzXSKcUciGpox4C4rq7W5Fc1cn1i70NCNwUNY-ccIkhxg2IjsNTiwUmmTlBnMCpflfInMX_5KKt2iOD_sFTAEEkVLUqr5fuERlAJyZpic6M5lpKhaohO_jQpOUOv66oZvZxd9MZYAvD0gf1URBsFzyilz/w640-h480/IMG_9098.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> I used white water base enamel interior paint with primer, so it goes on smoothly and easily.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">I ordered the trim from an Etsy shop, Miniature Crush. Other online stores used to carry a wider selection of wood trims, but they seem be harder to find; fortunately, there are Esty vendors who carry good selections of speciality wood trims.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0BteMUjZJ8taUbX6gJtCdIqFaSfH9OIFHXSGFHGvKx8cAyyLbANb0ETX_pv3qNbFOicXKQceE6HP_M1_Nyo-mHZl7AJ7jwJL7mwUdkT40pE6epXH-gE6OV9V6LlI_E2JS3LkAICO-v5MHiRC7x2CPsH0OMlKjwQIH3WwXnDKS2Clv7SMPTlG9B6eZ-qX/s1280/IMG_9053.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0BteMUjZJ8taUbX6gJtCdIqFaSfH9OIFHXSGFHGvKx8cAyyLbANb0ETX_pv3qNbFOicXKQceE6HP_M1_Nyo-mHZl7AJ7jwJL7mwUdkT40pE6epXH-gE6OV9V6LlI_E2JS3LkAICO-v5MHiRC7x2CPsH0OMlKjwQIH3WwXnDKS2Clv7SMPTlG9B6eZ-qX/w480-h640/IMG_9053.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The roof molding is painted, too. I will install the decorative trim after the shingles are painted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uiVNWFmi7-WeAXV4zXs-iJ2dIOAKHX1m9UX08fu23INUUIc7CPyJUn_y_xSHgc3ni3ABuprXSfz93sYk8ycp90FxP1AxwCcZmC5AQBso5J2T1zb1xeTdVrkebXFmkB5xugYWF1lIOtObFUnuABLbPb0GHQS_Nw0VD8IMQcECBwGAqb1RDQxpOlXD8-ae/s1280/IMG_9091.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uiVNWFmi7-WeAXV4zXs-iJ2dIOAKHX1m9UX08fu23INUUIc7CPyJUn_y_xSHgc3ni3ABuprXSfz93sYk8ycp90FxP1AxwCcZmC5AQBso5J2T1zb1xeTdVrkebXFmkB5xugYWF1lIOtObFUnuABLbPb0GHQS_Nw0VD8IMQcECBwGAqb1RDQxpOlXD8-ae/w640-h480/IMG_9091.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsLvLOzWHL2jwmXHHWRyz8FBmyA0f5hye54CTH8Gb7uAUihbcU6IbEdtaFAqmwygz5E36gKgNBl4Dvv1u_6efEf-5HZIMjpQF-zhvWZ1I2vTBAL0EobosPvmr16IXEeEwnGmY9MEF2ZFC0ThFE_nkkuWWhVk7eCF_3AR1ycDSiq4Wct7OBzBsllzQ69CL/s1280/IMG_9090.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsLvLOzWHL2jwmXHHWRyz8FBmyA0f5hye54CTH8Gb7uAUihbcU6IbEdtaFAqmwygz5E36gKgNBl4Dvv1u_6efEf-5HZIMjpQF-zhvWZ1I2vTBAL0EobosPvmr16IXEeEwnGmY9MEF2ZFC0ThFE_nkkuWWhVk7eCF_3AR1ycDSiq4Wct7OBzBsllzQ69CL/w640-h480/IMG_9090.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7PuYuqshq_1IMCM5uoj8u4_2MkOuGSMhGPCNKZdxsL0sfYDfbRrrIqcizXlaQiyZEY13E6llOVadlQ6Db9KPmhjFQeUM8my1Aujet9d-dkXHWp2Qd9PM7qqbHrhGwUgt2Al3FotlaJnmOVrKLHy_ZvoWT8FGXplfnQmfp4uy7lebR9LaqO8PvHGV678n/s1280/IMG_9094.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7PuYuqshq_1IMCM5uoj8u4_2MkOuGSMhGPCNKZdxsL0sfYDfbRrrIqcizXlaQiyZEY13E6llOVadlQ6Db9KPmhjFQeUM8my1Aujet9d-dkXHWp2Qd9PM7qqbHrhGwUgt2Al3FotlaJnmOVrKLHy_ZvoWT8FGXplfnQmfp4uy7lebR9LaqO8PvHGV678n/w640-h480/IMG_9094.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphL-cVnc0k7QKoT1dnzovDWkoaSy8uz85NQNN0xi6NVDntpMeib_iFYTH9Q_yu9P2xr-JaW_Wg-OmoGbKp1nKP58Vn3HFlBTV5rqTExYeMcj_mHdw8-_xZUvb9RhFvAUq6kv5MXUx4FBrMQECeTlzJns1AtW6juwrR2_0YsztSi8wPhuZ8SJIW8ykQbkL/s1280/IMG_9093.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphL-cVnc0k7QKoT1dnzovDWkoaSy8uz85NQNN0xi6NVDntpMeib_iFYTH9Q_yu9P2xr-JaW_Wg-OmoGbKp1nKP58Vn3HFlBTV5rqTExYeMcj_mHdw8-_xZUvb9RhFvAUq6kv5MXUx4FBrMQECeTlzJns1AtW6juwrR2_0YsztSi8wPhuZ8SJIW8ykQbkL/w640-h480/IMG_9093.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All in all, I'm quite pleased with the way the shingles turned turn out, tedious as the chore is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I used my paper trimmer to trim the both the speed shingles and the single ones, using my a paper cutter, which will probably dull the blade. Oh well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L8GeD0xVVNuPn6K-4J0PN0d4qLYLGRuA0SPV9nuk2vcG4taXsaTRcBFDhABDT3ptz1eBIC8FBWJRfoJlA9PtOKyJsSDlnfw-Z1K4pUFjVWAZ3b8Iin8rcYXvg_vWAIoD4jxpL3xJKIdL2wGKZRwmYXN6Ae-vzcVQ9ieL6y5zKG4lfroyXDrbizpGFd-C/s1280/IMG_9056.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L8GeD0xVVNuPn6K-4J0PN0d4qLYLGRuA0SPV9nuk2vcG4taXsaTRcBFDhABDT3ptz1eBIC8FBWJRfoJlA9PtOKyJsSDlnfw-Z1K4pUFjVWAZ3b8Iin8rcYXvg_vWAIoD4jxpL3xJKIdL2wGKZRwmYXN6Ae-vzcVQ9ieL6y5zKG4lfroyXDrbizpGFd-C/w480-h640/IMG_9056.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I attached the single shingles directly to a row of speed shingles before installing them on the roof. It just seemed easier to line them up.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHytlaN0jVqkSqQMH5sVSp8MZXl7BOlbSPCBKV3za-s3QE3dfyq2X2193JUJWjikcD8wEg_nzcE1VMa21Xr7AU1ryt1fXvFwLLnLMEQ7kBPn2kgLa1ypIu3cTOE0yyMGGn3iKfKmpj6gop7VKj5aIHqX1vK1XInHjI2Dza_wk9v0S02M_goq3ktMmzgfny/s1280/IMG_9057.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHytlaN0jVqkSqQMH5sVSp8MZXl7BOlbSPCBKV3za-s3QE3dfyq2X2193JUJWjikcD8wEg_nzcE1VMa21Xr7AU1ryt1fXvFwLLnLMEQ7kBPn2kgLa1ypIu3cTOE0yyMGGn3iKfKmpj6gop7VKj5aIHqX1vK1XInHjI2Dza_wk9v0S02M_goq3ktMmzgfny/w640-h480/IMG_9057.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: large;"> I lined the up each, anchoring with painter's tape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCGULPp31oe7I2-Ya2TyEY39sv3kWMD0YL76paTSP0yEq2Q5u5UcmrGCMTCCLfVmyIE-tHspNgTE9stwpA2al-9X6cPyOuCj3-qv-pnG6gKRqIA7ZcZ_8F1oyOkd5Efz46yYk7eHYgI3WhF0poPQrHYaFCw4DcEXWET0bBawSeBxObeQ4CnnBDEXAIl8M/s1280/IMG_9061.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCGULPp31oe7I2-Ya2TyEY39sv3kWMD0YL76paTSP0yEq2Q5u5UcmrGCMTCCLfVmyIE-tHspNgTE9stwpA2al-9X6cPyOuCj3-qv-pnG6gKRqIA7ZcZ_8F1oyOkd5Efz46yYk7eHYgI3WhF0poPQrHYaFCw4DcEXWET0bBawSeBxObeQ4CnnBDEXAIl8M/w480-h640/IMG_9061.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">The using my favorite double stick tap, I taped them in place instead of using hot glue to reduce the bulk that a bead of hot glue can create. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsZPr-rr32Mkjq_iAbaFSYD2wEh9kTkWHevUzWeTLDZ-mpPyHiiTUHSOYmqc-EQpJtYy9D63IUTIbJ0rBjo6NSMbzd_Kq0YatT8mzYYetMbntktSQ3STLk8JsjgF6-A3elH8xZU6tA2kV8a94LT1PnbzLoZUxJkLAbIHubboHTxozVyBdRQFarPt3FfeX/s1280/IMG_9060.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsZPr-rr32Mkjq_iAbaFSYD2wEh9kTkWHevUzWeTLDZ-mpPyHiiTUHSOYmqc-EQpJtYy9D63IUTIbJ0rBjo6NSMbzd_Kq0YatT8mzYYetMbntktSQ3STLk8JsjgF6-A3elH8xZU6tA2kV8a94LT1PnbzLoZUxJkLAbIHubboHTxozVyBdRQFarPt3FfeX/w480-h640/IMG_9060.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The red protective cover peels off easily.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGxMmBz9TKRkxUnM4coFhRRvBnEnOa7PYe7uhxaKeJhRt2zI-L-2D7TTyu7DNh-Mk9mbWd8AEZfG3VPzwsmZZZzjNKrw61TKPJTig6BGkZZZEDvnk9WfgIH-Yj_BjXAcG1gD9NuKD8VAH1V95Js6EUol1kqb1tJbYHNiII0-PnhY-ACFgXVvSB17qEY-8/s1280/IMG_9062.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGxMmBz9TKRkxUnM4coFhRRvBnEnOa7PYe7uhxaKeJhRt2zI-L-2D7TTyu7DNh-Mk9mbWd8AEZfG3VPzwsmZZZzjNKrw61TKPJTig6BGkZZZEDvnk9WfgIH-Yj_BjXAcG1gD9NuKD8VAH1V95Js6EUol1kqb1tJbYHNiII0-PnhY-ACFgXVvSB17qEY-8/w480-h640/IMG_9062.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKwjyH_0WTOI2vC4N_8gZwoo5VeJgnJuwIMNaq820H43h0KT7XcNs6GOPC_1xhwXBY2KTXHgYzfzwWCDMZ5Rq56awRYTitRGLJHvYpeFXt5ka-ZgF9q2zryoZBjHZnSA6O7IZOSG0BVEBmUGEQn1QiZMimwn_dtKK7F9qdBmawxpukfELx_Qumd6bWcBR/s1280/IMG_9059.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKwjyH_0WTOI2vC4N_8gZwoo5VeJgnJuwIMNaq820H43h0KT7XcNs6GOPC_1xhwXBY2KTXHgYzfzwWCDMZ5Rq56awRYTitRGLJHvYpeFXt5ka-ZgF9q2zryoZBjHZnSA6O7IZOSG0BVEBmUGEQn1QiZMimwn_dtKK7F9qdBmawxpukfELx_Qumd6bWcBR/w480-h640/IMG_9059.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So there you have it. Final step: paint the roof. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe not. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_qOMc6U5eJvlL_pOKdS2sRAWVGxpH-0i0xSfMGF2gg9HN8oh0cF3AoBtpbnB1b7ET6XpvuYiS8HXI3chQOD1kFi3crAb8jBqA68fnz4m2oi23hZpXmLsejI2OfAAXHpcLxgQJdfGGVQTe9psBPVLRZgEDmrL5NIuxyqSj9KXy5PkYaxbBK4BQOiNi6lY/s1280/IMG_9065.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_qOMc6U5eJvlL_pOKdS2sRAWVGxpH-0i0xSfMGF2gg9HN8oh0cF3AoBtpbnB1b7ET6XpvuYiS8HXI3chQOD1kFi3crAb8jBqA68fnz4m2oi23hZpXmLsejI2OfAAXHpcLxgQJdfGGVQTe9psBPVLRZgEDmrL5NIuxyqSj9KXy5PkYaxbBK4BQOiNi6lY/w480-h640/IMG_9065.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Were I thinking, I should have just trimmed back the speed shingles instead of singles ones. 😐</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJl6hBma-yIHWJcZq2Qc_unkdc-gntjP3YC_qM3L2DURG4ZrtHLmqyQEqUqi4MXLTzWLw4t3-IRNy3sxHHNXbktG_BJu5IELnxBoKD3chmq8gWAhTiKHX5ybBh8Mw6tXrC51SAtaB1SRZuqZkgk7jH9klfKBrSs-KHFfuaJ6YHzjxNseBOnMLyXiU5vgKn/s1280/IMG_8118.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1175" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJl6hBma-yIHWJcZq2Qc_unkdc-gntjP3YC_qM3L2DURG4ZrtHLmqyQEqUqi4MXLTzWLw4t3-IRNy3sxHHNXbktG_BJu5IELnxBoKD3chmq8gWAhTiKHX5ybBh8Mw6tXrC51SAtaB1SRZuqZkgk7jH9klfKBrSs-KHFfuaJ6YHzjxNseBOnMLyXiU5vgKn/w206-h224/IMG_8118.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In my last post, Jodi wondered if I might cut my shingles on my Cricut Maker. Interesting that you should ask, because I did try to design my own as I waited for the Greenleaf deliver. I would use Cricut's very thin veneer which comes in 3 woods: Oak, Maple, and dark Walnut. I do have a large stash of shingles, which I really would like to use up, but probably won't. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Final major project: flooring for the 3rd floor. I purchased Cricut's veneer Walnut that I'lll cut the planks on the Cricut Maker. In another couple of weeks, the Manchester Country Home should be completed.</span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhep39SiJ_DtJS0mbrw5SGiPSaTs_L7sWr11OcEjxkdvuMft-Bcb-_nfcV51RO45odXx85reX43ueLhybAVgTMO3dPXMss4zB_VxyBYvRA1Xq9r3mRPr3qC0ojvd7hfMdqIgV91z_9O0XcIUG3NVviQNy-tTr6aT2IdSxsbGmWEaAEMSQ9EdvUB-so_PMvy/s1280/IMG_9095.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhep39SiJ_DtJS0mbrw5SGiPSaTs_L7sWr11OcEjxkdvuMft-Bcb-_nfcV51RO45odXx85reX43ueLhybAVgTMO3dPXMss4zB_VxyBYvRA1Xq9r3mRPr3qC0ojvd7hfMdqIgV91z_9O0XcIUG3NVviQNy-tTr6aT2IdSxsbGmWEaAEMSQ9EdvUB-so_PMvy/w640-h480/IMG_9095.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I am thankful that you stopped by. Have a great week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fondly,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: large;">Ann</span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-87649917400094075592024-01-21T18:42:00.000-08:002024-01-21T18:42:17.479-08:00Roofing: Project Nears Completion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to last week's weather reports, most of the mid-section of the USA and the eastern seaboard suffered unusually cold and snow. Here in Northern Colorado, we were cold, too, and received less than two inches of snow, which by the way lingers. I'm not an outdoor winter person anymore, so I retreated to my basement workshop last week with one goal in mind: roof the Manchester Country Home! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3UUE2KBq0kY1SLyMwlnywKeYbtoyo_uWFmB4QTABe5wdOHUz8Ga9so52TXtdbC6Xo9As7u7PMMn2v13dTfj761eyMGICkGbba_FEbW7X_wZZEaLvOqVPTQtcZplNKvWd3l7UY88UcSn-YwAjNnawUql9YTN9i_QrQCYY8rQINkKCg0MYSBjuylQXiON0/s1280/IMG_8978.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3UUE2KBq0kY1SLyMwlnywKeYbtoyo_uWFmB4QTABe5wdOHUz8Ga9so52TXtdbC6Xo9As7u7PMMn2v13dTfj761eyMGICkGbba_FEbW7X_wZZEaLvOqVPTQtcZplNKvWd3l7UY88UcSn-YwAjNnawUql9YTN9i_QrQCYY8rQINkKCg0MYSBjuylQXiON0/s320/IMG_8978.jpeg" width="148" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCLFfoMCuNyKm7Ux5rNqhxu7PDKomxQKlZ1G5Z_Bw9ZHvb3JlUDQ6QTw8b9PY7NWPhnUUCxE2488j8Nb6PEh2J-AHRZbUGqmNjGNrZM3Dvkt55qoD9P_72OjuhYett7fV03KFDxkRdlymmo4bKusdH0nI-DHtIoAToLZ1gpzRy8Mli0UXwsQHv3cQ_zy6/s1280/IMG_8995.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCLFfoMCuNyKm7Ux5rNqhxu7PDKomxQKlZ1G5Z_Bw9ZHvb3JlUDQ6QTw8b9PY7NWPhnUUCxE2488j8Nb6PEh2J-AHRZbUGqmNjGNrZM3Dvkt55qoD9P_72OjuhYett7fV03KFDxkRdlymmo4bKusdH0nI-DHtIoAToLZ1gpzRy8Mli0UXwsQHv3cQ_zy6/s320/IMG_8995.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you have followed the saga of this miserable roof project, you know the challenges that I've had. The mish-mash of guide lines tells the sad story of my inability to get the roof right. My first attempt on the left shows my failed faux metal roof look. I just didn't like the looks and then I tried the shake shingle look and had a lot of trouble getting them straight and removed them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFlAfZJmxe_-u0qVVMMJcw5iKXE5v5UrhxemZppkFZ3Jb5uz1ovcLzkMgtX0dslN4fF0bpGEI7s-kXtbiqcTOiaZVSay6g54SdU46gaajNIilGvPiV-wOcnhAp86eJhAGKQkdXVO4XoR6ednHxZIbQ1P2VYPGijeIEGC81DXh1t3FcAFPZTZZ5Po8ZG4U/s1280/IMG_8015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFlAfZJmxe_-u0qVVMMJcw5iKXE5v5UrhxemZppkFZ3Jb5uz1ovcLzkMgtX0dslN4fF0bpGEI7s-kXtbiqcTOiaZVSay6g54SdU46gaajNIilGvPiV-wOcnhAp86eJhAGKQkdXVO4XoR6ednHxZIbQ1P2VYPGijeIEGC81DXh1t3FcAFPZTZZ5Po8ZG4U/s320/IMG_8015.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsAcqzdIwfAUCErEdX9N6TngU3uRJqzcb_72qQu9C5ITwjJzUAQ8JF9u7r7Cfhk7bTfySeHkeR9pF8DbAuY5d3GKsQ9Cfdjaf0Ye7rc_AVejs2tJbjzinjB2m1AgGzhjvBgXXPU_ceKcyLjbPRFdnnM7_dvJJD1CfQyNMeNCpf6BCPIHjJsKQS1mJOyh_/s1280/IMG_8269.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsAcqzdIwfAUCErEdX9N6TngU3uRJqzcb_72qQu9C5ITwjJzUAQ8JF9u7r7Cfhk7bTfySeHkeR9pF8DbAuY5d3GKsQ9Cfdjaf0Ye7rc_AVejs2tJbjzinjB2m1AgGzhjvBgXXPU_ceKcyLjbPRFdnnM7_dvJJD1CfQyNMeNCpf6BCPIHjJsKQS1mJOyh_/s320/IMG_8269.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">So now with a clean slate, I ordered speed shingles for Greenleaf Dollhouse supplies. I've used the before on the Bellingham Texas Farmhouse, so I thought they would be a good alternative. <br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPoXYmg0y3soXnUHbxKkIUm2D1MHn4q6mIWiPdBPh7fgsZ4i-IOgb2AUwbCXj3oaMTd3J_u3Ovv6t4NHxOCZfrU3qtqwIOtyqDNbX6mVsfJVN2SFaXcJ2cDDR9anHx_BvlCRuJ-E9UscnC9hQQRHbkxGnBncaEC3oh3k23ZMgv6exc18cGHOX0tdc1JB5/s1280/IMG_8894.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPoXYmg0y3soXnUHbxKkIUm2D1MHn4q6mIWiPdBPh7fgsZ4i-IOgb2AUwbCXj3oaMTd3J_u3Ovv6t4NHxOCZfrU3qtqwIOtyqDNbX6mVsfJVN2SFaXcJ2cDDR9anHx_BvlCRuJ-E9UscnC9hQQRHbkxGnBncaEC3oh3k23ZMgv6exc18cGHOX0tdc1JB5/w640-h480/IMG_8894.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I began by making templates of each roof section to assure a more accurate cut of the angles on the roof, taping each row in place with masking tape. The shingles line up off set with the above row barreling covering the slit in the bottom row. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbkKGqNqA3fWYbtlQXn7XmPkllXBMZ9regUVXSD2OW9i-L_zC4P_NTZuNTFrfhPPFM8YY9v2LT2MTqkE83WnMe7lwdjR6g3sTHKHWlFnug_ArZlU7QExN7yT9EaSbydY-DgqeNTATuFZGAKP48_9wdGi3TEh3rQF3UFPwfS0Dy_wJ_7DnvpBF5EL02eSN/s1280/IMG_8996%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbkKGqNqA3fWYbtlQXn7XmPkllXBMZ9regUVXSD2OW9i-L_zC4P_NTZuNTFrfhPPFM8YY9v2LT2MTqkE83WnMe7lwdjR6g3sTHKHWlFnug_ArZlU7QExN7yT9EaSbydY-DgqeNTATuFZGAKP48_9wdGi3TEh3rQF3UFPwfS0Dy_wJ_7DnvpBF5EL02eSN/w480-h640/IMG_8996%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">The shingles line up fast and neat.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJLL0j1JUOUHQEG7Fm47aP2H-2iZVk2WiFTJieG4wJKHfoOui-f2ADXf_uBPxUrQrloGfRPFaHStbazADdClMfWC8FsZ30a79BgNVyKXcEF0jZtIu1Hw4uWRMFsLyVvcQIJXcz74L9saBWRnlzWEZzAg_iNl6G-6Blpj4C3fDB4fOw-Wg9_194dOYGGq0/s1139/IMG_8895.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1139" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJLL0j1JUOUHQEG7Fm47aP2H-2iZVk2WiFTJieG4wJKHfoOui-f2ADXf_uBPxUrQrloGfRPFaHStbazADdClMfWC8FsZ30a79BgNVyKXcEF0jZtIu1Hw4uWRMFsLyVvcQIJXcz74L9saBWRnlzWEZzAg_iNl6G-6Blpj4C3fDB4fOw-Wg9_194dOYGGq0/w640-h434/IMG_8895.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next, I trim off the inside edge that butt up against the peaked roof. I trim the straight edge slightly and will finish trimming once the shingles are permanently placed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IhA2ORA5QSFvUTLVIYnbsfnl16TSjRRD5DQejSS4hUq-gGETsCzI3ySGp2J-jOL_i_yHwtmLnl6VoAfXvkwRvnu875ZvOtRMRuQ_UbzVQ6C750YHHfcEeH-1Cl_952aggifWCbZ0JJO01r9b0SWrV7qA6_Zal5wS_wxEt2hf3NcyfDX82CVGKCnhT-md/s1280/IMG_9001.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IhA2ORA5QSFvUTLVIYnbsfnl16TSjRRD5DQejSS4hUq-gGETsCzI3ySGp2J-jOL_i_yHwtmLnl6VoAfXvkwRvnu875ZvOtRMRuQ_UbzVQ6C750YHHfcEeH-1Cl_952aggifWCbZ0JJO01r9b0SWrV7qA6_Zal5wS_wxEt2hf3NcyfDX82CVGKCnhT-md/w150-h200/IMG_9001.jpeg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNXq4bSejmviliSzYFWMQD2spjYjmybEkfwv8TYgdX4Gfd4hpVqi560qr2-gCgzTgJzXJoAYoiXVKG1Dq99o2dQUAH2y930J0gD37EOh8lPlgiT7jGpvIYbrJlgs8U3exXtFrsfnrTxF2zBU81tKBwuEn2kS5vmxrA6puFRb07d1fpoO-lcPyCLYNXvk8/s1280/IMG_9005.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I attach each row one at a time with tape, lift the shingle, and run a bead of hot glue then press the shingle in place and remove the tape and add the next row.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iyUk9ri-NR3gKhsNCXHWkWUEopTQlETZesSBbCvlji_r-xTiOO96NeA369q_37Gkhw0e5NGAi6no0AepvpIhtEDngOENmYxRh9_2tjv1XSVC_Pl-DlHo2j9ouV_Aioe8mPAnQ2hrGPpdfJxbinyKzAjAGncnb-0utGB-mu43ylreMxD3EK77rBRPohk0/s1280/IMG_8982.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbO895fchoPciijo7Rio9JGeqipEL0MfVsffetxtmhhjimGoOFvPeuAeHC4Dl63W-RexLas_NyQusi-Nmu_goffAW70Gy0PiclCEUUkN9lNVcOmWXcWhI_j9fHf3HbcFTuqbPgu3YJg0Tr5IIyB7mBV6lLz-DXA1q9NYBn7VudUK7CKSbWKv09aV_XCkti/w150-h200/IMG_9014.jpeg" width="150" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wow. The first elevation is finished--well almost. I had already added the roof moulding so I will have to creatively finish the top edges. Ideally, the speed shingles will be place all the way to the peak of the roof and trimmed to fit then covered with trim, but my roof moulding is already in place, as well as some of the edge trimming. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSmp6I0Sh-dFNKAaNoVvv3rvS0SeYcB_13C2RjHKhXNOAWGIVy_B7m58HkxJVmZycuEG1D8a9UAEQxmkQdVA-GAwQFTzBkRS64CGXv9E-O8FGWCMmEPTDXixoiIucPGw6-qzA8dGS40_67f-7Y1G_9O46D-V6akGNJJhJNvA6bcUW5wLT5PT5tw7-gmvT/s1280/IMG_8981.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSmp6I0Sh-dFNKAaNoVvv3rvS0SeYcB_13C2RjHKhXNOAWGIVy_B7m58HkxJVmZycuEG1D8a9UAEQxmkQdVA-GAwQFTzBkRS64CGXv9E-O8FGWCMmEPTDXixoiIucPGw6-qzA8dGS40_67f-7Y1G_9O46D-V6akGNJJhJNvA6bcUW5wLT5PT5tw7-gmvT/w480-h640/IMG_8981.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now the right elevation has shingles in place on the template.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTJB5y6XdpRHypCT0fv-ZQ3NucLYe7_GJkToPV6p0_wWhpSc8GoEPmtcT1Z-V1t8RcSWm4vPl4yrDTPezulD2p8Zi9vZ28t-FbqLboHg3qDxuhOo3La0mZmuXHRrjOtYkh6Hn4PL_4PWvCTNAkki0KnCQ_-FejmwmXwBmh3AVNyXwNZBp1Eg-Jc1rduW1/s1280/IMG_9008.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTJB5y6XdpRHypCT0fv-ZQ3NucLYe7_GJkToPV6p0_wWhpSc8GoEPmtcT1Z-V1t8RcSWm4vPl4yrDTPezulD2p8Zi9vZ28t-FbqLboHg3qDxuhOo3La0mZmuXHRrjOtYkh6Hn4PL_4PWvCTNAkki0KnCQ_-FejmwmXwBmh3AVNyXwNZBp1Eg-Jc1rduW1/w480-h640/IMG_9008.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The shingles line up so easily with out having to mark lines. That was one of my problems--I could never get the lines straight. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVuDScZhCdu5lSjtOrp10o9yFIlxY3ttbK6kuIzPQMWnVFmiQDLTN3P2hqdZxY2eBAisestub1ppzFn68oMrdRVGPFLJH4V4IVSnRhzl_zTEEbI65l677vf1-kt0jkbegGeDsXIu1_dnYe0SCmrCjwvMIEeN5HR9u8jVKNVoikU7ZM40TeurWg6MhLezc/s1280/IMG_9015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVuDScZhCdu5lSjtOrp10o9yFIlxY3ttbK6kuIzPQMWnVFmiQDLTN3P2hqdZxY2eBAisestub1ppzFn68oMrdRVGPFLJH4V4IVSnRhzl_zTEEbI65l677vf1-kt0jkbegGeDsXIu1_dnYe0SCmrCjwvMIEeN5HR9u8jVKNVoikU7ZM40TeurWg6MhLezc/w480-h640/IMG_9015.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another finished roof.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Felling pretty good now. I can do this!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOU1CYbkkPIXBhANXJ2IornGA5naCgjy7MCj6-HUuJT9qZPgAvn3ph_OIQ60OYH4d3ruT-qoJSTFxlfyTw6YLsprh7LD4Y6qIXXTLSTCqCzR1DzrzxPU42mlTeWE5jC4YjlJwYstUers2qb3R-6pIN_mXtf6mpxn2Eh1uOIS23-8gWY8FR6P_JJ8TsiZZ/s1280/IMG_9016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwOU1CYbkkPIXBhANXJ2IornGA5naCgjy7MCj6-HUuJT9qZPgAvn3ph_OIQ60OYH4d3ruT-qoJSTFxlfyTw6YLsprh7LD4Y6qIXXTLSTCqCzR1DzrzxPU42mlTeWE5jC4YjlJwYstUers2qb3R-6pIN_mXtf6mpxn2Eh1uOIS23-8gWY8FR6P_JJ8TsiZZ/w480-h640/IMG_9016.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>I am quite pleased with the work because cutting the angled ends and getting each strip of shingles correctly place does required concentration.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2Ie0pYAi0Ed62JR_Q-_EzLLoqrd9p-w7u8FN6BPS-1pAMUQKHwBA6Rr5_feGXuvfljjwUnLnUSdg23QkHPQhHaiu2jhUcQ4vw1rTgt4DKLOz3GzkSZFQgq_BBiZyolHwWiIQVvyqCOXLQPs7OWN2sEf-qBJgPh42gs5uIqjCfyJeA_V9ij4gfubXNSld/s1280/IMG_9017.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2Ie0pYAi0Ed62JR_Q-_EzLLoqrd9p-w7u8FN6BPS-1pAMUQKHwBA6Rr5_feGXuvfljjwUnLnUSdg23QkHPQhHaiu2jhUcQ4vw1rTgt4DKLOz3GzkSZFQgq_BBiZyolHwWiIQVvyqCOXLQPs7OWN2sEf-qBJgPh42gs5uIqjCfyJeA_V9ij4gfubXNSld/w480-h640/IMG_9017.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The front pitched elevations are particularly troublesome, but I followed my plan: place on the template, trim the inside seam and then the out side edge after the shingles are in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcTP5qH135CoGGlFL6bUdSxzQ5_iAS0G_MUnRW-iXYU29_vMmd0-NM6xSqCSzHERam_YNODcUrnX9Fh-YpTd_jbEZuSyom6FTDtYADbElwY9XWWE3cN8lsUQuXx4HnOJNupJ1otjOuwQAKuPVn9T1197O8P0PzdA0-yjF03K01emY21Vyysh599M1fDRU/s1280/IMG_9025.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcTP5qH135CoGGlFL6bUdSxzQ5_iAS0G_MUnRW-iXYU29_vMmd0-NM6xSqCSzHERam_YNODcUrnX9Fh-YpTd_jbEZuSyom6FTDtYADbElwY9XWWE3cN8lsUQuXx4HnOJNupJ1otjOuwQAKuPVn9T1197O8P0PzdA0-yjF03K01emY21Vyysh599M1fDRU/s320/IMG_9025.jpeg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2tW_Yp9I91IhyphenhyphenXaohgKKm6hBrWyKSKTbcp6hMSC678xthqF6EsWUOi7D1i70D0xbAmRF7kYzkw42vRpapl5oHms7YS3fDzmVDCfTM6AzWYr_V_B4-SlBbSKgzdYBuggfxSXZQ4qpjCBmzHvzAqLSR4RTC-nkV5BSzkum_dnnV-1qcb11uPGmimhryvQq/s1280/IMG_9026.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2tW_Yp9I91IhyphenhyphenXaohgKKm6hBrWyKSKTbcp6hMSC678xthqF6EsWUOi7D1i70D0xbAmRF7kYzkw42vRpapl5oHms7YS3fDzmVDCfTM6AzWYr_V_B4-SlBbSKgzdYBuggfxSXZQ4qpjCBmzHvzAqLSR4RTC-nkV5BSzkum_dnnV-1qcb11uPGmimhryvQq/s320/IMG_9026.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">My worst fear: an offset lineup. I will share with you next time how I fix this problem. Once again, don't add any roof trim until after the shingles are in place. The same holds true for the trim work on the edge of the roofs. It's much easier to get a clean line when you trim the shingles to size before the decorative trim has been added. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN5GPgThTyRCcQMlrvPcusrxPykWftx8avuVzJMdM7FXJEqtjF2MGvu7ZxDgPurBhJCTdRLYX6w2oSmZmJVRPeyVR3R7QHVThJVghCvg80g4S2IaGqs2XNgtG4RIoMGGB2zcY2l8sXmUyZ166dySwRs_5hogOn6FdRFnSFWs8L157In5cvrKEwe5L9R8g/s1280/IMG_9018.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN5GPgThTyRCcQMlrvPcusrxPykWftx8avuVzJMdM7FXJEqtjF2MGvu7ZxDgPurBhJCTdRLYX6w2oSmZmJVRPeyVR3R7QHVThJVghCvg80g4S2IaGqs2XNgtG4RIoMGGB2zcY2l8sXmUyZ166dySwRs_5hogOn6FdRFnSFWs8L157In5cvrKEwe5L9R8g/w480-h640/IMG_9018.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">This side lined up much better.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hB-gsp41Rw17_c-HzNTgQtIiF3RnaWgKHGsYipUrusj56Wb5VF4Me7hhhjSsE7K6E_w7Qho1_yAvDsKYiD9lHqe_fAjIC2dSz8YQwqoQ3Ig1VMs9bhwN4v_0Yeced2D9jN60JSYZ-BD-Q_d1ozJae4oSSVxi83PfsI_9LO82zZZR4fKizmtTYR8sLA_J/s1280/IMG_9027.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hB-gsp41Rw17_c-HzNTgQtIiF3RnaWgKHGsYipUrusj56Wb5VF4Me7hhhjSsE7K6E_w7Qho1_yAvDsKYiD9lHqe_fAjIC2dSz8YQwqoQ3Ig1VMs9bhwN4v_0Yeced2D9jN60JSYZ-BD-Q_d1ozJae4oSSVxi83PfsI_9LO82zZZR4fKizmtTYR8sLA_J/w480-h640/IMG_9027.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To finish the roof with the moulding already place, I will cut down the shingle strip</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDyCTfEF25_nUjFsLRbM56aFYjLKr1sFhZKXoxb_2lmyzHmiaPCmWi1XMk52bsznkdZojTg-AJ0LZVZfzeN61yzVQJDgf6zNbFmcqQbR5BWyhGkZ-Xq91TFtBpm19iFoPqh5YVIwUg97PEispGX1wnwE0COr4KaJQHHirlg_-A3PoGuUEq_FUxt09oxlI/s1280/IMG_9030.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDyCTfEF25_nUjFsLRbM56aFYjLKr1sFhZKXoxb_2lmyzHmiaPCmWi1XMk52bsznkdZojTg-AJ0LZVZfzeN61yzVQJDgf6zNbFmcqQbR5BWyhGkZ-Xq91TFtBpm19iFoPqh5YVIwUg97PEispGX1wnwE0COr4KaJQHHirlg_-A3PoGuUEq_FUxt09oxlI/w480-h640/IMG_9030.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And add some gingerbread to give a finished look.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTLJHvOYSt2cxuPkwkagpnuJt8jsYlXBmsUps3LBqgI00Uddr2CJ6zYzaLyxRy_Oquza2C2xCSjgVNLP5hTLl1_gzNthwVdk89Ver17AT2am2Uv63SXt5D7pzW4Y77In7Tin8HXxKD1KAl3x1C3-aH2be1JC_MSghsuiAa3LbhZnj319eLEkRhqUrlx6x/s1280/IMG_9031.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTLJHvOYSt2cxuPkwkagpnuJt8jsYlXBmsUps3LBqgI00Uddr2CJ6zYzaLyxRy_Oquza2C2xCSjgVNLP5hTLl1_gzNthwVdk89Ver17AT2am2Uv63SXt5D7pzW4Y77In7Tin8HXxKD1KAl3x1C3-aH2be1JC_MSghsuiAa3LbhZnj319eLEkRhqUrlx6x/w640-h480/IMG_9031.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Once all the shingles are in place, I have to decide how to finish them: stain? or paint? I've had in mind all along that this house house will have a gray roof.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOo1xKVzfxSxyiDsHfvS2YqBVgQ1W9BmeninX-Hwcrrt5GCXpqK5gD7BOLgwWTel45AbWXvyaCmZTYTf6JojKjBWnwKSJD2XYYT0xbyFYHjzYQH2iV-kNqdBhwK3vKq-fC58UZyie5ctnnh_gl1vDeKvYZwM6OmDezEAy4wdW_K6_ybZCbTPHpaUVgsnJO/s1280/IMG_9032.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOo1xKVzfxSxyiDsHfvS2YqBVgQ1W9BmeninX-Hwcrrt5GCXpqK5gD7BOLgwWTel45AbWXvyaCmZTYTf6JojKjBWnwKSJD2XYYT0xbyFYHjzYQH2iV-kNqdBhwK3vKq-fC58UZyie5ctnnh_gl1vDeKvYZwM6OmDezEAy4wdW_K6_ybZCbTPHpaUVgsnJO/w640-h480/IMG_9032.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1BKDAjkhKGpNl20ZVnPGBfLbdmF8n3xASMdJvC4d9YKk4QvuTwYVUJuhMHimG0mbTVWvh5o9Dj_kPSj3S_pEAqFPr1Cq7HVdN3Ie6DgiWjHxdec4jLCSNweTugCZlqthGSRVy33H9szT7BiHQhNyvTdiwb1rfYSLUoH4x5SFl2nCaAxaRanFDVrYS5QS/s1280/IMG_9033.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1BKDAjkhKGpNl20ZVnPGBfLbdmF8n3xASMdJvC4d9YKk4QvuTwYVUJuhMHimG0mbTVWvh5o9Dj_kPSj3S_pEAqFPr1Cq7HVdN3Ie6DgiWjHxdec4jLCSNweTugCZlqthGSRVy33H9szT7BiHQhNyvTdiwb1rfYSLUoH4x5SFl2nCaAxaRanFDVrYS5QS/w640-h480/IMG_9033.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>So there you have it. For the most part the Manchester has a roof--except for the wretched addition.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLn7WsoalE79wejomWkQitzYik5d2t4DQmepSHuWn_QNWAS4OrxxwdCR8CuNM8xbCOyJtAsghLESYpMDdVixRMKHUTuqV2z5ax6tQKfUxwpQCQx8a1nQwKDWHjIAy3V74bu-wqXi3mUQ6-PnoHHod0TBNcHTAk12-OoTKELtPKYIxS_lrfwue6O_9NF2xA/s1280/IMG_9034.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLn7WsoalE79wejomWkQitzYik5d2t4DQmepSHuWn_QNWAS4OrxxwdCR8CuNM8xbCOyJtAsghLESYpMDdVixRMKHUTuqV2z5ax6tQKfUxwpQCQx8a1nQwKDWHjIAy3V74bu-wqXi3mUQ6-PnoHHod0TBNcHTAk12-OoTKELtPKYIxS_lrfwue6O_9NF2xA/w640-h480/IMG_9034.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This roof should be easy. Ha. I had to try my hand at kit bashing and added a sky light window. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDJtkMnWFbX4LlB5v2ZByGqFt-WtGBSDIzUj9eIEiGQzbH8KZav_RlaL0lEJNLWJzc5ZRhbZX4j8s6dQQHOVJKfwjCFu_mzg1fsDSLthIYw8G0PWAfMKeTRmwDtA-OP5idnMwYWc3PWQiol5g56ZL2KY59Z8cHu1dt24BzimpSDHJU1OnhbvvSrer7GLd/s1280/IMG_9035.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDJtkMnWFbX4LlB5v2ZByGqFt-WtGBSDIzUj9eIEiGQzbH8KZav_RlaL0lEJNLWJzc5ZRhbZX4j8s6dQQHOVJKfwjCFu_mzg1fsDSLthIYw8G0PWAfMKeTRmwDtA-OP5idnMwYWc3PWQiol5g56ZL2KY59Z8cHu1dt24BzimpSDHJU1OnhbvvSrer7GLd/w480-h640/IMG_9035.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>I'll have to do some fancy trimming to get the shingles placed properly.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TAFVWBYODjWOspQ_sttA1D6-acnsxN99yN262FQPxY77zinKhu3qa83B7lv2JdG_hLrlJ07U1Ycd0tDgf8ksueKmOMxbWJupXhn8aW-Z2Ti6rWcTvZfXDu5Z5n9GfhkGDdARLuJ_xjhUPYXswHpoS3E2SZ9wXXb9mB3uHu1ZCVlOwfIV7vxMTV0_XaHs/s1280/IMG_9036.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TAFVWBYODjWOspQ_sttA1D6-acnsxN99yN262FQPxY77zinKhu3qa83B7lv2JdG_hLrlJ07U1Ycd0tDgf8ksueKmOMxbWJupXhn8aW-Z2Ti6rWcTvZfXDu5Z5n9GfhkGDdARLuJ_xjhUPYXswHpoS3E2SZ9wXXb9mB3uHu1ZCVlOwfIV7vxMTV0_XaHs/w480-h640/IMG_9036.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I do have a template, but I'm going to add each shingle one layer at a time, trimming as I go.🤞</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DdyTQmqFpiKIZLlB7wc0QEVm9ruXSrDdybqiAfRiXWSQ9SMKvX0qVBMLLTdbhZCV92ct3YiGlhsFfnW5L4Wlsl6_FntuoOePqdCOAxcA0MH1ehdJFmccecypIwSFZC1meooLjgS6r-lgQtOotRhWAtf8sM8Osgx4q6qrAUCG_ITOjHaeJ-srcGhw6kPF/s1280/IMG_9038.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DdyTQmqFpiKIZLlB7wc0QEVm9ruXSrDdybqiAfRiXWSQ9SMKvX0qVBMLLTdbhZCV92ct3YiGlhsFfnW5L4Wlsl6_FntuoOePqdCOAxcA0MH1ehdJFmccecypIwSFZC1meooLjgS6r-lgQtOotRhWAtf8sM8Osgx4q6qrAUCG_ITOjHaeJ-srcGhw6kPF/w480-h640/IMG_9038.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So. There you have it. The back side still needs shingles, but I had to order another package and I'll have enough to do the garage. In total I purchased 4 packs of shingles at about $15 each--but then I don't have buy a ski-pass, so I'm good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for joining me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have a fine week. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fondly, <span style="font-family: Calligraffitti;">Ann</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tvwdi16uew&t=222s" target="_blank">Angie Has a great Youtube tutorial on using speed shingles</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase your speed shingles here: <a href="https://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/speed-shingles/" target="_blank">Greenleaf Dollhouse Dollhouses</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-20829651716676903502024-01-12T13:41:00.000-08:002024-01-12T13:43:28.554-08:00Shop 'til ya Drop<p> All the Christmas decorations have been stored for another year, but the basement family room is still a mess, so I've been working on getting it back into order so that I can get the Manchester finished, all the while shopping on line for little things and scouring Pinterest for ideas on the how to decorate the Newbury. I've sworn not to even take it out of the box until I've got the roof on the Manchester and the attic floor finished. 😆😐. We will see how long that declaration lasts.</p><p>I've found a new Etsy shop that has nice very 3-D printed items. I just received her sewing machine that will go in the Manchester sewing/craft room, a blender that most resembles mine of the '80s, a free gift bottle, and the hand pump. Nice quality and reasonably priced. The Etsy store Shop Mini Decor and More is located in Las Vegas, NV, so shipping time is fast--for me at least.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOOCMrIYK2Z0ZxRcNQK44GokZvzNa_GSR2sfcIUH8LYSVm6eHC0fElujeePn32lEFkIp2XDr6RAn0xYMq7tBlTYzt6HtM7ro3LUqlo3TaYF__Ep6AXSj5mLW5yuPqjNeUodyBwZiMPs9YE4_OS5-bh31MvENlxklvyaWa7l0znvyhDoJVhTPZrayRuNxt/s1280/IMG_8951.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOOCMrIYK2Z0ZxRcNQK44GokZvzNa_GSR2sfcIUH8LYSVm6eHC0fElujeePn32lEFkIp2XDr6RAn0xYMq7tBlTYzt6HtM7ro3LUqlo3TaYF__Ep6AXSj5mLW5yuPqjNeUodyBwZiMPs9YE4_OS5-bh31MvENlxklvyaWa7l0znvyhDoJVhTPZrayRuNxt/w640-h480/IMG_8951.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pump will be painted weather red and will have a floral arrangement. I found the whiskey barrel in the Tim Holtz collection in a package of two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGe33A0Iua-YdxIgmuSN5tVjjwU_u445jzx4lC4x7xjHoxRnCcyvK6Uyt7js8pSALdXzht8NZytQcAh1FKB5GuVngHuS-Gv2w4fHPvw5t_7rFYAIDtCBEbWwGWP8Awi9qGf9IhUPlm_i-88Y9-6zit0Qs13qg2cwAkAcBPVvirOowCgZHsb9Ra8ItiqN0/s1280/IMG_8967.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGe33A0Iua-YdxIgmuSN5tVjjwU_u445jzx4lC4x7xjHoxRnCcyvK6Uyt7js8pSALdXzht8NZytQcAh1FKB5GuVngHuS-Gv2w4fHPvw5t_7rFYAIDtCBEbWwGWP8Awi9qGf9IhUPlm_i-88Y9-6zit0Qs13qg2cwAkAcBPVvirOowCgZHsb9Ra8ItiqN0/w480-h640/IMG_8967.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAtpO4jNrEjzhg6mLX1SIHwMPPNc2qzZjbYX7u7Mty4IYR8oEEAEqgyRX6Fl8tpX-3Zf-njW-rfB70HIFh2fG4EarcjMWKpZGo4mA9Fy0wtADIWWiwmKA7fd1WxnZhGIevwBluvWEp3H-MV0_0hlse3-FLBWYZsLvYbBGZPkcG3xJJE8QZYxZwUCuggRs/s1280/IMG_8965.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAtpO4jNrEjzhg6mLX1SIHwMPPNc2qzZjbYX7u7Mty4IYR8oEEAEqgyRX6Fl8tpX-3Zf-njW-rfB70HIFh2fG4EarcjMWKpZGo4mA9Fy0wtADIWWiwmKA7fd1WxnZhGIevwBluvWEp3H-MV0_0hlse3-FLBWYZsLvYbBGZPkcG3xJJE8QZYxZwUCuggRs/w480-h640/IMG_8965.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finally found a lovely Cricut Machine in another Etsy store located in Sweden, Dear Josie Miniatures. I watched the item for months and then decided that I should just go for it. The printer? I think came from My Miniature Emporium. And I made the Cricut mats myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41vVzjP5ALDbq4bpc6ry6haOU9EkUW9E-ZPqqfSqkE_tiG2zUmPa31AbCDXVlRWg88DW4H8AhyLLNW9CxT5KxS9z6qcGNOroqcSybBIgXqwzmKd7dugR4w5aQ27k1XER-Vv4UjL-rkvFdbAh8Z2T3yc1YTnySbJkI8It0-DcCp6IYnKg28TOM_QHV8qKC/s1280/IMG_8966.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41vVzjP5ALDbq4bpc6ry6haOU9EkUW9E-ZPqqfSqkE_tiG2zUmPa31AbCDXVlRWg88DW4H8AhyLLNW9CxT5KxS9z6qcGNOroqcSybBIgXqwzmKd7dugR4w5aQ27k1XER-Vv4UjL-rkvFdbAh8Z2T3yc1YTnySbJkI8It0-DcCp6IYnKg28TOM_QHV8qKC/w480-h640/IMG_8966.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now for an exciting, easy project. I ran across these floral craft embellishments at Hobby Lobby and had to have them. I posted a while back about my work intensive project <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/search?q=lemon+tree" target="_blank">creating my lemon tre</a>e for the greenhouse. It's a great project, but for beginners or those who just want a simple little fruit tree and don't want to invest in all the supplies to build one from scratch, these would be perfect!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDIOwhA7k1wxizzwYvp36lK8e6up1jNTGA9lZz0i23hvcF2Sw5TdphRv4Ed-XVho3tB_m3XXQmhYYQarlDUk3ZaIhsT_-CGhgQfbsA0FEucgD6syIGLttaDmG6BQXPnBfqnB5XP9JIcxakcjFaXEYBM7RDm3QvwG9Qdr4Ram_hulfEAV-V9C-nD7eFRnE/s1280/IMG_8955.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDIOwhA7k1wxizzwYvp36lK8e6up1jNTGA9lZz0i23hvcF2Sw5TdphRv4Ed-XVho3tB_m3XXQmhYYQarlDUk3ZaIhsT_-CGhgQfbsA0FEucgD6syIGLttaDmG6BQXPnBfqnB5XP9JIcxakcjFaXEYBM7RDm3QvwG9Qdr4Ram_hulfEAV-V9C-nD7eFRnE/w480-h640/IMG_8955.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are 3 colors: orange, <strike>yellow </strike> lighter orange, and red with two stems each. I began by removing the large, really out of scale bottom leavers then I arranged the branches to create a more realistic tree. Next I put the two stems together and taped them in place with floral tape--so if you do this project go over to the floral section and get yourself some floral tape.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3p5CIzNUskzvRuTOJkbhiUfMJod7_YQfD0aWNfZOHztEDs4UFr2BDJW9hV5rX6RwkwJJ8oiBoUlHuq_s2gGEdEvF504C8bd73x_GGTynrMfflwCwVium-zT4nzAuoMIwnYwVy_jWh-Q9iHcv1VaORnZfoOu_PCHlYoZAN_87FMh6wRMzTL3AA2GaoADV/s1280/IMG_8956.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3p5CIzNUskzvRuTOJkbhiUfMJod7_YQfD0aWNfZOHztEDs4UFr2BDJW9hV5rX6RwkwJJ8oiBoUlHuq_s2gGEdEvF504C8bd73x_GGTynrMfflwCwVium-zT4nzAuoMIwnYwVy_jWh-Q9iHcv1VaORnZfoOu_PCHlYoZAN_87FMh6wRMzTL3AA2GaoADV/w480-h640/IMG_8956.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A quick dig in flower making stash yielded some floral styrofoam, a pot, and some moss. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86zb9m-vNNO-gWy20ce9iEyYRFdq4irqus9hTsFabdqAar_C4Dvyom07dOeX-9QR_CLxv8UXbu7obxTqWGHIpSGASHwhzOjN5VADd__DPrn3SfWEuXGHwo3CdBE2wu7VWATBrrCGkQtvavNm3EOeSbFwUQhphXdFb3wAitHjCh3zFtSUtTgxISu2T-ARI/s1280/IMG_8957.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86zb9m-vNNO-gWy20ce9iEyYRFdq4irqus9hTsFabdqAar_C4Dvyom07dOeX-9QR_CLxv8UXbu7obxTqWGHIpSGASHwhzOjN5VADd__DPrn3SfWEuXGHwo3CdBE2wu7VWATBrrCGkQtvavNm3EOeSbFwUQhphXdFb3wAitHjCh3zFtSUtTgxISu2T-ARI/w480-h640/IMG_8957.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there it is. I think I would use a clean acrylic glaze to liven up the leaves and the fruit. The fruit could even be painted a more realistic color.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqX2YSjTcKozdLNQIzbf_vy50EsItBqtYFjUJX7JanSlrrVlB36FuaxkfjoQI0DngVgOjk5F5VrPW7lllcS-X8Ir9pEmcOdL49sxc35mXIKup55Xb8bSOdFZu8SWx0jqESBa29FIGS2MznERanNfVZ9WuU_-wooy_zZUGBFq0fOqCi4EhcDwt957j6m-v/s1280/IMG_8958.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqX2YSjTcKozdLNQIzbf_vy50EsItBqtYFjUJX7JanSlrrVlB36FuaxkfjoQI0DngVgOjk5F5VrPW7lllcS-X8Ir9pEmcOdL49sxc35mXIKup55Xb8bSOdFZu8SWx0jqESBa29FIGS2MznERanNfVZ9WuU_-wooy_zZUGBFq0fOqCi4EhcDwt957j6m-v/w480-h640/IMG_8958.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9y5K_iewSpYRjye66NjthjepVwEtUSoRbnpRokS03MCiB3_oQfSxazFVLFZZy3z925kBEXrEfcvPGzOiFSLsdaayd-kU9DhAiJlaj4L-GIyRhGBccMX4XsIH2JvRAnhqE__36nh6KZhoOVcNK38-Wta3PqQYCPM-IVq7WUWgLMvFASrrJACE9kMpJ1ETI/s1280/IMG_8960.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9y5K_iewSpYRjye66NjthjepVwEtUSoRbnpRokS03MCiB3_oQfSxazFVLFZZy3z925kBEXrEfcvPGzOiFSLsdaayd-kU9DhAiJlaj4L-GIyRhGBccMX4XsIH2JvRAnhqE__36nh6KZhoOVcNK38-Wta3PqQYCPM-IVq7WUWgLMvFASrrJACE9kMpJ1ETI/w480-h640/IMG_8960.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next to my hand created lemon tree, the "fake" fits nicely, I think.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Mejt1UX6tM-Q_Ju67UEpdpQvYbv68aCTr1GDG04D3CXbMZQlWO-8u-qz682YfYvRxqzGCzx-Ix2eXlEFD2LCVKlxMp67A9mOtajILcEEm40rNiXUmq2nx4-7b1t6rFPqSeNrbUdXi4WOrl924z3Tt1OiPlszHxk9fzDYEN6n6pXafmPvN7OHVrqoJf_Y/s1280/IMG_8963.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Mejt1UX6tM-Q_Ju67UEpdpQvYbv68aCTr1GDG04D3CXbMZQlWO-8u-qz682YfYvRxqzGCzx-Ix2eXlEFD2LCVKlxMp67A9mOtajILcEEm40rNiXUmq2nx4-7b1t6rFPqSeNrbUdXi4WOrl924z3Tt1OiPlszHxk9fzDYEN6n6pXafmPvN7OHVrqoJf_Y/w640-h480/IMG_8963.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more purchase: a mechanic's creeper sourced on <a href="https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/interior-models?li=featured" target="_blank">ShapeWays,</a> a website that has a multitude of 3-D printed miniatures. To locate it, got to <a href="https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/interior-models?li=featured" target="_blank">ShapeWays.com>MarketPlace>Miniatures>Interior Designs</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUA4NsY6EBup61W6A-vkhgWvUM_2Y1cDtyCuWNljrZkksYWENWtsEpWCkyNEwxXNbKUOuquhCdVZCqGomaITSEE-_BUcK6doAMKv9VwGbdc-uNC-rdPQO6bQqCyM-7qoonegiRRsiW0CwqruB7oFYM1cynyC2Y6QH-uC9pkdWGih2HTKuwKVAkMDEgSj4a/s1280/IMG_8970.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUA4NsY6EBup61W6A-vkhgWvUM_2Y1cDtyCuWNljrZkksYWENWtsEpWCkyNEwxXNbKUOuquhCdVZCqGomaITSEE-_BUcK6doAMKv9VwGbdc-uNC-rdPQO6bQqCyM-7qoonegiRRsiW0CwqruB7oFYM1cynyC2Y6QH-uC9pkdWGih2HTKuwKVAkMDEgSj4a/w640-h480/IMG_8970.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Key Chain Barbie, now a top rated Mustang mechanic, is very excited to have the creeper.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TA0pZUkIr5vV67cwMAb3-5dEbZZVUQ4iIgxovNhNdnAEz_MynXRm1ehSALijyuQ1ouDg2AoiDAeTOfmkcRQ2ApIB8xXKM1pC8Mw4DRdJEL58GDnAn6GeQOfsY99mPU4mWs8egJFDTZgwYCzsNHiZVWu8-KithRV6zEQa4zil8W9sRTEy5x-HO39ZF2aA/s1280/IMG_8972.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TA0pZUkIr5vV67cwMAb3-5dEbZZVUQ4iIgxovNhNdnAEz_MynXRm1ehSALijyuQ1ouDg2AoiDAeTOfmkcRQ2ApIB8xXKM1pC8Mw4DRdJEL58GDnAn6GeQOfsY99mPU4mWs8egJFDTZgwYCzsNHiZVWu8-KithRV6zEQa4zil8W9sRTEy5x-HO39ZF2aA/w640-h480/IMG_8972.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She'll have put the coupe up on blocks to get under it; still she's thankful to have such a necessary mechanic's tool. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr77a_2RlgL6eyypwaE68vb2v030R6B6_0FiIwr2wqPay7zKkJtjo9TnhJqKWDHsYPXJbiA9HVjKM6PCuc6c94SsstAbASEf5GcIqdQJRdNQEYNmvxZ5gGocfUzJZyNaxJtH3QBgSKxJeRays9Ru4a2FZv1zIMv-zBOI0PTeyhS2mdi06N7sVh5MVZw_JO/s1280/IMG_8973%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr77a_2RlgL6eyypwaE68vb2v030R6B6_0FiIwr2wqPay7zKkJtjo9TnhJqKWDHsYPXJbiA9HVjKM6PCuc6c94SsstAbASEf5GcIqdQJRdNQEYNmvxZ5gGocfUzJZyNaxJtH3QBgSKxJeRays9Ru4a2FZv1zIMv-zBOI0PTeyhS2mdi06N7sVh5MVZw_JO/w480-h640/IMG_8973%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for joining me today. I hope you are enjoying your mini projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cheers,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti;">Ann</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-25216831395698867012024-01-03T19:27:00.000-08:002024-01-03T19:27:11.002-08:00Groovin' to "Mustang Sally"<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Happy New Year, Friends. How did you survive the holidays? This year was a little rough; mostly because I was just didn't seem to be very organized. I did manage to pull off a nice family dinner on Christmas Eve that serves double duty, celebrating Christmas and our daughter's birthday. The grandchildren are growing up so and now two of them have sweethearts who joined us for holiday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The basement serves as the staging area for decorating and looks like Christmas exploded down there, but most of the boxes are now stored, but the dollhouse work is scattered.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Manchester still needs a roof.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrChmZvWlMWKcjWJ45QPS3gpZikG4DEDS85ICtOegW5ohnwHNyce84PkJRF3ghg3cuHJevGj7v_jFZG8Y7ok0MpVSrQDvbeycBtTMLSM293tJGANA3mRr2z6WkQCj4oezAQzYi1yjA57d84aFt5vYdDVCaRpqvPrX9tF74F0LOF2HKCqC8smEAx9Hj1la/s1280/IMG_8894.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrChmZvWlMWKcjWJ45QPS3gpZikG4DEDS85ICtOegW5ohnwHNyce84PkJRF3ghg3cuHJevGj7v_jFZG8Y7ok0MpVSrQDvbeycBtTMLSM293tJGANA3mRr2z6WkQCj4oezAQzYi1yjA57d84aFt5vYdDVCaRpqvPrX9tF74F0LOF2HKCqC8smEAx9Hj1la/w640-h480/IMG_8894.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I've go a good start on the roof, using Greenleaf's speed shingles. The third floor needs flooring and papering. I've got the garage held together with masking tape, so its needs to be assembled. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5OPHnX4oXwguaScw2L4hQLeBqzadkRHz5m5fA6uRNFwfGJh5-fwCUbQXh8l4NmKmlJtoPGLWbjRwGyLc42esFDN4YGrELn8cXohuaHK7PXMTWiuMJapycmGiAaLEQsQ6nXVmdExveXjT4vdrX-FegLdyRFoo-XLqW5vrkZhQ_UeR5Dp0MGHKmiZxdYQG/s1280/IMG_8895.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5OPHnX4oXwguaScw2L4hQLeBqzadkRHz5m5fA6uRNFwfGJh5-fwCUbQXh8l4NmKmlJtoPGLWbjRwGyLc42esFDN4YGrELn8cXohuaHK7PXMTWiuMJapycmGiAaLEQsQ6nXVmdExveXjT4vdrX-FegLdyRFoo-XLqW5vrkZhQ_UeR5Dp0MGHKmiZxdYQG/w640-h480/IMG_8895.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If families can have an official car, ours is the classic Ford mustang. This is my '67 coupe that I bought in 1971, my first car. It's stored in our barn, but in August 2019, we moved it out and dusted it off so that we could host the husband's 50th class reunion and a wedding. I'm not sure what I'll eventually do with this classic coupe, but for now it stays warm and safe. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYrqPq3denQ6Q2y7W-KoAD7dTmxzuBBmsPPN58sAoMddZUElqPgV5s52ZeOuTXFMBQGbLzczFwNRsQ7v4BZ0eIhXeXShq_91JOUYLiBKz-CuEPrSj2Ji7i5U44A4CrG9IZMxRzsoDY2s8TSkv3vueIvNJJxCe1nuFl527lx1odtrODX214tYbzpFFOaah/s1280/IMG_0464.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYrqPq3denQ6Q2y7W-KoAD7dTmxzuBBmsPPN58sAoMddZUElqPgV5s52ZeOuTXFMBQGbLzczFwNRsQ7v4BZ0eIhXeXShq_91JOUYLiBKz-CuEPrSj2Ji7i5U44A4CrG9IZMxRzsoDY2s8TSkv3vueIvNJJxCe1nuFl527lx1odtrODX214tYbzpFFOaah/w640-h480/IMG_0464.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So the Manchester will have two cars. One the Classic '67 mustang coupe and the everyday car, an EV Tesla. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNLhwSRp8dRtGjpLrXrX3ufhwiUVnBDAozQPRNarr3Qr_Ax4Ko9fyQsiDOBqg6Ic8BsPhrjdn8xdqd7MRo61Z5B8eygHJ4jjei_-LMgVKllrq96UlQWBNUcdHbD-awdMuSSemJL-lkFLCQ-daGvnih8V9s07qFemFwAdbZa0dTIGUSHCKlbYPiSUUj9L9/s1280/IMG_8896.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNLhwSRp8dRtGjpLrXrX3ufhwiUVnBDAozQPRNarr3Qr_Ax4Ko9fyQsiDOBqg6Ic8BsPhrjdn8xdqd7MRo61Z5B8eygHJ4jjei_-LMgVKllrq96UlQWBNUcdHbD-awdMuSSemJL-lkFLCQ-daGvnih8V9s07qFemFwAdbZa0dTIGUSHCKlbYPiSUUj9L9/w640-h480/IMG_8896.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a fixer-upper-- like the real one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMVO5wCbtmSN-gSV9Fq3yNNZcOaBmOWAyLhyphenhyphengNEf81x9D_vVUee2OA7uNaljXKYVfgVQELsE5UqdiqX00yhuLc_45TGHfizQTrgVmkFKDqqJWjto5MEHKzVanapRRKJzlPRG2rP8cojERSYHc_q93PJiHAJKNV1k7IVIILJOUiYvj00WYhlYvbi8GKB-Y/s1280/IMG_8897.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMVO5wCbtmSN-gSV9Fq3yNNZcOaBmOWAyLhyphenhyphengNEf81x9D_vVUee2OA7uNaljXKYVfgVQELsE5UqdiqX00yhuLc_45TGHfizQTrgVmkFKDqqJWjto5MEHKzVanapRRKJzlPRG2rP8cojERSYHc_q93PJiHAJKNV1k7IVIILJOUiYvj00WYhlYvbi8GKB-Y/w640-h480/IMG_8897.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The canister vacuum is a handy tool in the garage.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gpIqwJkgoFeDT4XB9swxMT6lqBAD0BihdqHdj1YENwtUdPgOZNEuYns74hYGyQXrC8jnHf7Ryf__etgLPY3xkIALpnJ8It3eDatF__k-1aoz4_JG5Y9CbBaIR9UcX1Cdthza7qMzUhgezRIqO41Jt-kUkzHrMZbphNP584au8sarqGkM4fHp_0Zl-h4e/s1280/IMG_8898.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gpIqwJkgoFeDT4XB9swxMT6lqBAD0BihdqHdj1YENwtUdPgOZNEuYns74hYGyQXrC8jnHf7Ryf__etgLPY3xkIALpnJ8It3eDatF__k-1aoz4_JG5Y9CbBaIR9UcX1Cdthza7qMzUhgezRIqO41Jt-kUkzHrMZbphNP584au8sarqGkM4fHp_0Zl-h4e/w640-h480/IMG_8898.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the Manchester will have a lawn, so it needs the lawn mower.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsKQWNmrf2pQuwDjqTpTh4ALph68dNVXvZjS49TnptryVuix9-lMysffrYXkllQtsPEF1zYpt14CoBcP6xT4DKchGejmOzh6Nkw6z2LhUhJMn_0NCFeEZErQeXLpX4-lnvdLoFBH_v3rxZ2FOIK50rGQ-jlFuHLuBYhJ8C2RL6HOTAE0DSVN3LttXYZ_h/s1280/IMG_8900.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsKQWNmrf2pQuwDjqTpTh4ALph68dNVXvZjS49TnptryVuix9-lMysffrYXkllQtsPEF1zYpt14CoBcP6xT4DKchGejmOzh6Nkw6z2LhUhJMn_0NCFeEZErQeXLpX4-lnvdLoFBH_v3rxZ2FOIK50rGQ-jlFuHLuBYhJ8C2RL6HOTAE0DSVN3LttXYZ_h/w640-h480/IMG_8900.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And tools: battery cables, wrenches, pliers, an oil can, vice scripts, and of course screw drivers.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwRRiUIxzaYg8hBYfwak1qDVEMn0exUrWBs6Y23025chaKb9TE_qjBVASBOsYDSWZBOd9f_APnhu59soXiPvhor6mTNoIjlUxHToRtJykTmUmohxERUXh2W_Cc82vPp5-jRFEWHIU96CKV8K5ilgqFxvN6pgOeAzRbj5cPZ5L6VSLJWfkEyxWD7FDMY84/s1280/IMG_8901.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwRRiUIxzaYg8hBYfwak1qDVEMn0exUrWBs6Y23025chaKb9TE_qjBVASBOsYDSWZBOd9f_APnhu59soXiPvhor6mTNoIjlUxHToRtJykTmUmohxERUXh2W_Cc82vPp5-jRFEWHIU96CKV8K5ilgqFxvN6pgOeAzRbj5cPZ5L6VSLJWfkEyxWD7FDMY84/w640-h480/IMG_8901.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pink's Cousin, Key Chain Barbie couldn't wait to get under the hood.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83980eQgdvcOSi4rLqHqKrhb-RJEqFFw9XJckRr8i44zeOruX1RmE3mq5A4AR9nue3XBUy5fwG1w8mCcd3fXNO2flUpNBa3LTBxq9kkvXjMnF00Dmgt4c31DGVSOdxZYADa2oc61YLqXT1bhQ9bbIZjTgMyJu60ZlIPOkfP_ocGXd0seZzWySs4oXCOnC/s1280/IMG_8902.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83980eQgdvcOSi4rLqHqKrhb-RJEqFFw9XJckRr8i44zeOruX1RmE3mq5A4AR9nue3XBUy5fwG1w8mCcd3fXNO2flUpNBa3LTBxq9kkvXjMnF00Dmgt4c31DGVSOdxZYADa2oc61YLqXT1bhQ9bbIZjTgMyJu60ZlIPOkfP_ocGXd0seZzWySs4oXCOnC/w480-h640/IMG_8902.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">She'll have the 4 barrel carb so fine tuned, this baby'll hum like honey bee.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Truthfully, once I got the cars in the garage, I realized that they aren't 1:12 scale, so I'll be shopping for a larger mustang--one in perfect condition. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherfONonlqnknNt0PT9KcOurYGKyWe1BkLJejooad-82UBbxffjdmXd6p2eaa42S8aunw2Yobmgh0TIAgA70FMNVNITXpjVT__Wo7jrGJ5SiAZ6v3lJxhJbMvN570j20q_ApD4rUZ1UyF9k4qcUO5SfiKHYszfNARCAJ-RYfrVbMJUQB17VYsAF8wsH4y_/s1280/IMG_8904.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherfONonlqnknNt0PT9KcOurYGKyWe1BkLJejooad-82UBbxffjdmXd6p2eaa42S8aunw2Yobmgh0TIAgA70FMNVNITXpjVT__Wo7jrGJ5SiAZ6v3lJxhJbMvN570j20q_ApD4rUZ1UyF9k4qcUO5SfiKHYszfNARCAJ-RYfrVbMJUQB17VYsAF8wsH4y_/w640-h480/IMG_8904.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As if finishing the Manchester and assembling a garage aren't enough to keep me busy, I bought a new house this morning. I found this Real Good Toys on Facebook Market Place last night and just had to inquire. The seller messaged me at 6 this morning and the deal was made before the sun came up.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCzjLhXiVg5fE-_1eBkwXRkBANUmUIaMmFNbmxWpyZGScATOCmzJjT3Aq9mQ8dlMVYXUiVCsaQtBtMTbRNvcSn-vpHGMLjtUvgH-G-HTPHSsdinEXGETMNzIJmROSvH_kVomJjNmoZ2gHGDNdFjOBdXrsCGJmpwy-oXZtyt-2p6f631RXbsY84uVTUbKh/s1280/IMG_8905.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCzjLhXiVg5fE-_1eBkwXRkBANUmUIaMmFNbmxWpyZGScATOCmzJjT3Aq9mQ8dlMVYXUiVCsaQtBtMTbRNvcSn-vpHGMLjtUvgH-G-HTPHSsdinEXGETMNzIJmROSvH_kVomJjNmoZ2gHGDNdFjOBdXrsCGJmpwy-oXZtyt-2p6f631RXbsY84uVTUbKh/w480-h640/IMG_8905.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFTQhzwdmknrtP8gJjvK4ZS0sa5_9L7JDQwsk5QbvjacoJ4obpV1GA2kNEUw3G-Q7wLTcT35Qx1Hwww7nupi_FVrOsMv1nf718fpDci7NP4-zMYHYnogcW272JxZzDsjmeoUW9myPxtXmqwOk-JqFFUka6V8Dh6Z65uoZFIWq67qyfv9pt2A7Q910SJEK/s1280/IMG_8907.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFTQhzwdmknrtP8gJjvK4ZS0sa5_9L7JDQwsk5QbvjacoJ4obpV1GA2kNEUw3G-Q7wLTcT35Qx1Hwww7nupi_FVrOsMv1nf718fpDci7NP4-zMYHYnogcW272JxZzDsjmeoUW9myPxtXmqwOk-JqFFUka6V8Dh6Z65uoZFIWq67qyfv9pt2A7Q910SJEK/w640-h480/IMG_8907.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNviHyMMH56okvtHmewEnB6rOOw2f1ZJ94E-akBDpMrEj6IV-IYLpPauKAgrKET2XJGW7189LXr3NYtSPSL-4Jtwixjbd1rOBgrtAC42ZSlXS_EoQo7MwaWEbJdv4TkUZ3FjTr1vBi0VcLb3-f1bEH7hBkIPJTX8WK63-J0rbdu8HtP-oeeW_y2lRg6Z6Y/s1280/IMG_8908.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNviHyMMH56okvtHmewEnB6rOOw2f1ZJ94E-akBDpMrEj6IV-IYLpPauKAgrKET2XJGW7189LXr3NYtSPSL-4Jtwixjbd1rOBgrtAC42ZSlXS_EoQo7MwaWEbJdv4TkUZ3FjTr1vBi0VcLb3-f1bEH7hBkIPJTX8WK63-J0rbdu8HtP-oeeW_y2lRg6Z6Y/w640-h480/IMG_8908.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's a small house and I think it will be a lot fun. I'm thinking Country French cottage. I have sworn not to open the box until have the Manchester done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, the New Year is off a sweet start. I had a birthday just before Christmas so I've got a fresh new year to work on. I'll spend time with the granddaughters helping them work on their English literature credits since they are home schooled. I have a major DAR project to complete. I spent all summer researching a tiny church in Northern Colorado to get it designated as a DAR historical site and there is more work to do on that project. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Denver Miniature and Toy Museum will have its Little Show in Denver in February, which is always so much fun. My next project, actually, will be to recreate my grandmother's mountain log cabin she called Shangri-La. A local miniaturist vender and builder David Nelson will help me design it. I hope to have plans ready for the the show so that we can get a kit prepared. This will be a wonderful trip down memory lane for me and will be a way preserve those memories and share with the next generations. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What plans do you have for 2024? It'll be fun to see what everyone accomplishes this year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by. It's always a pleasure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fondly, </span><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti; font-size: large;">Ann</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-18956743126430780972023-12-04T11:28:00.000-08:002023-12-04T11:28:59.363-08:00Living in Glass Houses<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2rsFaNEPiBE2JZaOXzi2-4YKR5POVNaQUuz87raAjPY5-Wu3cfwfQmkt0kEm220HlTMN7H2fJ1zNV_e5ugXbwwaftMXiuqVqvhOxBlvgOIyiLFrKgxUoGmT7xAFGEmFYW5ifJZ4F7P7E6kdDfeXUab0lBX05Rvo1ULdZjOCiOvz_uEirrJLgVsxci2Fn/s1280/IMG_8688.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2rsFaNEPiBE2JZaOXzi2-4YKR5POVNaQUuz87raAjPY5-Wu3cfwfQmkt0kEm220HlTMN7H2fJ1zNV_e5ugXbwwaftMXiuqVqvhOxBlvgOIyiLFrKgxUoGmT7xAFGEmFYW5ifJZ4F7P7E6kdDfeXUab0lBX05Rvo1ULdZjOCiOvz_uEirrJLgVsxci2Fn/s320/IMG_8688.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> It's hard to believe that the Holiday Season is upon us. My friend reminded me last night (Thank You, Sherry) that Christmas is only 20 days away--of course, that is her time table since she will celebrating with her family on the 23rd, but I have an extra day since we celebrate with both daughters' families Christmas Eve, youngest daughter Jennifer's birthday. When I worked, I didn't begin decorating until after I had graded my last essay and posted grades; only then could I concentrate on holiday decorating, so here I sit blogging, knowing that I have time and I need the Mr. to haul decorations out of the basement.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's been a busy month with projects that kept me from roofing the Manchester, so that tedious chore will be on hold until after the first of the year. My Daughters of the American Revolution chapter makes greeting cards for the veterans at the Cheyenne, WY VA nursing home. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The first batch goes out for Vetern's Day and then we make cards for them for Christmas. I host the card workshops and this year we generated another 112 cards to be included in our DAR chapter project, Project Patriot that ships care packages to military serving over seas. Our current soldiers will receive a card of appreciation for their service and a holiday card in their care packages that will be sent to Eastern Europe. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In between card making, I returned my Barbies to their class house. I have quite a collection of Barbies that had to be stored while we put new carpet in the bedroom where they live. I finally got them put back in their their glass home. While I have not seen the Barbie movie, I thought I'd pay a bit of a tribute to her here. I was too old to receive the fist Barbie, so late in life I binged Barbie. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As I placed each one back in the cabinet, I begin to wonder if I really still loved my dolls--the answer came quickly: YES. So I kept putting them back in the cabinet. And then I got the bright idea to photograph them.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here we have the Nutcracker Collection, along with Swan Lake Princess in the back.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8sZ6e6Xbx8RapkDbgaPVnFkevNY7oTkR_AtSjR0Ojwva6Avw0o2slCueCfTqLzDAXKQ8MAvP6Zw_8ZJ5yrWV6EzVUMI30CYSEu_vh0Vfn9atLoB6b2Nm6zUtGBnhbEJwvQETYOzH4B8VxSEG1CH2Z9KWB5CpTeKh3Wd1Amh7Cvoxnn7mdTUg3-PxmqZn/s1280/IMG_8678.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8sZ6e6Xbx8RapkDbgaPVnFkevNY7oTkR_AtSjR0Ojwva6Avw0o2slCueCfTqLzDAXKQ8MAvP6Zw_8ZJ5yrWV6EzVUMI30CYSEu_vh0Vfn9atLoB6b2Nm6zUtGBnhbEJwvQETYOzH4B8VxSEG1CH2Z9KWB5CpTeKh3Wd1Amh7Cvoxnn7mdTUg3-PxmqZn/w480-h640/IMG_8678.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used my iPhone to take the photos. I love how this one turned out: Snow's jealous stepmother conjuring up her evil plant. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> To use that feature on your iPhone, open the camera; select Portrait; select Stage Light to get this unique exposure. I use it flowers and butterflies in the garden, too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fAn7iDFNNrR4WxlIcsVxmXw0hOObyx7JfaKBKLjLU-sKj5-BhhGRAYEfABqQJUab3vcrr0Ir0qvZtEn7E8CsKQtkPqIhtjiW8lTRZZmp3MWhddjSAE2-BE-sp6_9SCuUjx6Et06KJJXx5q6_8D07Ep_VCBEGjzz6TjPufb1OcOHzndE0IXboKLHkS4Oe/s1280/IMG_8689.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fAn7iDFNNrR4WxlIcsVxmXw0hOObyx7JfaKBKLjLU-sKj5-BhhGRAYEfABqQJUab3vcrr0Ir0qvZtEn7E8CsKQtkPqIhtjiW8lTRZZmp3MWhddjSAE2-BE-sp6_9SCuUjx6Et06KJJXx5q6_8D07Ep_VCBEGjzz6TjPufb1OcOHzndE0IXboKLHkS4Oe/w480-h640/IMG_8689.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This lovely lady belongs to the Decades Collection, reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe. The entire collection begins with 1890s Victorian and ends with who else but the 1960s Hippy Chick.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PVq3DVwuqxKVBswYwkhjqqsuqUZwyigOltGdyXaBfR1e9WBoRDz5fewOeVvRCLfVdKZlsr5xE_6byy05GQnaXUfJDTnw3Y-N3OKmCWNzFBPZaSzwQeROjrjHVMgZMTLoX1g5dhBpLxvSScrpseRKNWhizXtJx6pk6iyti2F4Zein0CuCGCN2-Udull_R/s1280/IMG_8691.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PVq3DVwuqxKVBswYwkhjqqsuqUZwyigOltGdyXaBfR1e9WBoRDz5fewOeVvRCLfVdKZlsr5xE_6byy05GQnaXUfJDTnw3Y-N3OKmCWNzFBPZaSzwQeROjrjHVMgZMTLoX1g5dhBpLxvSScrpseRKNWhizXtJx6pk6iyti2F4Zein0CuCGCN2-Udull_R/w480-h640/IMG_8691.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I loved fairytales as a child, so I have all of my princesses as interpreted by Barbie with that vintage Disney influence. I have the entire Oz cast, another childhood favorite, Alice, not a Barbie, and the Native American Barbies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The top shelf has Romeo and Juliet up front, but in their boxes and not visible are Morgan LeFey and Merlin and Arthur and Guinevere.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJH-jAxAwNKZ3oNY_H_SgIBZDm-s5MEL9UPAMlbzvvyiSsTfoLOEI75n8PfJyMKFLLt17lXhdfKML9sEQ6kihy1NLdktPBpC7LbXTiXAfmC52JvekNyweEurLDV-lohDgKKHptHuwbvGYt_jrkXwcPkqDi1mShGHeTREz1nv9mp3IBcX4dYenN822HYaN/s1280/IMG_8692.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJH-jAxAwNKZ3oNY_H_SgIBZDm-s5MEL9UPAMlbzvvyiSsTfoLOEI75n8PfJyMKFLLt17lXhdfKML9sEQ6kihy1NLdktPBpC7LbXTiXAfmC52JvekNyweEurLDV-lohDgKKHptHuwbvGYt_jrkXwcPkqDi1mShGHeTREz1nv9mp3IBcX4dYenN822HYaN/w480-h640/IMG_8692.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I played this morning with the miniatures, decorating the newest structure, the greenhouse.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaUJq9TqtG10hEUGIRSAW1OWJVjWP9g8f2FGgvCSXzfJNDiLOo920q7vZY4UGckkpfrfokA6VrAUPYxO1Ssta_z_flhRMigsjgBW0WdiW07uLVHfL55Nk28RGafH5XtWxPYQwYgJREBeG6kD5Dc8iXtDfB22rOF7nJfwIx_ByitDJ99DF_irBq3uLiD9J/s1280/IMG_8715.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaUJq9TqtG10hEUGIRSAW1OWJVjWP9g8f2FGgvCSXzfJNDiLOo920q7vZY4UGckkpfrfokA6VrAUPYxO1Ssta_z_flhRMigsjgBW0WdiW07uLVHfL55Nk28RGafH5XtWxPYQwYgJREBeG6kD5Dc8iXtDfB22rOF7nJfwIx_ByitDJ99DF_irBq3uLiD9J/w640-h480/IMG_8715.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been bingeing "The Santa Clause." I love Tim Allen and enjoyed the original movies, so here is my interpretation of how Santa might be preparing for the Big Delivery. He's relaxing in his polar (and most likely solar, too) greenhouse checking the list to make sure he has good things for all the good little girls and boys. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwrUx23cbgGX7RE94FwL_v3KT11nAqArLxxbuG8Ntvu4xTzwkq_D9maFnec6YnlL5l5wTfJoerAnLWUmJ5Voo8j7MZt6vroksmpdn8OG3D4VKzXXBNlNpZW4mYTossyl4wnP8HWYdblBm1ggJoy9vTQf0llzGLrX6ax_Hz04locdojJWWmKJT8rcbfNgj/s1280/IMG_8716.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="993" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwrUx23cbgGX7RE94FwL_v3KT11nAqArLxxbuG8Ntvu4xTzwkq_D9maFnec6YnlL5l5wTfJoerAnLWUmJ5Voo8j7MZt6vroksmpdn8OG3D4VKzXXBNlNpZW4mYTossyl4wnP8HWYdblBm1ggJoy9vTQf0llzGLrX6ax_Hz04locdojJWWmKJT8rcbfNgj/w496-h640/IMG_8716.jpeg" width="496" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_1J4aDwc9h20xNDeuiMViRa3KcwnizFdkw2wTSmPuTprlLCw_Puk99sT3SeNwg7D4qjAQ2mtaQTkfi4aPZH3iAiOM3riyOEgzdDorpO934Wdx41BZjAqd4QPW2CZJ8H-AIwZTcYZQ4eps2mTYVQtFC3_lwxbSWfMWVvtrAJY4dqa7anqBrbg8XCrFYw0/s1280/IMG_8717.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_1J4aDwc9h20xNDeuiMViRa3KcwnizFdkw2wTSmPuTprlLCw_Puk99sT3SeNwg7D4qjAQ2mtaQTkfi4aPZH3iAiOM3riyOEgzdDorpO934Wdx41BZjAqd4QPW2CZJ8H-AIwZTcYZQ4eps2mTYVQtFC3_lwxbSWfMWVvtrAJY4dqa7anqBrbg8XCrFYw0/w640-h480/IMG_8717.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The greenhouse will be partnered with the Manchester behind the garage--which is taped in place for the dry fitting, another project pending until after the first of the year.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMCJ4EZnsBI9LafZlKPzMfy8I0_tap2tXdrjIX1wT9glBe-wyOfeAAKZyHhq_0LG7MI_e8w0FaGheHpTSvEKpbh2l1Po5uktEvwd4SBcCxZtHcOo__N2FGta0PFFv9QWLkbvCjSie2bDJ3WmiHQmIYgjaGcdzVMafPt4_mgATN0o6J3vC1iYuNW97t-V4/s1280/IMG_8721.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMCJ4EZnsBI9LafZlKPzMfy8I0_tap2tXdrjIX1wT9glBe-wyOfeAAKZyHhq_0LG7MI_e8w0FaGheHpTSvEKpbh2l1Po5uktEvwd4SBcCxZtHcOo__N2FGta0PFFv9QWLkbvCjSie2bDJ3WmiHQmIYgjaGcdzVMafPt4_mgATN0o6J3vC1iYuNW97t-V4/w480-h640/IMG_8721.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Never mind the mess. The basement will soon look like Christmas exploded all over it--I've got a good start as I began dragging out decorations from underneath the stairs this morning.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgST1irME8N18UTRdkTYaf-j2fXpVqMYoKbeIbBUpgEkJHRT3C5JIORe-Djtan1RFNNz7A1jKdvwPTR3C61I97C0XFVQVyGtHI7dlZOLQRT7myIN-wizN2LBxm38S0_fwYAVkF8iJB6Y-ceILIJCb5wbryDsVBEichM-Ld8rMnbv_9w4m_KFJAhyOX1Cwp/s1280/IMG_8722.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgST1irME8N18UTRdkTYaf-j2fXpVqMYoKbeIbBUpgEkJHRT3C5JIORe-Djtan1RFNNz7A1jKdvwPTR3C61I97C0XFVQVyGtHI7dlZOLQRT7myIN-wizN2LBxm38S0_fwYAVkF8iJB6Y-ceILIJCb5wbryDsVBEichM-Ld8rMnbv_9w4m_KFJAhyOX1Cwp/w480-h640/IMG_8722.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I dug through my stash to find a short string of colorful lights that I attached on the outside of green house to give it a more festive look. The Pink Farm House will be ready for Christmas--since I didn't put any of its decorations away last year and I think this year I'll decorate the toy store. Stay tuned. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DTnU632qD2uEcDdmXhtTxYvkEzCUa1Cr2Jalp4zxL6sdkvH0DQPOJj6i8bhSVSGTA1cepuzmo5rKkglojiUk50F9mxfMDBijA3jO0idVgOLPp_1Gs-i8KJ-AbigXvsB_FkCvejrjn1VmRYuw7gpRHFmd40kgS18ULPmlLPiMqZhm_egpsNc9WciponC8/s1280/IMG_8723.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DTnU632qD2uEcDdmXhtTxYvkEzCUa1Cr2Jalp4zxL6sdkvH0DQPOJj6i8bhSVSGTA1cepuzmo5rKkglojiUk50F9mxfMDBijA3jO0idVgOLPp_1Gs-i8KJ-AbigXvsB_FkCvejrjn1VmRYuw7gpRHFmd40kgS18ULPmlLPiMqZhm_egpsNc9WciponC8/w480-h640/IMG_8723.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The poinsettias are not hand made; I purchased them from Tuesday Morning years ago. Still they look festive and certainly would love the warmth of the green house and the tree is a live potted one serving as Christmas Tree and will be planted outside next year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm so glad you stopped by today. What are you mini holiday projects? Do you decorate your mini houses for the holidays? It would be fun to see them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have a great week. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-19153750839696157062023-10-20T06:14:00.001-07:002023-10-20T06:14:23.652-07:00Pink Makes a Friend<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">October comes packed with events, most notably the change in season. As the fall colors begin to appear, my love for Spring as my favorite season fades away and Autumn wins over my heart with all of her glorious color. October is also our anniversary month. We met on Friday the 13th way back in 1972 and have never been apart since that impromptu date--well, except for the seasonal hunting and fishing trips He takes and my few little excursions now and then. So here are we are 49 years later. We had dinner at a favorite steak house where the wait staff surprised us with a complementary desert and card signed by all the staff. Now that was special. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWX9XylmWUsBx3e4yFlYWHMPYSdx81-3brnFPhFI3Ug3zetaxTrVDcz_cBKLy-xoeAYCMGM6KWBjtg0r9cA-BtRVU9EyOuzUGwMUz2QOweMdh6Ts_IGYTy3rwIwADHkLLpYINWdYhCoLGzINz2_gGir3Tqcr-_ZDDco14I5BIzuyrZbzSCJEQl3voU66q/s1280/IMG_8462.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWX9XylmWUsBx3e4yFlYWHMPYSdx81-3brnFPhFI3Ug3zetaxTrVDcz_cBKLy-xoeAYCMGM6KWBjtg0r9cA-BtRVU9EyOuzUGwMUz2QOweMdh6Ts_IGYTy3rwIwADHkLLpYINWdYhCoLGzINz2_gGir3Tqcr-_ZDDco14I5BIzuyrZbzSCJEQl3voU66q/w221-h165/IMG_8462.jpeg" width="221" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ-Sn5-sP_gg2tavZDEcO0_7XUnH_4o8bhGCgbkxse-uLDay0I9MZMRwPLqXiahGxItUjSVlZwSEAiYQd0W2yn_dWhrZEvTeVAUbWzPJglWnsnzEN6k_cGvFlOoiiU8bjkNRQ-AOiiwyz62Br6xVQVZE9LBZ6g6MeemNRSJ4ZfertpqZ_lLic1G-x95x_/s1280/IMG_8463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1280" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ-Sn5-sP_gg2tavZDEcO0_7XUnH_4o8bhGCgbkxse-uLDay0I9MZMRwPLqXiahGxItUjSVlZwSEAiYQd0W2yn_dWhrZEvTeVAUbWzPJglWnsnzEN6k_cGvFlOoiiU8bjkNRQ-AOiiwyz62Br6xVQVZE9LBZ6g6MeemNRSJ4ZfertpqZ_lLic1G-x95x_/w242-h164/IMG_8463.jpeg" width="242" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: large;">My Daughters of the Revolution Chapter is back in full swing after having the summer off. I've been working a major project for the chapter to designate a little country church on a lonely highway in Northern Colorado on the way to the Wyoming border as a DAR historical site. The application required a great deal of research, but it is now ready to be submitted. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next, October brings the DAR chapter's card making project where members gather in my basement to create hand made greeting cards for the veterans. We send Veterans Day cards to the veterans at the Cheyenne, WY VA nursing home and we will collect small gift items for them and make Christmas cards. We set our goal at 100 cards, though at last count last year there were only 17 residents in Cheyenne. The remainder of the cards are sent to an organization Cards for Soldiers in Michigan and those ladies ship thousands of hand made cards to US military serving over seas--for some their only source for greeting cards to send home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus the mini workshop is converted to a card making workshop for the season. I'll pop in here maybe with some roofing progress and I'll be making dozens of mini flowers for the Manchester garden, so stay tuned.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzudIp9XCMd9bMkIPfngL4PfscXtGeG90FWLXreIuQK6r-qxI5QNOlbPU-ThphqA5gP3YftmAJBOO5kQ2qGu4EKKz5mY73Nyl-QdVeV0heEXx5PGdsIbR1UoLrW4bon2QTULv1HzZb5y9cFg38deXkTnGKilIpEla2Jk9rueyUVf3ZJCpWXcsugQGlVzI/s1280/IMG_8456.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzudIp9XCMd9bMkIPfngL4PfscXtGeG90FWLXreIuQK6r-qxI5QNOlbPU-ThphqA5gP3YftmAJBOO5kQ2qGu4EKKz5mY73Nyl-QdVeV0heEXx5PGdsIbR1UoLrW4bon2QTULv1HzZb5y9cFg38deXkTnGKilIpEla2Jk9rueyUVf3ZJCpWXcsugQGlVzI/w300-h400/IMG_8456.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;">In the mean time, Pink insisted on a photo shoot for the greenhouse. She is so proud of it--I don't know why she needs all the glory because I did all the work, but she does have that glorious head of pink hair, while I'm slightly gray. And she invited her Bee friend, who appears to be a bit reluctant to be photographed, so here is the grand tour: Scale wise, the lemon tree seems to fit nicely. The leaves are a bit larger than scale, but who's measuring?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pink had to dress it up a bit with a hat. I purchased her basket at the Denver miniature show last month along with the butterfly house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzudIp9XCMd9bMkIPfngL4PfscXtGeG90FWLXreIuQK6r-qxI5QNOlbPU-ThphqA5gP3YftmAJBOO5kQ2qGu4EKKz5mY73Nyl-QdVeV0heEXx5PGdsIbR1UoLrW4bon2QTULv1HzZb5y9cFg38deXkTnGKilIpEla2Jk9rueyUVf3ZJCpWXcsugQGlVzI/s1280/IMG_8456.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRICYLPQbyNmpb4BAdVyXu33uE354xDQtatY9bfkcsR6thkAIgO6jCd9IYdLnRFNowgGSrHqJTyzJtZZ4iMtawCio86ZgybRjYWFgW3-O5Kd7ZWByV8yAwYxtWrKZoOeOWvYN0PlVz2ge6UO_tv-BRUvYZzUhvl9MehCitagA9zd6Ez36FSsw12Y4P4SI5/s1280/IMG_8434.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRICYLPQbyNmpb4BAdVyXu33uE354xDQtatY9bfkcsR6thkAIgO6jCd9IYdLnRFNowgGSrHqJTyzJtZZ4iMtawCio86ZgybRjYWFgW3-O5Kd7ZWByV8yAwYxtWrKZoOeOWvYN0PlVz2ge6UO_tv-BRUvYZzUhvl9MehCitagA9zd6Ez36FSsw12Y4P4SI5/w480-h640/IMG_8434.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Bee was saved when I found her at my favorite potpourri gift store. She begged to get out of the dreadful sales display. She and Pink are just getting to know one another and I'm afraid the poor creature didn't know what she was singing up for when she teamed up with Pink, but they both put the lemon tree in scale. I ordered to pot from <a href="https://www.mollysueminiatures.com">Molly Sue Miniatures</a>, one of my favorite website artists who sells very unique miniature accessories. I always order a handful of little things since they are shipped from the UK. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3FRT_gVqnQ-Yk3e8I7iZu7eJCO53PUrHrxXhKLGWURkhC06H3gg0fkoqHmT9-pxTSF73jEs95kkS28HLIRXVUsewy64-F8Y8S9ePhyIeEwZHnM6RsNaKnGm-XhqR57LqlCw9gxKMd0qIql_X8exkUHE1KpDRA8oVjq7di7RRAzWa7O2cGzyCYSyzWatf/s1280/IMG_8438.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3FRT_gVqnQ-Yk3e8I7iZu7eJCO53PUrHrxXhKLGWURkhC06H3gg0fkoqHmT9-pxTSF73jEs95kkS28HLIRXVUsewy64-F8Y8S9ePhyIeEwZHnM6RsNaKnGm-XhqR57LqlCw9gxKMd0qIql_X8exkUHE1KpDRA8oVjq7di7RRAzWa7O2cGzyCYSyzWatf/w640-h480/IMG_8438.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heather and I flew out to San Jose last October where I found this birdhouse shelf, one of my favorite pieces. I gritted my teeth and glued it in place so that it would stay put, but photographed the back so that I could recall the artist. I have some small figurines to add.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxwB_F2jPjlZZWRYJsIHCieSTY4uTI_-cpZZ5LQbnwIJnHX2Q-OljMk8M7gqFVC7AUjC-vaXKR7-SnELppVtRvzslSBU2j4C33v_3y7jQI5_kEHE8yoOj1nXrnPEAIASz6m8SlP781qlffTQr_j9g1r1MEDLozl19ZsEA3Fc3Nfs-AlxMec1RfIfsid42/s1280/IMG_8440.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxwB_F2jPjlZZWRYJsIHCieSTY4uTI_-cpZZ5LQbnwIJnHX2Q-OljMk8M7gqFVC7AUjC-vaXKR7-SnELppVtRvzslSBU2j4C33v_3y7jQI5_kEHE8yoOj1nXrnPEAIASz6m8SlP781qlffTQr_j9g1r1MEDLozl19ZsEA3Fc3Nfs-AlxMec1RfIfsid42/w480-h640/IMG_8440.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1x3P39ZQXhmwLcmQ53R9u-oeyNZHobpKJKDP5gB2JuSEjAn1ZI9IGNW-5Eh_UL5lREdCV4lOiVB85dN1Wxil5oUxNlF6pIPcFNMrpCT6AFR-B_wMmJeqieDtdIOrqzaFSa8bZ8YSrpBUxJ9ArjhjZbMpaFONvBbe76KvwYYJhzMUBPLhdQ0KvT_692_T/s1280/IMG_8441.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1x3P39ZQXhmwLcmQ53R9u-oeyNZHobpKJKDP5gB2JuSEjAn1ZI9IGNW-5Eh_UL5lREdCV4lOiVB85dN1Wxil5oUxNlF6pIPcFNMrpCT6AFR-B_wMmJeqieDtdIOrqzaFSa8bZ8YSrpBUxJ9ArjhjZbMpaFONvBbe76KvwYYJhzMUBPLhdQ0KvT_692_T/w480-h640/IMG_8441.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">I made the second birdhouse: very easy. a 1/2 inch square dowel with some holes drilled in and a couple toothpick perches. The clock is a wooden disk with an image collected for the web modgepodged in place; same with the posters. I ordered the shelf brackets from ministers.com and the fern comes artwork from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Miniatyrmama?ref=yr_purchases" target="_blank">Minatymama</a> on Etsy. She is also on InstaGram as <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lenakarin66/" target="_blank">Lenakarin66</a>. Makes beautiful, stylish minis.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IMsgxtjJJkykzoKFNWeSdR5KQZFTQIxwzleTZuCCVW2Y7v39Hg21X_E-5_OfOaOqi67RUc4I1HP6GShWN8Tv-9jsoVHTpVHh_z8izOajksQH6iH-3yLNkyci2mOa-taCXxEr5Ic0Z7e-NT-nBL9F-OymZKZpB7l8lzfRB9d7VzsKbSLGIxxiboU1IvaW/s1280/IMG_8442.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1280" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IMsgxtjJJkykzoKFNWeSdR5KQZFTQIxwzleTZuCCVW2Y7v39Hg21X_E-5_OfOaOqi67RUc4I1HP6GShWN8Tv-9jsoVHTpVHh_z8izOajksQH6iH-3yLNkyci2mOa-taCXxEr5Ic0Z7e-NT-nBL9F-OymZKZpB7l8lzfRB9d7VzsKbSLGIxxiboU1IvaW/w640-h428/IMG_8442.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>I finally got brave and glued all the pieces in place, then glued the back wall to the sides and the floor. The brick wall is a piece of scrapbook paper from my paper stash, so the wall decor pieces are actually glue to paper so the wood won't be damaged if I ever decide to redo the wall. For some reason, l've been very reluctant to permanently attach things for fear that I'll make a mistake, but if you don't glue items in place, things fall apart--don't they!</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Buntings seem to be an English thing. As I follow my Birtish friends' blogs, they celebrate with elaborate buntings, even decorate their green houses with them, so I downloaded some bunting images from Pinterest and made my own. <br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_POu0t2sZHTtd95lFDvFK7np_hP7dtJFdk_PwlhpBm0Gp54oHT81seNQQzei1XCMVl-3DlZVrU0LCEyQo6WGVdJb42OQCQP9cF8afg4yPUd1T5RvoUNK7K2L_b-SEaCoigyqgp1-dYEE_q0dRdELQjnVTAn0MsCgEO-ANS8Qge2fTPIerWofxlOcVXN0/s1280/IMG_8443.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_POu0t2sZHTtd95lFDvFK7np_hP7dtJFdk_PwlhpBm0Gp54oHT81seNQQzei1XCMVl-3DlZVrU0LCEyQo6WGVdJb42OQCQP9cF8afg4yPUd1T5RvoUNK7K2L_b-SEaCoigyqgp1-dYEE_q0dRdELQjnVTAn0MsCgEO-ANS8Qge2fTPIerWofxlOcVXN0/w640-h480/IMG_8443.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>My favorite item has to be my violets that I made both from kits and from scratch. You can see the tutorial here: <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/search?q=violets" target="_blank">African Violets</a> (you have scroll down some.) Originally the greenhouse was going to be dedicated to African Violet and orchids, but then I bought that little butterfly terrarium--there is only limited space. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I had a couple of option for the floor. One was the black white checked faux tile floor that is Hobby Lobby offers, which looked nice, but in the end I opted for a rougher look by painting the floor cement gray and stippling it a bit to rough it up.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaesd4QsttJz3dOF642MOAX_AVV-qrttXaWidiRy2nKfcahfG3KhAPb-b8rNK_WtLF-OE5ZiSDtwYK5sb-YF5VHd237Pe9nMfbd8hgwBtFu1oKuoxXszJHoAijpoeabXbH27obPTXPG_LcEMEddHQFEJ5mndlYYWVv91F5s2s1Ga8Atg-qbmxhPezh23d/s1280/IMG_8444.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaesd4QsttJz3dOF642MOAX_AVV-qrttXaWidiRy2nKfcahfG3KhAPb-b8rNK_WtLF-OE5ZiSDtwYK5sb-YF5VHd237Pe9nMfbd8hgwBtFu1oKuoxXszJHoAijpoeabXbH27obPTXPG_LcEMEddHQFEJ5mndlYYWVv91F5s2s1Ga8Atg-qbmxhPezh23d/w640-h480/IMG_8444.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of my pots came from Molly Sue in an earlier order. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhex8Ik53qtR4U8TE3oWuH0-NWn0cTA6Je29-i1QeoS2OOvt-DqnKf0iV_x5Lv3KpYlvDFNLD5p8OHhuFdgYhcNS4LpOpOjvb-0lyTazvHnFUqLEq2GlHkgFjMZpMTh7_1wXIXTBChhXzwanRi5ZHSfbxtv82yEPbVE6Te4qK72xtpZmvH3plPz0cdTa0hG/s1280/IMG_8445.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhex8Ik53qtR4U8TE3oWuH0-NWn0cTA6Je29-i1QeoS2OOvt-DqnKf0iV_x5Lv3KpYlvDFNLD5p8OHhuFdgYhcNS4LpOpOjvb-0lyTazvHnFUqLEq2GlHkgFjMZpMTh7_1wXIXTBChhXzwanRi5ZHSfbxtv82yEPbVE6Te4qK72xtpZmvH3plPz0cdTa0hG/w480-h640/IMG_8445.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have always had a love for butterflies. My dad taught me to love them and he was a collector, mounting them in boxes, often cigar boxes. Now he didn't smoke cigars, but he collected the boxes and used them as storage. This little printable cigar box is a little tribute to my dad fashioned just as he would have: some cotton ball (that's what they had back then as his mounted butterflies were placed on top with a bit of glass cut to fit to protect them. Only I used clear plexiglas. Tiny butterflies can be sourced from a number of places: Search Pinterest for downloadable butterfly images at scale. I download the images then import them into Microsoft Word and scale them down to "tiny."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">They do required hand cutting, so use short bladed, short scissors, there are Etsy shops that sell precut 1:12 scale butterfly collections or printable ones that you can download and cut out like <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LDelaney?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=60976094&section_id=36077504&page=2#items" target="_blank">LDelaney</a> that has beautiful butterfly collections, even a download option.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Often I purchase kits first to figure out how they are assembled--like flowers--then I can work out a way to fashion my own from scratch. The kits always are more authentic looking professionally cut and colored. Often the question is do I buy the more expensive kits or do I invest in the punches and other tools to create my own. Well, only you can answer that. For a one time project, the kits are best, but if you are mini nuts and want to make your own will make a lot of flowers then invest in good tools.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSdwLGUcNSg-WFzWaOtnNqMEXVQZTnEGnHk1Tg_SKkV1EtH0nJflVFfHJ1UJlXqRT17yB3Mz0iMjuOaYQmrSMT0D7km-oOpSAMps5pjN-N30u4FYS8NfkgBu5z1KaUd0-tIpCaKRt6k1QOnh1OCyKxjMlCgO2n6TCvZUoL79K7H3a3hVxS0IyiLWiCNjc/s1280/IMG_8448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSdwLGUcNSg-WFzWaOtnNqMEXVQZTnEGnHk1Tg_SKkV1EtH0nJflVFfHJ1UJlXqRT17yB3Mz0iMjuOaYQmrSMT0D7km-oOpSAMps5pjN-N30u4FYS8NfkgBu5z1KaUd0-tIpCaKRt6k1QOnh1OCyKxjMlCgO2n6TCvZUoL79K7H3a3hVxS0IyiLWiCNjc/w480-h640/IMG_8448.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjSghXTOvf-eQV6BQmO5jV6Sv2YUOaEi2uqG0s9NNAVHi2eB_nJK3ZNvKvVGywW9P8VOf1mKqpDJs4wHuBSgzz5AJxWMXUITzCvRqEuhHjtvFdLLtIth5ZBU9-k5cAm-dNORw7RfNKFn9c8n75qepXTlT3vhNSAdtX3qKgl6AxippfhUde1z8pl8gZa81/s1280/IMG_8450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjSghXTOvf-eQV6BQmO5jV6Sv2YUOaEi2uqG0s9NNAVHi2eB_nJK3ZNvKvVGywW9P8VOf1mKqpDJs4wHuBSgzz5AJxWMXUITzCvRqEuhHjtvFdLLtIth5ZBU9-k5cAm-dNORw7RfNKFn9c8n75qepXTlT3vhNSAdtX3qKgl6AxippfhUde1z8pl8gZa81/w480-h640/IMG_8450.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-N6c4_9B1T8Do1JsCQe1Ff_xaHHOq3sMRdfjCYrF_6I7l9ezew3N56ym29pofhKWqxlrpotxB5SWH5OIlJfiSYHBMm4JT73RLgSifQ4hRO-bOYyhKDnbLBNkbWBrD8-6Gjjfr73vBKSUQvcRjYxD1ysQRcFE2j8ywBYga1Kg36R5wiSn7AYg6qjTTye45/s1280/IMG_8451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-N6c4_9B1T8Do1JsCQe1Ff_xaHHOq3sMRdfjCYrF_6I7l9ezew3N56ym29pofhKWqxlrpotxB5SWH5OIlJfiSYHBMm4JT73RLgSifQ4hRO-bOYyhKDnbLBNkbWBrD8-6Gjjfr73vBKSUQvcRjYxD1ysQRcFE2j8ywBYga1Kg36R5wiSn7AYg6qjTTye45/w640-h480/IMG_8451.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I tried to figure out lighting, but with the plexiglass covering the roof, it was just too cumbersome to add an electric light. A fan would have been nice, too, but I decided to pass on that. The greenhouse is now officially finished. I may add or take out items. I haven't decided about gluing the roof and /or the front in place. I'm thinking not incase I might want to redesign it, I should leave at least one panel un attached so that I can easily move items in and out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some additional links. You can poke through my recent posts (this year) to find posts on how I made different things, including assembling the greenhouse. It's a fun project, easy and satisfying with so many possibilities. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCuratedFarmhouse?ref=yr_purchases" target="_blank">The Cultured Dollhouse</a>: Green House Kit</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1182550257/dollhouse-miniatures-seedling-tray?ref=yr_purchases" target="_blank">My Mini Front Porch: </a> tiny seedling trays</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://factorydirectcraft.com/index.php" target="_blank">Factory Directory Crafts</a>: Metal Chair: not currently available </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Miniatyrmama?ref=yr_purchases" target="_blank">Minatymama</a>: the fern wall art and others; group of six plants; she's on break now. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-46828745373633992682023-10-13T19:25:00.001-07:002023-10-13T19:25:42.456-07:00Too Many Projects<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I seem to be having a hard time focusing these days, jumping from one thing to the next. The speed shingles from Green Leaf arrived several days ago, but I've not tackled that roofing job yet, but it really must be the next project. I must get the Manchester house itself finished. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Along with these good intentions, real life gets in the way. It's time to host the fall greeting card making parties for my DAR chapter. We make Veteran's Day cards and Christmas cards for the residents at the the Cheyenne, WY, so I went downstairs this morning to begin cleaning and organizing for the worship next week, but, of course, I got side tracked.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Last week I stopped at ARC, a local thrift store and found bags of dollhouse furniture. I didn't buy them because the time because the items that</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> were jammed in plastic bags looked pretty rough, but the next morning, I just had to go back to buy two bags. Of course, it was pretty much sight unseen and I was pretty disappointed when I got the bags home and opened them up, but I did manage to salvage one table, but it had to be rebuilt. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was my first attempt at piecing the table back together, using toothpicks and painting all the legs silver. But it didn't work.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodIEzgbS0vc1ffW5pNbyhek3j1lc02CGCfcdEFP6wfEYlAn_OtYskbOZ8Amf1zC_G_opEUmAfmhRMdttzAoCt8JlQn2QEd5K6Sg6YK__d_xcGEEYJlOEIsZF99Ikj9tn7x5jqCGCw0p9sPKqTAtv5XsWqMhlBlP6cO9udrinT1oWt0zNHrHyP_dM6_Rlo/s1280/IMG_8343.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjodIEzgbS0vc1ffW5pNbyhek3j1lc02CGCfcdEFP6wfEYlAn_OtYskbOZ8Amf1zC_G_opEUmAfmhRMdttzAoCt8JlQn2QEd5K6Sg6YK__d_xcGEEYJlOEIsZF99Ikj9tn7x5jqCGCw0p9sPKqTAtv5XsWqMhlBlP6cO9udrinT1oWt0zNHrHyP_dM6_Rlo/w480-h640/IMG_8343.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-k_ruvAIE_VM_qMMrRcAItr5M9RV4KGTOtJ0RfVD94g1ypH7NLyQ3UhY16QGX6GA3epzZiiVv1kPF555DfxuwS7e9AP6jCoJbw8gI-MiviQaBzbCJEPrQsTubuDs_i1FyuUAdhu-VhbhetB8LO6OeW-uT5nghVMMRs8SRA-tTAausZWlmEtvmp43T9rX/s1280/IMG_8344.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-k_ruvAIE_VM_qMMrRcAItr5M9RV4KGTOtJ0RfVD94g1ypH7NLyQ3UhY16QGX6GA3epzZiiVv1kPF555DfxuwS7e9AP6jCoJbw8gI-MiviQaBzbCJEPrQsTubuDs_i1FyuUAdhu-VhbhetB8LO6OeW-uT5nghVMMRs8SRA-tTAausZWlmEtvmp43T9rX/w480-h640/IMG_8344.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The toothpicks didn't work, so I cut down some spindles to the correct length to make wooden legs: </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GQlDCd0Cx7JU_PWOi_9uwvbp5DY_ztCpleLKhQFOXjYyViZLaWaUF1Ijt5_bQYd_Rq-OtSuZD0lnFQG58YO-II0RMU4X_C8CT6PTiXKEanSW_ZxjmZDrZFheabGmvW6iBcjSEFEe4geGqK6b5boLXHHxSI24edXVOfYBbQFEZKhb6hZtBsHl8py0z8WR/s1280/IMG_8345.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GQlDCd0Cx7JU_PWOi_9uwvbp5DY_ztCpleLKhQFOXjYyViZLaWaUF1Ijt5_bQYd_Rq-OtSuZD0lnFQG58YO-II0RMU4X_C8CT6PTiXKEanSW_ZxjmZDrZFheabGmvW6iBcjSEFEe4geGqK6b5boLXHHxSI24edXVOfYBbQFEZKhb6hZtBsHl8py0z8WR/w480-h640/IMG_8345.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well that didn't look very good either. The mid century (1970s) table with a glass top and chrome legs didn't work with wooden spindle legs. I was about to give up.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I returned to the container where I put all the bits and pieces and found another leg, so I needed only one toothpick to put all the pieces back in place. I cleaned off all the silver paint that I had covered the chrome with to blend with the wood toothpick pieces, removed the old, excess glue, and drilled a tiny hole in the toothpick so that the counter part piece would fit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLPqzSnv_GMmSllGjaGuKyGRPhj6Slxxsvi1aEd2KS5sO8r4qSdxk3bU7N9G7EXceDDBbQZ85oQnCwlDg8nn5yASmERKgABL5Jd-7IQS8_rp9exCWV0DJzdtzh3ptHvZLiEKI133qfy7kGi4Fnf1yKifd0PYoOI7ZLWW3BX4pVO24mq4Kq2aKtPwVsJ2L/s1280/IMG_8366.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLPqzSnv_GMmSllGjaGuKyGRPhj6Slxxsvi1aEd2KS5sO8r4qSdxk3bU7N9G7EXceDDBbQZ85oQnCwlDg8nn5yASmERKgABL5Jd-7IQS8_rp9exCWV0DJzdtzh3ptHvZLiEKI133qfy7kGi4Fnf1yKifd0PYoOI7ZLWW3BX4pVO24mq4Kq2aKtPwVsJ2L/w480-h640/IMG_8366.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now with all but one of the original pieces, I was able to salvage the cool little table. I was beginning to really like it. I used the LocTite glue so that it would set quickly, though I can't seem to keep it off my fingers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAiYtZtR4KPmmMCSwuUwqe-cisjFr7lb83Ltnez9omJLBi3NYC801lzQuuAFKaOSkQKQsJWG8Sv2d-zRQRASWoDGWtTBGr8NcRwQ1OiWlMuM0RO2wOFTTV6eQrYHKWJoXn7qAUX3RIxskRrhlWRSTUxorInG0Pgbe0WQVo7IivkVpCK3ZG5FjH3S73KXD/s1280/IMG_8367.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAiYtZtR4KPmmMCSwuUwqe-cisjFr7lb83Ltnez9omJLBi3NYC801lzQuuAFKaOSkQKQsJWG8Sv2d-zRQRASWoDGWtTBGr8NcRwQ1OiWlMuM0RO2wOFTTV6eQrYHKWJoXn7qAUX3RIxskRrhlWRSTUxorInG0Pgbe0WQVo7IivkVpCK3ZG5FjH3S73KXD/w480-h640/IMG_8367.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tiny pieces have a bit of flange on one end that fits into a tiny whole on the other piece to create T-shaped legs, which the wooden leg doesn't have, but the LocTite seems to hold it in place.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjT6tYc7Z5BaW-OGlwFHUqYkCHBAZA2DYkI8t1FBnlk4mOz1l_VeljQu0AI5gFDWxV5kPHLwqSNgkfjhY9QOIxvGW-BNRfHdgJmqEY1iFFtKpNfYxOoFdt0btEQMJtuon4P2VGJ8bFbUf1QCAiqAtempRmSYep6rAshiHYPNMZUteqOkT_6Dc5flH_yjq/s1280/IMG_8368.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjT6tYc7Z5BaW-OGlwFHUqYkCHBAZA2DYkI8t1FBnlk4mOz1l_VeljQu0AI5gFDWxV5kPHLwqSNgkfjhY9QOIxvGW-BNRfHdgJmqEY1iFFtKpNfYxOoFdt0btEQMJtuon4P2VGJ8bFbUf1QCAiqAtempRmSYep6rAshiHYPNMZUteqOkT_6Dc5flH_yjq/w480-h640/IMG_8368.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you spot the toothpick replacement?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7Od6clqEuxdvnDDAMV_5ILrmBNCtKWTTrIolrMBGKyKhkYKO6N_M3rI-e-ADGRvZ413TJhjJO-1Lz1lPSzQKgT7wCYKetbwh1V7ViFjVVd_DWjxMOu6LqXQTc2uLnj7EXIzl_lovkWIa97CuxrKRr2Ipg265HcZjNLR7yz5KSngHxx0rS9i5hr6Hu16o/s1280/IMG_8369.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7Od6clqEuxdvnDDAMV_5ILrmBNCtKWTTrIolrMBGKyKhkYKO6N_M3rI-e-ADGRvZ413TJhjJO-1Lz1lPSzQKgT7wCYKetbwh1V7ViFjVVd_DWjxMOu6LqXQTc2uLnj7EXIzl_lovkWIa97CuxrKRr2Ipg265HcZjNLR7yz5KSngHxx0rS9i5hr6Hu16o/w480-h640/IMG_8369.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Manchester Country Home now has a a mid century modern dining table that compliments the mid-century living room furniture. I like it. It's a departure from my real life decorating preferences. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjFIMnn3d987TpFifOOUEq8XKTI5L65cVzsYYZgquC-ANJPKs3_uYoJDAyFsSamMgAxDqTNj1RVVKs9AyOLji903C8Rx6b65cOQnI3YUHht3lX2bZvfcbONUbof_1Nt7VqtKxbBZmnfY5yw_e_RSw3x1rxkwmfokzVxLAH2lwDkfW0qhBHbshOrzC3Nfn/s1280/IMG_8370.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjFIMnn3d987TpFifOOUEq8XKTI5L65cVzsYYZgquC-ANJPKs3_uYoJDAyFsSamMgAxDqTNj1RVVKs9AyOLji903C8Rx6b65cOQnI3YUHht3lX2bZvfcbONUbof_1Nt7VqtKxbBZmnfY5yw_e_RSw3x1rxkwmfokzVxLAH2lwDkfW0qhBHbshOrzC3Nfn/w480-h640/IMG_8370.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The bum leg doesn't show. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigamnkcUEmWleXjwwWJkBH6WTJmon7bR1LgM62C-PoixqWyYsfBokXgu4qA2JFcadPDZKlQpn3c8XoWWhYm39UUO_sGkfpoN4PCiauNJKwNADkwXXWfbR471E_bQzCWhXitis17oxiXgaoPnVSxVhvxYvnVitJMaazauQ6ElqPzCb0EDkE1P6i9Y3FII1n/s1280/IMG_8375.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigamnkcUEmWleXjwwWJkBH6WTJmon7bR1LgM62C-PoixqWyYsfBokXgu4qA2JFcadPDZKlQpn3c8XoWWhYm39UUO_sGkfpoN4PCiauNJKwNADkwXXWfbR471E_bQzCWhXitis17oxiXgaoPnVSxVhvxYvnVitJMaazauQ6ElqPzCb0EDkE1P6i9Y3FII1n/w480-h640/IMG_8375.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think I need new rug, though. This one went nicely with the French Country wood dining table and chairs, but not so much with this more modern look. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX9J2L8U8LwIw99aNSM8jWHPShXVOYsDVLK_AsRS8KZqBM5eqXK6j9v_E10IW8mlF8xkTSm8z5yShePH7OvliYlmgeUY-DzgUqVq-sWStrwx6JanWZyoeinRIL0mvf2JgmbLODFlJ-l9hzwhCQQzz0SbUDxy_vRj12-Xbkt86aFtSCxtHdDAi4snmotfA/s1280/IMG_8379.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX9J2L8U8LwIw99aNSM8jWHPShXVOYsDVLK_AsRS8KZqBM5eqXK6j9v_E10IW8mlF8xkTSm8z5yShePH7OvliYlmgeUY-DzgUqVq-sWStrwx6JanWZyoeinRIL0mvf2JgmbLODFlJ-l9hzwhCQQzz0SbUDxy_vRj12-Xbkt86aFtSCxtHdDAi4snmotfA/w480-h640/IMG_8379.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgjNs2JkPW7QIHEBzWX5tb2URblMAfF8FKODn-nc8UeXL9lQ_2oZj1zn5FGKjIkPfJCkLlV4H74UdZ04L4MXnX3h1fMUEzCXCfaCxV2Uc4rnn-74j6TBpvScMtX4K8RaIH8v1LVOhzH61hlXE0pslncVAzOLRxD8rmBw4-iVor81jj7dPnc867NvW3Chr/s1280/IMG_8383%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgjNs2JkPW7QIHEBzWX5tb2URblMAfF8FKODn-nc8UeXL9lQ_2oZj1zn5FGKjIkPfJCkLlV4H74UdZ04L4MXnX3h1fMUEzCXCfaCxV2Uc4rnn-74j6TBpvScMtX4K8RaIH8v1LVOhzH61hlXE0pslncVAzOLRxD8rmBw4-iVor81jj7dPnc867NvW3Chr/w480-h640/IMG_8383%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do you think? Certainly not a bargain for thrift store find. I left a bag behind. There are some other chairs that I'll be able salvage, too, but it certainly was not worth the the money I spent, but, gee, I like this little table.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Manchester will have a garage, I decided. I ordered this kt from miniatures.com and couldn't wait to get it un boxed. The Houseworks kits are so well made and nicely packaged.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQMp_kwvWfW4ww4-9cJgvxlZQEbMNkhysBaK7LMEh6QVhwzo_tttFjHM6P_BiveuWAetSazMvhGo9WxnN5nmRfxRhqrXVQpsrVWSOhmPkhAQ8qPzyfkgSVJSrFB9O3seVq432ACavG6sbNjSXIqA68jC4vyqT7wg4rCbKGA_JPRUce5_qjELy6sRsWJJz/s1280/IMG_8348.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQMp_kwvWfW4ww4-9cJgvxlZQEbMNkhysBaK7LMEh6QVhwzo_tttFjHM6P_BiveuWAetSazMvhGo9WxnN5nmRfxRhqrXVQpsrVWSOhmPkhAQ8qPzyfkgSVJSrFB9O3seVq432ACavG6sbNjSXIqA68jC4vyqT7wg4rCbKGA_JPRUce5_qjELy6sRsWJJz/w480-h640/IMG_8348.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">No pictures, though, with the the instructions.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWo8L6fj_CWFFq149gq9H0ulc5Y__qAUTlJypl9BzOlt96QwD4fnCG3vkInD2q5hK40LnyFskxI42dw7oN5bfNWlpRpmZsYg0stGLttTK3AwKPqqf4oDejAJmGuhDgomdLD7GAJTVFfUDRLCtlggK-Ck5iZ79nCtGfB41r4UizpM8lWBSz2pDr-kTuLAT/s1280/IMG_8351.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWo8L6fj_CWFFq149gq9H0ulc5Y__qAUTlJypl9BzOlt96QwD4fnCG3vkInD2q5hK40LnyFskxI42dw7oN5bfNWlpRpmZsYg0stGLttTK3AwKPqqf4oDejAJmGuhDgomdLD7GAJTVFfUDRLCtlggK-Ck5iZ79nCtGfB41r4UizpM8lWBSz2pDr-kTuLAT/w640-h480/IMG_8351.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The door and window are already assemble, but the working garage door will require some assembling. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FxD5wUkyJYYXDxdMZ1cOfNXOP7YyZ0iOvckN9Q41Q_eRV4KQ7iRaA40XBItPAdwZHgaxeTCqLmj0IEvWMUxD_0ODOPp_XldOdFfMyNIpKs8z-wreseXUh8RzWb0KXvcEQ8VN9Y7J2aZKXdIjh1caJXYDVHmbBp_lJAFU2UXxOnKGPN4OHMqhCpoMMM1D/s1280/IMG_8352.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FxD5wUkyJYYXDxdMZ1cOfNXOP7YyZ0iOvckN9Q41Q_eRV4KQ7iRaA40XBItPAdwZHgaxeTCqLmj0IEvWMUxD_0ODOPp_XldOdFfMyNIpKs8z-wreseXUh8RzWb0KXvcEQ8VN9Y7J2aZKXdIjh1caJXYDVHmbBp_lJAFU2UXxOnKGPN4OHMqhCpoMMM1D/w640-h480/IMG_8352.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The dry fit reveals how big the structure really is. The Tesla and vintage Chevy pick-up fit nicely.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rNSv_SfZOPeuzLC-HO3Er6GeXPp8pZgwMCg658rtL7SKJPmi9GFd8ivkso-S9sBahyZaqqf1HI4KxA4_5VMNK8krw5rIaxDGJOOLQ8ncZtr8HVdVVOO7Br_w4a3oEAv-vsaZeKsRDXljBo8HxtHjYSAfR-pk-ebzE2hM6kSRKP9oLQ4exIkPDyzQ5RrC/s1280/IMG_8353.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rNSv_SfZOPeuzLC-HO3Er6GeXPp8pZgwMCg658rtL7SKJPmi9GFd8ivkso-S9sBahyZaqqf1HI4KxA4_5VMNK8krw5rIaxDGJOOLQ8ncZtr8HVdVVOO7Br_w4a3oEAv-vsaZeKsRDXljBo8HxtHjYSAfR-pk-ebzE2hM6kSRKP9oLQ4exIkPDyzQ5RrC/w480-h640/IMG_8353.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But where to put the garage?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tlaR61yUroo6pwlAgRzF_G7HtMqif2Aa2E2gcGy3kxqdpMxO2lPZCcMwamJvdWQaqE0WQIz6FfKMFfLd5wL6bCWjzJ4oDMLB6JyHC-qOX0sILgnLh9jZyPjjR-d4zXZgNf6wywArujhP4JqFVWjMiZY4ViU2S-TV7arpBsQViwcrV65iE-T20ei87bmT/s1280/IMG_8354.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tlaR61yUroo6pwlAgRzF_G7HtMqif2Aa2E2gcGy3kxqdpMxO2lPZCcMwamJvdWQaqE0WQIz6FfKMFfLd5wL6bCWjzJ4oDMLB6JyHC-qOX0sILgnLh9jZyPjjR-d4zXZgNf6wywArujhP4JqFVWjMiZY4ViU2S-TV7arpBsQViwcrV65iE-T20ei87bmT/w480-h640/IMG_8354.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The house will live on this 8 ft. table, so I have to decide where the garage will look the best.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNJXfccgnfb8pIPlMMhKbo6JYP4GYgmCTf1wg5inItTezvCedc7whedYevjoIscBKeBq00Obt12feoPu02Rvy4W11R7UE99UIOuBR9lapIzstRm1aIcqQPZO1VWJ9F9x6gCPonMDxqhfKqY-jS6dqmYMIP0Zu_rG2iOxE5NOlyPyL7mSsIDALVnAd897E/s1280/IMG_8355.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNJXfccgnfb8pIPlMMhKbo6JYP4GYgmCTf1wg5inItTezvCedc7whedYevjoIscBKeBq00Obt12feoPu02Rvy4W11R7UE99UIOuBR9lapIzstRm1aIcqQPZO1VWJ9F9x6gCPonMDxqhfKqY-jS6dqmYMIP0Zu_rG2iOxE5NOlyPyL7mSsIDALVnAd897E/w480-h640/IMG_8355.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It will be a fun project to build. I'm trying to decide what will go in the garage loft. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMzMQO5ZvtjCOWBnVdPqq11uwBFwY8aQ1k9LeuzdFgyIP4xuSnwJN-BTwcGToQyyIrzvG-ytircwnf2v5EtZPKAZwpSy9hWEFamCpPeshwIkT0nXqznNGj-lGm4D3bRMosiDdQN_FWfbTgrk-ivOXi7-Qo1lnDpIRqBgxBTVxoHvMe6VzpvqRb1bCHVfn/s1280/IMG_8357.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMzMQO5ZvtjCOWBnVdPqq11uwBFwY8aQ1k9LeuzdFgyIP4xuSnwJN-BTwcGToQyyIrzvG-ytircwnf2v5EtZPKAZwpSy9hWEFamCpPeshwIkT0nXqznNGj-lGm4D3bRMosiDdQN_FWfbTgrk-ivOXi7-Qo1lnDpIRqBgxBTVxoHvMe6VzpvqRb1bCHVfn/w480-h640/IMG_8357.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We can't help but think in real life terms, so where would a garage logically go? Next the the living room side of the house? That's a long way to have to carry groceries!</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKAFhBopubUmwp3-a3C8UmafE9GrTyYyFrwg31TWfE_Vrln0WnCts4paH-ssxCi1enZcgqPqwWiUhalmdNUNTK_DCjnYigsHg_A1GxZeVTI7LzTNB-PVS1vDThr6WtLIcEXlPEyF2XXhwrSOdfoFWY8P3tm9ZcQvK7TD32r0dCbE9pMnfjMhiUHnf_DSQ/s1280/IMG_8358.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKAFhBopubUmwp3-a3C8UmafE9GrTyYyFrwg31TWfE_Vrln0WnCts4paH-ssxCi1enZcgqPqwWiUhalmdNUNTK_DCjnYigsHg_A1GxZeVTI7LzTNB-PVS1vDThr6WtLIcEXlPEyF2XXhwrSOdfoFWY8P3tm9ZcQvK7TD32r0dCbE9pMnfjMhiUHnf_DSQ/w640-h480/IMG_8358.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe on the other side of the house next to the kitchen. I like it there, but that's where the greenhouse was going to be. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8avN4xFG0iJifKVBhHavl3tcsqCyq9n2ksUhUnlEYh2Imlkx2aURSjAf3_9usMgcyoimLqytIRNxnP_w8-1vkltI0rsHcVBenmqAUylk8-ihxaCDtGOTlKlWXHdG3eN3EvECIyaQRm7ebFqfuPJm39i2ixHIw9WbeqpyH20uvQWOxyqp-xdGyWriBSlca/s1280/IMG_8360.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8avN4xFG0iJifKVBhHavl3tcsqCyq9n2ksUhUnlEYh2Imlkx2aURSjAf3_9usMgcyoimLqytIRNxnP_w8-1vkltI0rsHcVBenmqAUylk8-ihxaCDtGOTlKlWXHdG3eN3EvECIyaQRm7ebFqfuPJm39i2ixHIw9WbeqpyH20uvQWOxyqp-xdGyWriBSlca/w640-h480/IMG_8360.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looks a bit crowded here.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBp8pkiaBhNywjN8LPawI-bqktrGwXwjJn0iM7rcfUG5fngN0U8UUDDB1vq-RRrdEf-_fYf9PRi60F_Caj-nVU_waGHZ0p8egccQU7S1Mc3DAl0stSq4rm2DhlPDB3UditoED41G1wjiePS-4tOHcL_MTM10lDvBVo2NSx41dKWYSii4pAgrcTM7FuCRk/s1280/IMG_8361.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBp8pkiaBhNywjN8LPawI-bqktrGwXwjJn0iM7rcfUG5fngN0U8UUDDB1vq-RRrdEf-_fYf9PRi60F_Caj-nVU_waGHZ0p8egccQU7S1Mc3DAl0stSq4rm2DhlPDB3UditoED41G1wjiePS-4tOHcL_MTM10lDvBVo2NSx41dKWYSii4pAgrcTM7FuCRk/w480-h640/IMG_8361.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nope.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoKOGbVsq6XvUnWS_tY8xsKsZYXxugzQSh01rJl10mRQgkek09F4bu85hIFJbrEyAESjXq7jC8ZExkP2UxSQ3x-Vwhrmm3E_HrFqrCN73_161HhN6Yg58T5vJqHOvAzsrs99VBppkfBp3Q9Ux2hxg8qq6BRqQYXmPw7ytlxB0W7t0uZ5js5y5fDQEK8OK/s1280/IMG_8362.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoKOGbVsq6XvUnWS_tY8xsKsZYXxugzQSh01rJl10mRQgkek09F4bu85hIFJbrEyAESjXq7jC8ZExkP2UxSQ3x-Vwhrmm3E_HrFqrCN73_161HhN6Yg58T5vJqHOvAzsrs99VBppkfBp3Q9Ux2hxg8qq6BRqQYXmPw7ytlxB0W7t0uZ5js5y5fDQEK8OK/w480-h640/IMG_8362.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I'm not going to worry about it now. I'll build it first.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMQb4Kz9hLk4PBc66cVsavjWCqUYdVdFeqss9fQV61BYa-OfqUvQLQTudzYO1PFq1zLpViGw4RzUhUTHWGGzhjDEh8PpEC-ng_t-rcinm0jEr4EuNpk7JdRBGmY_OqEidKoSsCwb9oBghqdTkEy4y1qhD8wXV5KlhsbNfjUKKF_RYrnWuUlhjXaqEyiQj/s1280/IMG_8365.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMQb4Kz9hLk4PBc66cVsavjWCqUYdVdFeqss9fQV61BYa-OfqUvQLQTudzYO1PFq1zLpViGw4RzUhUTHWGGzhjDEh8PpEC-ng_t-rcinm0jEr4EuNpk7JdRBGmY_OqEidKoSsCwb9oBghqdTkEy4y1qhD8wXV5KlhsbNfjUKKF_RYrnWuUlhjXaqEyiQj/w480-h640/IMG_8365.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And yet another distraction</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Lemon Tree is coming along nicely. What a work intensive project, but a fun one and the tree will look great in the green house when I get it finished.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taking a break from cleaning, sorting, organizing, and fiddling with a table repair, I worked on my lemon tree. I introduced you to the tutorial that I purchased online to learn how to make tiny trees. Here's the link: <a href="https://honeythistle.com/pdf-tutorials/p/tiny-fruiting-citrus-tree-tutorial" style="color: #888888; font-family: verdana; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Honey Thistle: Tiny Fruiting Citrus Tree Tutorial</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">After working with the tutorial, the lemon and orange trees are easily crafted, using readily available tools and supplies. Step by step, I fashioned my own lemon tree. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWWPp1ADcFkVf8DiU4bb7I0ix0aoSKhEWW1U2EvTXiMQQ-t1ZmIM4yrUvKBr6EEO8DldoQChySMr5HjJPvoxwwXZfSsjvHpw8RkH-QUO90DnYxXLgqqU6_t-Gud0aKVp-FjQlRcsW00dge5JZr7aT7AxW9jQxLEUySpd6A65lgWu_wO0E-y8ilu72st3v/s1280/IMG_8335.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWWPp1ADcFkVf8DiU4bb7I0ix0aoSKhEWW1U2EvTXiMQQ-t1ZmIM4yrUvKBr6EEO8DldoQChySMr5HjJPvoxwwXZfSsjvHpw8RkH-QUO90DnYxXLgqqU6_t-Gud0aKVp-FjQlRcsW00dge5JZr7aT7AxW9jQxLEUySpd6A65lgWu_wO0E-y8ilu72st3v/w480-h640/IMG_8335.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are the first three branches, the main part of the tree. Lying next to the core tree is the next main branch. I'll make two of them.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMWfYYiswyJSMCcupMv9j9ZvfEVHd7QxDQu4uTYogC4EV_XWtHJN9ePGo9l6fM2GvnCt9OagAP53uWmBwU5lX1F0KaBdEUvdr4p2QQYPy4hgLj-9jVDmB0Je_3f-ir49ziRq7rr2w-6RA8jesipt9RpWUe-xVBoiLjgff3Ke2OhUhg18nJQWSot2Ol1uE/s1280/IMG_8336.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMWfYYiswyJSMCcupMv9j9ZvfEVHd7QxDQu4uTYogC4EV_XWtHJN9ePGo9l6fM2GvnCt9OagAP53uWmBwU5lX1F0KaBdEUvdr4p2QQYPy4hgLj-9jVDmB0Je_3f-ir49ziRq7rr2w-6RA8jesipt9RpWUe-xVBoiLjgff3Ke2OhUhg18nJQWSot2Ol1uE/w480-h640/IMG_8336.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT2WbquJdbhOVHGr1AOM4YbRvJq8g3Zd8r5YC9wMwR6AjfLV5imtzcwMhtvt-PZV4BYEgRaU3jCjdoQq_MYm9laDmF_UKizAol4z_96Kue4Gy-CvqjB3uxxMK-s_PFZIwGrEgac-T-it11BGIWdI-lN_9QS9C90jIiBkHo1yz2fsN9Ser6R8tNXi1YTFs/s1280/IMG_8338.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT2WbquJdbhOVHGr1AOM4YbRvJq8g3Zd8r5YC9wMwR6AjfLV5imtzcwMhtvt-PZV4BYEgRaU3jCjdoQq_MYm9laDmF_UKizAol4z_96Kue4Gy-CvqjB3uxxMK-s_PFZIwGrEgac-T-it11BGIWdI-lN_9QS9C90jIiBkHo1yz2fsN9Ser6R8tNXi1YTFs/w480-h640/IMG_8338.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These next branches are easily assembled.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fdvEStkCYTznNTV6Zv4ZUquBBDp6LCDBCSHUNL1iT9lVnuzD08KqQY9P4UENIVuTqG7KXh2g7EibsykmhDdPTg53NsUlTJZrkDy6cgBgcB52FDSV6L6YxCFQRZwotfSQNSzOOwfuo9USEOS7hd6j5Nkqqp8fAU7EZ1vAgNbx3mRlNbkgIe_eAd7A27WK/s1280/IMG_8340.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fdvEStkCYTznNTV6Zv4ZUquBBDp6LCDBCSHUNL1iT9lVnuzD08KqQY9P4UENIVuTqG7KXh2g7EibsykmhDdPTg53NsUlTJZrkDy6cgBgcB52FDSV6L6YxCFQRZwotfSQNSzOOwfuo9USEOS7hd6j5Nkqqp8fAU7EZ1vAgNbx3mRlNbkgIe_eAd7A27WK/w480-h640/IMG_8340.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now the main branches of the tree have been combined, shaped, and fixed in place.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUhnGxNLpJul4DxwxhvCnVdMkURPcG2hS1TJpDUcJYEc8lQPg7q3bZzsoiFaROm6Pk33NP6RrizSitXaV1-48Is6s-Uu84O7vqjzKEKa2KmrqD6W2sqPirG7-7MBjejmONT9cVblqwoDb39oe2jXDhrlS3AfUwNovYZuWr5cEIuS_MDsJKAQ9zYn6spfg/s1280/IMG_8389.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUhnGxNLpJul4DxwxhvCnVdMkURPcG2hS1TJpDUcJYEc8lQPg7q3bZzsoiFaROm6Pk33NP6RrizSitXaV1-48Is6s-Uu84O7vqjzKEKa2KmrqD6W2sqPirG7-7MBjejmONT9cVblqwoDb39oe2jXDhrlS3AfUwNovYZuWr5cEIuS_MDsJKAQ9zYn6spfg/w480-h640/IMG_8389.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've learned how to use floral tape to hold cover up the glued joints and create a smooth foundation for the next step: a realistic looking trunk.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9rY7bxrtvI22QA3_ZgEKq0Bdjm5qrxZSEQhRSQhe_2XwZwof4eIEqUKOlkC-YUlSVXVfEM82WRjqtvE9B-kcdQbeIWUMQw_kqO2M3aHGgYrQ-DlpdEZVlI06gOb8QndV67fgRLjunemttVAaSG9dIpWegjDEm_e9YV2PwZmquFTPa6Yv5CbfDkbmzfre/s1280/IMG_8390.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9rY7bxrtvI22QA3_ZgEKq0Bdjm5qrxZSEQhRSQhe_2XwZwof4eIEqUKOlkC-YUlSVXVfEM82WRjqtvE9B-kcdQbeIWUMQw_kqO2M3aHGgYrQ-DlpdEZVlI06gOb8QndV67fgRLjunemttVAaSG9dIpWegjDEm_e9YV2PwZmquFTPa6Yv5CbfDkbmzfre/w480-h640/IMG_8390.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tutorial calls for air dry porcelain clay, but the package is very large and expensive, so I substituted this inexpensive air dry clay that I really like. It's a very moist clay that is easily molded.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUVnBY71F6e4UGsD9Ld2kfnsTTfKz1tUG6yyG3rPT5JzcXim7T1JAwV2G3UeCBP2CQ4J0h6dBYwa7WqjvA2aCbxNU8rCvvqwZ-HSLswnA54Ab_dqKzKsgrFSFR6AYmKyhYIdWf5gqtmMDALHCp82VXlk6jP4RYvU9LrZ17qWVEX6jsA2kRW1EDKrEiAT2/s1280/IMG_8391.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUVnBY71F6e4UGsD9Ld2kfnsTTfKz1tUG6yyG3rPT5JzcXim7T1JAwV2G3UeCBP2CQ4J0h6dBYwa7WqjvA2aCbxNU8rCvvqwZ-HSLswnA54Ab_dqKzKsgrFSFR6AYmKyhYIdWf5gqtmMDALHCp82VXlk6jP4RYvU9LrZ17qWVEX6jsA2kRW1EDKrEiAT2/w480-h640/IMG_8391.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've textured the trunk; now I'll let it air dry over night and paint it. I will add the lemons and use glaze on the leaves to make them shiny and more life-like.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeHgNgcqvfh2mKOugQJb9O5KSJnur_lmirQ8C0u57TlT2NjRUYuG0B3yeBtBK0AOXkvYDL-3jDkbYCOtjX6YqQLujIguFfSigwbn3cB0P3FYGtNNzEvsZ8OvRhF19mFgaS5-hAnZPswnpkMDLSsuMfGn13ayMS9cniRNELTca9ifOPFxp-QQemwqRwjjJ/s1280/IMG_8392.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeHgNgcqvfh2mKOugQJb9O5KSJnur_lmirQ8C0u57TlT2NjRUYuG0B3yeBtBK0AOXkvYDL-3jDkbYCOtjX6YqQLujIguFfSigwbn3cB0P3FYGtNNzEvsZ8OvRhF19mFgaS5-hAnZPswnpkMDLSsuMfGn13ayMS9cniRNELTca9ifOPFxp-QQemwqRwjjJ/w480-h640/IMG_8392.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm so glad that you dropped by. Share your thoughts. I'd like to know what you are thinking. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-34138003252919914982023-10-02T07:42:00.003-07:002023-10-02T08:01:14.634-07:00Plan C 😩 <p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sometimes it is hard to know exactly where to begin. Like when I decide to head to the basement to entertain myself or avoid house hold chores. I've got a few projects going, but for some reason this week I began a new one, making a lemon tree. I want one for the greenhouse. I've searched the online shops, but couldn't find what I had in mind, so I decided to make one--oh what a project. It's not done yet, so here is the start of the project.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">To begin, I sought a tutorial on how to build a tree; not an easy undertaking. I found a solid tutorial online--one that I had to buy, but I think it was worth it because I will learn so much. Here's the link to the very long process of structuring a tree, along with other instructions on how to make a polymer clay pot for the tree and lemons.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Disclaimer: Please note that I am not promoting any sales for this website; I just need to be open and honest about the information that I share--or as in this case, don't share. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://honeythistle.com/pdf-tutorials/p/tiny-fruiting-citrus-tree-tutorial" target="_blank">Link to tutorial: Honey Thistle: Tiny Fruiting Citrus Tree Tutorial</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's simply a matter of artistic ethics to give credit where credit is due and not to use or claim as my own material any ideas that I have borrowed from another artist, so I always document my sources where I learn new ideas.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I have to add that this lesson has taught me how to build miniature trees, so it was worth the few dollars. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Making lemons for the tree really isn't that difficult, even for beginners. I still consider myself a novice at using polymer clay. I generally use Fimo, but I have this Sculpey in my cache that I really like because it is so soft and supple, which makes it easier to work with. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After conditioning the clay by working a small amount in your hands to loosen it and warm it, make a rope about 1/4" thick and long enough to cut more than a dozen lemons.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKgBv1AASQa9S5A-4lPUAQdb_W-CKeypGCTRQ5tysNiKpJbAMm3uOCfu4DTutbPxfAfUyZNr81Zy_9wNgaCll1NtQlliDL_xMhIRm2jHSxvzYmN7J3mjrHv-ZhKvBFHf1BA7h2rStdNpT6lEMLah5VituHt_cI2yBIA3BLKmTqGRze9zDrLFh3WDyBDdY/s1280/IMG_8253.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKgBv1AASQa9S5A-4lPUAQdb_W-CKeypGCTRQ5tysNiKpJbAMm3uOCfu4DTutbPxfAfUyZNr81Zy_9wNgaCll1NtQlliDL_xMhIRm2jHSxvzYmN7J3mjrHv-ZhKvBFHf1BA7h2rStdNpT6lEMLah5VituHt_cI2yBIA3BLKmTqGRze9zDrLFh3WDyBDdY/w480-h640/IMG_8253.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Use a ruler to help cut even sized 1/4" pieces.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQg28S7JeBWrEaJjs5RrgF-r9Btnqksxp-HoPyyrPe1DjyKrK-waCLWdCv96TLpsRzFe-ceVpBcxoAxGkQrCk-4kykDoNcJ11ffGP4N4ypiboOT-vI8x5PLAWIySERXmGUsPgu2vGDJZIoS-SyJHDsB1FepU_Pv8kt5v6q-sO9BvLAdRpuqKxgt-233BBl/s1280/IMG_8251.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQg28S7JeBWrEaJjs5RrgF-r9Btnqksxp-HoPyyrPe1DjyKrK-waCLWdCv96TLpsRzFe-ceVpBcxoAxGkQrCk-4kykDoNcJ11ffGP4N4ypiboOT-vI8x5PLAWIySERXmGUsPgu2vGDJZIoS-SyJHDsB1FepU_Pv8kt5v6q-sO9BvLAdRpuqKxgt-233BBl/w480-h640/IMG_8251.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The best way to figure out how to shape a lemon, look at one and try to replicate it. First roll an oblong ball then pinch the end to get that pointed lemon end. Flatten the other end where the stem will attach.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9-MPy9SI0J9ui0voKIqWvQO1gWCaMuvI5MtXWYrA4fxrz7B_4MTn253-_PZxdnbF2SKs90oVaU1082Ozzga7lXbsYoShnwoE_oqvwt_Bhyphenhyphenmhuj18Bw0xCRgy2l0F4FAvtnfsTedu-anOXDoCR_ubxmi-rYEMhNkqabdbntK-srVpHxfux7m3zil6EgtO/s1280/IMG_8252.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9-MPy9SI0J9ui0voKIqWvQO1gWCaMuvI5MtXWYrA4fxrz7B_4MTn253-_PZxdnbF2SKs90oVaU1082Ozzga7lXbsYoShnwoE_oqvwt_Bhyphenhyphenmhuj18Bw0xCRgy2l0F4FAvtnfsTedu-anOXDoCR_ubxmi-rYEMhNkqabdbntK-srVpHxfux7m3zil6EgtO/w640-h480/IMG_8252.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I really can't explain; you just have to do it. Not all of your lemons will be uniform, but they aren't all uniform on the tree either. We just think they are since the grocer always puts out the most perfect fruits. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQh_a_3BnWxGUUnTxxHPGQiW2TCvYwOkbzUYNO1E0EKF2wohKBaEOfsa2tLGvFWt63zDaV5JdjWIu0Uc9uehBVg4SDmmMdae5edAX-_Izd4DbBURRHTcOKrTomPybhZiIRx7XyR0Xj_1w-cQr6WxZLGxgb-Q5HI2X-l2I1WqN_ARiswsJvV4pBkfH9_ls4/s1280/IMG_8256.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQh_a_3BnWxGUUnTxxHPGQiW2TCvYwOkbzUYNO1E0EKF2wohKBaEOfsa2tLGvFWt63zDaV5JdjWIu0Uc9uehBVg4SDmmMdae5edAX-_Izd4DbBURRHTcOKrTomPybhZiIRx7XyR0Xj_1w-cQr6WxZLGxgb-Q5HI2X-l2I1WqN_ARiswsJvV4pBkfH9_ls4/w480-h640/IMG_8256.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">None of my lemons are the same; I'm fine with that.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_CLEW1tA_RShGOHMpFu2cl_h9FaLPYaXFoXpvh8f9KYImRkOoxpCcycUDX5iOfYWS7rP3-275STm1DNcLshyixlyVHfCslcDodgoDm12WsJWH6KlT4eonsFX8eC_Gje7naEcPJkMuIR-BWQVPxDRbpP0RV1w_Y1Q2AjyHGayWkK45hfjIU-ZHGCDIPPB/s1280/IMG_8245.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_CLEW1tA_RShGOHMpFu2cl_h9FaLPYaXFoXpvh8f9KYImRkOoxpCcycUDX5iOfYWS7rP3-275STm1DNcLshyixlyVHfCslcDodgoDm12WsJWH6KlT4eonsFX8eC_Gje7naEcPJkMuIR-BWQVPxDRbpP0RV1w_Y1Q2AjyHGayWkK45hfjIU-ZHGCDIPPB/w640-h480/IMG_8245.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The easiest way to color polymer clay is to use pastels, or chalk. I scrape a bit of pastel dust on to my ceramic tile then use a small paint brush to color the already yellow lemon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7vsji0H6o7o_SlkIe7jt-n-fD_vVCyseCn2BRB6TU444yXHXK5RHDq4b82vrRAycqY5bGQztgRw0hyOc7I9fFmufAgAKuT5VEfcy0quTojRwAIBfDhB-xhWNCM6AOs0ZPn8WBCwztJ5o5WVuHBu-2uhvToQdotVPvi9yPehm-y617_Yf97FOWTxItSIY/s1280/IMG_8254.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7vsji0H6o7o_SlkIe7jt-n-fD_vVCyseCn2BRB6TU444yXHXK5RHDq4b82vrRAycqY5bGQztgRw0hyOc7I9fFmufAgAKuT5VEfcy0quTojRwAIBfDhB-xhWNCM6AOs0ZPn8WBCwztJ5o5WVuHBu-2uhvToQdotVPvi9yPehm-y617_Yf97FOWTxItSIY/w480-h640/IMG_8254.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I like to mix colors to create different shades that might represent the ripening process of the lemons. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I just sort of experiment. I don't think that there really is a correct way. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I've also watched a lot of Youtube tutorials on making fruit. The one step I've left out is texturing the tiny fruit--not good at it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7WFGi7-6HxF4OAKmI8v5Pn9AuCkzhSiSZKJLIX34xvFTEXqy5CC5bKQ2QnjlCvyaUe76-UEGJ42wjeUBQrmUzvoDz8tU_g4njDEodTHdEL1edHiVn9koqJRU39E684m7UE-jOA9-MfwTM0pGJiociuh888s-ch49cT6hyh0bXjqgVwg4rB4IYjJjlQol/s1280/IMG_8257.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7WFGi7-6HxF4OAKmI8v5Pn9AuCkzhSiSZKJLIX34xvFTEXqy5CC5bKQ2QnjlCvyaUe76-UEGJ42wjeUBQrmUzvoDz8tU_g4njDEodTHdEL1edHiVn9koqJRU39E684m7UE-jOA9-MfwTM0pGJiociuh888s-ch49cT6hyh0bXjqgVwg4rB4IYjJjlQol/w480-h640/IMG_8257.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTW3tkDVDo8BOXRb3B-NzdiOTA1HC-TMSBFUN2YLA74jGr0Zdw-bp3FjLidkA0CJ_qDrdJSaA1xhb9-0gfGMemcHLaOi1AZ6zmK3VikwB2cmu6pzVnzPkBPoJSJ7rcu4P-fOaqnhno1Vp4l_CDexgWW5R1H4C2rCn-AQl-Vs4kRGokpv2OPLaW4azThUM/s1280/IMG_8247.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1280" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTW3tkDVDo8BOXRb3B-NzdiOTA1HC-TMSBFUN2YLA74jGr0Zdw-bp3FjLidkA0CJ_qDrdJSaA1xhb9-0gfGMemcHLaOi1AZ6zmK3VikwB2cmu6pzVnzPkBPoJSJ7rcu4P-fOaqnhno1Vp4l_CDexgWW5R1H4C2rCn-AQl-Vs4kRGokpv2OPLaW4azThUM/w640-h624/IMG_8247.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpdfrctfxCc9WrbhHVD4oExkwMn-Wc6kHcCzmgTEJ3RjaHnb6f4bQvh1JQTZ_QygrtrTh8qIHR-MQZxf0Hk2SJBuaVdl4P6pIBFmuDDo6HiB2NmvfJ5xAg0bdF3qbmY5ZJI93DAoo6Y5f4nNeBCBqAdvB7nPWNaZNUscBMpQ28wTVyKtqtCpaxu-UOIKw/s1280/IMG_8259.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpdfrctfxCc9WrbhHVD4oExkwMn-Wc6kHcCzmgTEJ3RjaHnb6f4bQvh1JQTZ_QygrtrTh8qIHR-MQZxf0Hk2SJBuaVdl4P6pIBFmuDDo6HiB2NmvfJ5xAg0bdF3qbmY5ZJI93DAoo6Y5f4nNeBCBqAdvB7nPWNaZNUscBMpQ28wTVyKtqtCpaxu-UOIKw/w480-h640/IMG_8259.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My tree will have plenty of lemons. The tutorial artist makes note that limes are smaller. Here I wanted lemons in a variety of ripening stages. I probably won't use all of them, so I'll have some left for lemonade.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDVMxSQWGUwsIkLVOE0sdVRrfvxASQzgF7g3zbrn8n3qqtN-muJ5oF3XwQ6CDuFWWZwVipXVCbBJlw8rTcrvH-NrKSU__bVQrHu4nrDud-6x17Vlzrz0PNjkMhcNVimBEuMIcU7pSbRsmRVuxl1R5Zs80rv7Ir3mXxonKAlPho1erM3hY7fFstlNz5EWN/s1280/IMG_8246.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1257" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDVMxSQWGUwsIkLVOE0sdVRrfvxASQzgF7g3zbrn8n3qqtN-muJ5oF3XwQ6CDuFWWZwVipXVCbBJlw8rTcrvH-NrKSU__bVQrHu4nrDud-6x17Vlzrz0PNjkMhcNVimBEuMIcU7pSbRsmRVuxl1R5Zs80rv7Ir3mXxonKAlPho1erM3hY7fFstlNz5EWN/w628-h640/IMG_8246.jpeg" width="628" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Baking the lemons completes the process. I baked theses for 15 minutes at 275 F. in my kitchen oven. The package says 30 minutes for 1/4" thickness, but these are so small I didn't want to over bake them. Always check package directions for baking.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fumes and other concerns when using polymer clay: A while back when I first began working with polymer clay, I was concerned about it toxicity. I was working at my kitchen table and worried that the dog might eat some scraps that I might drop on the floor and worried about cooking fumes in the over.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Good news. Polymer clay is not toxic, though I still don't want the dog to eat it. The fumes, while noticeable, are like food cooking fumes, they dissipate and are harmless. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I will finish the lemons by giving them a glaze coat using Fimo glaze.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz6g-Zxc8FogQz4FknYGCun-lQsJIbS6IPjrxZQfj2RC-KioArW4xTIc5JI1EiNHykvO0MqtJuVRxO2vosafHChkMwAfKzC2tYqmP4AuIbiNp53V8gm7CRu0y7MdF_OjBu7-bFYSwnMrXS_ExnuMkk4o_vZemhObiuMcI2YRMUbnwQIE92H3jAK528Dro/s1280/IMG_8286%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz6g-Zxc8FogQz4FknYGCun-lQsJIbS6IPjrxZQfj2RC-KioArW4xTIc5JI1EiNHykvO0MqtJuVRxO2vosafHChkMwAfKzC2tYqmP4AuIbiNp53V8gm7CRu0y7MdF_OjBu7-bFYSwnMrXS_ExnuMkk4o_vZemhObiuMcI2YRMUbnwQIE92H3jAK528Dro/w480-h640/IMG_8286%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Next, I began the actually tree, following the tutorial by cutting the branches varying lengths. The instructions show how to cut the required 140 leaves, but I used my punch instead. These leaves will be a bit larger than what the tutorial created, but I had a hard time hand cutting suitable leaves. This is a lengthy process that I'm still working on. Once the branches are cut, I shape the leaves and glue them on the stems, according to the tutorial instructions. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuVkyrnjZZPbFaf-W9w8_dRK8TLj8N7SIJvws5rld5GetG32sO9Fwnxvfux2mbhSR8s96YdHOTDSXotVqWKBC5SIumVdSTsiLhX1esV8YpqXpFb8iCXZ2tND4ZnTL_eWEppxAMbYN7DX-1EcSszwd-SaFMM0YbkRq20sCjmCImiXCICsApGdrsSDpeipW/s1280/IMG_8250.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1182" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuVkyrnjZZPbFaf-W9w8_dRK8TLj8N7SIJvws5rld5GetG32sO9Fwnxvfux2mbhSR8s96YdHOTDSXotVqWKBC5SIumVdSTsiLhX1esV8YpqXpFb8iCXZ2tND4ZnTL_eWEppxAMbYN7DX-1EcSszwd-SaFMM0YbkRq20sCjmCImiXCICsApGdrsSDpeipW/w592-h640/IMG_8250.jpeg" width="592" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hopefully I'll have the tree completed for the next post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plan C</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Certainly this is a "Woe With Me" moment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The roof for this house will the bane of me yet. I worked to get the two main sections shingled and they looked okay, but when I did the left peak, that large acute triangle was just too difficult; it did not turn out the way I wanted it. End of story. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I set about removing the first few rows of shingles that I had hot glued direct to the roof, using </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">my old</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cricut spatula. It easily slid under the shingles because it is a very thin blade and popped off some shingles, but left the hot glue in place. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9xSlq8Beb429-oKDWXypyIRX66i_QywbaiytKEoxcaJ5RGomdXXFFSNdGTIu1EcTDLN6XCX3L2BYAcIZthRZNQbNHKytcfycL0hyphenhyphenPNsfkbZZLg51WzxWhwxzr6wL4vXStVgwtY5YmtkoCCdoM9-Mu5ZSkH1K8NhDgJbDpLJy49A6Gsi-BtNH6um-svD5/s1280/IMG_8270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9xSlq8Beb429-oKDWXypyIRX66i_QywbaiytKEoxcaJ5RGomdXXFFSNdGTIu1EcTDLN6XCX3L2BYAcIZthRZNQbNHKytcfycL0hyphenhyphenPNsfkbZZLg51WzxWhwxzr6wL4vXStVgwtY5YmtkoCCdoM9-Mu5ZSkH1K8NhDgJbDpLJy49A6Gsi-BtNH6um-svD5/w480-h640/IMG_8270.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTC7ny35-2_k1UM42KVl2FNFegQ1hioyXoPiwd_EmxlHQd_xlQafSSi1tKTDP11HVdS8Q8DmzFnuG7myjBcQE1DewhJCI0NSDek3iU5a33YkUGQtrHl-rXMPLqcQ0b2me6s7InXKxUZtSahl8-75JyQKr5KYltjhqOicA2odcDml9e-tN7WJ2ALE7gDKy/s1280/IMG_8269.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTC7ny35-2_k1UM42KVl2FNFegQ1hioyXoPiwd_EmxlHQd_xlQafSSi1tKTDP11HVdS8Q8DmzFnuG7myjBcQE1DewhJCI0NSDek3iU5a33YkUGQtrHl-rXMPLqcQ0b2me6s7InXKxUZtSahl8-75JyQKr5KYltjhqOicA2odcDml9e-tN7WJ2ALE7gDKy/w480-h640/IMG_8269.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A quick google search solved that problem. Using a soft cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol, I dapped the glue globs to soften them and eventually they peeled right off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aftM_3QH28jwZjxmiR45cj_1ctw5k9UT4r_ROZrfbkAMEM27uMub6w7c4hfjWfGYjdCTBTbsTAxF-IpvOr-xZas9S4uJWnCg67454ZcSmalhLuxfe5EafN2XqovMVkCgZ5SEsUFrQFOKJqrQoYaAC8KsYxjYmKiBB3m8-eOie5GE1RCxBuwP1ghCPCwV/s1280/IMG_8273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aftM_3QH28jwZjxmiR45cj_1ctw5k9UT4r_ROZrfbkAMEM27uMub6w7c4hfjWfGYjdCTBTbsTAxF-IpvOr-xZas9S4uJWnCg67454ZcSmalhLuxfe5EafN2XqovMVkCgZ5SEsUFrQFOKJqrQoYaAC8KsYxjYmKiBB3m8-eOie5GE1RCxBuwP1ghCPCwV/w480-h640/IMG_8273.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnx39y2p8RTvmFbQ3mIvPRaGgE_K755pEG2VPhJC5MY8UVBm52glN9wj8uaPvczVNAw8RzODr96aQbHop-xJXv-w8APtJCJUMkfIZ2fGEuFIp19YJCLDkAcTE_teDTS2FKGdsp6enYmESfEeixKhvV6OpULLu3NCx6H0pusmU5QeIlT04vimqX5nvKMQVy/s1280/IMG_8274.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnx39y2p8RTvmFbQ3mIvPRaGgE_K755pEG2VPhJC5MY8UVBm52glN9wj8uaPvczVNAw8RzODr96aQbHop-xJXv-w8APtJCJUMkfIZ2fGEuFIp19YJCLDkAcTE_teDTS2FKGdsp6enYmESfEeixKhvV6OpULLu3NCx6H0pusmU5QeIlT04vimqX5nvKMQVy/w480-h640/IMG_8274.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Plan A: faux tin roof: fail; Plan B: wood shingles, a bigger fiasco; now Plan C: Green Leaf speed shingles ordered and on their way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, yes </span>😩</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These last couple of days I've been working on the the landscaping for this house. I have great plans for the Texas Farmhouse for a vegetable garden, but I just never sat down to plan it, so I decided to work on this one. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I've had this initial drawing in place for sometime: a generously wide flower bed that would require a good many plants.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG5MjEkW7IzwwjHGozddvijlLosjdNE78H7UIgQaAHhC0h2JYF6nf_DJ3k7DlOOab3HNYfMmZ2UwbSujhznsIXbkUQPMQpDn3qiErQndW3UMdSelI5HPqgOvdK2DBb40jlBJ4NFjfTgb6KUIf6S9PP1heOYDoE7WtcGBoVKMQTNvFL1PNaWbo04TlL85c/s1280/IMG_8275.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG5MjEkW7IzwwjHGozddvijlLosjdNE78H7UIgQaAHhC0h2JYF6nf_DJ3k7DlOOab3HNYfMmZ2UwbSujhznsIXbkUQPMQpDn3qiErQndW3UMdSelI5HPqgOvdK2DBb40jlBJ4NFjfTgb6KUIf6S9PP1heOYDoE7WtcGBoVKMQTNvFL1PNaWbo04TlL85c/w640-h480/IMG_8275.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You by now should now how fond I am of making templates, so using 8.5x11 card stock I fashioned "grass."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-9j_zHqpxd8wvRkEIzNKwDdWXtCVMgtfiMPAjGgqYHerkT46VwJRUuyTMOGtCJ4HbE6rrpnFyKT0UcAGim9azxoXsIKfGq7jk7O5pk7_sGI_kdQ7jqkDTqxbTF7lS2hZbx036N_-ibVvWxSx5moWTUGLFLhuKuXRMwpCqer65TDxodsB8ZpVAtwNfgWz/s1280/IMG_8282.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-9j_zHqpxd8wvRkEIzNKwDdWXtCVMgtfiMPAjGgqYHerkT46VwJRUuyTMOGtCJ4HbE6rrpnFyKT0UcAGim9azxoXsIKfGq7jk7O5pk7_sGI_kdQ7jqkDTqxbTF7lS2hZbx036N_-ibVvWxSx5moWTUGLFLhuKuXRMwpCqer65TDxodsB8ZpVAtwNfgWz/w640-h480/IMG_8282.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I even added my tree that I've been pondering a long time, but thanks to the lemon tree tutorial, I now know how I'll finish this tree, a flowering crab perhaps. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HhSAyS-0s_CAZBOBpBOOOTuHPGW3Jb6BwWTeZI-wyFG-TXehW7xW8UxyTZJiNI7VeGIVkTPE7xUkGVTGolbKR2QBGP9jEzLcmMWoVIQQfQ5c0ZJeBvFIpmWCbshybkSFWwhgh-H4jgKmQT4zi5z-FMXGL3ORKAuULJZZ7Qf5EQr1b67vJdfLexDCXRuw/s1280/IMG_8283.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HhSAyS-0s_CAZBOBpBOOOTuHPGW3Jb6BwWTeZI-wyFG-TXehW7xW8UxyTZJiNI7VeGIVkTPE7xUkGVTGolbKR2QBGP9jEzLcmMWoVIQQfQ5c0ZJeBvFIpmWCbshybkSFWwhgh-H4jgKmQT4zi5z-FMXGL3ORKAuULJZZ7Qf5EQr1b67vJdfLexDCXRuw/w480-h640/IMG_8283.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The more I studied the outline of the garden bed, I realized that it was far too spacious and decided to resize it. I like the narrower bed much better. It's now 1.5" wide, or 18" in real life.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix07m4NzCB8rGKAYdkT0lCIWwZvg2spQ8vcCOmekoBLrRGY2Wf7fMCFrM5m92YEZGO2Q25jUCRGOAnIRdcmunO1H8rYdLVIU68qdBteM4C5zdPgR-QZ_9ejMuMnHNVNs9WZgqTbc52NTjWwb5nMsP1JK7br4tos7J_Jff0pJcPCEGWYQBcL3uoF5CqbbW4/s1280/IMG_8298.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix07m4NzCB8rGKAYdkT0lCIWwZvg2spQ8vcCOmekoBLrRGY2Wf7fMCFrM5m92YEZGO2Q25jUCRGOAnIRdcmunO1H8rYdLVIU68qdBteM4C5zdPgR-QZ_9ejMuMnHNVNs9WZgqTbc52NTjWwb5nMsP1JK7br4tos7J_Jff0pJcPCEGWYQBcL3uoF5CqbbW4/w640-h480/IMG_8298.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Let me back up here for a moment: The house sits on a nice 1/2" thick pine board that we purchase at Lowe's Home Improvement center that was 5ft. x 24.in. Gerald cut off some of the excess length to make 48.5 in x 24.5 in. I don't want to attach the garden directly to base incase the house should be moved </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(well it will be moved some day)</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. So the garden will grow on a piece of 1/4"</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">thick foam board that will sit in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here you can see the difference between the two designs. I laid the original garden template over the "grass" to show how much I reduced the size of the bed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWAYwFplNjM0JGTVB12GmQu3X08quZ21H1vGt03gehJwZQg1aSRx05zn9Et9Q4JGvdwJLq7VRpYuEomw64Tq8ew_46atbsVQ-oi4wE05YndJ8ePFxXmB9lstkb4uqYUdR3dQq85FGP8vsqEBeGNE9bt_MBF_X7CIteqHGXrXgTr_X1KFajcNdTZjyikYd/s1280/IMG_8296.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWAYwFplNjM0JGTVB12GmQu3X08quZ21H1vGt03gehJwZQg1aSRx05zn9Et9Q4JGvdwJLq7VRpYuEomw64Tq8ew_46atbsVQ-oi4wE05YndJ8ePFxXmB9lstkb4uqYUdR3dQq85FGP8vsqEBeGNE9bt_MBF_X7CIteqHGXrXgTr_X1KFajcNdTZjyikYd/w640-h480/IMG_8296.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckkvwDZm1ipOOUpLMy3q0LRJ8Rwf7E232GGN2oMbFxSad2WvgzgHqkOFLBxY37FUfUdEAGyNhwaxEubJSS-5LHoVs2qP0SmvXJ-m5OPS7xQQ0FyUXxDlcXPHVe9sWqbjZeEZnOwcUrQ_9vhH2ABhAzjle9OMACcGjV9RYzF8sDnxHJjEVeHOS9So1sFUh/s1280/IMG_8295.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckkvwDZm1ipOOUpLMy3q0LRJ8Rwf7E232GGN2oMbFxSad2WvgzgHqkOFLBxY37FUfUdEAGyNhwaxEubJSS-5LHoVs2qP0SmvXJ-m5OPS7xQQ0FyUXxDlcXPHVe9sWqbjZeEZnOwcUrQ_9vhH2ABhAzjle9OMACcGjV9RYzF8sDnxHJjEVeHOS9So1sFUh/w640-h480/IMG_8295.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, what to use for grass? I did some research to see what others use, and it varies. One post on a Facebook group uses this "grass," so I thought I'd try it. It's Walmart's Holiday decoration grass. It comes in a 6"x20"roll with a very stiff plastic backing. I tried a hot iron with a towel over the top of the plastic to see if I could get it to flatten out. No.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxpU_PFTBzHiROhcuovGdHAcOzpPXh8mIC-Iu0so6Ob4Nwb043iXXgJ1BgcmqpxXqGXMNNWIdwAZqXvzylKG939RR3BKw_t8zn6B6jP0IEt2FgTdzfnL70oIEm9s41JZBRuYzHYfMQWdg5gugXiMDgW8bMVapHwcqe4GNWrEnzBKSvODJKthjEMJyAZj-/s1280/IMG_8288.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1280" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxpU_PFTBzHiROhcuovGdHAcOzpPXh8mIC-Iu0so6Ob4Nwb043iXXgJ1BgcmqpxXqGXMNNWIdwAZqXvzylKG939RR3BKw_t8zn6B6jP0IEt2FgTdzfnL70oIEm9s41JZBRuYzHYfMQWdg5gugXiMDgW8bMVapHwcqe4GNWrEnzBKSvODJKthjEMJyAZj-/w640-h328/IMG_8288.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And it sheds. Definitely no.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Dm3P2mu_0jkGczfHgahF3bwsgXTOM58raLKON2qNmPqbT8wkNxZ6DK3GI2whyp0uPEhHvwvn-sycwQBdAztSj8J6JxP5c_XK98g2A48kHCsTSfpxWHgvg5exMBPZDvDtTiDasJsTukjD49cSPma9_K9F3UnrOiN8XVRDfpvg7SkTsEKz2rQFVeOeYEgy/s1280/IMG_8290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Dm3P2mu_0jkGczfHgahF3bwsgXTOM58raLKON2qNmPqbT8wkNxZ6DK3GI2whyp0uPEhHvwvn-sycwQBdAztSj8J6JxP5c_XK98g2A48kHCsTSfpxWHgvg5exMBPZDvDtTiDasJsTukjD49cSPma9_K9F3UnrOiN8XVRDfpvg7SkTsEKz2rQFVeOeYEgy/w480-h640/IMG_8290.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">While it's not lush and grassy looking, I'll be using this faux grass that I purchased at Michael's--at least until I find something more suitable. It lays flat and will cut nicely. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILNWCeZlkoaXiJCt67fuz82tUuUjnc9MFcpz915-7b-cRD04CJrk4zwYL1S1pvXNchbXvGT97uOdCnyWTmLoJw3cg34KfHjyqp9NL0K1Bv3QelffbwzY-0XjyB1cYO35M3uaoJdDEgzevFJCnbFY9MRGx-2ZtdB0DLHYQhZrdSR3lXGV1vpflyFCvWpjG/s1280/IMG_8281.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILNWCeZlkoaXiJCt67fuz82tUuUjnc9MFcpz915-7b-cRD04CJrk4zwYL1S1pvXNchbXvGT97uOdCnyWTmLoJw3cg34KfHjyqp9NL0K1Bv3QelffbwzY-0XjyB1cYO35M3uaoJdDEgzevFJCnbFY9MRGx-2ZtdB0DLHYQhZrdSR3lXGV1vpflyFCvWpjG/w640-h480/IMG_8281.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So. How many plans do you have to complete difficult projects? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What would you use for grass?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Stay tuned for the next installment, hopefully a completed lemon tree.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-60294865379659076712023-09-18T19:18:00.002-07:002023-09-18T19:18:24.978-07:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> I missed last week's post; just too many things to do. Last week-end I attended the <a href="https://www.dmmdt.org" target="_blank">Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys</a> annual miniature show. It's a four day event with classes and speakers and great mini activities, but because my DAR meeting is always the same Saturday as the show, I have no choice but to drive down on Sunday.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Heather was supposed to meet there, but then realized that it was the Denver Broncos/Raiders opener at Mile High and we know where her priorities were that day! Really, Heather?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So Hubby drove me down and while I shopped minis, he spent his time at Cabela's (a hunting, fishing, camping outdoor store). We were both in happy spots. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I really didn't find a whole lot and some of my favorite suppliers wasn't there, like Dragon Fly International. I love their kits. One favorite had a table full of wonderful miniature, Dave's Miniatures. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My little stash doesn't seem like a lot, but they do add up. Last year I purchased a 1/48 (a quarter) scale house from Dave, so this year I purchased the furniture kits for the kitchen, bedroom, and dining room, and the bathroom that requires a path--much like the little house my dad moved his family to when I was about 3.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And a tiny basket, some really little birds, and sweet little gnome.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmisWO7cZkJRMWrDFQA5FjndIr33tvqs81FeowakE9WfkaIawI9U6blIcANL8rDsfZiO0gJutnhP0uIMMThBP0FWSGNKybzl3K7az2jbREJZtae8MofMnXEYD85sc682Cqy2HMuJ1G7-SVUl1yTsTAxJNGrP7CROipXUSW5Lql8xu2p-teWRFKTqw-5XF/s1280/IMG_8210.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmisWO7cZkJRMWrDFQA5FjndIr33tvqs81FeowakE9WfkaIawI9U6blIcANL8rDsfZiO0gJutnhP0uIMMThBP0FWSGNKybzl3K7az2jbREJZtae8MofMnXEYD85sc682Cqy2HMuJ1G7-SVUl1yTsTAxJNGrP7CROipXUSW5Lql8xu2p-teWRFKTqw-5XF/w480-h640/IMG_8210.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The little house isn't quite finished yet, but it's a cute project and available on Dave Etsy Store. He also makes his own furniture kits. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiN7VvUqf5iwgO1zoAsEQwLNMV7n2UimQbALcupZi07TePZx0yBgQlEvyaNnbYF9DLcuzS_HmLqTK7WTALma9soHBBpYkS2PqkKTCeFqvlvCPE_Y0gsCgx_tR8D76cGdnhK0J5lhJAwBjbeRUL-8s4Ctwtp8HjMxc8cZXpJr1dYABNACHEHG9GGUcIDvt5/s1280/IMG_8244.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiN7VvUqf5iwgO1zoAsEQwLNMV7n2UimQbALcupZi07TePZx0yBgQlEvyaNnbYF9DLcuzS_HmLqTK7WTALma9soHBBpYkS2PqkKTCeFqvlvCPE_Y0gsCgx_tR8D76cGdnhK0J5lhJAwBjbeRUL-8s4Ctwtp8HjMxc8cZXpJr1dYABNACHEHG9GGUcIDvt5/w480-h640/IMG_8244.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Val from San Diego has the most amazing birds that are so, so tiny. I have a bird feeder that they fit on perfectly. The robins with their worms will go in the front yard of the Manchester. While we don't have cardinals here, we do have the red winged black bird which actually is pond bird, but have found its way to our bird feeders and the little gold finch are plentiful at our feeder too. Have yet to see a gnome of any sort in the garden, but he'll be a cute addition to the Manchester garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOSt9ilXVDbYbFrxYWEWdw65hBkwdHPAeLbcwJidyCV6Oe3_ZoFgjxzb2E9BDQXkn0piWtzsw7_Ugdf5ZS8maL52HzMms8jXSf-fONoHOrjWrebvbLJ2xVWzYI0cJZska2Y27qdpql7-oXXOD0wQEbVNz8OLl8r8UtCQzXfiCyY2EfyfEgvgDHxsroOU8/s1280/IMG_8231.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOSt9ilXVDbYbFrxYWEWdw65hBkwdHPAeLbcwJidyCV6Oe3_ZoFgjxzb2E9BDQXkn0piWtzsw7_Ugdf5ZS8maL52HzMms8jXSf-fONoHOrjWrebvbLJ2xVWzYI0cJZska2Y27qdpql7-oXXOD0wQEbVNz8OLl8r8UtCQzXfiCyY2EfyfEgvgDHxsroOU8/w640-h480/IMG_8231.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I have great love for butterflies and spent a good amount of time this summer photographing them, so I had to have this little green house to go inside the one that I am building.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisL6N03PIRARSi95csAMhqYn4GRkdOKSMAmeaFj6sg5EU7BRf35PJIq2IUL9XttICmaTWyZIPBVaPhR5xeAmZzjpptuDU_eALfbiqDC37hS7NMDdaHiXgH7ocxjpbm8OjvcWb8A1T5sX-o91y5wH_D8Lo_caOkvyR9ngswljvr5r2UBvv0ReO-74A1LYnU/s1280/IMG_8224.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1044" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisL6N03PIRARSi95csAMhqYn4GRkdOKSMAmeaFj6sg5EU7BRf35PJIq2IUL9XttICmaTWyZIPBVaPhR5xeAmZzjpptuDU_eALfbiqDC37hS7NMDdaHiXgH7ocxjpbm8OjvcWb8A1T5sX-o91y5wH_D8Lo_caOkvyR9ngswljvr5r2UBvv0ReO-74A1LYnU/w522-h640/IMG_8224.jpeg" width="522" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So that's what I came home with. It was rather nice to wander around alone. I did have a nice visit with a new person who had his trains with the room box displays. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He had a long story of how his train exhibit that had been at the Denver Union Station had been "kicked" out of the space when the city remodeled the station. He had a week to remove the display, HO size, I believe, but could only get part of it. He had what he was able to save in a trailer which was stolen. I remember seeing that sad story on the news. They never recovered the vintage train display. His current trains, though, will have a new home at the Denver Doll, Miniature, and Toy Museum--a happy ending to that story. There are always such lovely people at the miniature show and beautiful items to shop for.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The greenhouse is nearly finished. I'm still trying to figure out how to light the structure--maybe I won't. Nothing is glued in place yet, not even the front and back walls or the roof. I'm still playing around with arranging what will on the wall.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHhnczk_y_LODCRjnt5OM_GwXYm6EZs7_DfEWSWw_EMHJMINSBf4fvik_MXXKmZv8gsdExK6olyRWsFXOJruZZRewmgxZsoEJUxVS_kfo1vk4K9clPPD-e9HzGgMYdzowms_DpV8kjWvtd-rg-Brw2NFyobXammNRFxxgWL0mz4NaSofFjMbno2TkLD0R/s1280/IMG_8212.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHhnczk_y_LODCRjnt5OM_GwXYm6EZs7_DfEWSWw_EMHJMINSBf4fvik_MXXKmZv8gsdExK6olyRWsFXOJruZZRewmgxZsoEJUxVS_kfo1vk4K9clPPD-e9HzGgMYdzowms_DpV8kjWvtd-rg-Brw2NFyobXammNRFxxgWL0mz4NaSofFjMbno2TkLD0R/w640-h480/IMG_8212.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I really want a lemon tree for the green house, but borrowed the orange tree from the Mid Century Modern plant room. I may have hone my polymer clay skills and try to make a lemon tree. The Butterfly habitat takes up a lot of room. I'm wondering if I'll leave it there on the workbench. The violets are loving their new home. With the doors closed the green house will be quite humid, which the plants will love.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXzqOQhtlEVlU_x_7OQlaVKkuNT7Sy2qOTtq7fAhyMUjD8QpKPxS9tozRztwqzOCtreSzFdLSW0b5kTBtJSN0TYd2xf-bopKC3qlSMgVFfHWPzY6U2y_nrsAkqO78yaKZZ_tTNxPDxdVKkc9blheYRpl0S9DaPPGO5lFMh1YCS5MiAK4srCvcqZ7MAzeM/s1280/IMG_8213.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXzqOQhtlEVlU_x_7OQlaVKkuNT7Sy2qOTtq7fAhyMUjD8QpKPxS9tozRztwqzOCtreSzFdLSW0b5kTBtJSN0TYd2xf-bopKC3qlSMgVFfHWPzY6U2y_nrsAkqO78yaKZZ_tTNxPDxdVKkc9blheYRpl0S9DaPPGO5lFMh1YCS5MiAK4srCvcqZ7MAzeM/w640-h480/IMG_8213.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFw4Ur6n-HX-Wy8ZQFNIbD5WcNc8veaMs3BZdnKVsCeXRKd7bx7TciQbtM84mXlDxjID4r-rzp-eVkuRpD6UFWp6io3BYO8T9ODKmvL0DRNuc702YzVgsOE3mldznNFrQJidG3j2YemC7CAmUwAwkm8L6MZhhNc2aHmI6tgP2cheyLUUFQp9Oxk2ukRMus/s1280/IMG_8214.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1280" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFw4Ur6n-HX-Wy8ZQFNIbD5WcNc8veaMs3BZdnKVsCeXRKd7bx7TciQbtM84mXlDxjID4r-rzp-eVkuRpD6UFWp6io3BYO8T9ODKmvL0DRNuc702YzVgsOE3mldznNFrQJidG3j2YemC7CAmUwAwkm8L6MZhhNc2aHmI6tgP2cheyLUUFQp9Oxk2ukRMus/w640-h542/IMG_8214.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Texas Farmhouse will have a large vegetable garden to go with the chicken coop, but this house will have an elegant front yard and posh greenhouse just for exotic plants.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Oz7pXo6RbtQ5Q-KlnQhHTHjKcDxSvqojv9hsHt4m5EgtKS2YYdKBzx0GQcN56Yp6-jZsOZgMBuSSmHDaSsTv20abaQcfptDNTbVqR50kSB57uKWZ3hFPoeBPpMKZF9PUgTNXBWe9VE-ejob-B2cUaFaOq6ksz2Jxg8A-jquhMaMc77hgzkbR9EyGCg3y/s1280/IMG_8215.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="738" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Oz7pXo6RbtQ5Q-KlnQhHTHjKcDxSvqojv9hsHt4m5EgtKS2YYdKBzx0GQcN56Yp6-jZsOZgMBuSSmHDaSsTv20abaQcfptDNTbVqR50kSB57uKWZ3hFPoeBPpMKZF9PUgTNXBWe9VE-ejob-B2cUaFaOq6ksz2Jxg8A-jquhMaMc77hgzkbR9EyGCg3y/w370-h640/IMG_8215.jpeg" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I told my ace gardener and horticulturalist that my palm fern was looking rather sick and she suggest the perhaps it needed some fertilized.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL77uPMg-HQPmDBBf1-PWsjTa6wwTBDqECVUNQGzpcEdfHCvZxZicAmngQ4FcAQdtl9xqMtZxqqadbWQIp98vIO6TMZbwGY515xecsfE-Qjjh308qCeaNTNre5_20AwxrT_1Ai3LfdznCZLLvEjUBvahZ7pZ929Cl9d0DDmYn9WmP7nOEOdtMAWayh-4h/s1280/IMG_8220.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL77uPMg-HQPmDBBf1-PWsjTa6wwTBDqECVUNQGzpcEdfHCvZxZicAmngQ4FcAQdtl9xqMtZxqqadbWQIp98vIO6TMZbwGY515xecsfE-Qjjh308qCeaNTNre5_20AwxrT_1Ai3LfdznCZLLvEjUBvahZ7pZ929Cl9d0DDmYn9WmP7nOEOdtMAWayh-4h/w480-h640/IMG_8220.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So I ordered some Miracle Grow and potting soils from an online store, hoping the perk up the palm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">(I also purchased a new shade of green acrylic paint to touch up the leaves.😁)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_-EXx5Uhs56-UtMRdZdRWCEy1iubY6az0LV4mEnlymTG0Wj6mTqde3-GnAODEy6oL1a_a8ZGNx61E0tky9qc6SEm-JuUXGfb6U9vE1qM7NMFYnRwosDUaTiNbtjIrmGEPdVOWjB6kOxO-SDEReoOfxC9qqLvhnLRMPjH8Fo5GNqXeHFWFM8wjYmnsmGA/s1280/IMG_8221.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_-EXx5Uhs56-UtMRdZdRWCEy1iubY6az0LV4mEnlymTG0Wj6mTqde3-GnAODEy6oL1a_a8ZGNx61E0tky9qc6SEm-JuUXGfb6U9vE1qM7NMFYnRwosDUaTiNbtjIrmGEPdVOWjB6kOxO-SDEReoOfxC9qqLvhnLRMPjH8Fo5GNqXeHFWFM8wjYmnsmGA/w480-h640/IMG_8221.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Green houses here are a real luxury and vulnerable to bad weather, especially hail, but think this mini one will do well in the basement. It is becoming one of my favorite projects.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNT7-tYqXojBdcgUBW3FSpsXQn5n9RUZkIXEvpWwort4KjS7LG-rsP-B63PoO9ptS3w0OrM_QBXPIblS5m00w5K3GfN0dToFi9bwAajLVuynsZgfSDknqSJK5z9PpDWwG3CqpQrb2JdZuhluFH_zIGImO3xg3-Q8SMUQAq6ZXdV3Drk_PUNOXz942YohWv/s1280/IMG_8223.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNT7-tYqXojBdcgUBW3FSpsXQn5n9RUZkIXEvpWwort4KjS7LG-rsP-B63PoO9ptS3w0OrM_QBXPIblS5m00w5K3GfN0dToFi9bwAajLVuynsZgfSDknqSJK5z9PpDWwG3CqpQrb2JdZuhluFH_zIGImO3xg3-Q8SMUQAq6ZXdV3Drk_PUNOXz942YohWv/w640-h480/IMG_8223.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks so much for dropping by. Leave note to just say "hi"; It's always nice hear from visitors.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-29822701210682455702023-09-05T05:43:00.001-07:002023-09-05T05:43:31.696-07:00The Great Cover Up<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Note: to increase the size of print, enlarge text, zoom out your screen by pressing command + on a Mac or CTRL + on a PC.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A roof is supposed to cover and protect the the top of the house, even a doll's house. The Manchester with its steep rooflines and sharp front peak has been particularly challenging.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> So where to start? Well, you know the back story if you have been following along. First came the inspiration to create a faux metal roof after seeing the beautiful roofs on Instagram that builders are creating, but this roof presented a huge problem with it's peaked front roof, making it nearly impossible to get a good looking design, so despite cutting up two packages plus some of 1/8"x 1/4" x 24" lumber and buying the dark gray paint, I decided to shingle the roof.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I have a large stash of shingles. Each kit comes with shingles. The Bellingham Farmhouse shingles went into a storage tub because I used Greenleaf speed shingles that come in a strip. Here's the tutorial for that project: <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/search?q=speed+shingles" target="_blank">Roofing</a>. They were easy to use, but now with summer humidity in the basement, they are buckle and warp, so while I could have purchased them for this house, I reminded myself of rule 1 for this build: use up my stash of stuff. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I began by marking my first 7/8" guide wide lines that should have been done before these roof pieces were assembled and then drawing a new line for each new row of shingles. Not very efficient. Please. Follow the instructions for your build. It's much easier to do the markings when pieces lay flat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">First I used tacky glue to adhere the first few shingles, but they wiggled and wobbled and wouldn't attach quickly , so I tried wood glue, no difference. I did a few then quit to let them set. But you can see the problem that I ran into: I missed the mark and went crooked--in part because I am short and don't have a good view of the guide lines from my vantage point.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9cdShwFVk8_VL6zP6LIg8L5iJquLQL0sEG4RInBcrwP40-cZ1Q6c3K4MTvs15Loe_WoW-T9nX_Qdow8IA9xwhcpJz0Fxlsw2NlujnrjJSpxJVcI4qL3fTMNLejky6ekN8CBd7LE72SM-Lnfb_1aTyxCz2fAZUUCbV5EjFaLG22HUoByLvN3qXA1yO8Uz/s3633/IMG_8116%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3633" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9cdShwFVk8_VL6zP6LIg8L5iJquLQL0sEG4RInBcrwP40-cZ1Q6c3K4MTvs15Loe_WoW-T9nX_Qdow8IA9xwhcpJz0Fxlsw2NlujnrjJSpxJVcI4qL3fTMNLejky6ekN8CBd7LE72SM-Lnfb_1aTyxCz2fAZUUCbV5EjFaLG22HUoByLvN3qXA1yO8Uz/w532-h640/IMG_8116%20(1).jpeg" width="532" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I felt like it was so far off that I had to come up with plan B to correct the error. By now I had switched to hot glue to adhere the shingles so removing them was not an option. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'm not a big fan of hot glue, but it sets quickly--sometimes too quickly--but holds the shingles firmly in place. Digging in my stash, I had ample Cricut brand 12x12 sheets of wood, perfect to use to make sub-roofing that I could add shingles to at my desk then glue the sub-roof in place. The I realized I had purchased the wood a long while ago because as I finally remembered, I had intended to glue the shingles onto a sub-roof from the beginning of the project! So here I am. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja35KtGYmXefJTDn-mxk98dtO7RBBcv1A1UoFyTU5qTcIb1QqGFlV5YYsVGyie0hohRhRpg0_xTLAGMEZ-OmDfr6z0JdpKpi02j5EcEyxfnrfLtrlnHqzVAGMJM194PMsAe2jbA4rftdmvaOnHbH5V7Kz0xL6mQWzSDlcMiteotNt3XpkWwLJx_7Yb_xCW/s2729/IMG_8118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2729" data-original-width="2504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja35KtGYmXefJTDn-mxk98dtO7RBBcv1A1UoFyTU5qTcIb1QqGFlV5YYsVGyie0hohRhRpg0_xTLAGMEZ-OmDfr6z0JdpKpi02j5EcEyxfnrfLtrlnHqzVAGMJM194PMsAe2jbA4rftdmvaOnHbH5V7Kz0xL6mQWzSDlcMiteotNt3XpkWwLJx_7Yb_xCW/w588-h640/IMG_8118.jpeg" width="588" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lesson: Don't drag out your projects so long that you forget the plan! I started this one in 2021 and once the house was assembled, I focused on building all the furniture and cabinetry and completing it room by room. With the next house I will finish the exterior before doing the interior. Pinky Swear. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I make paper templates of walls to cut wallpaper, floors to get an accurate floor plan to make sure my lines are even and corners square and that the piece is the exact shape necessary. With its steep pitch and tight angles, the Manchester roof requires precision and that's why I gave up what seemed to be a simpler design, the faux metal roof. But it wasn't simple at all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1vZeMjIHLNcvtWfHiPpYlNNSyTc9Dj267GIACtxxdbXM9UXjmf3o8UbJxBgfbETYXxT9KMGHZfSdE4nvOgQtpwgeOZ-ihhGcSovXaosym0ZGtz_7qpJs9evBsnWvIZDTz78mrF-AUwmpduaSN06FzxLEED3I_2VIljbzKxdyZ76Hdk1kCHIKxAffMQv2/s3555/IMG_8122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3555" data-original-width="2863" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1vZeMjIHLNcvtWfHiPpYlNNSyTc9Dj267GIACtxxdbXM9UXjmf3o8UbJxBgfbETYXxT9KMGHZfSdE4nvOgQtpwgeOZ-ihhGcSovXaosym0ZGtz_7qpJs9evBsnWvIZDTz78mrF-AUwmpduaSN06FzxLEED3I_2VIljbzKxdyZ76Hdk1kCHIKxAffMQv2/w516-h640/IMG_8122.jpeg" width="516" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Next I transfer my pattern to the wood. This is very thin veneer that cuts easily with scissors or an X-acto knife, but it is actually meant for the Cricut Maker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79ZxdkonbuHWGzXrzDOa-sZrYBRdvjbKgTJn7GTn2iOtG_cEpC5puiUh_OR_aD_R6at3EVzlfQpBC7vICD7yT-m1VGZGQ7mVTdZz_p-ApyFkvcZ1eplM0AY4pQVxdknUWGY5BRY4nzw2EkTDkJ4hnRBPnQrz2N-iMJ_JXUF3r_XS0ZDvp_Qem_R5NIujL/s3024/IMG_8119.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2802" data-original-width="3024" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79ZxdkonbuHWGzXrzDOa-sZrYBRdvjbKgTJn7GTn2iOtG_cEpC5puiUh_OR_aD_R6at3EVzlfQpBC7vICD7yT-m1VGZGQ7mVTdZz_p-ApyFkvcZ1eplM0AY4pQVxdknUWGY5BRY4nzw2EkTDkJ4hnRBPnQrz2N-iMJ_JXUF3r_XS0ZDvp_Qem_R5NIujL/w640-h594/IMG_8119.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEgi3MK0_-GQ-Mvdgl5T0_W32zGOnrZ4PtzysUbeeYRlAgr9eTBpU0eqRbUnkKdjKqhbRLWqOqilCeMjZ_xfPiVmJtWLeWxJtAdmvkLBtNb2p0eNljfwC7JRYr3hJ2tU0eWFQQ4g2MAVpGjeqRhzJDVQnrT-rfv4kLLYn0ZsS_CuPkqC-AmB3iWV0sAYVWD2/s3024/IMG_8117.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2769" data-original-width="3024" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3MK0_-GQ-Mvdgl5T0_W32zGOnrZ4PtzysUbeeYRlAgr9eTBpU0eqRbUnkKdjKqhbRLWqOqilCeMjZ_xfPiVmJtWLeWxJtAdmvkLBtNb2p0eNljfwC7JRYr3hJ2tU0eWFQQ4g2MAVpGjeqRhzJDVQnrT-rfv4kLLYn0ZsS_CuPkqC-AmB3iWV0sAYVWD2/w640-h586/IMG_8117.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I am able to work out a design sitting down at my work bench that will help cover up the slightly crooked line. I have only a few of the decorative shingles, so I counted out exactly how many I would need for each roof elevation to make sure I didn't run out mid-stream. I'm good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxIyL0bp315kNel33M5g2NktLoJwoUlhfWL5LycsiTQO20RvDwgCOpuMsNllgVPaCskXJb76iPnYzB-s_4BMJrHyrEkuMnrovAnGiyGbz4fXIh_GUonAVnKDRy0dP3V32eph1nmga-GDsaM6AsPFkpkKF_iJDcjTIPtxQ--QjvCz93B2tdfp8UBTG7gQI/s4032/IMG_8121.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxIyL0bp315kNel33M5g2NktLoJwoUlhfWL5LycsiTQO20RvDwgCOpuMsNllgVPaCskXJb76iPnYzB-s_4BMJrHyrEkuMnrovAnGiyGbz4fXIh_GUonAVnKDRy0dP3V32eph1nmga-GDsaM6AsPFkpkKF_iJDcjTIPtxQ--QjvCz93B2tdfp8UBTG7gQI/w640-h288/IMG_8121.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A dry fit of the the sub-roof</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvnNrvPk8ZDCcJaahfVB_D6Sf_wZJC3zMAXW1L46R56Dw4yhWJNOtQ2m0Pi-Cml3yS0gI3PuKRZQKP-S9JvrlI5ucXAZ0dsNTX2qG2YJZ8Mw4tn0uJ_JFu1Evi6zo-cJ7EX9T7TN5pGHgZVWCbvBqwY2Ccba_N1cbhwbqdYZrOIKs1G2KOlpZyqPeluTL/s3958/IMG_8115.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3958" data-original-width="2733" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvnNrvPk8ZDCcJaahfVB_D6Sf_wZJC3zMAXW1L46R56Dw4yhWJNOtQ2m0Pi-Cml3yS0gI3PuKRZQKP-S9JvrlI5ucXAZ0dsNTX2qG2YJZ8Mw4tn0uJ_JFu1Evi6zo-cJ7EX9T7TN5pGHgZVWCbvBqwY2Ccba_N1cbhwbqdYZrOIKs1G2KOlpZyqPeluTL/w442-h640/IMG_8115.jpeg" width="442" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And I begin placing shingles.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HK4kAmzQa5vhEwQi2TN1fxD-LOaboJmS03Q4nFjb8axArmf6BYY5Lk7t782nO6ViLtVm-687_PEw9-Apwv1JV_emVXd-X1CDJyfUR-HwqT_w9YllewVb_TZWnsU0RLnhE0LtWMOlYUYUP-UYTb6p6cueU8ond-9_ebWDz8unHxRRJZJpdunPAoyOdZ0-/s3193/IMG_8124.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3193" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HK4kAmzQa5vhEwQi2TN1fxD-LOaboJmS03Q4nFjb8axArmf6BYY5Lk7t782nO6ViLtVm-687_PEw9-Apwv1JV_emVXd-X1CDJyfUR-HwqT_w9YllewVb_TZWnsU0RLnhE0LtWMOlYUYUP-UYTb6p6cueU8ond-9_ebWDz8unHxRRJZJpdunPAoyOdZ0-/w606-h640/IMG_8124.jpeg" width="606" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Shift in cameral lighting here, but the sub-roof for the left elevation is done and I like the results.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViczogaMhWpfcRDABJnyalKpMloLTpUGSlMV3N_oU2F1RgHlSU2FVI3xI1BkYKz4d62bQtQsXBUDFrdfHxWyFQfd9o0erZ2d1Knx53kKxVe3upNW2Re3Wu1lwrIvw2yXdV6pWbO4pkSeqYptiKlPhUc8FRh89VxbULcR8B4t0WQHL-NxVVYPWD8jblGME/s4019/IMG_8126.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="4019" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViczogaMhWpfcRDABJnyalKpMloLTpUGSlMV3N_oU2F1RgHlSU2FVI3xI1BkYKz4d62bQtQsXBUDFrdfHxWyFQfd9o0erZ2d1Knx53kKxVe3upNW2Re3Wu1lwrIvw2yXdV6pWbO4pkSeqYptiKlPhUc8FRh89VxbULcR8B4t0WQHL-NxVVYPWD8jblGME/w640-h396/IMG_8126.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now I am able to trim the single excess away to get the correct angle that will butt up to the front peak--another reason for using a sub-roof. I had a lot of difficulty cutting the individual shingles at an angle because they split so easily when I glued the directly to the house.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinc4X1I2ZpuaDlkg3jGN3kK2vdnrNoWqDqbbglNMp_u4PcBbxQ6lEXauFL4N7k3-PhYQeDs8yqcrEZAgXK6wqN92NtN5JjjhxzfloJ_hyuZO4wxdzKrKH8mmR0mcwrgocdr-KTHb0PEugfCc7ku6IOhsH6j9Hbt6tlFFHq10F5F20sXoPlYfnAjU9DWYOO/s4032/IMG_8127.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinc4X1I2ZpuaDlkg3jGN3kK2vdnrNoWqDqbbglNMp_u4PcBbxQ6lEXauFL4N7k3-PhYQeDs8yqcrEZAgXK6wqN92NtN5JjjhxzfloJ_hyuZO4wxdzKrKH8mmR0mcwrgocdr-KTHb0PEugfCc7ku6IOhsH6j9Hbt6tlFFHq10F5F20sXoPlYfnAjU9DWYOO/w480-h640/IMG_8127.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wa-La! I need to trim the left edge and I'll place the final row once the sub roof is permanently in place. I like it!</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgob2A5x0Ue-hqmZvTCN_4Uff7LmCQNgP00fduW6WJG2M8CibCsKqfo0xF0Dzm-hhPPaJGAKZXGcxejgwAatE61KE54GrnJAstRGKLhaZmI1ZF-lRsJNgKL0ET3MNmyH-zeaEQk0NbhHROworfyrESTaLvcz8Aj-E2lR9iu5S-5A8a5fNimjrKDdag4LI/s4032/IMG_8128.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgob2A5x0Ue-hqmZvTCN_4Uff7LmCQNgP00fduW6WJG2M8CibCsKqfo0xF0Dzm-hhPPaJGAKZXGcxejgwAatE61KE54GrnJAstRGKLhaZmI1ZF-lRsJNgKL0ET3MNmyH-zeaEQk0NbhHROworfyrESTaLvcz8Aj-E2lR9iu5S-5A8a5fNimjrKDdag4LI/w480-h640/IMG_8128.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For the right side elevation, I had to make a new template before I could cut the sub-roof veneer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmIRUgejaSqJW42PebSIAOFY-KcFQcpP-146qCcV11rdXji4bjSwWFTIPg28pv9mNt0TV-9RGKqkdV_gsVgZwHct0uypkG4GCqCIAW32yFvz-dXyu9TejMVpeIRj1KmNkeYCs72-N1OgZ3DuUVsH5ZLcvy8_c7WW8ACl9c8yKXN4WxD5CLBfWTQUslWO1/s4032/IMG_8130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="4032" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmIRUgejaSqJW42PebSIAOFY-KcFQcpP-146qCcV11rdXji4bjSwWFTIPg28pv9mNt0TV-9RGKqkdV_gsVgZwHct0uypkG4GCqCIAW32yFvz-dXyu9TejMVpeIRj1KmNkeYCs72-N1OgZ3DuUVsH5ZLcvy8_c7WW8ACl9c8yKXN4WxD5CLBfWTQUslWO1/w640-h242/IMG_8130.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Taping the ruler in place keeps it from sliding out of line.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWKNib0I2Wp_bWOgZ8jmo2WINAMQ-wOr4jl6oYhSWMxkl3NMonW-Uub4VF7QmMv0oLnNmrzc81E6g-pWr--DzSE5LQFVT8w07_UnInl-AF2958ypUKBARdTFdHjYBrsHfpX1sro8sDMOXhMWeywoOnuaV1gM1Uvs3wWPMQAq-8PVtzBn5-1nObo6JO8cp/s3353/IMG_8131.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3353" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWKNib0I2Wp_bWOgZ8jmo2WINAMQ-wOr4jl6oYhSWMxkl3NMonW-Uub4VF7QmMv0oLnNmrzc81E6g-pWr--DzSE5LQFVT8w07_UnInl-AF2958ypUKBARdTFdHjYBrsHfpX1sro8sDMOXhMWeywoOnuaV1gM1Uvs3wWPMQAq-8PVtzBn5-1nObo6JO8cp/w578-h640/IMG_8131.jpeg" width="578" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Perfect. The sheets are 12 x 12 and the roof is sightly longer, so I had add a piece to extend the length. I just cut a scrap to size and used masking tape on the back to join the extension.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2C8fimv7VHR_iL3Jz8kvTrS2H1202PkVoswrSu17NHbxwRAm-o8ruVrHt8yxEeRumUgjoeYmxcTeExpnOtm6HVr0nncYm_MVl_H4-eb1Y0y3vpsDUQoSAZily46bcapZyVZz50pK_Oc_dmW-DcDL6fFVKZ1Fvz-0O6UgsB3dNjEPMkzeW_x0oI7p3QYJj/s4032/IMG_8132.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2C8fimv7VHR_iL3Jz8kvTrS2H1202PkVoswrSu17NHbxwRAm-o8ruVrHt8yxEeRumUgjoeYmxcTeExpnOtm6HVr0nncYm_MVl_H4-eb1Y0y3vpsDUQoSAZily46bcapZyVZz50pK_Oc_dmW-DcDL6fFVKZ1Fvz-0O6UgsB3dNjEPMkzeW_x0oI7p3QYJj/w480-h640/IMG_8132.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Soon I will need to decide how to finish the shingles: Medium stain, Pine; dark stain, Early American; or a gray paint or gray wash? (already eliminated that option.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9GkQTthT89WNOmZxiK5qchk-KYfNU-cetjiaX3f4jrTKQlwWGPZFWqZ9K1n8wg5VechxMGbJrxfljoJKIIueH_7uIXHBto4tizfRK5xJHDZsADVFnZDdhXMDtgDCVa0UR77i2NofHKL5mQMG59-dnHYybkYr87KsnrMgd93Oh5T1lvskBx9yDG8aqLSB/s4032/IMG_8129.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9GkQTthT89WNOmZxiK5qchk-KYfNU-cetjiaX3f4jrTKQlwWGPZFWqZ9K1n8wg5VechxMGbJrxfljoJKIIueH_7uIXHBto4tizfRK5xJHDZsADVFnZDdhXMDtgDCVa0UR77i2NofHKL5mQMG59-dnHYybkYr87KsnrMgd93Oh5T1lvskBx9yDG8aqLSB/w480-h640/IMG_8129.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All the sub-roofing pieces have been cut for all the elevations, except for the front of the addition. I'll cut it on the Cricut, but I need to purchase another pack of the light colored veneer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The guide lines are marked for the main roof.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGcpBSZt08D6325OJViKzYYAjbsQsE7Vxcsx3lB6TY0LZSLiFaUTakz-bCiGiWLjQbMhl3NUi_oeCR2cup4E6qrZT5tXC1Q2w8j9S764UbFJsBsfAB65tWzsp9CfgJNmheRQ5CeQHPFjHTpWbQ0PT9dGMpiNTqhrwlgAJ48cTrxToSFwvayn6HxXrScZA/s4032/IMG_8139.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGcpBSZt08D6325OJViKzYYAjbsQsE7Vxcsx3lB6TY0LZSLiFaUTakz-bCiGiWLjQbMhl3NUi_oeCR2cup4E6qrZT5tXC1Q2w8j9S764UbFJsBsfAB65tWzsp9CfgJNmheRQ5CeQHPFjHTpWbQ0PT9dGMpiNTqhrwlgAJ48cTrxToSFwvayn6HxXrScZA/w480-h640/IMG_8139.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hopefully I can get all the lines to match up when I glue the shingles in place on the peak pieces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uJEVz9auoeM_9debhrLVLSQgIJy7aDd9RKJJWg1n4a1AXioeohVUOlTu8fT9d1JcPJzS6bAHPDYEvU8EO1fSj8pYDYNcnCaX6NiL_fU6K5tcdAh06R2Sc2xkH5GV_lNYxsm9fbZF0lepLHSIyO_EnK-AweF7elOTUNM1jDJeLpVE-4OWV8wu34yDYITD/s4032/IMG_8140.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uJEVz9auoeM_9debhrLVLSQgIJy7aDd9RKJJWg1n4a1AXioeohVUOlTu8fT9d1JcPJzS6bAHPDYEvU8EO1fSj8pYDYNcnCaX6NiL_fU6K5tcdAh06R2Sc2xkH5GV_lNYxsm9fbZF0lepLHSIyO_EnK-AweF7elOTUNM1jDJeLpVE-4OWV8wu34yDYITD/w480-h640/IMG_8140.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I turn my back and look who shows up! I don't know how she does it. I, for one, don't like heights. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFk_FcHnLspYvnAU-VYH5P4DKDcxKEeMIyr3GwQxmkHfHbgLj-JFeAPc_FJ6nByi6j-oEY2qugyIA_MmLbWQQdZWUB0ZiVZnVCtIZwCmTdzK-5xxXgog4lfy9cHfT9000-fiM3hixbFOoAyYJ6P2oKPvs2MMIGpB_MRp9dDe-nuDX8maMk1QOunsB2L_0/s4032/IMG_8141.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFk_FcHnLspYvnAU-VYH5P4DKDcxKEeMIyr3GwQxmkHfHbgLj-JFeAPc_FJ6nByi6j-oEY2qugyIA_MmLbWQQdZWUB0ZiVZnVCtIZwCmTdzK-5xxXgog4lfy9cHfT9000-fiM3hixbFOoAyYJ6P2oKPvs2MMIGpB_MRp9dDe-nuDX8maMk1QOunsB2L_0/w480-h640/IMG_8141.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In her tiny, squeaky voice, she seems to be approving the work.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WjlFawGDeZbenoP54US6_Lo2DcO2axls-5wJu3TxAQv3l7J_HyGE2SgIoBrDBQrz0Yo5LO-eLp-92t5u2actyuQuyIaeWCzp-tAK4gvegI5w0kQ74T_vssNNaeoNUPYr94LmX2rY_YF0PHVXVPeq9y7vgKaYOKX-Rdxn7h0ANVF6hNFiA30PZvxQYU30/s4032/IMG_8142.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WjlFawGDeZbenoP54US6_Lo2DcO2axls-5wJu3TxAQv3l7J_HyGE2SgIoBrDBQrz0Yo5LO-eLp-92t5u2actyuQuyIaeWCzp-tAK4gvegI5w0kQ74T_vssNNaeoNUPYr94LmX2rY_YF0PHVXVPeq9y7vgKaYOKX-Rdxn7h0ANVF6hNFiA30PZvxQYU30/w480-h640/IMG_8142.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Barefooted, through--that' my girl.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsE9F_xRWj2miXudSO33KvdOJoqpHkYdDKZtjO1Q9JkUcP3ZJ_SFVBX2B5KDWSKLVYJKTh_l15sgAqaf6aSj5gs1DXiYX-FTbjGhkHoN6waNg0v4vfPP3LT_C0e6FctAmUDaxFg7TTLLOgzD5gufjKnPTV-MZeJ0NQar5zS_6ZhbYTOrGExK3E0BBlR0G/s4032/IMG_8146.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsE9F_xRWj2miXudSO33KvdOJoqpHkYdDKZtjO1Q9JkUcP3ZJ_SFVBX2B5KDWSKLVYJKTh_l15sgAqaf6aSj5gs1DXiYX-FTbjGhkHoN6waNg0v4vfPP3LT_C0e6FctAmUDaxFg7TTLLOgzD5gufjKnPTV-MZeJ0NQar5zS_6ZhbYTOrGExK3E0BBlR0G/w480-h640/IMG_8146.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Always pink; always a bit mussy; always sassy, she's the boss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But really, what would I do without her?</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTI5Y0BHgpinzhofGzdz1zG57aBNCC-XzH-Jbgt9_-C57PgfpYnri3wuMjBKeIPe8mZ_RrkW5aqXZfqwYz59nP6OvGEQEhTL_VDxywGLY6AE85fA5e69ZSMpVr07YvMrz3N1Oku3OsSvDQMsk4U7hoMPvLq3QDq6dMI0cSfaD2UF2wj7UKzJUbZVWLDAt/s4032/IMG_8147.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTI5Y0BHgpinzhofGzdz1zG57aBNCC-XzH-Jbgt9_-C57PgfpYnri3wuMjBKeIPe8mZ_RrkW5aqXZfqwYz59nP6OvGEQEhTL_VDxywGLY6AE85fA5e69ZSMpVr07YvMrz3N1Oku3OsSvDQMsk4U7hoMPvLq3QDq6dMI0cSfaD2UF2wj7UKzJUbZVWLDAt/w480-h640/IMG_8147.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Because you won't find me on top of any house.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5HtZ35SuvR8eSp8PcLasEKEcfZRk0dsR-V3pQaxf2gkOtulEWuGVNTRFeQn0931tJj2rPRS7lwpcvB9yLnx4qhmkSLLwH3r60PHt9FYCywjmDsOIYYDLbN6MPTZOEm7J0Zo5GPec_6e5mWFCtYW95L7H6TkO8HputvfOnMCkMlqkyyu0dt5LpgLAxqrL/s4032/IMG_8148.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5HtZ35SuvR8eSp8PcLasEKEcfZRk0dsR-V3pQaxf2gkOtulEWuGVNTRFeQn0931tJj2rPRS7lwpcvB9yLnx4qhmkSLLwH3r60PHt9FYCywjmDsOIYYDLbN6MPTZOEm7J0Zo5GPec_6e5mWFCtYW95L7H6TkO8HputvfOnMCkMlqkyyu0dt5LpgLAxqrL/w480-h640/IMG_8148.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I think I Pink has given the final go-ahead on finishing the roof. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_KMUDX1OJcFVt3jwxckvZ4HkoeUmcGxNn_wpVGz8aFyE9UKRManID1oFDZbVbdv-0pX_dM5mnhMufuJX1eoDerJCbx_ggQ-H4KblSsIsT_UXIJxODpgPPYR6UqayFak-LhQNw29U9dY9aYT5hIXABT18fuDdWy9hYWSLsEonKLCC-YhCJRN5Yn1t6RuW/s4032/IMG_8150.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_KMUDX1OJcFVt3jwxckvZ4HkoeUmcGxNn_wpVGz8aFyE9UKRManID1oFDZbVbdv-0pX_dM5mnhMufuJX1eoDerJCbx_ggQ-H4KblSsIsT_UXIJxODpgPPYR6UqayFak-LhQNw29U9dY9aYT5hIXABT18fuDdWy9hYWSLsEonKLCC-YhCJRN5Yn1t6RuW/w480-h640/IMG_8150.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A busy week ahead so we will see how far I get with the shingling. I am still undecided about the stain color, In the meantime, I'll adhere the shingles to the sub-roof templates, trim the shingles along the edges for hopefully a well-aligned and seamless fit; otherwise, I will have to figure out a gutter system.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Manchester won't be totally finished, but the roof will be done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks for joining me, today. Find me on Instagram: annsdollhousedreams.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Have a swell week.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-23866187829569811152023-08-27T22:44:00.001-07:002023-08-27T22:44:06.149-07:00A Different Direction<p> Side projects provide a bit of a respite from the major projects that take so much thought, energy and work. I chose this greenhouse project simply because I thought it would compliment the Manchester. The Texas Farmhouse has a chicken house and will eventually get a vegetable garden and maybe even a barn to keep a horse or two, but the Manchester will have a nice front yard garden, maybe a garage, but certainly a green house where the lady of the manner will propagate Adrian violets. </p><p>I've already introduced you to this project in the post <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/search?q=greenhouse" target="_blank">"New Project" </a> where I showed the pieces of the greenhouse kit and how to cut clean acrylic windows. Now the green house has been partially assembled and I'd like to share the progress. I ordered the kit from an Etsy Store, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCuratedFarmhouse?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1263222399" target="_blank">The Curated Farmhouse</a>. To refresh your memory, here's the kit instructions and a dry fit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEK4_t2JEOn2V2pl11apCkn76bnZAD3DWFxT351Bw74Zular7VIOcHGwb72vUikibRogWK9uj58SY4_H7LOr1hVJ9yRr48UOXm5wzpEodh1HDgw2qL8YdnhQIs_hjl0DzwLmSrFGV1iMZ_BZDxztEDjYrQuxnQpNbUr60kcghKgMJaH52S8-VOFk5mPPxj/s4032/IMG_6860.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEK4_t2JEOn2V2pl11apCkn76bnZAD3DWFxT351Bw74Zular7VIOcHGwb72vUikibRogWK9uj58SY4_H7LOr1hVJ9yRr48UOXm5wzpEodh1HDgw2qL8YdnhQIs_hjl0DzwLmSrFGV1iMZ_BZDxztEDjYrQuxnQpNbUr60kcghKgMJaH52S8-VOFk5mPPxj/w480-h640/IMG_6860.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzuxrDNrAukmHUttqacrl9EDFAIgEBWUXSCxjSS9YNUz27xp2xGkPkoYnF85lV2qm8AXGtU9hudyZUMxIcQz8eqX7-xcc3WV0hTn5ox_J8mLoeadykb6sprVdvSdwihf2gfaaf9OwWjPklzGubB5J9dfgnnnOFqulCXM0nnlWiotwFHkrHNRyaKZzFZIV/s4032/IMG_7382.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzuxrDNrAukmHUttqacrl9EDFAIgEBWUXSCxjSS9YNUz27xp2xGkPkoYnF85lV2qm8AXGtU9hudyZUMxIcQz8eqX7-xcc3WV0hTn5ox_J8mLoeadykb6sprVdvSdwihf2gfaaf9OwWjPklzGubB5J9dfgnnnOFqulCXM0nnlWiotwFHkrHNRyaKZzFZIV/w480-h640/IMG_7382.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With he acrylic windows cut (see previous post), I painted the pieces using regular latex interior/exterior house paint that I purchase in the sample size can. It's a smooth, creamy water based paint that covers nicely and cleans up with water. While the pieces required several coats, especially long the edges black with the laser cut residue, the paint covered the black after a bit of sanding to clean up the burned residue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next I had to install the hinges, which to me seem to be over-sized. I measured their locating and marked with a pencil.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZqnWTvpN0SnnVGqdwrswzOxbGshtebPCgxgYaQR7sskt_rcFywGRy3PAmly9ZcNEfGeiAo3YeiKu-YmJL4vnzdGoLb6-Cqwt3MKwpFL57z4QgfOAMDBthprGWX6qH1NiCMWXsCsR-AZmD9VoJtia_nyt8XCkYk73EUxooIM5Najy8Ju1UXOQvNSZgJun/s4032/IMG_7576.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZqnWTvpN0SnnVGqdwrswzOxbGshtebPCgxgYaQR7sskt_rcFywGRy3PAmly9ZcNEfGeiAo3YeiKu-YmJL4vnzdGoLb6-Cqwt3MKwpFL57z4QgfOAMDBthprGWX6qH1NiCMWXsCsR-AZmD9VoJtia_nyt8XCkYk73EUxooIM5Najy8Ju1UXOQvNSZgJun/w480-h640/IMG_7576.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I have a cordless Dremel, I feared that I couldn't control it well enough to keep from drilling though the wood, so I used my hand drill to start the screw holes. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYrbW1zqLecZurR0mXf1KYmx_iBadXEY5pKYVw1i2eBdZ23pXK_Y48TM8YysYDcVMAg6NkHr44njRFjVNjU5R_3Nupo8mGt1xwOzvuzGEPcP4UFzh09TtrL1VjLbD-VEwXywjqYnX0EbpRc3GVT2IKBmkfegGcnk_NTn8WWXHbN_5KbYRY8UX-ttcDurS/s4032/IMG_7577%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYrbW1zqLecZurR0mXf1KYmx_iBadXEY5pKYVw1i2eBdZ23pXK_Y48TM8YysYDcVMAg6NkHr44njRFjVNjU5R_3Nupo8mGt1xwOzvuzGEPcP4UFzh09TtrL1VjLbD-VEwXywjqYnX0EbpRc3GVT2IKBmkfegGcnk_NTn8WWXHbN_5KbYRY8UX-ttcDurS/w480-h640/IMG_7577%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1XNfKC6Fpv0dh7CfHNSmTq22NeNyONhaRzrnw7nI1dY68bbAqRQWJq1CC-a0JhIoe73ateEqDAfYhc4z8J46Fu0NnOekUgMYZoQYwA9V9bvot_0h7lVVKZYrRxWwPS7mBNtzYfgXtbnLK8rFja5NL-eMX5OBkBZH-SZxNgRajDm0VxEPqIX6eTYDTZcS/w480-h640/IMG_7581%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Simple tools to complete the hinges installation:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8tiT0yhdQ9oI_sRkPvBob72m4ScsGU8ji36RXbWPkchTyNsqQRyeMQEgPflW7ZmpZxCNO92dq8mSyZEd75FZCKxGFzb45Gd5Q7wdVvYvpJ7V7vrFNxq23WBAFsfARE2Q9TMHCq0E9mfcfS80uxTSMbO8st6IFZy3bj1ZbMOpNYQ3X0rsK4LFCoCzETQb/s2724/IMG_7582%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="2724" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8tiT0yhdQ9oI_sRkPvBob72m4ScsGU8ji36RXbWPkchTyNsqQRyeMQEgPflW7ZmpZxCNO92dq8mSyZEd75FZCKxGFzb45Gd5Q7wdVvYvpJ7V7vrFNxq23WBAFsfARE2Q9TMHCq0E9mfcfS80uxTSMbO8st6IFZy3bj1ZbMOpNYQ3X0rsK4LFCoCzETQb/w640-h464/IMG_7582%20(1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had in my stash, plastic black and white "tile" flooring that I decided to use. I considered a stone floor, a cement floor, a brick floor and decided that the tile would be more elegant. Of course I had to consider how easily maintained the floor would be and what would happen were water spilled it on, but really none of that real-life stuff matters in a mini project, but the pre-fab cut and glue plastic was an acceptable choice--except I didn't glue in place; instead I dug in my scrapbooking adhesives and decided to use a double sticky tape. I've been substitution different types of adhesive tapes as an alternative to mess glues, with some success. While sticky tape isn't for all projects, it is a good alternative for flooring if you think you might want to change flooring or access electric tape or wiring that lies beneath the floor. For this floor, tape is perfect.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdP2RUTAatZzCykrrtBHEJRYanUDzRzlgqnm8e1MjroFNRAm5-sQY-g4izMw3WXr83l5C3DGvIDGt9oKkb-lUU5fXK7lSDHI7r0NDnwCaB3uludHty7JNdyzTldFX8MWq091A3wwXYaYilUGCcTO1NYXPR_DvCKKn4v5ZJX9ntzgmaNrUDuMy_Z-1X3Cc/s4032/IMG_7584%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdP2RUTAatZzCykrrtBHEJRYanUDzRzlgqnm8e1MjroFNRAm5-sQY-g4izMw3WXr83l5C3DGvIDGt9oKkb-lUU5fXK7lSDHI7r0NDnwCaB3uludHty7JNdyzTldFX8MWq091A3wwXYaYilUGCcTO1NYXPR_DvCKKn4v5ZJX9ntzgmaNrUDuMy_Z-1X3Cc/w480-h640/IMG_7584%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXx0q0VhE_T8osJ6gohSiBjpgANDyCKMQiHBHel-sSxb0bZeSph-NVTGDlJg1Qbqxz12KTm3a0DhPBTaHEUTqpbHNLYlygx7sMsEz99i7qiwHVJW7lPy6J0773OYXxnjH4Ft5bnisk-Ymqio5bNiVIwpiUdLqT2D5-PyxaJOdOhyH6y6S0vCUdrC2aGdXN/s4032/IMG_7586%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXx0q0VhE_T8osJ6gohSiBjpgANDyCKMQiHBHel-sSxb0bZeSph-NVTGDlJg1Qbqxz12KTm3a0DhPBTaHEUTqpbHNLYlygx7sMsEz99i7qiwHVJW7lPy6J0773OYXxnjH4Ft5bnisk-Ymqio5bNiVIwpiUdLqT2D5-PyxaJOdOhyH6y6S0vCUdrC2aGdXN/w480-h640/IMG_7586%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Actually, nice as it looks, the floor isn't permanently installed yet and now I am reconsidering sponging a faux cement floor. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you change your mind mid-stream?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6nCaC6NSh-etB0Qr5Nlds8tcU03J3jgimp9ALEQVeuFW3cJspsJfjeDqbwuYh-FhgpI4kumEbg0u6UXj_iND1yK6OtpIj7AKrG95qvoZViGrMGgt4DdXWPXu98tU_z5Ety4v2QG8TbNSN-avTFZCB4xlCA9D1OAK8rRrtZov5Ai8usv7PzXN5HP90KQD/s4032/IMG_7587%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6nCaC6NSh-etB0Qr5Nlds8tcU03J3jgimp9ALEQVeuFW3cJspsJfjeDqbwuYh-FhgpI4kumEbg0u6UXj_iND1yK6OtpIj7AKrG95qvoZViGrMGgt4DdXWPXu98tU_z5Ety4v2QG8TbNSN-avTFZCB4xlCA9D1OAK8rRrtZov5Ai8usv7PzXN5HP90KQD/w640-h480/IMG_7587%20(1).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the hinges were installed, completing the front wall and fitting the flooring, it's now time to adhere the acrylic windows and what a challenge I thought that would be. I have my favorite glues to use:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Gorilla Wood Glue for secure, sturdy joints used on wood</li><li>Aleene's Tacky white glue that I use on wood and most everything </li><li>A good fabric glue for upholstery and other fabric project </li></ul></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> Very small tubes jewelry adhesive used for glass and metal beading for adhering the acrylic to wood for glass fronted cabinets and doors. I read somewhere that other glues will cloud the clear plastics; so far I've not that problems, but it is messy and hard to clean up if you get it on the clear acrylic.</li></ul></div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5wsk5Reu0be1rVUV4i_t_yG5_SIbu3oKC9Sa67KfSwfdn_a9rC1wRAktneUgJy-IuAmjGKkKX6pKjToMFnB9bWIuj4aAwYL75aaHxejN1GzgG5wWDbdSnVo2vOiRbfvWt05QYi61HgD5yQTqkKoBVsxnRPGObEtG5zGlJGCYa_95XjkVmyeWhGVsEGdb/s4032/IMG_8021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2357" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5wsk5Reu0be1rVUV4i_t_yG5_SIbu3oKC9Sa67KfSwfdn_a9rC1wRAktneUgJy-IuAmjGKkKX6pKjToMFnB9bWIuj4aAwYL75aaHxejN1GzgG5wWDbdSnVo2vOiRbfvWt05QYi61HgD5yQTqkKoBVsxnRPGObEtG5zGlJGCYa_95XjkVmyeWhGVsEGdb/w374-h640/IMG_8021.jpeg" width="374" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, again from my scrapbooking supplies, I pulled out this very narrow and very sticky clear tape adhesive which was so perfect for adhering the acrylic glass to the window walls for the green house. Regretfully, I don't have the package to show you; I found it at Hobby Lobby. Once the tape in in place, the red protective layer can be removed for reveal in nearly invisible sticky bond.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0Rdj4Uj-YDLXviemI_sZ3qXEZVp0E-TqeacLqS6UxrfbVSkxqOys-E8coOENkw5O58unA4KTDvd0lTVBvenEIFCgvd7Yq2d9VI863vucw5Im9ArxmPFrPL0cZLIZyKD9ALtmc1R-kWUPTWVMczd0AVbhl137SavDbBx0_AIBB9a4efr9X53RkO2-hh7U/s4032/IMG_7603.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0Rdj4Uj-YDLXviemI_sZ3qXEZVp0E-TqeacLqS6UxrfbVSkxqOys-E8coOENkw5O58unA4KTDvd0lTVBvenEIFCgvd7Yq2d9VI863vucw5Im9ArxmPFrPL0cZLIZyKD9ALtmc1R-kWUPTWVMczd0AVbhl137SavDbBx0_AIBB9a4efr9X53RkO2-hh7U/w480-h640/IMG_7603.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNhjk9BcH4BdS3JN8JWcqasJe-MMvkI_qJw6VS8K6jDMdxjIq2i3xb5nZN-NEw4xxd59wYJP3QCJs2m9GzzHCcCkqHesWJoY2rbPu7LHm6YlEtvX-P8B9D9aNHPHBCb8jERGv3FdHHelCyWA8xWd7eZcT_2e8GAdKwd6Yw6vL-rTbqKyDl8p93z27dP2K/s4032/IMG_7605.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNhjk9BcH4BdS3JN8JWcqasJe-MMvkI_qJw6VS8K6jDMdxjIq2i3xb5nZN-NEw4xxd59wYJP3QCJs2m9GzzHCcCkqHesWJoY2rbPu7LHm6YlEtvX-P8B9D9aNHPHBCb8jERGv3FdHHelCyWA8xWd7eZcT_2e8GAdKwd6Yw6vL-rTbqKyDl8p93z27dP2K/w640-h480/IMG_7605.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OOOPS. The is always an oops, isn't there. I leave the protective film in place on the acrylic on the outside until the acrylic window is in place because it scratches and smears so badly. Weeeelllll. I placed the wrong side down--the side with the proactive film. No problem. The acrylic easily separated from the film that was now stuck to the tape. It also removed easily and I had to replace only one small area where the film stuck to the tape and I couldn't get it removed. No mess, easy to install, and if the windows have to removed, easily done. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7P53WYj9TUtIzFMOsqHwDfSq67jQmh-Po7g11Bte_BpgwUaCdYODs-BgleozLcHU1-9vkhDQGu7IEZ37AkOjrW2NfB8Yndpd-XrN7xVr9HJwrn7QBFBhoaYCLu1sSJ2YSV9Rtw-DSmn3vm0hxKH8nvtPYPF6jQktNFvB4MurTJHHA312TnGm6WXW_8Oj/s4032/IMG_7606.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7P53WYj9TUtIzFMOsqHwDfSq67jQmh-Po7g11Bte_BpgwUaCdYODs-BgleozLcHU1-9vkhDQGu7IEZ37AkOjrW2NfB8Yndpd-XrN7xVr9HJwrn7QBFBhoaYCLu1sSJ2YSV9Rtw-DSmn3vm0hxKH8nvtPYPF6jQktNFvB4MurTJHHA312TnGm6WXW_8Oj/w640-h480/IMG_7606.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, I couldn't resist putting some things in place just to see how everything would fit. The back wall is papered with a scrapbooking paper with a painted brick design. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQcRMzdnNzYJhAQkvHqh7KOg9jqSynPDvjE-o9BEoQ0NT-2fycvaJwOQyQTgukB_mSiM63vng6TdvRnBSDOd1R53OVJPAOn8nJtr5FNkoTRjSWIdTRttchqMqeLD6D792RpdBp6r3GxoH9O9s7U1v-tF0uW__EoqGK2xz_esv5HgeIKDV_sBjXcbhnZvq/s4032/IMG_7607.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQcRMzdnNzYJhAQkvHqh7KOg9jqSynPDvjE-o9BEoQ0NT-2fycvaJwOQyQTgukB_mSiM63vng6TdvRnBSDOd1R53OVJPAOn8nJtr5FNkoTRjSWIdTRttchqMqeLD6D792RpdBp6r3GxoH9O9s7U1v-tF0uW__EoqGK2xz_esv5HgeIKDV_sBjXcbhnZvq/w640-h480/IMG_7607.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a fun project. The wall still needs to be glued in place as well as the front wall, but I'm going to leave the roof panel free, as one builded suggested for easier access to the interior. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7seWAHJAb8DM0wbz3yifgpK7Ip5MlD59HAj-OOxJgK2PQi8DOGuqUODIISf9Ur8LUbLC9HRO5TA9rABXhZFQEQzqubihYtCZ8SOzBe7iLp5DfqodAuxnCeOunJuBKkIob5grjjt1zRkeYRPIF6a8gP_zHquBMcBqejLdUA7Ei4D8tnjAlDRyOGXINQykN/s4032/IMG_7608.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7seWAHJAb8DM0wbz3yifgpK7Ip5MlD59HAj-OOxJgK2PQi8DOGuqUODIISf9Ur8LUbLC9HRO5TA9rABXhZFQEQzqubihYtCZ8SOzBe7iLp5DfqodAuxnCeOunJuBKkIob5grjjt1zRkeYRPIF6a8gP_zHquBMcBqejLdUA7Ei4D8tnjAlDRyOGXINQykN/w640-h480/IMG_7608.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I have to fill the green house with greens. I already have the violets made--see that project here: (way at the bottom of the post: <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/search?q=African+violets" target="_blank">Tutorial</a> on how to create mini African Violets using both a kit and from scratch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Victorian conservatory will have lots of ferns, and so will my green house version. I ordered Boston ferns and a palm fern from <a href="https://sdkminiatures.com" target="_blank">SDK Miniatures.</a> I love these plant kits. Each kit came with multiple leafs, enough for more than one plant, depending on how full you want your plants. But first the leaves must be painted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My best advice for making up such kits that don't come with instructions is to study how the plants grow naturally by examining your own house plants, go to a nursery to study plants, or look them up online to see what their natural color is and how they grow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Getting the correct paint really is the hard part. I used craft acrylic paint, trying to. match a color without much mixing. Some artists will be better at painting than other--I'm really not an artist, I just do what I think works--I like to tell my reader that if I can do it so can you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I put out a dab of paint and a bit of water to help thin the paint simply be wetting the the paint brush before dipping into the paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While the leaves seem really delicate, the paper from which they are laser cut is actually very strong; still you have to paint gently and not get the leaves too saturated with paint or water. Another way to thin the paint you can wet the leaf with a wet brush before adding paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUcm9ASGPqdjRrL0YJmF_HSKvls_GspTQ90QCMHQcbUb8GDFeRyakiCvsIPt75kMym0nWlR1oadKSEfoPEF6Px8-hPvYYlYKaLxpU9CbEjRplB9QeVCgPrdRbT5fFsdsx7HACrwmPpYIideACCAetyI6l3CHEA_0yQY_VT0eIiZgeAdLAeEL2MixOdHWD/s3024/IMG_8029.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUcm9ASGPqdjRrL0YJmF_HSKvls_GspTQ90QCMHQcbUb8GDFeRyakiCvsIPt75kMym0nWlR1oadKSEfoPEF6Px8-hPvYYlYKaLxpU9CbEjRplB9QeVCgPrdRbT5fFsdsx7HACrwmPpYIideACCAetyI6l3CHEA_0yQY_VT0eIiZgeAdLAeEL2MixOdHWD/w588-h640/IMG_8029.jpeg" width="588" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEAfZcHa5hyMrJWg02ZVQx6vdYTx5O58bgpQ7e23ZCBbkEulNWOf4HG7f1K3wAmowkj4UiftTp2kFVRBeGCyeD591PvCZtv4eXDiYIevkmWnFdCCa2VnNktz9pKmtUIqRqPt1iD-SrubE85zHvlrugNXnU_Gu0JBcuH4ds3UXAPRb1TimyC4CWpKxNpbK/s2708/IMG_8028.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="2708" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEAfZcHa5hyMrJWg02ZVQx6vdYTx5O58bgpQ7e23ZCBbkEulNWOf4HG7f1K3wAmowkj4UiftTp2kFVRBeGCyeD591PvCZtv4eXDiYIevkmWnFdCCa2VnNktz9pKmtUIqRqPt1iD-SrubE85zHvlrugNXnU_Gu0JBcuH4ds3UXAPRb1TimyC4CWpKxNpbK/w640-h472/IMG_8028.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the leaves are painted on side, I hang them to dry on a desk lamp. With the light turned on, the heat will help them dry more quickly, but I let mine dry over night. I can see where I missed spots, but I can do touch up when I paint the backs of the leaves.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUobTOoXfECcfxV-EJ4S-uv9UUMksCdghQzy7QhwD8lpw0tWj7QHwWOWsKszW6VhsSePwbGDC5ovISJyQwsD8UiywwXK8P7WvKw11TjT4WziH844nkmKiVDedcHOSCYLl8pd1HOU2G-bTcftTme3PJxaXV-d5EP6zP1XRfd1y9C5KFC4-EAtJ9XUx10Jm1/s3133/IMG_8030.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2232" data-original-width="3133" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUobTOoXfECcfxV-EJ4S-uv9UUMksCdghQzy7QhwD8lpw0tWj7QHwWOWsKszW6VhsSePwbGDC5ovISJyQwsD8UiywwXK8P7WvKw11TjT4WziH844nkmKiVDedcHOSCYLl8pd1HOU2G-bTcftTme3PJxaXV-d5EP6zP1XRfd1y9C5KFC4-EAtJ9XUx10Jm1/w640-h456/IMG_8030.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Study the leaves of the plant that you are creating. Sometimes the top surface is slick and shiny and darker than the back. I'll paint the backs of the leaves in the next step.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3OSTEgjTqTxVF-ddPjtqsWbh3r7iDiIpJQ53KTwc3Aw4-kqTSQ2OTSrLkv8SfXGuxH6EoWTsRWiUUWFFxsoHE7zgk9XigyeK0k2p3rJDSIau6ymamgrTmR4TfbZ5KDgIcAeQhNaXRsLcbXfO4kw8mXohiTxCMVpalFshEYhSPESt5TRVnFBmhNihP-bL/s3459/IMG_8032.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2536" data-original-width="3459" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3OSTEgjTqTxVF-ddPjtqsWbh3r7iDiIpJQ53KTwc3Aw4-kqTSQ2OTSrLkv8SfXGuxH6EoWTsRWiUUWFFxsoHE7zgk9XigyeK0k2p3rJDSIau6ymamgrTmR4TfbZ5KDgIcAeQhNaXRsLcbXfO4kw8mXohiTxCMVpalFshEYhSPESt5TRVnFBmhNihP-bL/w640-h470/IMG_8032.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really struggled with the palm leaves, trying to get a deep, shiny shamrock sort of green, but even after trying blending paints to get better color, I just went with the sage green with some yellowing to distinguish aging leaves.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud6wPl-bJM6x3vK4CpvVPX9UcZBvm3DvVxSS3SnJWrxL-WdSvu6lo3c8A6avuxzOGvpIbbFWod-mKQGaXxSmu8CnwU6etcPvdgGsaf_Mo8c2QIgxo_zxn0DOkHlAFNwYnh2JPgCLdFf00RRyHlsMchGAjU1VcgSJfYu89H5YeP1FNmNqU1mvbCBkVmiRB/s3467/IMG_8033.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3467" data-original-width="2725" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud6wPl-bJM6x3vK4CpvVPX9UcZBvm3DvVxSS3SnJWrxL-WdSvu6lo3c8A6avuxzOGvpIbbFWod-mKQGaXxSmu8CnwU6etcPvdgGsaf_Mo8c2QIgxo_zxn0DOkHlAFNwYnh2JPgCLdFf00RRyHlsMchGAjU1VcgSJfYu89H5YeP1FNmNqU1mvbCBkVmiRB/w502-h640/IMG_8033.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38px9yUWBjWyCFM5D48d3UE0oS_asCaUsO1_74MnfBDH9WkQHojFDs8_Sg1cBLOJxxlYQywcJwBt0LMMLOPqeS6iceNU_PHG0wH1SyucFXrOjGUzdewbmsrxxkati2H_mUj_6s_lp_DSiBxzZPtPcp1uht9A6vakHw-r6bkiSrvGgd8h2-nhSHeZGyD_X/s4032/IMG_8035.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38px9yUWBjWyCFM5D48d3UE0oS_asCaUsO1_74MnfBDH9WkQHojFDs8_Sg1cBLOJxxlYQywcJwBt0LMMLOPqeS6iceNU_PHG0wH1SyucFXrOjGUzdewbmsrxxkati2H_mUj_6s_lp_DSiBxzZPtPcp1uht9A6vakHw-r6bkiSrvGgd8h2-nhSHeZGyD_X/w640-h480/IMG_8035.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpdcJxjvhC853FWQHn6SgEvtNFgON2PHAJ7_WJzaGHcyfyyW7EI_7-tcaT7dV0JRisf0pMCBiAd_TMB768Y1Wj12KuzZPY5qmNjf7KbO3BDES-Vh8ySIwimw2YWnRVwZgqUzNDxybFb17lGBtqZPcAOAm3calXWQss_pMTORPcvCa8uC4uyjYRvepQKPP/s4032/IMG_8036.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpdcJxjvhC853FWQHn6SgEvtNFgON2PHAJ7_WJzaGHcyfyyW7EI_7-tcaT7dV0JRisf0pMCBiAd_TMB768Y1Wj12KuzZPY5qmNjf7KbO3BDES-Vh8ySIwimw2YWnRVwZgqUzNDxybFb17lGBtqZPcAOAm3calXWQss_pMTORPcvCa8uC4uyjYRvepQKPP/w640-h480/IMG_8036.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zvYNWmk0luAgJvmX2McXuCloxj4dLB8pWbWYNyW4DSGAFXylJ4Glw1qeS_iRO7fL1dBTUA2FkWIqyXp7grM9O-bAnlx1WKSYt6fmRdzRqzQ-Wz27ISef3r9fjnpIzceHg8jx_X6dVtf0h_3lTa3j9GMeuu3yFvODkI8fgGBySQa1m1X4KXBdfVhVa1SF/s4032/IMG_8037.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zvYNWmk0luAgJvmX2McXuCloxj4dLB8pWbWYNyW4DSGAFXylJ4Glw1qeS_iRO7fL1dBTUA2FkWIqyXp7grM9O-bAnlx1WKSYt6fmRdzRqzQ-Wz27ISef3r9fjnpIzceHg8jx_X6dVtf0h_3lTa3j9GMeuu3yFvODkI8fgGBySQa1m1X4KXBdfVhVa1SF/w480-h640/IMG_8037.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Use the smallest paper covered floral wire that you find--I found this 32mm at Hobby Lobby. Place it on the back of the back of the leaf, using the tacky glue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC3XvYenA_4Jpq43a97M2zyoWD7suCeAz8XSTkE3T39rtoCrxqN22KFfCJvwOl5BA8vqPsJMB9wANB93cNnc8w0hNgX1MTzCFnijdc4FiTotwvQ-5T9VbmrtMEULhzvekWvDOpC0wlqSu32Hdm835GJHyqXsGp55JNNrtGNIZiN7IGjuFcqo37nizIjub/s4032/IMG_8045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC3XvYenA_4Jpq43a97M2zyoWD7suCeAz8XSTkE3T39rtoCrxqN22KFfCJvwOl5BA8vqPsJMB9wANB93cNnc8w0hNgX1MTzCFnijdc4FiTotwvQ-5T9VbmrtMEULhzvekWvDOpC0wlqSu32Hdm835GJHyqXsGp55JNNrtGNIZiN7IGjuFcqo37nizIjub/w480-h640/IMG_8045.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the leaves painted and dried, they were ready for a pot--a large pot. I didn't want a "clay" pot, for we generally see these palms in trendy baskets or even ceramic pots. I decided to create my own basket. I needed a container on which I simply wrap with jewelry cording from my stash. First I researched the size of pots a large fern might be in--a 10-24 inch pot. A K-cup measure 1.74 inches , which puts it in range, but when I put it in the green house, it's too large. Then I found the Pepsi-bismal cup, a smaller cup that would be perfect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbd3nEwEqLq52w65Sy2OH7k83Bs-nqd6CUXkDgfaTtFsq8h9NJQvgEAtSfSIEToSnrV7IaXGi3dFe0fnaXTY2htW_Yj6TfVyewtPE0vJflG5QPFaB6Ru1BsdGwi0Ln8lBbVFA9lwvdSscwE-YtdNFnpfm-gEEcb5PUgWS26_R9a8NfHQs3qJIzxNIi9Wo2/s4032/IMG_8049.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbd3nEwEqLq52w65Sy2OH7k83Bs-nqd6CUXkDgfaTtFsq8h9NJQvgEAtSfSIEToSnrV7IaXGi3dFe0fnaXTY2htW_Yj6TfVyewtPE0vJflG5QPFaB6Ru1BsdGwi0Ln8lBbVFA9lwvdSscwE-YtdNFnpfm-gEEcb5PUgWS26_R9a8NfHQs3qJIzxNIi9Wo2/w480-h640/IMG_8049.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCPdfLDcEgBcl9X0_mC0Hpg6n1XAqsvD3MENo-6uQ-EpU_OuFKLZay-59v4oYvy4v0zR86D23jGYkNhgcED_FuSTyjyUyk7RleMHR6eR9uQZHwGCbsXmsaggVVsWqGyrb4MP1RdnURdxuz9i9zlQV_RKVQ_XS3L0eAbm6kBmxyiTBb2cCVubK89DIpduJ/s4032/IMG_8050.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCPdfLDcEgBcl9X0_mC0Hpg6n1XAqsvD3MENo-6uQ-EpU_OuFKLZay-59v4oYvy4v0zR86D23jGYkNhgcED_FuSTyjyUyk7RleMHR6eR9uQZHwGCbsXmsaggVVsWqGyrb4MP1RdnURdxuz9i9zlQV_RKVQ_XS3L0eAbm6kBmxyiTBb2cCVubK89DIpduJ/w480-h640/IMG_8050.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more try at blending paint. All I accomplished was a dullish green that was worse than what I started with.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozZijhYk0dbPwObmIKSCzxNLFtz0HL9MwJVyOu4qn4J-iJlFrKfZY9ChGhX8nLmTg0k_YWLAEpBz2MRv4rOUe4DW6sqJWbrH6_nd62tOPbLBDNS_LSfYIi63hz27AYDB_KmNlBuMGCFrNFw_VNH90Bnk_xNDUEOKIZr27c7S0ZwCTLhGD5AtRB38AaaI2/s4032/IMG_8051.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozZijhYk0dbPwObmIKSCzxNLFtz0HL9MwJVyOu4qn4J-iJlFrKfZY9ChGhX8nLmTg0k_YWLAEpBz2MRv4rOUe4DW6sqJWbrH6_nd62tOPbLBDNS_LSfYIi63hz27AYDB_KmNlBuMGCFrNFw_VNH90Bnk_xNDUEOKIZr27c7S0ZwCTLhGD5AtRB38AaaI2/w480-h640/IMG_8051.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpqf-B-47mlzpH-jElPR4Fe8sOucOg0JRY6MXZU9TuJFFdbGunJG8wlySK6X8-Vv8H4Kod6nUtLuuXAv2RYRZKVIdjBCsCEg4Iqh9NUkNk4cCIEwbn3YkZFwhqzzfqNnxBMS5pHmfuqK1364n7F8w3KITa252toZ9tdPsqTk4KsD9bZxplmkIWV-5dw18/s4032/IMG_8052.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpqf-B-47mlzpH-jElPR4Fe8sOucOg0JRY6MXZU9TuJFFdbGunJG8wlySK6X8-Vv8H4Kod6nUtLuuXAv2RYRZKVIdjBCsCEg4Iqh9NUkNk4cCIEwbn3YkZFwhqzzfqNnxBMS5pHmfuqK1364n7F8w3KITa252toZ9tdPsqTk4KsD9bZxplmkIWV-5dw18/s320/IMG_8052.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">UGH!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChYvfzEQ8STqaYKnnWDhxVlHwoSM5revEggqw6opADgNVOKGo7GK8wc4HtGaTVQ2iJnZDHdEvQ07GRxgQ9FF0Mj3YX5_O0pktzFzHv42bmuxe9l0V301_ryRifn9dmN4qVcD1GxmrOfHX6F0QcGQyX9hciAXxdtiKaedJGOI0O6BAHIjVtXlmjlu0zWHs/s4032/IMG_8053.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChYvfzEQ8STqaYKnnWDhxVlHwoSM5revEggqw6opADgNVOKGo7GK8wc4HtGaTVQ2iJnZDHdEvQ07GRxgQ9FF0Mj3YX5_O0pktzFzHv42bmuxe9l0V301_ryRifn9dmN4qVcD1GxmrOfHX6F0QcGQyX9hciAXxdtiKaedJGOI0O6BAHIjVtXlmjlu0zWHs/w480-h640/IMG_8053.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nope. ICK.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQYmYwFHAtiniqZ_yuJBeYfdZnbP5yvFV93upfUra8aNoXtBoDHcaQKUic7evDFFmjTiyIFpZFvDQ1o_9Zan45FMMwYGMsDsSj1l0ew00NV0gbKWV9sDAkRrGvsYcplPg9CWk4DDWovLjltyNXWOcc48FkNCU9t71qtLU0lSzfR_GOB_yvmoPolcGt7Fo/s4032/IMG_8054.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQYmYwFHAtiniqZ_yuJBeYfdZnbP5yvFV93upfUra8aNoXtBoDHcaQKUic7evDFFmjTiyIFpZFvDQ1o_9Zan45FMMwYGMsDsSj1l0ew00NV0gbKWV9sDAkRrGvsYcplPg9CWk4DDWovLjltyNXWOcc48FkNCU9t71qtLU0lSzfR_GOB_yvmoPolcGt7Fo/w480-h640/IMG_8054.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Instead, I touched up the plan leaves with the olive green. Pictures showed some yellowing leaves that were either new leaves or older ones--probably newer ones since they were smaller. Plant leaves will vary in color depending on the health of the plant and its growths pattern as leaves sprout, mature, age, and dye away, so I used lighter greens and even a few dabs of yellow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While the newly painted leaves dried I began to make the basket planter by applying tacky glue to the cup and wrapping it with with the cording. I braided the edging for top edge of the cup, measuring the circumference 3 times to get enough cord for the braid and lucky for me that guess was the perfect length.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-JhdXnjgcmDFQfi8xtYDlc6tTax3Hvb3ohA90cQABI8BM6wjW0NjzMbaIrJavmjzAKjnVHGhOPKsmdQWa1_ES2iSz5zbb2ApSghBuf4e1DW-jeqzT_AmLo8Y7TiVq87XJqW7WMj4QMYt_GeV--VHYVWiR_BnqEQAsHcMsba2Jj7zEI5z_VQLgfXjMSra/s4032/IMG_8055.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-JhdXnjgcmDFQfi8xtYDlc6tTax3Hvb3ohA90cQABI8BM6wjW0NjzMbaIrJavmjzAKjnVHGhOPKsmdQWa1_ES2iSz5zbb2ApSghBuf4e1DW-jeqzT_AmLo8Y7TiVq87XJqW7WMj4QMYt_GeV--VHYVWiR_BnqEQAsHcMsba2Jj7zEI5z_VQLgfXjMSra/w480-h640/IMG_8055.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a nice plant pot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlAXNm2v-AeYgFDnKTGu8Ox3csrI_s4-mhmGePL4zMjx86HEFJF0BWHKgMxnHjNtxhSC_4f3Ms_oofKrbrGPx07qW9GTXU6qv8RvKAquiZL0I1WyAOyqGdVT4pQ8qXpv-zgHpI0MXCXryd7o5qUQlkJZpCF8O6r4j6UpDIXbjkJqn_lF3Vf_7H9K8yh9h/s4032/IMG_8060.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlAXNm2v-AeYgFDnKTGu8Ox3csrI_s4-mhmGePL4zMjx86HEFJF0BWHKgMxnHjNtxhSC_4f3Ms_oofKrbrGPx07qW9GTXU6qv8RvKAquiZL0I1WyAOyqGdVT4pQ8qXpv-zgHpI0MXCXryd7o5qUQlkJZpCF8O6r4j6UpDIXbjkJqn_lF3Vf_7H9K8yh9h/w480-h640/IMG_8060.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjJthRR-rfCqNcifYqnx-AxLZEMwug30mKKZZ_jAfVSnZZISiYOIIQjUj6iUBGbtZzH_6Xb_jOFdDe8SbC2yTvn93-McK5Pi_BVWTW_eZxYUoNWb4fZcNt2iTtyMCjNdyeI-lRfF7LSwxjjz70B3zq-JYvWqKx99e9hiqXsqCrQBv79Q45p_WfLvdhGaa/s4032/IMG_8061.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjJthRR-rfCqNcifYqnx-AxLZEMwug30mKKZZ_jAfVSnZZISiYOIIQjUj6iUBGbtZzH_6Xb_jOFdDe8SbC2yTvn93-McK5Pi_BVWTW_eZxYUoNWb4fZcNt2iTtyMCjNdyeI-lRfF7LSwxjjz70B3zq-JYvWqKx99e9hiqXsqCrQBv79Q45p_WfLvdhGaa/w480-h640/IMG_8061.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I get busy making a project and forget to photograph each step, so follow along: I used air dry or paper clay to fill the pot. The stems will penetrate it easily and when the clay sets the stems will be secure. I skipped my tea grounds soil top dressing; instead, I used some tacky clue on top of the clay and added a bit of moss to cover the white clay.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ojnPEoU82Ar0djdphX8FuFJ_fdKRd_4WMCdXeNSlQ_nzmkP-AOa2BUadxLSJ125HBwwcl0-anNIElYKtjusL6IN-itAneLXNhxbocz6lRBKtsFSEmjGQsCofTbbSeZa7WtkU4M1Qn7no--In7YXTC-Njju6RCs-194t5AxKP_KcEXCg_MM6PyKGN9OLY/s4032/IMG_8064.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ojnPEoU82Ar0djdphX8FuFJ_fdKRd_4WMCdXeNSlQ_nzmkP-AOa2BUadxLSJ125HBwwcl0-anNIElYKtjusL6IN-itAneLXNhxbocz6lRBKtsFSEmjGQsCofTbbSeZa7WtkU4M1Qn7no--In7YXTC-Njju6RCs-194t5AxKP_KcEXCg_MM6PyKGN9OLY/w480-h640/IMG_8064.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You find a pack like this with a variety of mosses at most craft stores.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-fWtP8etJGxTPz3tVYHmOvere0QW3jxA_AV7tRJS_miFhDuyxBjFoAmwYJlMuzVNJThVstdwZv8RbzPZKxnS8xIrpZkHMHPSEfEzc6QDqnlt4i2tpEEvvLjRH8DjSGce8ODLn5oURtbjuz6PnWUDfQ7Cmr5lNshNZTcO8pTagbhG9BuD2xd69wl758Y4/s4032/IMG_8062.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-fWtP8etJGxTPz3tVYHmOvere0QW3jxA_AV7tRJS_miFhDuyxBjFoAmwYJlMuzVNJThVstdwZv8RbzPZKxnS8xIrpZkHMHPSEfEzc6QDqnlt4i2tpEEvvLjRH8DjSGce8ODLn5oURtbjuz6PnWUDfQ7Cmr5lNshNZTcO8pTagbhG9BuD2xd69wl758Y4/w480-h640/IMG_8062.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">then added the leaves to create a palm plant. At this stage you want the underneath of the leave to face out from the pot and you will slightly shape each leaf to make look as natural as possible by slightly bending the wired stem. You will make adjustments in placement and maybe even some touch-up to make the plant look as real and natural as possible.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> And here it is: </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkzlV6q2ur1YXWMZlljw4rONzHG_rZH8Rgn2w8wYmAmMdRN4YQjUYv--tHblX9di5nOTxmnTSCaZo4wzjYDA9Ff-MYrHJZUIffI28xjAkNN-BP99jfBsN8jauSaH8D7AyziAoh47mZ7vLiUupOnfGaHBk2TAiT1WFdbvzSZXQMepGWbs5voXdtUscoa2Z/s4032/IMG_8068.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkzlV6q2ur1YXWMZlljw4rONzHG_rZH8Rgn2w8wYmAmMdRN4YQjUYv--tHblX9di5nOTxmnTSCaZo4wzjYDA9Ff-MYrHJZUIffI28xjAkNN-BP99jfBsN8jauSaH8D7AyziAoh47mZ7vLiUupOnfGaHBk2TAiT1WFdbvzSZXQMepGWbs5voXdtUscoa2Z/w480-h640/IMG_8068.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It really is large, full plant, maybe even too big for this space, but I do have some leaves left so I can create a smaller plant and since the leaves are not glued in place in this pot, I may re-do it for a smaller plant--but not too bad for the first time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfYqGj0JWrJrhCXMFfFHbrOZZQoeiUw0_DygP8XWyX6fBQQ-9MDFks1J8nrwDuIgTFI8zm55l9VEnzfQ59IDXr6TDTHFLbeuQxO3zFKtsPVeUoJ3nPlMuYpuLjlIc6rajsbNa-SN4rcIH8Ag_7JXlzuvrZOBtbRPMIcyWyx5OPFSzFzVLlOdwboyFBVK4/s4032/IMG_8069.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfYqGj0JWrJrhCXMFfFHbrOZZQoeiUw0_DygP8XWyX6fBQQ-9MDFks1J8nrwDuIgTFI8zm55l9VEnzfQ59IDXr6TDTHFLbeuQxO3zFKtsPVeUoJ3nPlMuYpuLjlIc6rajsbNa-SN4rcIH8Ag_7JXlzuvrZOBtbRPMIcyWyx5OPFSzFzVLlOdwboyFBVK4/w480-h640/IMG_8069.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pink is feeling bit short next the tall palm that might end up on the balcony. I think she like it. We had a go-round over the roof, so I sort of felt like I needed a little peace offering.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0EOQp13IXsyq-ynhxZdSwcdBptxubI3aAoUaj4jsPOdXiXhAY3dHbItbGzG7PvFUaJxtI95pAxbE7ypuhpTW5xEDe5GIZ-Xpjs4mtbzqj686uz4eC_oxjAeWpTxLBSTGuX_PGmMUARvmFgYToWspbgRY4gvGwi8n2yBwP0XjMtDfP3nFUs_-52xefAUM/s4032/IMG_8078.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0EOQp13IXsyq-ynhxZdSwcdBptxubI3aAoUaj4jsPOdXiXhAY3dHbItbGzG7PvFUaJxtI95pAxbE7ypuhpTW5xEDe5GIZ-Xpjs4mtbzqj686uz4eC_oxjAeWpTxLBSTGuX_PGmMUARvmFgYToWspbgRY4gvGwi8n2yBwP0XjMtDfP3nFUs_-52xefAUM/w480-h640/IMG_8078.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fern worked up nicely, too. My intent was to hang two from the ceiling but I have to drill holes in the acrylic and into the wood--not sure I want to do that either, but the fern looks realistic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa216MSrBw8wJ-dWyfCupZU3VEv20Y1ja3Al4io4xLHO57t5oLkj3nbqVnLfjpEewORUJzuwgShqwstcYPVK34yMEG0aBc4o6x84IyebY0y9cUuti38IJfJYcrev14NYNDCjwftneUXLivl3B1L1aghp7r3RQ8yTHXTWHKKFeFpOJesmZKOHouWYmFq9a/s4032/IMG_8079.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa216MSrBw8wJ-dWyfCupZU3VEv20Y1ja3Al4io4xLHO57t5oLkj3nbqVnLfjpEewORUJzuwgShqwstcYPVK34yMEG0aBc4o6x84IyebY0y9cUuti38IJfJYcrev14NYNDCjwftneUXLivl3B1L1aghp7r3RQ8yTHXTWHKKFeFpOJesmZKOHouWYmFq9a/w480-h640/IMG_8079.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6CFra86V4lKpNB8pZIkAxoRXmajxlizdrGcQa7Z8-PJTXAZlRq5E4--RgrFA4g6VwCXpO-t2e5HcMBZROtGwbmGBT4HrCbpIJlweQDiVgeBqPw1GjoScCID8gy-Kb0w1Uw-w0L0b3rEotu22Arft-j5tRwza839Xnieh6JsgsU4AfaewmkTzbDY18nhW/s4032/IMG_8080.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6CFra86V4lKpNB8pZIkAxoRXmajxlizdrGcQa7Z8-PJTXAZlRq5E4--RgrFA4g6VwCXpO-t2e5HcMBZROtGwbmGBT4HrCbpIJlweQDiVgeBqPw1GjoScCID8gy-Kb0w1Uw-w0L0b3rEotu22Arft-j5tRwza839Xnieh6JsgsU4AfaewmkTzbDY18nhW/w480-h640/IMG_8080.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKGrJKoW1t9_j_FvLjd02pQYG5IdTwQ-7HJUoM1HD3fHWkpMaheP2zU2Xhs0TmUsXXdsVBdUFng6bsO239mhX-6w2uYwHaIbf1WCn5tMLqN3wWmuZGzvXfoB1c3NaD_TlgJ5P_z59SoLZYPVW-H-Wcx5yDUNxvL1DhQluP26hgCLthKIyz8Ms0ddsJSNX/s4032/IMG_8082.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKGrJKoW1t9_j_FvLjd02pQYG5IdTwQ-7HJUoM1HD3fHWkpMaheP2zU2Xhs0TmUsXXdsVBdUFng6bsO239mhX-6w2uYwHaIbf1WCn5tMLqN3wWmuZGzvXfoB1c3NaD_TlgJ5P_z59SoLZYPVW-H-Wcx5yDUNxvL1DhQluP26hgCLthKIyz8Ms0ddsJSNX/w480-h640/IMG_8082.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some may feel pretty intimidated when trying to make plants. For beginners, I certainly recommend purchasing kits. While they may be a bit pricy, so is the investment in papers, punches, and other supplies to create your own plants, so while these kits weren't exactly cheap, they are a nice quality and will lend I think very good results. Look for other tutorials and suppliers for plant material to learn more about plant making. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3G6tQO39x53gaybhjpshQblmWzkPd0alS6_l_q695CRWgm1Slz-OvypRkJ9tg9wJpzwU8cCAwrU15J_Y1_fUiw12Ly7kmv6wMXuihRUnSj_BlxsESmp6ct7E0-AvVfAQv6JQaiQmCG-Tr6bOL0VkWllJUDkyW-1cVp3E0RkxLGOjlbaAlgla1Wg6w_z3/s4032/IMG_8083.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3G6tQO39x53gaybhjpshQblmWzkPd0alS6_l_q695CRWgm1Slz-OvypRkJ9tg9wJpzwU8cCAwrU15J_Y1_fUiw12Ly7kmv6wMXuihRUnSj_BlxsESmp6ct7E0-AvVfAQv6JQaiQmCG-Tr6bOL0VkWllJUDkyW-1cVp3E0RkxLGOjlbaAlgla1Wg6w_z3/w480-h640/IMG_8083.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pink, as you know, is my project manager for my mini projects. We had quite a go-round on the faux metal roof after I had to talk her in it, so I didn't really don't appreciate her "I told you so" attitude when I began to reconsider that style of roof because I just couldn't get the pieces to fit like they needed to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course the discussion on whether or not we should use wood shake shingles or fake metal stuff wasn't particularly an easy one for she tends to be pretty bossy and has gotten worse since she saw the new Barbie movie. I had to remind her--though I hated to--that she was a Macdonald's Happy Meal prize and that she was rescued from a thrift store along with several other girls in the same discounted sack, so she should show a bit of gratitude; I reminded her that even though she has really good ideas and is usually right she, could be a little more respectful. Finally we reached a mutual agreement on wood shingles, knowing they will look much better than an attempted metal roof. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX-9KEqPiHzj0OpWrBIpExrsn43Gpk5j0KvQA3V-ZfWiJJ1_8jT-o6OKbm0U7PMjMdrTQtCVMVsHnEQyIVhzKrAx7widQfDaKeoPVXwmTQCBW5RLDLp4SjxiA02ZJzYoQ5mLMncLte_whLUrh4giAeBw3pkM7zR3-ARJCDfXMFG5lnGKDF-q5rcuiQsJ9/s4032/IMG_8085.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX-9KEqPiHzj0OpWrBIpExrsn43Gpk5j0KvQA3V-ZfWiJJ1_8jT-o6OKbm0U7PMjMdrTQtCVMVsHnEQyIVhzKrAx7widQfDaKeoPVXwmTQCBW5RLDLp4SjxiA02ZJzYoQ5mLMncLte_whLUrh4giAeBw3pkM7zR3-ARJCDfXMFG5lnGKDF-q5rcuiQsJ9/w480-h640/IMG_8085.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Busy week ahead. I hope to finish up the green house and present the finished project next time, and maybe I'll get the shingling started. The grandkids are all back in school, even the 3 girls who are home schooled. I'll be teaching at least one them a half credit literature seminar, maybe CS Lewis. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And there is always yard work going on and the car goes to the shop and I have a DAR project that I have finish, so I'll try to see you next week. In the meantime stop by my InstaGram, Ann's Dollhouse Dreams. I'd love to see you there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a swell week. </div><br /><p><br /></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-19730304811455201842023-08-20T19:14:00.002-07:002023-08-20T19:30:13.149-07:00Sew, Just Sew<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To Increase font size use command + keys on a Mac; use appropriate keys on PC</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> Lots of things to do this summer, but mostly I've been procrastinating the roof on the Manchester. Finally yesterday I put my mind to beginning the glueing process. I'm doing a faux metal roof, a popular alternative to asphalt shingles here in Northern Colorado because the amount of hail we receive. Now more and more these metal roofs styles are showing up on dollhouses, probably because such a roof creates a sleek, modern look that complements the modern interior that is so popular. <p></p><p>Actually in reality, such a roof seems a great alternative to placing hundreds of shingles. Still I've been nervous, making me abandon the house for a time. </p><p>So yesterday I dug in, gluing in the place the ridge cap, but I'm going to save this for another post, for another hang-up has been the 3rd floor--what to do with it. I've thought of the possibilities: a craft room, reading room, another bedroom, or maybe even a laundry. It seems that I've settled on a sewing room.</p><p>But there is a problem with that, too, because I'be already done sewing room, so how do I make this one unique and new? My first house, a major strip down to the bare wood renovation that you can see here----has a fairly outdated sewing room. The house has a lot inconsistencies and mistakes and gaffes, so sometimes I think about a re-do on that house. NO WAY for a couple of reasons: I love the house just the way it is and more so because all the mistakes demonstrate how far I've come in miniature building---from knowing 0 to knowing a lot more. It's even still decorated for Christmas. Dusty, too. Still I love it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSlWy1UNMjnOmYhKPEmkUcQ8ehyab6ttTjg8A8mELT210uIjFf-sLH9qWPQ4ABj8psklF_8-LGI7v6RZgH4Ckgi0FFExpW6K1ZOM7DKp_4zC6mXG3ZU_qufGPoIdqEXCCN3eoUu-4cdjC5HVsm-LaiiBK496cuIq37ObWrtAx07NnGlIGHwi3P3t-mCKS/s4032/IMG_8005.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1737" data-original-width="4032" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSlWy1UNMjnOmYhKPEmkUcQ8ehyab6ttTjg8A8mELT210uIjFf-sLH9qWPQ4ABj8psklF_8-LGI7v6RZgH4Ckgi0FFExpW6K1ZOM7DKp_4zC6mXG3ZU_qufGPoIdqEXCCN3eoUu-4cdjC5HVsm-LaiiBK496cuIq37ObWrtAx07NnGlIGHwi3P3t-mCKS/w640-h276/IMG_8005.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I image a granny seamstress with a barely begun dress on the sewing machine and stack of fabric for the next project. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBT1ZC5KPZ20YARSveoz9TYNJUeiazx3TmLiXZGXzbNwyabkvelp087U0eYW3VgIJXhXtheuR8AjmRW1LNMvtOp6zIF1wgFdUY9cN3-d11q-Ih6oFbqm3ZuxDuWIo86-RaEKFi8C6m1Jk-QJcHg0urvCEsOPWBcwHtgf0hgIfwEz0p01cFFnFdusRcNDKY/s3120/IMG_8004.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="2317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBT1ZC5KPZ20YARSveoz9TYNJUeiazx3TmLiXZGXzbNwyabkvelp087U0eYW3VgIJXhXtheuR8AjmRW1LNMvtOp6zIF1wgFdUY9cN3-d11q-Ih6oFbqm3ZuxDuWIo86-RaEKFi8C6m1Jk-QJcHg0urvCEsOPWBcwHtgf0hgIfwEz0p01cFFnFdusRcNDKY/w476-h640/IMG_8004.jpeg" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have grown quite tired of the stairway that divides a house, but I think in many old farmhouses that was the standard floor plan. The nice thing about this house is that the stair way has a roomy space, unlike the more modern farm houses, like Real Good Toys very popular Vermont Jr. and my current project the Manchester. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A9_QjOjf1OLkkYLGcUAJxtj5Byd7QNRF95xqNu17FOLex2zZGdMWQBjYHR3VH6q89WtAzTqmREloiW8n4YiMDWsCzbYhJ5rMzE7F-9kDBKD3VU1j-ay4MB4M3uOfV5hOgWYNS8YnmiSYGICcSy9wwe87clDRnptFGKKKr2YrBRxpJ-LC2FZjMmMIEmE-/s2939/IMG_8003.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2939" data-original-width="1854" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A9_QjOjf1OLkkYLGcUAJxtj5Byd7QNRF95xqNu17FOLex2zZGdMWQBjYHR3VH6q89WtAzTqmREloiW8n4YiMDWsCzbYhJ5rMzE7F-9kDBKD3VU1j-ay4MB4M3uOfV5hOgWYNS8YnmiSYGICcSy9wwe87clDRnptFGKKKr2YrBRxpJ-LC2FZjMmMIEmE-/w404-h640/IMG_8003.jpeg" width="404" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28wIxguNb_WNlSHYC2nEnmb3Kyl0_8GeoeITR81ZX8RoWsGEtusKBAMgBZ5qDpl7V78tLxzi6Fto0RJnHD2fXlZZ4flW8m1q4N2JIY9S8Gkq_diDjQRpuvIYgWe_FfRBrFDg1PPOznpbmmPcSarZpUn_S6MLwfO9vQITV6DRDYiQtl-aDC9pownRopPWJ/s4032/IMG_8002.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28wIxguNb_WNlSHYC2nEnmb3Kyl0_8GeoeITR81ZX8RoWsGEtusKBAMgBZ5qDpl7V78tLxzi6Fto0RJnHD2fXlZZ4flW8m1q4N2JIY9S8Gkq_diDjQRpuvIYgWe_FfRBrFDg1PPOznpbmmPcSarZpUn_S6MLwfO9vQITV6DRDYiQtl-aDC9pownRopPWJ/w480-h640/IMG_8002.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This thread display shows scale. I don't remember where I got these tiny spools, but they are more accurate to scale than what we might sub in, the wood working spools in the wood section at Hobby Lobby--the are even too large for Barbie, 1/6 scale.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi_fnhlhRkT2U1slTvI0Wl4vF6tOqWUFSBMLkstKZ0ccHqN7TqyJ9aJHArvTbMeLFMhOO9FnFNazrgQBGzrw-Da1Lz5vfnPgxYZVKc_j1QB2EnK2zXURnk-VSLvWX6z7KSy639mtLVvrIkVflz8dzCnQehaGQHPMoJN6eGSjSPAZ3NK1TyGTbGiyWp6zE/s4032/IMG_8001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi_fnhlhRkT2U1slTvI0Wl4vF6tOqWUFSBMLkstKZ0ccHqN7TqyJ9aJHArvTbMeLFMhOO9FnFNazrgQBGzrw-Da1Lz5vfnPgxYZVKc_j1QB2EnK2zXURnk-VSLvWX6z7KSy639mtLVvrIkVflz8dzCnQehaGQHPMoJN6eGSjSPAZ3NK1TyGTbGiyWp6zE/w434-h640/IMG_8001.jpeg" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I picked up this cabinet a long time ago, somewhere and I think that it might be half scale, but it works in this space for me. Back then I didn't know any better. Today I do and I don't care.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-kOErz4j5m9juPZrtooz90kp_I7K-SNi8XTjTyjomYKL2ww1Xnvk3QfEDDewwgopXgyZbyzRfd-MNkm_rJ-L8cFE1mB2O3QGzj0FM0ITR9ZoL2vXh-fe79fAt45vL-30ZPd0uhxXes8UnJpW6pMHVEsX3dW7QaqMAQ9BXg0AsOSrmBPLEymXVvc3fE0H/s3010/IMG_7999.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2081" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-kOErz4j5m9juPZrtooz90kp_I7K-SNi8XTjTyjomYKL2ww1Xnvk3QfEDDewwgopXgyZbyzRfd-MNkm_rJ-L8cFE1mB2O3QGzj0FM0ITR9ZoL2vXh-fe79fAt45vL-30ZPd0uhxXes8UnJpW6pMHVEsX3dW7QaqMAQ9BXg0AsOSrmBPLEymXVvc3fE0H/w442-h640/IMG_7999.jpeg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fuzzy as the photo is, you can see the comparison.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2Ry1yxEPGxV-58muNvMHKUsHvOd2vGZZAUzJDPoaMPb3c-AM9o7-XnQh5TWdbmQD57zD7t7VZquGa5gXWMX0YllmbGcscwl0REzFDduFMddcSYa3xSHbtce2r5ZzcnWsEY4uYnF0msmmq6jIg3rXrhqgnYSOVoeyVT4ydmERkSvipOGpiegsGeorNcgs/s1582/IMG_7998.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="1505" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2Ry1yxEPGxV-58muNvMHKUsHvOd2vGZZAUzJDPoaMPb3c-AM9o7-XnQh5TWdbmQD57zD7t7VZquGa5gXWMX0YllmbGcscwl0REzFDduFMddcSYa3xSHbtce2r5ZzcnWsEY4uYnF0msmmq6jIg3rXrhqgnYSOVoeyVT4ydmERkSvipOGpiegsGeorNcgs/w608-h640/IMG_7998.jpeg" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love the sewing machine, too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8pNN3fd3OlgruDZ6hy9mnMpajk0pyexjf0nh34l-JJ4kwQNOMvZhPl9NCQeC-irUTy3Hs08vNGM6JrWNZBz2oro9HAHprRO4AmLx-6G8FzbQJDtrYULxsdqk6YcvgyZ8l_hlI0YAzawfp4NhfczYtyRmSAXRz-gn0-fmgPJGtFMeQ5hyvB_bn6kFyNX6/s2964/IMG_7997.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="2876" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8pNN3fd3OlgruDZ6hy9mnMpajk0pyexjf0nh34l-JJ4kwQNOMvZhPl9NCQeC-irUTy3Hs08vNGM6JrWNZBz2oro9HAHprRO4AmLx-6G8FzbQJDtrYULxsdqk6YcvgyZ8l_hlI0YAzawfp4NhfczYtyRmSAXRz-gn0-fmgPJGtFMeQ5hyvB_bn6kFyNX6/w620-h640/IMG_7997.jpeg" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now for the new: I've been so undecided on the the attic--or third floor. I love My Miniature Emporium miniatures and have contemplated buying her fully equipped laundry room, but seriously who has a laundry room on the third floor? We left my favorite house because the bedrooms were on the second floor where all the laundry came from and the laundry was on the bottom level with a lot stairs in between, so I'll not be putting a 3rd floor floor laundry in even a doll's house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll build a new house. (You DID NOT just read that statement!!!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So another sewing room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I learned how to sew very young. My mother made all of our clothes and even when I went off to college I sewed my own skirts--way back then girls did not wear pants, even in the winter. We had to ask the dean of women for special permission to wear jeans underneath our skirts in really, really snowy, bad weather. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I sewed most of my clothing. But I didn't quilt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lately, though, I have been with quilting friends, so that's what has inspired me to set up shop in the Manchester. Here's my list of Etsy purchases:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BitsyNest?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=525523454" target="_blank">Blue Iron: Bitsy Nest</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ironing Board and white iron <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BitsyNest?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=525523454" target="_blank">Miniature Crush</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Patterns and Cutting Mat Download PDFS: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LumaLittles?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1411648173" target="_blank">Luma Littles</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sewing Machine: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/StillintheWoods?ref=yr_purchases" target="_blank">Still in the Woods</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fabric, scissors, buttons thread: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiniTinyTreasureShop?ref=yr_purchases" target="_blank">Mini Treasure Shop</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shelf with fabric and boxes and more: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Miniatyrmama?ref=yr_purchases" target="_blank">Miniatyrmama</a></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPKDB7iO4xYJIT3NbFhnotYU5G7qZAmvbhTil7dpBIlEnycbd_1huoa5hhpcCLNFq0r1UBGEtl4b7CBne8OMrtmHglnlbuiLqmtKwoYF1hgDFu9fHT39G6pRt1pAwysjeZeNYBDaqt0KKl-h1kQRz70wneWCR6XHF_dPmURE6PQNLCwdQKFycYW7l10hv/s4032/IMG_7988.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2398" data-original-width="3024" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdcb7XC4_IaBV8J82YbEWV3vAmgewUSFztDDl56T48sqdXC0tuGpoFESroxOYDksSeRfIRfjyIJR8ra9NGSw4qUkxk9xu-F2HLWF-GTlO5xHM8QhRIHeSby-Wj5EhMgodzI2nLQPPML03efTBUCD2vUio4Ih4UETjktYrDKLG0GnFnWQTwuMKJ9DdFWJ7/w640-h508/IMG_7956.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From my own stash: the book cases, an old Hobby Lobby set that came with a cabinet. While they are 1:12 scale, they really are too small small to hold much, even books. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The table is a popular set and my even still be available. It come with two chairs. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgRzT9WSUqVss23EmhVIuV5iyJn1Iis-Qt2cAdEsUtYVRm-bXao5UYamA4FXwYiq-hqCSrs3Ch88WTbqhTsy8D3E996B43zE-PRPWG9SbMIrt2XSebf5N8Y9hWPxkMtCAImrP60RwZCUJ-374C46ZqzBPZidGaxQjXRwGmQVLypb6RuBA1klZNde96qJh/s3242/IMG_7955.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2923" data-original-width="3242" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgRzT9WSUqVss23EmhVIuV5iyJn1Iis-Qt2cAdEsUtYVRm-bXao5UYamA4FXwYiq-hqCSrs3Ch88WTbqhTsy8D3E996B43zE-PRPWG9SbMIrt2XSebf5N8Y9hWPxkMtCAImrP60RwZCUJ-374C46ZqzBPZidGaxQjXRwGmQVLypb6RuBA1klZNde96qJh/w640-h578/IMG_7955.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And why the treadle sewing machine, you ask? Oh for a couple of reasons. First, I cannot fine a modern sewing machine that looks realistic. And because my mother-in-law used to sew a variety of things for craft shows to earn extra income and all she had was her grandmother's treadle machine. Finally she saved up enough money to buy an electric machine. We knew she was failing when she had to call us to see why the machine wouldn't work. There was screw or something missing, she'd complain, when in reality she had forgotten how to thread the machine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhxvRxAQbcT70ijaEPYvxnydwREJuhh2KAUvapuLKL2QqEpk3oIJ4i-Xws4RqGSQe-a9HATaztH17rFs_OcEka7CY6-FKfRaS1fRTN3R2o6xge0AQRF4o_qJTWi1nsNXVUzYKNj7thTXanAFB2EKAbGPrthNGWaA8_9hMXebkM2hA_2EP9W_W6d0dgAB8/s3024/IMG_7963.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2771" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhxvRxAQbcT70ijaEPYvxnydwREJuhh2KAUvapuLKL2QqEpk3oIJ4i-Xws4RqGSQe-a9HATaztH17rFs_OcEka7CY6-FKfRaS1fRTN3R2o6xge0AQRF4o_qJTWi1nsNXVUzYKNj7thTXanAFB2EKAbGPrthNGWaA8_9hMXebkM2hA_2EP9W_W6d0dgAB8/w586-h640/IMG_7963.jpeg" width="586" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found a variety of treadle machines for sale on Etsy, selecting this one because it was threaded. I didn't like the tread box on the treadle, so I removed. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-JE1NBYQcaUxRIMKYyV-n_JHg6WHtine10ec9MzEUBdiqrSrMaqpjqPJoDErJtxUp-294wFSqR7x8i0Jks5xwaL74oN3-n_jOcPk3OD6yCKNbtsFxzfQIWfe5HIOa7OJoIgW-F0FudiNUP1b0BdzaRPpEZ8UuerxPXpxL76n_Jq4dGttM8h_0LhYt9yU/s3011/IMG_7964.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3011" data-original-width="2497" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-JE1NBYQcaUxRIMKYyV-n_JHg6WHtine10ec9MzEUBdiqrSrMaqpjqPJoDErJtxUp-294wFSqR7x8i0Jks5xwaL74oN3-n_jOcPk3OD6yCKNbtsFxzfQIWfe5HIOa7OJoIgW-F0FudiNUP1b0BdzaRPpEZ8UuerxPXpxL76n_Jq4dGttM8h_0LhYt9yU/w530-h640/IMG_7964.jpeg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some quilters do use what they refer to as a Feather Weight treadle machine because of its precise stitching.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5fNPNE1bJdVisr8UFW-f2uDxYWrxcxUJpnyaK4ZI-1Ijp7HT0273In3SPJBI9mVLBT-TYOiPWwyy_m37dtxdQJ2aG7xfLVfkLQCFiDUbJLHvNQoxCO0fmyp258WB93flzLSYw-QdSOeWqAKveaecf4FMAKrIgGpQaJF2DHCZX9nkVslWGK7-CSO_clV2/s3915/IMG_7965.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2877" data-original-width="3915" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5fNPNE1bJdVisr8UFW-f2uDxYWrxcxUJpnyaK4ZI-1Ijp7HT0273In3SPJBI9mVLBT-TYOiPWwyy_m37dtxdQJ2aG7xfLVfkLQCFiDUbJLHvNQoxCO0fmyp258WB93flzLSYw-QdSOeWqAKveaecf4FMAKrIgGpQaJF2DHCZX9nkVslWGK7-CSO_clV2/w640-h470/IMG_7965.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While not a elegantly painted as the machine in the Pink Farmhouse, with disappointed me a bit when I opened the packaging, I'm growing quite fond of this 19th century relic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57PGPEaaMs-q1ryXx_J2yyy07mblpcTVY7cffS0u-O0df8sJiZKP3tS-43rHzp0GISOd2AahNWCCexIuhJweNSOTBszKChDZnqL-yASEBLpKf3LZxFDclVj6cHfrpvugseiw1KDT8jNg-wH-8SwB_AxDTKizJf5ufyPvRQywxYIbKkxKu9zjP4OBZ1R23/s3024/IMG_7966.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2837" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57PGPEaaMs-q1ryXx_J2yyy07mblpcTVY7cffS0u-O0df8sJiZKP3tS-43rHzp0GISOd2AahNWCCexIuhJweNSOTBszKChDZnqL-yASEBLpKf3LZxFDclVj6cHfrpvugseiw1KDT8jNg-wH-8SwB_AxDTKizJf5ufyPvRQywxYIbKkxKu9zjP4OBZ1R23/w640-h600/IMG_7966.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9diZHr9zoPmzKi8IS0AcGV6NYrI0V7tlYuDkFgyRBmLU2oIoPZPhH_eMaooAvCd4T139hNBrlvWtZxgCNhZ9DnO7WMpkRaA4Dax1o2ZGCuyfqngP5o93ZYyQsIKIwFwG7E7t9TRo3n0C5SEbsrJPFbQq-wMx2X8TY-BOW6DGA5XrTqkCzPwGdEBkIje9/s4032/IMG_7967.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9diZHr9zoPmzKi8IS0AcGV6NYrI0V7tlYuDkFgyRBmLU2oIoPZPhH_eMaooAvCd4T139hNBrlvWtZxgCNhZ9DnO7WMpkRaA4Dax1o2ZGCuyfqngP5o93ZYyQsIKIwFwG7E7t9TRo3n0C5SEbsrJPFbQq-wMx2X8TY-BOW6DGA5XrTqkCzPwGdEBkIje9/w480-h640/IMG_7967.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My favorite and inspirational piece for this room comes from Miniatyrmama, who I have followed for a long time. I purchased other items from her Etsy Shop shipped all the way from Sweden. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17pnjN7LIGPX0alz7yErxpUwHyCRJMDtzxi3NdetQjmgkK1H-HC5gIh0wa1mmiZZ2UidI3Ji3yFDAtyTCFRjzNSYCxcB5obYLUCVMYmCo-jPqn2dS77fKFJBPGD_LGvhjTUypcU_TaN4a49Wpl3NXoXO9Hn4sIw6jsE2xwX5VDGAbEW_GDM-J-HRBF5Fg/s4032/IMG_7969.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17pnjN7LIGPX0alz7yErxpUwHyCRJMDtzxi3NdetQjmgkK1H-HC5gIh0wa1mmiZZ2UidI3Ji3yFDAtyTCFRjzNSYCxcB5obYLUCVMYmCo-jPqn2dS77fKFJBPGD_LGvhjTUypcU_TaN4a49Wpl3NXoXO9Hn4sIw6jsE2xwX5VDGAbEW_GDM-J-HRBF5Fg/w480-h640/IMG_7969.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRli6ZSKuIAQ1MAjsl-HFXze-QKJ-gJ16p8lVsdFD2YUbWEgLPzQ2pFomCdyr11GAAfxUy3PdAo69hopTk54VpOD50MsYOP3LlVlvWWbVKs8awmB6oMzQ_6DaUzGg0fWA1LJRBGGZWcpQB1k7LSttiW0e8aSCAa6xBHOw6_ZHhj5P-63UjQr-ASenSr4ap/s4032/IMG_7973.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRli6ZSKuIAQ1MAjsl-HFXze-QKJ-gJ16p8lVsdFD2YUbWEgLPzQ2pFomCdyr11GAAfxUy3PdAo69hopTk54VpOD50MsYOP3LlVlvWWbVKs8awmB6oMzQ_6DaUzGg0fWA1LJRBGGZWcpQB1k7LSttiW0e8aSCAa6xBHOw6_ZHhj5P-63UjQr-ASenSr4ap/w480-h640/IMG_7973.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The irons came from two different shops. I had them both in my cart with the intention of going back and choosing one, but I hit "Buy" without thinking. No matter. I have three irons. Who uses irons these days? Always in sewing; laundry not so much anymore. The white and blue iron is actually one from Town Square, purchased from the Miniature Crush Etsy Store.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGPPbBK53_A9exqhtupBbSiZclqN0ozmgp-PO7NVL0psEG0BL6WubGZILv9GsDPloN0wNxNoJ2gZ2eJMUeXeb5W2WmDvX8QRzKe8aSJb6W7HsqAccgGIAjXXWIfjlgrfbOo3ziUOq4eZUbWEaflKxCs903ACf9VO9GVAsJ66DPF-AUHGe0-vxpayAyKcT/s4032/IMG_7975.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGPPbBK53_A9exqhtupBbSiZclqN0ozmgp-PO7NVL0psEG0BL6WubGZILv9GsDPloN0wNxNoJ2gZ2eJMUeXeb5W2WmDvX8QRzKe8aSJb6W7HsqAccgGIAjXXWIfjlgrfbOo3ziUOq4eZUbWEaflKxCs903ACf9VO9GVAsJ66DPF-AUHGe0-vxpayAyKcT/w480-h640/IMG_7975.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgRYB19YnAuxcB3RX7Dms82WLWYmM_6p7Ixd9n2J6fPrLAEbQyeTnpkoLIlmY19kntFz-aeihSy6XnfhS3DKrbFsq_kMAAlMHZ2h0QN1TiP41pd6ZmYhoJvi8bVN7M-KUGIA83uObW9qmGuB2gzWjO7OYLyw9eHJUZR07scB7-JRjUq-_886GhqiP8qlE/s4032/IMG_7976.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgRYB19YnAuxcB3RX7Dms82WLWYmM_6p7Ixd9n2J6fPrLAEbQyeTnpkoLIlmY19kntFz-aeihSy6XnfhS3DKrbFsq_kMAAlMHZ2h0QN1TiP41pd6ZmYhoJvi8bVN7M-KUGIA83uObW9qmGuB2gzWjO7OYLyw9eHJUZR07scB7-JRjUq-_886GhqiP8qlE/w480-h640/IMG_7976.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvHM_hwApphZ-9X6Ltt1-YgwgYPRpd7gQOp7DizEmtm2ep4tG9Z1GZUTlAPYmwvzktLMxLZdGqMnDqfpyLgVz-OXnNjMMgOOhBxtsVmL9aFQWFP_R0Od0VtykTMvgPPwz-cqMolYxro0zaF95m7lfb_be_67U3BDmTkBTFP5Pd_gdUVY1MbGJ_qXCFTdG/s4032/IMG_7978.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvHM_hwApphZ-9X6Ltt1-YgwgYPRpd7gQOp7DizEmtm2ep4tG9Z1GZUTlAPYmwvzktLMxLZdGqMnDqfpyLgVz-OXnNjMMgOOhBxtsVmL9aFQWFP_R0Od0VtykTMvgPPwz-cqMolYxro0zaF95m7lfb_be_67U3BDmTkBTFP5Pd_gdUVY1MbGJ_qXCFTdG/w480-h640/IMG_7978.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've order another cutting mat that will come with rulers and a rotary cutter from the wallpaper shop, Itsy Bitty Minis. Can't wait to get it. This one is a down load PDF. I enlarged it by 25% in the print window to print it at 125% to get a larger mat. I cut a piece of card to glue in the center to give it more body. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4KxJh25WlBEn8MHPTEF74BH4yI6-jmMe5zLSfUlKMoLZZIvGLXAoRE1aGzBztddQ_--cenHu2W5WCu0VdmfnfGJF2bl1deYgcjVVCMcsv8awyYM5HIkwaZ0eZzQmMkvg2gc90M_3pquKbk4d-aq_2PiBvDd2vKFIdLnadO_G22ZEbAcd9KoNJJYSjBYM/s3033/IMG_7981.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3033" data-original-width="2755" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4KxJh25WlBEn8MHPTEF74BH4yI6-jmMe5zLSfUlKMoLZZIvGLXAoRE1aGzBztddQ_--cenHu2W5WCu0VdmfnfGJF2bl1deYgcjVVCMcsv8awyYM5HIkwaZ0eZzQmMkvg2gc90M_3pquKbk4d-aq_2PiBvDd2vKFIdLnadO_G22ZEbAcd9KoNJJYSjBYM/w582-h640/IMG_7981.jpeg" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here is the sewing room project, a little more modern than the Pink farmhouse room. When I find a suitable modern sewing machine, I'll add it and I'll fill the shelves with more fabric, stash more suited to a a proper quilter. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ1755iEAusKDDSiu_iv0q4_773nytXvHsd-dINaVeGJsyPzPrAdzxF1TwdBHyclHDPj0jWHWyoDd_o-x1PF6h3AH7TG2cG60B4T6qqLL-MdzhuRDt82sIbP7eZ3DEi55oCc-BqcRvrrQut_tgGI8FErZuUxfRsunLrZNj8bz6J5sGMz1dWsGF-wbaT0t/s3024/IMG_7986.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2905" data-original-width="3024" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ1755iEAusKDDSiu_iv0q4_773nytXvHsd-dINaVeGJsyPzPrAdzxF1TwdBHyclHDPj0jWHWyoDd_o-x1PF6h3AH7TG2cG60B4T6qqLL-MdzhuRDt82sIbP7eZ3DEi55oCc-BqcRvrrQut_tgGI8FErZuUxfRsunLrZNj8bz6J5sGMz1dWsGF-wbaT0t/w640-h614/IMG_7986.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's almost apple picking time and the peaches are in. Here we buy them from shipped from the Western Slope, but these little peaches came from last year's crop on our little backyard peach tree, while this Barbie's garden has been productive; looks rhubarb pie will be next.</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHVQViBHhNRfouMh8Z2GhpjluFxEmhPrCng65c_PvMzO24gF3s9c172d8zJgxPCvlET2a-F364kd8ctjeolb7sH_INwKPs8ojE7kK8-5asWeEIQeSusGe5jDvmE0YL7Zx1y4OzCKXzjnfvEhPa9PK9Qe5u3iClcFQr1arRXVpRV3bXvCgMMDYz4-TPeqf/s3518/IMG_7961.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3518" data-original-width="2939" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHVQViBHhNRfouMh8Z2GhpjluFxEmhPrCng65c_PvMzO24gF3s9c172d8zJgxPCvlET2a-F364kd8ctjeolb7sH_INwKPs8ojE7kK8-5asWeEIQeSusGe5jDvmE0YL7Zx1y4OzCKXzjnfvEhPa9PK9Qe5u3iClcFQr1arRXVpRV3bXvCgMMDYz4-TPeqf/w534-h640/IMG_7961.jpeg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the lights are on. Sometimes that bedroom light doesn't work. Have not figured that one out. The third level doesn't have lighting yet. And while the inside is pretty much done, the roof is a PROJECT.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPs0iwacZ1pinlflX_H-Eigp1h8w4chW3G0XZsf3JxtWvL5mGhTZldBbPXM-o-HAtIQn0G6aUcJMJYVE9WLjuC0LL5LdnZ9KwrU0ODUX4sp_8jTWpZi8tMRiJVb1Up2xT84D1yhsONNfk_5P45GasAgZEr5vNRNxQ7wy7sEnQmvOx9kZujzRlRuK9ndp0v/s3085/IMG_7945.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2426" data-original-width="3085" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPs0iwacZ1pinlflX_H-Eigp1h8w4chW3G0XZsf3JxtWvL5mGhTZldBbPXM-o-HAtIQn0G6aUcJMJYVE9WLjuC0LL5LdnZ9KwrU0ODUX4sp_8jTWpZi8tMRiJVb1Up2xT84D1yhsONNfk_5P45GasAgZEr5vNRNxQ7wy7sEnQmvOx9kZujzRlRuK9ndp0v/w640-h504/IMG_7945.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is still a lot of construction going on. I did some research to see how real metal roofs look. In miniature using raw materials, I can only get close, but it will be good for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLA7uy2k0EJnJ8IK6Tner6A0nh1wvYWsvkS3WerX8XX3GN0IZfaTDieV3ZdOILcbLGvbBDqcByY5KMpipmQIPohXAhjhJdesKh8BauWqgqY-0qp4FVZhGCKwbnW54fG8O878Pfruh6LNsyTHL2627fSn6YF1RWlctrZ3xUVmKiK-1ewMhqQpyMNKULUhBn/s4032/IMG_8015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLA7uy2k0EJnJ8IK6Tner6A0nh1wvYWsvkS3WerX8XX3GN0IZfaTDieV3ZdOILcbLGvbBDqcByY5KMpipmQIPohXAhjhJdesKh8BauWqgqY-0qp4FVZhGCKwbnW54fG8O878Pfruh6LNsyTHL2627fSn6YF1RWlctrZ3xUVmKiK-1ewMhqQpyMNKULUhBn/w480-h640/IMG_8015.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On this side I decided to add a gutter and instead of angle cuts on the end to fit the curve of roof line, I decided to do a straight edge based on some of the photos I saw because I can't get the angles to line up and look great.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXfOIPIrDAt4cEeADW2sw3Jv18TAh_s-3MMkq2oBqsBgnsslpBptTcboXdwdNGLq_8ExsNn4WhlJ2xsUQnXbR-R56q090cSMrN2lnVJxV0p-iYqHwztu7bDhpPxTi0hhDR_F1EOVJeVAyyCQPmZF5jgqud1yn2WVt_cnfWuH_XxVCY2NHMY6aSbWTe3Nd/s4032/IMG_8016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXfOIPIrDAt4cEeADW2sw3Jv18TAh_s-3MMkq2oBqsBgnsslpBptTcboXdwdNGLq_8ExsNn4WhlJ2xsUQnXbR-R56q090cSMrN2lnVJxV0p-iYqHwztu7bDhpPxTi0hhDR_F1EOVJeVAyyCQPmZF5jgqud1yn2WVt_cnfWuH_XxVCY2NHMY6aSbWTe3Nd/w480-h640/IMG_8016.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the other side, you can see the angle cuts and how are it is to get the lined up. I do like look of the V but I can't get clean cuts the match. We will see what I finally come up with.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmN7XyQBohF6HAGoCd6OZwZw6FjGTi1Ri-LKfjtpJ4dZbExEyRn5oYMsOXo3F6p3Vy8Yw-lsuaTIhkKQIfSLIy0rPU9td7CBbljsg84wfcW6ejlDROW8CdhxRzba3Hm2MoH0aXjere9V8_nyh6qKlQ_fGhLx8rwFjkfYBUDpvuND_1vfW7DNPT704AREU/s4032/IMG_8017.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmN7XyQBohF6HAGoCd6OZwZw6FjGTi1Ri-LKfjtpJ4dZbExEyRn5oYMsOXo3F6p3Vy8Yw-lsuaTIhkKQIfSLIy0rPU9td7CBbljsg84wfcW6ejlDROW8CdhxRzba3Hm2MoH0aXjere9V8_nyh6qKlQ_fGhLx8rwFjkfYBUDpvuND_1vfW7DNPT704AREU/w480-h640/IMG_8017.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I almost forgot. I've taken Ann's Dollhouse Dreams to Instagram--no Facebook. Look for me there: annsdollhousedreams</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully the next post will feature a completed roof. I tell you, it has been challenging, but I think today I got it figured out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I've never been to Maui, I keep the residents there in my thoughts as I remember the horrible fires that have scorched Colorado in year past. It's most difficult times for them and those in our Pacific Northwest battling wildfires. </div><p></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-48537148331198416182023-07-01T20:19:00.000-07:002023-07-01T20:19:01.553-07:00A Mini Mini<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>NOTE: If the text is too small to easily read, you can increase screen size on a Mac by pressing command and the + key.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes it doesn't take much to make people happy, and I so admire those who do and can make others happy. I try to be that person by being cheerful and positive. I often complement grocery store workers and others in their work places for the fine jobs they do. It doesn't take much to make someone's day just by saying, "I appreciate what you do." or "You are very good at what you do." or </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Thank you for your hard work." So today my hat goes off to Stacy Lyn at Vintage Dollhouse.com for the this amazing 1/144 scale kit that she has in her Etsy shop. I first found Stacy on Instagram where she features her vintage dollhouse pieces. When she previewed her newest kit, I had had to hop over to Etsy and place my order. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you, Stacy for your hard work, which put me in my happy place with this wonderful little kit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last night I began the build. Of course I forgot my phone so I couldn't take photos of opening up the kit, so here are the pieces laid out after I painted them. They are tiny! While the kit comes with instructions, Stacy also providse a YouTube video that takes you through all the steps of assembling the house. You can preview the video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHV4ld1AsXs&t=12s" style="text-align: center;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHV4ld1AsXs&t=12s</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0fS1_vaZF-eHdQwmb6jOC23dpqdYfes2ji4C7-1vrbdih5tBdR8wODrExXd1iX0hSuMSAqCtx4rr-XG7KUqWn8T5T_VzZbuy9QdDVkLcS0CXXKDccMHCu-y8x22rV7I8X-xQNZ13UmZDrZIWMrg43Kys6AgisXYBZuqAnkyXG19SOcYxBlEozEfHCa80/s640/IMG_7533.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="640" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0fS1_vaZF-eHdQwmb6jOC23dpqdYfes2ji4C7-1vrbdih5tBdR8wODrExXd1iX0hSuMSAqCtx4rr-XG7KUqWn8T5T_VzZbuy9QdDVkLcS0CXXKDccMHCu-y8x22rV7I8X-xQNZ13UmZDrZIWMrg43Kys6AgisXYBZuqAnkyXG19SOcYxBlEozEfHCa80/w640-h544/IMG_7533.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used acrylic paint, including the gel stain for the floors, which I applied with a paper towel then rubbed it, for a nice hard wood-looking floor.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyJ564zLq5LJkjqnoh4jWxuWfLLEvk3mvM5fvbvve0qMb87de6tTbdu7gaF6nW03ijxfJCXrE--fZHjTiqdQerqlOfc3uXVllSR6QlTYMtg_MTNfVeRKVRJIzDsbGeVL6MWYaXGaeHh8Ya4tYmgPKw8zW90lGIsiya7-sitTVeWvYTjg_bkS3OssZRRnk/s640/IMG_7534.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="632" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyJ564zLq5LJkjqnoh4jWxuWfLLEvk3mvM5fvbvve0qMb87de6tTbdu7gaF6nW03ijxfJCXrE--fZHjTiqdQerqlOfc3uXVllSR6QlTYMtg_MTNfVeRKVRJIzDsbGeVL6MWYaXGaeHh8Ya4tYmgPKw8zW90lGIsiya7-sitTVeWvYTjg_bkS3OssZRRnk/w632-h640/IMG_7534.jpeg" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used my needle nosed tweezers to hold pieces while I painted them. All the pieces are painted first. I painted the exterior first then the walls, which are all white. If I build more of these tiny houses, I hope to fin tiny wallpaper.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEttPb3Z3rKmROf3HLc-LTirrRcQwGd_3ycJhVNTddTMzK1CrfKLyFHYkKA2bQmUyS7FzO0Youfb6-H3lmtHqNKQ7Zo3Vhe89Ger0sfciSKNCSxDTe8_RZDCPV4fG8-B-MBPDWqGskhetUmPfQUiXcn6asxmnjbl6MpFcIjz0nshe4mTnAHBGg9WIzSrtJ/s640/IMG_7535.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="640" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEttPb3Z3rKmROf3HLc-LTirrRcQwGd_3ycJhVNTddTMzK1CrfKLyFHYkKA2bQmUyS7FzO0Youfb6-H3lmtHqNKQ7Zo3Vhe89Ger0sfciSKNCSxDTe8_RZDCPV4fG8-B-MBPDWqGskhetUmPfQUiXcn6asxmnjbl6MpFcIjz0nshe4mTnAHBGg9WIzSrtJ/w640-h520/IMG_7535.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the windows were installed, I painted the walls again to minimize the window gap. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0Z72SvkogcvPYFFFSpzTWZYUSdKZIubR9JVXJml-jCyBgNV8hJP3wn4ijnfZ9ZGkdTk_7t1Wa4yg8Ng3d5oM9--99a0sc1zahieizk76vytsYgf5cOus2c6l7aO2L2Q_6K7-ABOAKzHbhbKEycKbjlEcQpT45eq6vKmhAduauV1LRypDoMoVyT3vmt9i/s640/IMG_7537.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="640" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0Z72SvkogcvPYFFFSpzTWZYUSdKZIubR9JVXJml-jCyBgNV8hJP3wn4ijnfZ9ZGkdTk_7t1Wa4yg8Ng3d5oM9--99a0sc1zahieizk76vytsYgf5cOus2c6l7aO2L2Q_6K7-ABOAKzHbhbKEycKbjlEcQpT45eq6vKmhAduauV1LRypDoMoVyT3vmt9i/w640-h418/IMG_7537.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSLrA0cYLhB-JOtRV3UpcNdijkcUDCLki_CNqnJhd3t16Vfn0WypPKycH2572MlecH21lc0ZnBaY6_KP2aX3i5ekuypB7ddGCKyyrb_ZM8wa5fmXtUSO26Hu7NiX9jim8UkZpHc7LBQIP4fsZS9a0wpakU-qrVDjQjgEf1e5hAH1YwWG6kwzeK7H71TOV/s640/IMG_7538.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="640" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSLrA0cYLhB-JOtRV3UpcNdijkcUDCLki_CNqnJhd3t16Vfn0WypPKycH2572MlecH21lc0ZnBaY6_KP2aX3i5ekuypB7ddGCKyyrb_ZM8wa5fmXtUSO26Hu7NiX9jim8UkZpHc7LBQIP4fsZS9a0wpakU-qrVDjQjgEf1e5hAH1YwWG6kwzeK7H71TOV/w640-h448/IMG_7538.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now all the pieces, including the roof are ready to assemble. Exterior pieces are glued place before assembly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooPc9Ycy7hpuypF6VTW77UnzmSWJkWCOM7FjGuVIU-u8GKy520rTc05ST9aHYaZ15VPH7K6uXCe6jFfJKuPyKenQQeVWNcVWHFzFd4HWOSjCE7E8qawAL6m67JksAfGBwTuFVE-oGBLwoK5GTp1bLvfGf8JhFJ6CHYZ830SdDIPyEq9InB63uWMJJL7Fl/s640/IMG_7539.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="640" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiooPc9Ycy7hpuypF6VTW77UnzmSWJkWCOM7FjGuVIU-u8GKy520rTc05ST9aHYaZ15VPH7K6uXCe6jFfJKuPyKenQQeVWNcVWHFzFd4HWOSjCE7E8qawAL6m67JksAfGBwTuFVE-oGBLwoK5GTp1bLvfGf8JhFJ6CHYZ830SdDIPyEq9InB63uWMJJL7Fl/w640-h472/IMG_7539.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a partially built-reject drawer from scrap wood pile to use as a jig to line up interior walls and the stair rail on the second floor.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDkzsNRnKYBEaVDWFaEcl3U3rvIOQPbCXbljkLyZbI8QrLBkZ60RmXdZrNK_ybz4TGokC0-DH82kLHygFtQpXKODxgIdD2SU03F8eJ0mobGIlqdkr8ps14SIh1OPXIoD0uq_6GBMuESmU7hzYj4uc5QF7e4ZxASqALiRan3fubPzKJzqPRdq81WWR-RyN/s640/IMG_7540.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDkzsNRnKYBEaVDWFaEcl3U3rvIOQPbCXbljkLyZbI8QrLBkZ60RmXdZrNK_ybz4TGokC0-DH82kLHygFtQpXKODxgIdD2SU03F8eJ0mobGIlqdkr8ps14SIh1OPXIoD0uq_6GBMuESmU7hzYj4uc5QF7e4ZxASqALiRan3fubPzKJzqPRdq81WWR-RyN/w480-h640/IMG_7540.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECBNI7EKi2LZ8dFG6yyNixcvJcD8xuNX-ww14kxtC-ipu9H5kzgDCBMhy_UL6V4vAbPVDyVgZyyjoEJkgbyeSev3fNus81N0WEUFUKBE8Lo0nIYxvsVbf5thS9b9dPIYx6hX-lRGb-hnsnV3fpA1goCLk9uL9rWfUBmKqSeT_3tYg0dUlbS1O-k7I9GLZ/s640/IMG_7541.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECBNI7EKi2LZ8dFG6yyNixcvJcD8xuNX-ww14kxtC-ipu9H5kzgDCBMhy_UL6V4vAbPVDyVgZyyjoEJkgbyeSev3fNus81N0WEUFUKBE8Lo0nIYxvsVbf5thS9b9dPIYx6hX-lRGb-hnsnV3fpA1goCLk9uL9rWfUBmKqSeT_3tYg0dUlbS1O-k7I9GLZ/w480-h640/IMG_7541.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The pieces are so tiny and you would think the they are very delicate and easily broken, but actually the laser cut pieces are sturdy and quite forgiving. Stacy include some extra pieces just incase a builder ruins a piece, like a window or an extra stair piece. She also in provides what she calls a hole poke--a piece that you can use to clear extra paint for the tap insert slots. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe75SybaRyT9DN7-luUVtkvpJcdVgYMpfHGacCdGXt9b_wU4Ddme9bsOcbySXvjqmXgeRdAHCrvAcm0ibCdNuuYaAq1-rasbGwgUAh1K6lZGFLIkstRr_QHfE1q7eZ7PZ_xrPjVtO3k2EXCD2KYBDsDIBP5gaV0RKEiZLWyT1cJPD8olaXYd3OuLCEGtX/s640/IMG_7542.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe75SybaRyT9DN7-luUVtkvpJcdVgYMpfHGacCdGXt9b_wU4Ddme9bsOcbySXvjqmXgeRdAHCrvAcm0ibCdNuuYaAq1-rasbGwgUAh1K6lZGFLIkstRr_QHfE1q7eZ7PZ_xrPjVtO3k2EXCD2KYBDsDIBP5gaV0RKEiZLWyT1cJPD8olaXYd3OuLCEGtX/w480-h640/IMG_7542.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you look carefully at the stair wall in the earlier photo, it has a scored line to help place the stairs, making correct placement easily accurate--well maybe not. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGx58tMYK0j-irhp2DMyR32poDDh3LGq9k-iq2evEbQ3ps7DZRNkb5gKOJSE6rK3R14wECGv32NW3pfyj_thEqcykypegjrfShyax81_R2Q6ox1IkTVRee4RUQXcFtCXr0WX3LhE9IsyVS16V9_Mz40AGikdy2Y4Exe8mGQQ1F30AI5beLRj9nXmWCK-TY/s640/IMG_7547.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGx58tMYK0j-irhp2DMyR32poDDh3LGq9k-iq2evEbQ3ps7DZRNkb5gKOJSE6rK3R14wECGv32NW3pfyj_thEqcykypegjrfShyax81_R2Q6ox1IkTVRee4RUQXcFtCXr0WX3LhE9IsyVS16V9_Mz40AGikdy2Y4Exe8mGQQ1F30AI5beLRj9nXmWCK-TY/w480-h640/IMG_7547.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step by step I glued each wall in place.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMVAsXO1Vo-HfUDPUGRJx3JUcfm9JAr21Guw0e1ta1pHekZsa-_xEnWF_KsGUyQVTjL3wVwVRkzIBAGmv7tP-2AbFIxEQg8XfkWf5u1zaG74FWaLZv4hO8QGR_K38DORxjC3A1jRJOvidThQCOZTrkNlWMLSE86pJFWrej435_FhXB6N45-omEsf02Hzs/s640/IMG_7549.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMVAsXO1Vo-HfUDPUGRJx3JUcfm9JAr21Guw0e1ta1pHekZsa-_xEnWF_KsGUyQVTjL3wVwVRkzIBAGmv7tP-2AbFIxEQg8XfkWf5u1zaG74FWaLZv4hO8QGR_K38DORxjC3A1jRJOvidThQCOZTrkNlWMLSE86pJFWrej435_FhXB6N45-omEsf02Hzs/w480-h640/IMG_7549.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stopping along the way to admire my work and take a photos. One thing I will do differently next time is to be sure to paint these back facing raw edges when I paint the pieces, not do touch-up after assembly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM389XbK34ryDvJsUjVuPlAQ9BLecQru2uiIdKb1bIOq2zbohlVMAm0srQclUxoc3ADEqVC9_2wRs8r4un3XyVJwgf2zpnD6HLBYkO-jv3ySwOSbShwD78FlYrjtlBa2AJ2vB1Jo1Rj9d8cT10AJPdier8UvKb0Z6BgoqXEox1lq1li5owoPizTxEPS-v/s640/IMG_7550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM389XbK34ryDvJsUjVuPlAQ9BLecQru2uiIdKb1bIOq2zbohlVMAm0srQclUxoc3ADEqVC9_2wRs8r4un3XyVJwgf2zpnD6HLBYkO-jv3ySwOSbShwD78FlYrjtlBa2AJ2vB1Jo1Rj9d8cT10AJPdier8UvKb0Z6BgoqXEox1lq1li5owoPizTxEPS-v/w480-h640/IMG_7550.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GLnFS4b5Shn4kPPMu7IkDPNrCtSYaaZ-P3IibXk9cfbZYTtVylmsvJHX8I5aZmUVZcn4XDEN9Ma6UYcuGBfPga40ONTrxHSF8DjTKrJoZ4vJtxB3-Ej92r59DcPgl9j3-nRyBM3BKgcTRqT3j6R4JyvApNAPUJ3ErxM5KHtnPS32Q8lEM1VExt6f7pEH/s640/IMG_7552.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GLnFS4b5Shn4kPPMu7IkDPNrCtSYaaZ-P3IibXk9cfbZYTtVylmsvJHX8I5aZmUVZcn4XDEN9Ma6UYcuGBfPga40ONTrxHSF8DjTKrJoZ4vJtxB3-Ej92r59DcPgl9j3-nRyBM3BKgcTRqT3j6R4JyvApNAPUJ3ErxM5KHtnPS32Q8lEM1VExt6f7pEH/w480-h640/IMG_7552.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Along the process, I discovered that at the tiny stair case was not lining up properly, so of course I had to disassemble the wall. Fortunately the glue had not quite set up, so I was able to remove the wall after the house was assembled and reposition the stairs. Pure luck that the wall went back into place as it should have. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When you make these mini kits, you really can't afford to make such errors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikce9U0FX9aErn9Pfo9DGzItTNgtk2QgiJ8ta4018Wcu4NSvUMwyBLh-gPy4qeJa-ZW-ZuFzXtzFzhqyFXOjXUHlW5wkfeIJT-XkM4ARugDxJLthSZR3P_UOw_6hxhQ-tmsw5CvOJEx157LgWWI4l2mMTi-rS2pYvmc1VfktylvrUpOb3FFnFrv3ArNleE/s640/IMG_7557.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikce9U0FX9aErn9Pfo9DGzItTNgtk2QgiJ8ta4018Wcu4NSvUMwyBLh-gPy4qeJa-ZW-ZuFzXtzFzhqyFXOjXUHlW5wkfeIJT-XkM4ARugDxJLthSZR3P_UOw_6hxhQ-tmsw5CvOJEx157LgWWI4l2mMTi-rS2pYvmc1VfktylvrUpOb3FFnFrv3ArNleE/w480-h640/IMG_7557.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now it's time to do that touch-up work. Trust me, do it before assembly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2xTYQOXqoLf3vwUiMCpdtqziH0MLVCZWJ2cRyvhUf9KCz3bpYlXbx94ZydChQIErLwjsoEOkV1SQlIb_hmR6QfHPLrk1dQ1FH_o-TcRkaBoIw31qzEIk6oXEGTFjRCY5ztPtAYvTl0c_OvZLSP0-MWLJr_d0XGj5mkNxHvKNA1uk1Dtt4s1AlMiLFEJx/s640/IMG_7553.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2xTYQOXqoLf3vwUiMCpdtqziH0MLVCZWJ2cRyvhUf9KCz3bpYlXbx94ZydChQIErLwjsoEOkV1SQlIb_hmR6QfHPLrk1dQ1FH_o-TcRkaBoIw31qzEIk6oXEGTFjRCY5ztPtAYvTl0c_OvZLSP0-MWLJr_d0XGj5mkNxHvKNA1uk1Dtt4s1AlMiLFEJx/w480-h640/IMG_7553.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9u3YQP9f-N_AGC7pF_j_1areYG_SnGbh0s_AFFg6y1NYl4z0RQvKZsGmLgyAe1zbqoQoTvsv_0BXIUjWMBvVL_yM2cFvDjBwEPzP8PmV8vgBkH7OKWm4esFyIX_O9iMPZiu1DR7QL6ssV08Pv61nN2exTjY1gcvBQEFwH170RmIfEhQ39yJH5P-k2e76/s640/IMG_7554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A mini project for a mini. The Manchester may have a dollhouse, but it still needs a roof. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg86Riqm0WPB9BF1lTqrfcT2DX7TnnnIL-MuvwQw_lKO-K0JJ-aH6FCof1f8OFuflAk75vD1-cQ8w_PBWs2smZgN3A-goFeGC39jil7zGx5auvOIf4FaUfHVIFEviF5BFOClWoUyMXjbkgZmpz-WIeR3gKnCIoaYtR8EM1pR1aqxf_ps1E4HepPKcsw2r/s640/IMG_7567.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg86Riqm0WPB9BF1lTqrfcT2DX7TnnnIL-MuvwQw_lKO-K0JJ-aH6FCof1f8OFuflAk75vD1-cQ8w_PBWs2smZgN3A-goFeGC39jil7zGx5auvOIf4FaUfHVIFEviF5BFOClWoUyMXjbkgZmpz-WIeR3gKnCIoaYtR8EM1pR1aqxf_ps1E4HepPKcsw2r/w480-h640/IMG_7567.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With this mini project nearly completed (I have mini furniture kits! yet to assemble), I've decided that is a great time to take Ann's Dollhouse Dreams to Instagram. This project will be a great way to make that transition--well it really won't be a transition, just an addition. I'll keep the blog, but I'd like to join the IG miniature community. It's such great fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Look for me there soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am so glad you dropped by. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Independence Day. God Bless American</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyrpmpZ9BchVA4Msuot_6A6M5Px93OKhA1T_9SSsqmjrphd6kRJFIL8vJv2YtH64fqZg7jqMlN28hwHuccsnbOuACkPdKq32SO6_5LGULF1SGx4-vz89ZR-kUlxGjsvkXg8fqYPG5p8ozHwuwo6hJzReXxSrzoyc-vaZiDD27vohep71kxTPaUrGW4Hjz/s640/IMG_7532.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="640" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyrpmpZ9BchVA4Msuot_6A6M5Px93OKhA1T_9SSsqmjrphd6kRJFIL8vJv2YtH64fqZg7jqMlN28hwHuccsnbOuACkPdKq32SO6_5LGULF1SGx4-vz89ZR-kUlxGjsvkXg8fqYPG5p8ozHwuwo6hJzReXxSrzoyc-vaZiDD27vohep71kxTPaUrGW4Hjz/w640-h550/IMG_7532.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /> <p></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-25305774276814694562023-06-12T20:30:00.001-07:002023-06-12T20:30:19.092-07:00A New Project<p> Well Hello. Life does tend to get in the way of the things we love to do. I've spent the las several weeks "teaching" my two older granddaughters who are now home schooled Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, "Self Reliance" and as I read the essay and had discussions with them I learned so much about myself. It was indeed a rare experience that few grandmothers get with their grandchildren--to have meaningful discussions on religion, philosophy, self worth, and self designed. </p><p>And then there were the days to day things: new carpeting in 3 rooms; garden work, and just stuff. This weekend I had time to myself with the Mr. gone camping with the grandson, I began a new project. </p><p>It's always nice to have some company while I work, but the dog boy Brody is not very supportive. He found me downstairs when the thunder storm began where he NEVER ventures unless it's movie night with pop corn or a in this case loud thunder, which we have had nearly every day and it terrifies him. He looks terrified, doesn't he. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMtmoGgKYTn1bhQINWG2HhZYMupQoHT6JT_UPL8YZ-WrlTyX0EUL5MzWyWs7uvL6dQEcJlX84QpdIyLgQnuWLrygXUgep9F82uhot_8Axp4kyDu85dxRLUxEd6_SHqgRa0xID-RClp0pK9tHfReEG51z2CA3lBk_t8EUVPAdBKu67lO85dvscSyFIm4A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMtmoGgKYTn1bhQINWG2HhZYMupQoHT6JT_UPL8YZ-WrlTyX0EUL5MzWyWs7uvL6dQEcJlX84QpdIyLgQnuWLrygXUgep9F82uhot_8Axp4kyDu85dxRLUxEd6_SHqgRa0xID-RClp0pK9tHfReEG51z2CA3lBk_t8EUVPAdBKu67lO85dvscSyFIm4A=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While the Bellingham Texas Farmhouse perpetually celebrates Independence Day and has a chicken coop and a hopefully a barn one day, the Manchester Country Home will have a greenhouse where the mistress can indulge in her passion for growing African violets and orchids--I was once told that if you can grow violets you can grow orchids. We will see how successful she will be with her orchids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ordered this kit from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCuratedFarmhouse?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1263222399" target="_blank">The Curated Dollhouse </a>on Etsy. It is an easily assembled structure with good instructions. I've just put off assembling it because I really wanted to finish the Manchester before I started another project. More on that at the end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAOzqFrqrTdzu46n7z-aL9bubq64yDmtEN291fpiB7mpTQxuoyYeDZxEcGNVWgcyQ96ypU_0ABnsCgegcjXcYcd0U7nAa3j6k3HdX2bv9b5qAF7uB6a9pQOx9qzzTB15jCExKwc3dC8ezDkFu_qTT-L_i9AUpzFYwuuYKsQx1ugpywrOM5up4l2YtmHg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAOzqFrqrTdzu46n7z-aL9bubq64yDmtEN291fpiB7mpTQxuoyYeDZxEcGNVWgcyQ96ypU_0ABnsCgegcjXcYcd0U7nAa3j6k3HdX2bv9b5qAF7uB6a9pQOx9qzzTB15jCExKwc3dC8ezDkFu_qTT-L_i9AUpzFYwuuYKsQx1ugpywrOM5up4l2YtmHg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We always do a dry fit to make sure we know where to glue and I trying to work out some sort of floor plan. I decided that a green house must have glass, so that's what I cut yesterday.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggBioYhproKadWjCzHziA-2Ddrtc5lUF3eNejTRETLgUaDU0M85c6v-1YjguNT1EIHw77SIKpn-CEEyvl6JJjFz12q2YpG1lfBsVmC4pddH4PIazJnEgsIVhFT3XNocQdWQvZ1PUaARINwxn5kuJ59vCap16aTDLGnBGFMNod3yqQ395gBpXZW629ufg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggBioYhproKadWjCzHziA-2Ddrtc5lUF3eNejTRETLgUaDU0M85c6v-1YjguNT1EIHw77SIKpn-CEEyvl6JJjFz12q2YpG1lfBsVmC4pddH4PIazJnEgsIVhFT3XNocQdWQvZ1PUaARINwxn5kuJ59vCap16aTDLGnBGFMNod3yqQ395gBpXZW629ufg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a>\</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Instead of actually glass I purchased three 14"x16" sheets of plexiglass for .99 cents each at Hobby Lobby. It's a thin sheet and is a nice alternative to repurposing clear packaging and it is actually very easy to work with. Let me show you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOFUG8ZiC2KnzU77dJq47xQ0KfH5uJPm7C04qlYoWvhUy6L5WPJIr5l-dEblrXsEv6Kg1M8PbBRYEPx0mGNl1oIc5kSBR4kzhgzji3-ss9nzkjQ6uUWw2i-JZK1WGh3W5rPeYST3GNM2aCmrWulXlesR22XekEz1_Ykh7a7qDKoywnF7AVTrKa-McXxw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOFUG8ZiC2KnzU77dJq47xQ0KfH5uJPm7C04qlYoWvhUy6L5WPJIr5l-dEblrXsEv6Kg1M8PbBRYEPx0mGNl1oIc5kSBR4kzhgzji3-ss9nzkjQ6uUWw2i-JZK1WGh3W5rPeYST3GNM2aCmrWulXlesR22XekEz1_Ykh7a7qDKoywnF7AVTrKa-McXxw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I began by making paper templates of all the walls and two doors, using both computer paper and scrapbook paper. Tools are simple: a paper trimmer--I used two, my old Cricut trimmer then switched to the new one because it has a newer, sharper blade to score the plexiglass rather than cutting through the plexiglass. Use masking or painter tape to secure the plexiglass to the cutter, pencil to mark score lines, a craft blade to cut the protective covering, and a small pair of pliers to help break the score line for very narrow score lines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjypbu3Adza-2LiBEp9ycOnQ6Hc7Idw-DGmS88HrFKV-Jt3gJfjaKeYC9PYwE-htQcKHZABPYEMDyUjkwJFrphwvKTgvROgpzXfbYgDtRqO8eFVayl9ioJ3PQtQjjUZpselpw1B7DBgKcRolsC_jvP02bVsxzIZFE1TT6B5zTXyODlRwlMvmkpmfCVUNw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjypbu3Adza-2LiBEp9ycOnQ6Hc7Idw-DGmS88HrFKV-Jt3gJfjaKeYC9PYwE-htQcKHZABPYEMDyUjkwJFrphwvKTgvROgpzXfbYgDtRqO8eFVayl9ioJ3PQtQjjUZpselpw1B7DBgKcRolsC_jvP02bVsxzIZFE1TT6B5zTXyODlRwlMvmkpmfCVUNw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I do a lot of work on my ironing board because of its height. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX-6XrJWj1eKxcJUPIKToRqDPjzoh7RSFCo_yOgd-d5CjDYF5M9kzq00VQvieIjfRpipIqRU3sAH2PKcL8z-ccEuDkJCNa8oRSE1xlgjNvKaONU-iz07XCy-JqUxvOuQqwq8ovLBfxHuHyXGcktXEo0g-IeflFQpxGax5TQf8dTMBUkodryEpc6Ci_qw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX-6XrJWj1eKxcJUPIKToRqDPjzoh7RSFCo_yOgd-d5CjDYF5M9kzq00VQvieIjfRpipIqRU3sAH2PKcL8z-ccEuDkJCNa8oRSE1xlgjNvKaONU-iz07XCy-JqUxvOuQqwq8ovLBfxHuHyXGcktXEo0g-IeflFQpxGax5TQf8dTMBUkodryEpc6Ci_qw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I leave protective film in place to keep from scratching or smudging the plexiglass when I place the paper temple to make my score lines with a pencil. The film is on both sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr_7VfWeWVW014wG_ODt3m4OStK5k2qJ-LNg040CSZBLq3Pj7_5DQbWb0TafUsp06GlrfZVIIIfTXJ0Zu5kjBXJUKKAYy7wzlISjR_SWl5ubF6PGC-7RSXxsleGHob4eFHytL7u-QBHiE8EMZhtm26tg7fYEE7Wub6R1nzSEMO1kdlLUZJahk_xpAQMA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr_7VfWeWVW014wG_ODt3m4OStK5k2qJ-LNg040CSZBLq3Pj7_5DQbWb0TafUsp06GlrfZVIIIfTXJ0Zu5kjBXJUKKAYy7wzlISjR_SWl5ubF6PGC-7RSXxsleGHob4eFHytL7u-QBHiE8EMZhtm26tg7fYEE7Wub6R1nzSEMO1kdlLUZJahk_xpAQMA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see the pencil score lines.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc4XzOwECmzx4wtvi4kpUJ1PLGA6QdXVwFulNkL2BubC2qmK6Tg-oMtxGP7Fc_ddFtvxXAS0RYkRBBOopbzBaLwBkUxSCZvL4FbJsbrs1z4CHG4qrKdpUyv0ab6_3UzBZhNl1Gecpv2MuMV4k5jt4SvybAhs8vA2-iyqtmixOgs4ESkbNbmI7uHhM4OA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc4XzOwECmzx4wtvi4kpUJ1PLGA6QdXVwFulNkL2BubC2qmK6Tg-oMtxGP7Fc_ddFtvxXAS0RYkRBBOopbzBaLwBkUxSCZvL4FbJsbrs1z4CHG4qrKdpUyv0ab6_3UzBZhNl1Gecpv2MuMV4k5jt4SvybAhs8vA2-iyqtmixOgs4ESkbNbmI7uHhM4OA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I place the plexiglass in on the trimmer, lining the marked line with the blade line. On this piece I will cut the two doors so I make one long score line that will provide a piece that will be the length of each door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaRj4K-5YypmImDOmacu2yfvVHXGfFSKsqt8IdhkyRinnlPkBKSYku17wiREVK0bgc0QEH5wy4-TInQeaYxhQbIBYFaAuGtIfHNvntJIuALqij1JYSboczT4bCRFLtkIHKQV6sLdId9kANxPiI79cSnNnAY-BPxFHNujBz1jKCNo_MxVdB7RGWYgWBGw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaRj4K-5YypmImDOmacu2yfvVHXGfFSKsqt8IdhkyRinnlPkBKSYku17wiREVK0bgc0QEH5wy4-TInQeaYxhQbIBYFaAuGtIfHNvntJIuALqij1JYSboczT4bCRFLtkIHKQV6sLdId9kANxPiI79cSnNnAY-BPxFHNujBz1jKCNo_MxVdB7RGWYgWBGw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first score I made was on the old trimmer. This photo shows how I placed the plexiglass to cut on an angle, securing it with lots of tape. I've used this old trimmer often and now the blade is dull and I've not been able to find replacements, so I switched to my newer trimmer, which will have blade replacements. A sharp blade really makes a difference. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-JqS8CF09HgXGJBFDhBze0OE5tcaRQW7r0eFsuadDjtyxOsv__EhrdqtQSxuDteHlxVSQG2-Wiv_vGIwoQIsl7UkOftxEU2uIEdGchPyBEb2i_vwClUJ9rv0wRllXGzdzicIbe6sHDrf7mnLk2X6PE-0sks8MSPj4AMO6pOom6zHg9w0q4cS5dXchQg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-JqS8CF09HgXGJBFDhBze0OE5tcaRQW7r0eFsuadDjtyxOsv__EhrdqtQSxuDteHlxVSQG2-Wiv_vGIwoQIsl7UkOftxEU2uIEdGchPyBEb2i_vwClUJ9rv0wRllXGzdzicIbe6sHDrf7mnLk2X6PE-0sks8MSPj4AMO6pOom6zHg9w0q4cS5dXchQg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Steps to use the trimmer:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>line plexiglass score mark with the grove that the blade will travel on</li><li>use masking tape or painters tape to secure the plexiglass because it will scoot around</li><li>start at the top of the trimmer; applying firm pressure, slowly make the score by pulling the blade downward to the bottom. I've made two runs and sometimes the lines don't match, so it is wise to use a sharp blade and make one score.</li><li>leave the film in place. The blade will cut though it, but only score the plexiglass</li><li>remove the tape and the plexiglass from the trimmer and gently bend first at one edge and if need be at the other edge, too. With the white trimmer and sharp blade, the score was perfect and the plexiglass separated easily.</li></ul><div>While it is hard to see the first window piece fits nicely in place--and so will the other pieces. </div></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWN_zlqbEyprpqkfFtZ-l8KsuHAAjm1vx_F6g0zXJnYEfqKxHODivqlbvgIWYUy0mlxlXgdDDlsddQIrEYlAKTeWtnYRtZ7uMaUFgtNWQIaIe1HePg5V5y14tVUk9r_C2nN6EXnJ4FHv96mzExxEeRpZyg2139vVTpo6XeE0L7zysSwrnBj1EPyRbtHw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWN_zlqbEyprpqkfFtZ-l8KsuHAAjm1vx_F6g0zXJnYEfqKxHODivqlbvgIWYUy0mlxlXgdDDlsddQIrEYlAKTeWtnYRtZ7uMaUFgtNWQIaIe1HePg5V5y14tVUk9r_C2nN6EXnJ4FHv96mzExxEeRpZyg2139vVTpo6XeE0L7zysSwrnBj1EPyRbtHw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The doors look great, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFqQ10ySuksqtpmUax3e6Qn3FcVhYrC9I3BUNbeeYtbWdScCRgZYdmXzFDe91u_nM6u1BbtbEAXEk44TVxXAHu3H69GTUiZe-Iyk3jcn1vTq_F8QchgH56eiwt5yz--QWiM9YN9QB2YgeoTRPFuiwTr9RD9HJ-1UJBUJ_Ytg7oFxZ7CNooRBh0lIA8rw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFqQ10ySuksqtpmUax3e6Qn3FcVhYrC9I3BUNbeeYtbWdScCRgZYdmXzFDe91u_nM6u1BbtbEAXEk44TVxXAHu3H69GTUiZe-Iyk3jcn1vTq_F8QchgH56eiwt5yz--QWiM9YN9QB2YgeoTRPFuiwTr9RD9HJ-1UJBUJ_Ytg7oFxZ7CNooRBh0lIA8rw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I will prime and paint and assemble this lovely greenhouse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now for the Manchester. I've been determined not use shingles! So I'm creating a faux metal roof using 1/4"x1/8"x 24" basswood purchased from Hobby Lobby. I also purchased roof ridge molding from Miniatures.com, but I need one more piece. I had my husband measure and draw the lines for accurate placement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVAOpFoXuQxjpfje9qe1HKBqQw74tg8iFgGV3qmCjIsjuarrEt5Ac1YpWHAOVcCL-8OU1nxCYaOBgAFsjXjsWfkQdrAlhl7qllUDEjH-MnTTv9_otIncR9DFb2hyjDTP9kwZf9w9vPLVic_kn1NewsuFkliqNIPDrYGsJnRFz9fGmFzjCn3jLzawdYnQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVAOpFoXuQxjpfje9qe1HKBqQw74tg8iFgGV3qmCjIsjuarrEt5Ac1YpWHAOVcCL-8OU1nxCYaOBgAFsjXjsWfkQdrAlhl7qllUDEjH-MnTTv9_otIncR9DFb2hyjDTP9kwZf9w9vPLVic_kn1NewsuFkliqNIPDrYGsJnRFz9fGmFzjCn3jLzawdYnQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioW5DilvoArA3pUrp8XQ--vG0ZD0u8KLV6-jryqfd8IVp8NEwiCVqO8oPevh9uWAUKt1IZtogxu4yFxzeeC9Ix20LeCJVUs_0i41urRcHgGPgRaIap_s-e9kHCPnl9RUgqQ59CHErKMGVaSmapZImrlgKrsfO6-vMk3qCi7vd98uk4Ip-ahJaAJnkUmg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioW5DilvoArA3pUrp8XQ--vG0ZD0u8KLV6-jryqfd8IVp8NEwiCVqO8oPevh9uWAUKt1IZtogxu4yFxzeeC9Ix20LeCJVUs_0i41urRcHgGPgRaIap_s-e9kHCPnl9RUgqQ59CHErKMGVaSmapZImrlgKrsfO6-vMk3qCi7vd98uk4Ip-ahJaAJnkUmg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An ugly mess at this point. I'll glue the ridge moulding in place then the strips. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg__0NYFhDV9yWRVhcELTheeVVKwfEkWDldQUS8Omy0WwH5Mvi8zcRUOfjORS8T3sV7wEwG0bUxFolQ5uoQyYkr1AE4DEoSSvm87_09STAClnsIP6baQ50t52rTx3iICFc2jQbiYpuB8KXJu3fVkVu6AxizoZ_3MwGYf4ora7ECD5VQarWs2XXvr8kN6Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg__0NYFhDV9yWRVhcELTheeVVKwfEkWDldQUS8Omy0WwH5Mvi8zcRUOfjORS8T3sV7wEwG0bUxFolQ5uoQyYkr1AE4DEoSSvm87_09STAClnsIP6baQ50t52rTx3iICFc2jQbiYpuB8KXJu3fVkVu6AxizoZ_3MwGYf4ora7ECD5VQarWs2XXvr8kN6Q=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am anxious to get this house finished. I like to think that I am being cautious and precise, but sometime I think I'm just procrastinating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for dropping by. I hope my next post comes a little more quickly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey! 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Forty eight years ago we lived on the farm about 13 miles from the hospital. During a routine visit past my due date, my obgyn told me to go home, get some lunch then check into the hospital. My husband and mother-in-law spent the night in the hospital with me as the blizzard raged outside, forcing road closures, so bad snow storms happen in Northern Colorado in March. No big deal.</p><p>While this storm, one of Mother Nature's milder temper tantrums rather a a full-on rage, the bad weather offered ample opportunity to work on the weather vane for the Manchester Country Home. Perhaps you'd like to make one, too. </p><p>This project is not my first weather vane. You can visit this two posts on the first two that I assembled: <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/2018/11/meeting-challenges.html" target="_blank">Meeting A Challenge, the unicorn weathervane that I made for Lily's House </a></p><p>The second weather vane project appears in <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/2020/04/hamilton-finds-home.html" target="_blank">Hamilton Finds a Home.</a> You will enjoy that post about a mouse in the chicken house--a true story.</p><p>Inspired by our weather vane installed by a previous owner, I set about last week to create another one, a better designed one than my previous attempts.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxD71t0Mjd76bv7yycf2cm8cHolEJucq7N9iL1hrPaUKbt3Uyj51z-Zi5f0M6clPINY4bPKIcID5OszXz8NG4Rg3sWsqcEDPdQnYjZy2BCO5gu5IvUJgHBJQsh159iDt28TceaHYxPGzUGOpdmx6Dy36PUD9r4yci1_KkL9TJx3C4BCPHiKnNKrPgMQ/s640/IMG_6903.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxD71t0Mjd76bv7yycf2cm8cHolEJucq7N9iL1hrPaUKbt3Uyj51z-Zi5f0M6clPINY4bPKIcID5OszXz8NG4Rg3sWsqcEDPdQnYjZy2BCO5gu5IvUJgHBJQsh159iDt28TceaHYxPGzUGOpdmx6Dy36PUD9r4yci1_KkL9TJx3C4BCPHiKnNKrPgMQ/w480-h640/IMG_6903.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">I began by searching Cricut Design Space Images for a weather rooster, finding only two: this black one and the same image in red. This screen shows how to create the shapes for the cupola, arrange them, and attach them so that Design Space does not rearrange them in <b>Make.</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6NWrFmc-Hm-m1ABYD0h7fcid235BNh0h3EmBQPmTo9XVE4Srxhz81u0p6EuSN5kAD2C94hnHYcrB4nfz0rvHeW7wFYgYjgu4v-c2isR2e5PGbVJA1N5ZycT6J5oOBeutYF3g7-Yn-FHJus52I7go31X4ufNOLAjInW-3g6e-gBrUmfi9P7E3NHTnRw/s1841/Untitled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1841" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6NWrFmc-Hm-m1ABYD0h7fcid235BNh0h3EmBQPmTo9XVE4Srxhz81u0p6EuSN5kAD2C94hnHYcrB4nfz0rvHeW7wFYgYjgu4v-c2isR2e5PGbVJA1N5ZycT6J5oOBeutYF3g7-Yn-FHJus52I7go31X4ufNOLAjInW-3g6e-gBrUmfi9P7E3NHTnRw/w640-h326/Untitled.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This simple preparation will save wood, but more importantly allows you to cut pieces according the direct of the wood grain. Here I am using Cricut's 1/16" basswood that measures 6x12". I cut it with the grain length wise down the mat rather than with the grain running across the mat because I would have to cut off 1". When cutting wood, the wood cannot be wider than 11" because when the blade passes over the at the 12" edge, the blade will break. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBihdMk4n20vrL08LKQsv-af7FMruVkQLixDGyOL3bJXNxgdxalLPhfPerrsIuoNOIkXVCMB_he9vSMj7oFiTeLf8SW1KXZeh_S6SF4-aSJsYGVzsxeTEZkz9Hn2CPyNA16Qk5a4Er2Mgtb6u19Befql0c1mh_sBy9lcSQBA_MFIHZq_fzM-yDYcAidA/s1479/make%20screen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBihdMk4n20vrL08LKQsv-af7FMruVkQLixDGyOL3bJXNxgdxalLPhfPerrsIuoNOIkXVCMB_he9vSMj7oFiTeLf8SW1KXZeh_S6SF4-aSJsYGVzsxeTEZkz9Hn2CPyNA16Qk5a4Er2Mgtb6u19Befql0c1mh_sBy9lcSQBA_MFIHZq_fzM-yDYcAidA/w640-h400/make%20screen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are the measurements in inches for the pieces. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNb7YElwMiPRt4wqgLj-9ekaB8t65HKoL_1h2swh89vUWR4vWsaAafE0eD9j8jbER2NQ5X4Fcim8xKxW38jiwEwgfKdC30MUYJDYy0mHOfXVqOIgL20WS_Gpy04AEC51Aw1mI2EvvVX0scDxT_6LUIIsOhWsTR8lQv3QGvQ66kr7rj5jayy_MRbBVjQ/s1833/dimensions.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1833" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNb7YElwMiPRt4wqgLj-9ekaB8t65HKoL_1h2swh89vUWR4vWsaAafE0eD9j8jbER2NQ5X4Fcim8xKxW38jiwEwgfKdC30MUYJDYy0mHOfXVqOIgL20WS_Gpy04AEC51Aw1mI2EvvVX0scDxT_6LUIIsOhWsTR8lQv3QGvQ66kr7rj5jayy_MRbBVjQ/w640-h310/dimensions.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BUT before you cut, you must get the angle for the body of the cupola correct so that it will rest in place. My husband, a machinist by profession, gave me this handy protractor to measure angles that are not visibly 45 or 90 degree angles. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Xa2XJQQXhV3bquik57KGVP9WaB-WX32EQcaPl0i1k62wA4hrkFcZnheccQ7FPmxK4Rn1ZnfqLRM8aFCCiZTAbdnW93BrEFWcrcBPl_69EOJQnq2xrgaZkJlvCdcvOUPerC1lfP6HK4Xg1B3E9J5RvFNJiALCBBJ_5_ia5Mq1_mrkljp459HSnI2fww/s640/IMG_6888.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Xa2XJQQXhV3bquik57KGVP9WaB-WX32EQcaPl0i1k62wA4hrkFcZnheccQ7FPmxK4Rn1ZnfqLRM8aFCCiZTAbdnW93BrEFWcrcBPl_69EOJQnq2xrgaZkJlvCdcvOUPerC1lfP6HK4Xg1B3E9J5RvFNJiALCBBJ_5_ia5Mq1_mrkljp459HSnI2fww/w480-h640/IMG_6888.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I have calculated the angle, I trace it out on paper then fold the paper in half and cut the angle to insure an evenly centered slice. I have not figure this out in Design Space--how to get angles accurate. Perhaps Inkscape might be helpful, so I traced my pattern on the cupola sides and cut them with a X-acto. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLK52ahkIXjcjUX3fKLH8rxSRFh_IF4fJtb9e8dmQ83W4XPap38b0bWLS6C2IFTg5KTlnQmcfIs3nWNPODbOCpGx2GP0yP5lW6E1EgQiJVNONO3n3NVz8SWOzcSCFbP49j28d21EiaN2bbY7zauILjK7xhSiuYz9GOUJ7Ohyw6YpHtQE_1GlG85We0w/s640/IMG_6912.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="640" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLK52ahkIXjcjUX3fKLH8rxSRFh_IF4fJtb9e8dmQ83W4XPap38b0bWLS6C2IFTg5KTlnQmcfIs3nWNPODbOCpGx2GP0yP5lW6E1EgQiJVNONO3n3NVz8SWOzcSCFbP49j28d21EiaN2bbY7zauILjK7xhSiuYz9GOUJ7Ohyw6YpHtQE_1GlG85We0w/w640-h446/IMG_6912.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKxHXCWy8P5kVFza4RfC4H352utSEqNwyBVwfmN4zhF_7DL1KwhKDkimrX-fAUhyoSf7deSSYNmMqOb5TsVrzB0wwKwHWRa0qFE5d1eA73pP8BcKYpi6SOoCUgIxRpQGsPjpwrUV6iLaFSXYarj2QiB9hsHrb_lHFB0uYg2PI1Dam4yeLnKB2mQ4H4A/s640/IMG_6913.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="640" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKxHXCWy8P5kVFza4RfC4H352utSEqNwyBVwfmN4zhF_7DL1KwhKDkimrX-fAUhyoSf7deSSYNmMqOb5TsVrzB0wwKwHWRa0qFE5d1eA73pP8BcKYpi6SOoCUgIxRpQGsPjpwrUV6iLaFSXYarj2QiB9hsHrb_lHFB0uYg2PI1Dam4yeLnKB2mQ4H4A/w640-h430/IMG_6913.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Essentially these are the pieces that you need. Be creative, dig in your bead and wood stash to see what you can come up. Google "weather vanes" to see the possibilities besides roosters--like mermaids, witches on their brooms, or pigs flying. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnaOgveIed7TiRoAJEXi4XA87p07RxdPsuhk_2VwhPT3O9UiDhWYjwJdWCSBy1i_bsBSyq8Lg2DJykGZdfyZdY09B6y2x5yJgalXywPklEdBd-cqpfjEnBEscTIi9UkaV4V8avSODbRsU9l6uMiBwD_7kZElD8sl3SQdQG79kZT7fINtnHIKwOY1u_A/s640/IMG_6905.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="640" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnaOgveIed7TiRoAJEXi4XA87p07RxdPsuhk_2VwhPT3O9UiDhWYjwJdWCSBy1i_bsBSyq8Lg2DJykGZdfyZdY09B6y2x5yJgalXywPklEdBd-cqpfjEnBEscTIi9UkaV4V8avSODbRsU9l6uMiBwD_7kZElD8sl3SQdQG79kZT7fINtnHIKwOY1u_A/w640-h520/IMG_6905.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also cut--but not enough--the tips off the tops of the triangles to fit the vane poll/</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgH6LKVZFh8qSWcB3c5sBWqx869AgcK35sPNvvYLHQa9AdPMiE1u-5PAqvwDE2hVsEDgKdqUVkI0phZp8wRFI_5ToZBYuqRX1EyeQAZcnSvIKXnEe6xZdrpFjHrVLBwUzhIINcvxcjL_QMGs16ATcuRVyAyyAIBS3BRzApKxFBkXWaP715wOmwz1rP-Q/s640/IMG_6915.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgH6LKVZFh8qSWcB3c5sBWqx869AgcK35sPNvvYLHQa9AdPMiE1u-5PAqvwDE2hVsEDgKdqUVkI0phZp8wRFI_5ToZBYuqRX1EyeQAZcnSvIKXnEe6xZdrpFjHrVLBwUzhIINcvxcjL_QMGs16ATcuRVyAyyAIBS3BRzApKxFBkXWaP715wOmwz1rP-Q/w480-h640/IMG_6915.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The top of the cupola has to be flat for the foundation to sit firmly and evenly on the roof of the cupola. I had to sand it to make the top level.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTQ83vrb2zzS_ZNeRCHxLxzVkMXM4xo4_rcIJWZywKeQ4rXBP1T4j0fuk1Pwd_IQNxICVgeCCst71NDS8zulaUvnbVCOQRIPD1YbFaLMopWKsLYEkW0aptBJga1vn3O3M1ScnMns2f6pwow-KXNAFivRWCj0fQ1KH2NpxBSdAEIjXFTgTOt7LjzIJSA/s640/IMG_6922.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTQ83vrb2zzS_ZNeRCHxLxzVkMXM4xo4_rcIJWZywKeQ4rXBP1T4j0fuk1Pwd_IQNxICVgeCCst71NDS8zulaUvnbVCOQRIPD1YbFaLMopWKsLYEkW0aptBJga1vn3O3M1ScnMns2f6pwow-KXNAFivRWCj0fQ1KH2NpxBSdAEIjXFTgTOt7LjzIJSA/w480-h640/IMG_6922.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not everything has to be perfect, especially if it gets covered up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMUAgVixTe-TMDHNuB3Xw4rQaAgLk4MO7CUiz7AeHAEItO_xiW1h_dUTNtsNZhWu-VAtGLHAfprd_bilt4U5vqq1Z2YqzBYuFkGLLPsWneqX4ahYrEMlIqKh7l98ZAR7Kl2X2RB9A8cvG1cpPLkFPk5gNxt1AaF-_O7C3GNGFZKq5I0_sFGc5W4bJsw/s640/IMG_6917.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMUAgVixTe-TMDHNuB3Xw4rQaAgLk4MO7CUiz7AeHAEItO_xiW1h_dUTNtsNZhWu-VAtGLHAfprd_bilt4U5vqq1Z2YqzBYuFkGLLPsWneqX4ahYrEMlIqKh7l98ZAR7Kl2X2RB9A8cvG1cpPLkFPk5gNxt1AaF-_O7C3GNGFZKq5I0_sFGc5W4bJsw/w600-h640/IMG_6917.jpeg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkrDVZ5FOOaelawRHseqACy-lzOBniODQNld66xZb6uEpoADrseCgg7-SOtAMn4bHMgSAi4D-rn8ZaD8nTll8zpeWbyZFBRc1VnOKw_-tpYvC92EJzp6773q6vB9i14WVygDLnUPRG7ciDYGRzk-h6W3sZ8NiXxT3JtYz71i4k78LW5LflcJ46ECjZg/s640/IMG_6918.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="640" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkrDVZ5FOOaelawRHseqACy-lzOBniODQNld66xZb6uEpoADrseCgg7-SOtAMn4bHMgSAi4D-rn8ZaD8nTll8zpeWbyZFBRc1VnOKw_-tpYvC92EJzp6773q6vB9i14WVygDLnUPRG7ciDYGRzk-h6W3sZ8NiXxT3JtYz71i4k78LW5LflcJ46ECjZg/w640-h540/IMG_6918.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UFFejAZFEqRKxGKk0zL37lJd1XjmIyPiiZxC7PBEu8iVjcPdg9pQh2T4gJQO9x26Oxnw3ZsEFLBGKF9XkYqJJGN1VF-LmBpqfqkMePg8K2sW8EIryH2Qf6Ohgh0oCnZsoimDEMA5UK4a7imXNKEbPf0o22nS4yk2x7JpA6aDSJauHIXQUKSmqun4bQ/s640/IMG_6920.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UFFejAZFEqRKxGKk0zL37lJd1XjmIyPiiZxC7PBEu8iVjcPdg9pQh2T4gJQO9x26Oxnw3ZsEFLBGKF9XkYqJJGN1VF-LmBpqfqkMePg8K2sW8EIryH2Qf6Ohgh0oCnZsoimDEMA5UK4a7imXNKEbPf0o22nS4yk2x7JpA6aDSJauHIXQUKSmqun4bQ/w480-h640/IMG_6920.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwih9G-f92EQ1rTJ7qbGZQqxFJtMRCOLVq0mM_xJY0ycrvRtOtxwZBgwK70jMPMvrpRuucjiPGLv6RZhKhcJp8O9KvJgO-KiK-f0T8UnoRB9RPKvx0Hah4yfnR_MNsI6CeiY0yNCn9y5P8d1SlodKwm9YvvYKb4T_XWt1T31NYf7PFXm7fC7ap17sbw/s640/IMG_6923.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwih9G-f92EQ1rTJ7qbGZQqxFJtMRCOLVq0mM_xJY0ycrvRtOtxwZBgwK70jMPMvrpRuucjiPGLv6RZhKhcJp8O9KvJgO-KiK-f0T8UnoRB9RPKvx0Hah4yfnR_MNsI6CeiY0yNCn9y5P8d1SlodKwm9YvvYKb4T_XWt1T31NYf7PFXm7fC7ap17sbw/w480-h640/IMG_6923.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before I got to this stage, I went through a lot of trial and error. The first on the left was my very first attempt to design the chicken house weather vane see at the end--minus to box-- that I need to rebuilt t so that it fits on the chick house roof better. I also experimented with creating a copper weather vane by using a paint pen that now sells for nearly $7 at Hobby Lobby--with good results and the $.189 acrylic metallic copper paint with decent results. However I decided to use with a black rooster.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLlz_5LRN0ee0KOqkwtO2aW48EDuFrL6tebEZa5ZTnlg9Ae4bWWY-gccql6SKW5LSTfr07eKpkyqwDPyybs3edXimzVvJ0sWPxb9kQk1t5Mvpp3kI9rfj3eeALwAcRs1GENDKAPBmkquFZ4fZoS7Kb1wJ95IX55IvYwHyJWhDxB8H1KXRGIBj2EAjiw/s640/IMG_6936.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLlz_5LRN0ee0KOqkwtO2aW48EDuFrL6tebEZa5ZTnlg9Ae4bWWY-gccql6SKW5LSTfr07eKpkyqwDPyybs3edXimzVvJ0sWPxb9kQk1t5Mvpp3kI9rfj3eeALwAcRs1GENDKAPBmkquFZ4fZoS7Kb1wJ95IX55IvYwHyJWhDxB8H1KXRGIBj2EAjiw/w640-h480/IMG_6936.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>While the supporting pole general attaches directly to the cupola or the roof, I had to use some sort of foundation to hold my toothpick pole steady. With more work, I might figure out how to mount the vane pole with out the square block, but for now here's how I assembled it.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1e_57z8hFF6SGc0_IUgO5mAHSHT5jJDgsvfvBDW17s9aTyyJjZO4fUnQUcMDG4utrKeVBeU8gg1DKwHGXoIBHdcf6jhDtsR0FEMnXTB_-c1QzINbar_7AxfTi0ILgM0useBX-Wo2Maw6oeTOuI5Kccur0vr_w2g6rIlSAQ9X9Ieu9V62tdCouz3-2qw/s640/IMG_6925.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1e_57z8hFF6SGc0_IUgO5mAHSHT5jJDgsvfvBDW17s9aTyyJjZO4fUnQUcMDG4utrKeVBeU8gg1DKwHGXoIBHdcf6jhDtsR0FEMnXTB_-c1QzINbar_7AxfTi0ILgM0useBX-Wo2Maw6oeTOuI5Kccur0vr_w2g6rIlSAQ9X9Ieu9V62tdCouz3-2qw/w640-h480/IMG_6925.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the tooth pick vane pole I used a 7/65" drill bit then had to work it a little more so that the eyelet fit then using a hammer to get the eye fully pushed in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdYjiedcSb8O5Iqh3vpd4XsZUj5iqAxws1Q9FTDssR8HQOmsXUXHFTD4xnJd1PwUZBvGeuLqVcw4finh-71hSMrVo8ZgcACMeVVGDsbt-_KCA74qMzJrZ6gy1CEHALVRDBOm9mK1G3wJUvAo0gCUUYfbKNDbkne3SpIZV34ObDZpQASu6TgtfDGmH7w/s640/IMG_6927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdYjiedcSb8O5Iqh3vpd4XsZUj5iqAxws1Q9FTDssR8HQOmsXUXHFTD4xnJd1PwUZBvGeuLqVcw4finh-71hSMrVo8ZgcACMeVVGDsbt-_KCA74qMzJrZ6gy1CEHALVRDBOm9mK1G3wJUvAo0gCUUYfbKNDbkne3SpIZV34ObDZpQASu6TgtfDGmH7w/w480-h640/IMG_6927.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The holes for the directional tooth picks used a 5/64" bit and the tooth picks fit snugly.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeuTOYTYR7uE5KQxRRi2nbbfms7biWcEjUo7OcrPvjJh-EkRX5uRXvTdHHUNGNt0UNlur3LF_R7H-FGT2jOean4yzi-w6g5TgGtPyLouGehRm8j2kXJJbhK5CYVW3X4ZOf0f8mVK0ZBBd5prSByhTq9KB2F1kBIkGCdZI8d5OPDM8rz-pgVukySbu4g/s640/IMG_6930.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeuTOYTYR7uE5KQxRRi2nbbfms7biWcEjUo7OcrPvjJh-EkRX5uRXvTdHHUNGNt0UNlur3LF_R7H-FGT2jOean4yzi-w6g5TgGtPyLouGehRm8j2kXJJbhK5CYVW3X4ZOf0f8mVK0ZBBd5prSByhTq9KB2F1kBIkGCdZI8d5OPDM8rz-pgVukySbu4g/w480-h640/IMG_6930.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The toothpicks are now glued in place. I cut the direction letters off the vane and used a wooden bead to secure the rooster.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rzsgBNcq5m0NJZQdJfaDBnyTzoh6MNUg0KqGDyPHbYCRwCXtu8N7S41kCNtCQB54PgPWp1nDZZ-f2LM6G6Olpwn4IbXvsIeWScahM0BLfpMtHBiKzTU0Scyyv-Yh0rPNg7z-PnIuqYP236QXYKebbyOFtswIVRuY25KRgobAtDyN5qEwzPPE8TMVLQ/s640/IMG_6932.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rzsgBNcq5m0NJZQdJfaDBnyTzoh6MNUg0KqGDyPHbYCRwCXtu8N7S41kCNtCQB54PgPWp1nDZZ-f2LM6G6Olpwn4IbXvsIeWScahM0BLfpMtHBiKzTU0Scyyv-Yh0rPNg7z-PnIuqYP236QXYKebbyOFtswIVRuY25KRgobAtDyN5qEwzPPE8TMVLQ/w480-h640/IMG_6932.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29UwVmzrfxGQ-u3hK_difBd-46HajoARXVdfNnNa64PGuYXY6BKCLLvofkqDBdh-nuUPauKskzX7hLlnqpTikdLTPmVuANBtHMzVUxrQRy1Nnvd9RwB5NYHkm6RtlIipRNQMdwzbDJcby2ImKSk5fjIQcT9e5OAwXkt6cR9cGEURP2BqT7YS1W7FN2w/s640/IMG_6934.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29UwVmzrfxGQ-u3hK_difBd-46HajoARXVdfNnNa64PGuYXY6BKCLLvofkqDBdh-nuUPauKskzX7hLlnqpTikdLTPmVuANBtHMzVUxrQRy1Nnvd9RwB5NYHkm6RtlIipRNQMdwzbDJcby2ImKSk5fjIQcT9e5OAwXkt6cR9cGEURP2BqT7YS1W7FN2w/w480-h640/IMG_6934.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are all the tools and supplies that I used. I especially recommend using an old kitchen cutting board as a base for drilling so that you drill your work top. The shape wood and remove a lot of excess I use course sandpaper, but be careful to take off too much. An emory board is just about right for fine sanding.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUm1oS2JV0C4D6pNeVtleeyI8VXb-Q1DMD-nqLtLoXXpzzvnevjgKqvPoyAM4uED25wy_CfJx8dJnBrx5QbtG-yr9XwLAyDsxpKfII9xQP9XtZPBA9_swyuHe_YW_wgM8D325V2Sc2M5FCk9WOlc5dTD_pQBIKuHktxCnu-yKHZjDbERdDlDQ-IdXlw/s640/IMG_6935.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUm1oS2JV0C4D6pNeVtleeyI8VXb-Q1DMD-nqLtLoXXpzzvnevjgKqvPoyAM4uED25wy_CfJx8dJnBrx5QbtG-yr9XwLAyDsxpKfII9xQP9XtZPBA9_swyuHe_YW_wgM8D325V2Sc2M5FCk9WOlc5dTD_pQBIKuHktxCnu-yKHZjDbERdDlDQ-IdXlw/w480-h640/IMG_6935.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I purchase most of these little wooden pieces at Hobby Lobby. Most of them are used in furniture making, but work great for pieces and parts in miniature building.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutjG6sxZi5PAWrOSrOj65PkuYXsx_wfp_W_WbWr5PznO01K8JQBOE4cgqZjCOMlQYwUvAUPPEegZDUk3poGRiu4d093B_G_EDHeR8Ok3esXB3IGmETRNLgFbnRTjCuImo33wueXwdYLVqvLsQmOmD0Yv2gMT88FnMADC7f0Mf86fx4473STfrWDCPEw/s640/IMG_6937.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutjG6sxZi5PAWrOSrOj65PkuYXsx_wfp_W_WbWr5PznO01K8JQBOE4cgqZjCOMlQYwUvAUPPEegZDUk3poGRiu4d093B_G_EDHeR8Ok3esXB3IGmETRNLgFbnRTjCuImo33wueXwdYLVqvLsQmOmD0Yv2gMT88FnMADC7f0Mf86fx4473STfrWDCPEw/w640-h480/IMG_6937.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>At one time I tried my hand at jewelry making, so I had a bead stash, but now I search the beading section for supplies for mini making. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6txQltogqjemNS4nI3hhJPMHJGlQgmUW7QlpXjF0pIJUcJgPq7YmpmwEyqPIRJAiYmFL57GM-JrE8G0zCmZn2dSuZfEx30qvsefHoTyl44ZiPSGqCsK9Zd31PdeVy3OGo31p7zMVaPOLiQO_18k1-SquyDiDqtij14awkNroZdLU4VvyPfclbqQEwng/s640/IMG_6938.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="640" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6txQltogqjemNS4nI3hhJPMHJGlQgmUW7QlpXjF0pIJUcJgPq7YmpmwEyqPIRJAiYmFL57GM-JrE8G0zCmZn2dSuZfEx30qvsefHoTyl44ZiPSGqCsK9Zd31PdeVy3OGo31p7zMVaPOLiQO_18k1-SquyDiDqtij14awkNroZdLU4VvyPfclbqQEwng/w640-h382/IMG_6938.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cut several sizes from card stock, with the final cut from Cricut's Kraft Board, a heaving product that cuts nicely, using the purple mat and the knife blade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, my copper vinyl cut didn't go well. I prefer the paint because you can create a more realistic patina and aging for the outdoor vane.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy1UtiwU7j6sFzrjoLVv_zdWLCf0GNBL8bLvegeNG61qEn4sZG0pUWFU4ZBJeR-5Tpsv0wDWQssucjZshvEkK1iMW_CErB0atulxL6Ubsr21u2EEObd6yWFrvRwdCsSdhZCifn2CvNj3h7NtAKoJBNeS9LlVSFDy6e9FK6PyIC1PqWS8f1Kq4Do804w/s640/IMG_6939.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy1UtiwU7j6sFzrjoLVv_zdWLCf0GNBL8bLvegeNG61qEn4sZG0pUWFU4ZBJeR-5Tpsv0wDWQssucjZshvEkK1iMW_CErB0atulxL6Ubsr21u2EEObd6yWFrvRwdCsSdhZCifn2CvNj3h7NtAKoJBNeS9LlVSFDy6e9FK6PyIC1PqWS8f1Kq4Do804w/w640-h480/IMG_6939.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While not finished, the weather vane fits and looks like I imagined. I like it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN_bRZtqhBr4RR7p7AARGee3E_Uwle-Zf63X0LcVF-yNDOUkeJJR9peMf6QYsDvUx4K1ii-T14IcTCoD5yQ9KvoJNwYYsB1TluyAslo94H5JD8Lz0ydWEFjW6tNCHfy_EwmgVTKbV8uIwNxLbnmun6bJzrClx9K6aVLmZF0EjzHBxgy_xWCR4mwlmaw/s640/IMG_6944.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN_bRZtqhBr4RR7p7AARGee3E_Uwle-Zf63X0LcVF-yNDOUkeJJR9peMf6QYsDvUx4K1ii-T14IcTCoD5yQ9KvoJNwYYsB1TluyAslo94H5JD8Lz0ydWEFjW6tNCHfy_EwmgVTKbV8uIwNxLbnmun6bJzrClx9K6aVLmZF0EjzHBxgy_xWCR4mwlmaw/w480-h640/IMG_6944.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The letters are cut from the mat board glued place--delicate, yes; sturdy? Not really, but they will work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaHBf_qeTSxDDTTl1jFf5KSCkUoGMIcXA0mL0LKXGQbX7MT30GYGfWDRYqc9dYnT2bQIIyEeqrYLs-3XXEwHF5EadRFVn4upznwN0gujF2PsmL0js98eN90nhqc-ioQUzwUtSlmNAr9qyzraLsI4FKJFsbf1frGko3c31JMiTgcfjgZDhaYIpmKtsFg/s640/IMG_6945.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaHBf_qeTSxDDTTl1jFf5KSCkUoGMIcXA0mL0LKXGQbX7MT30GYGfWDRYqc9dYnT2bQIIyEeqrYLs-3XXEwHF5EadRFVn4upznwN0gujF2PsmL0js98eN90nhqc-ioQUzwUtSlmNAr9qyzraLsI4FKJFsbf1frGko3c31JMiTgcfjgZDhaYIpmKtsFg/w480-h640/IMG_6945.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">WE keep hoping that the weather will warm up, for there is plenty of garden work to do and I'm itching to get outside. The Manchester has one more big project and that's the roof. Stay tuned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I you are new to the blog, say "hi." I don't sell anything, I don't promote anything; it's just me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for visiting.</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-78776650863506623702023-03-15T16:04:00.000-07:002023-03-15T16:04:08.679-07:00Day Sleepin'<p> The interior of the Manchester is pretty much finished. I've filled cracks and crevices with painter's white caulking, cut most of the trim to finish hiding rough edges, yet to be glued place, and done most of the touch-up painting. Major tasks left to do: glue the balcony back into place; attach the exterior trim, and the roof. I've considered Greenleaf's Speed Shingles that I used on the Bellingham; the faux asphalt strip shingles that could be costly, single shingles in my lumber stash, or a faux metal roof that would require only paint and strips of wood, glued in place. </p><p>But I can't make up my mind, so the exterior sits in limbo.</p><p>Just when I decided that I would not build another large house, I found a shell of the older Real Good Toys Newport on Facebook Market Place located near daughter Heather in Denver for $100. So tempted. It was missing the tower that sits on the mansard the roof, so I emailed RGT to see if they could provide replacement pieces--and they can, along with all the trim, windows, doors, interior walls, etc. I calculated the cost. Then went to eBay to see what I could see.</p><p>Another older Newport kit (now redesigned and renamed the New Haven). The eBay house is $175 with $110 shipping. A bit of calculation reveals that it would be a tad more expensive to get this kit with all the pieces included. I made an offer. It was rejected. So I decided that I just don't need another large house. Do I?</p><p>As I mull over the Newport, a Victorian Empire style that would be so much fun to make, I began working on the Manchester attic by making a day bed. Inspired by Carolyn's tutorial on how she makes her little daybeds at<a href="http://www.cinderellamoments.com" target="_blank"> Cinderella Moments</a>, I made my first daybed for the Bellingham and loved how easy it was to make and how great it turned out. You can see it here: <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/search?q=daybed" target="_blank">DayBed</a>, along with the full tutorial. </p><p>The bed is cut from 1/16" basswood, an easy hand-cut project; however, this time I used the Cricut Maker.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimArq-gJefq6YyVtF5OyiCPE26QsP55byzbqEuZ1gqq5njlOnK1NpjEpYvQAXEIvO9iNopSY93Z4TDcJicPAVPHMYmyoPVxRSHhIbSI-bb8hghmchYxJ8-sBMnUvLvnqunHy6sixuQPWObA76aVjKCA9t1bxgvRcn2Au4pZ1QxR1ZHqwQOj4gioYiR5Q/s640/IMG_6762.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimArq-gJefq6YyVtF5OyiCPE26QsP55byzbqEuZ1gqq5njlOnK1NpjEpYvQAXEIvO9iNopSY93Z4TDcJicPAVPHMYmyoPVxRSHhIbSI-bb8hghmchYxJ8-sBMnUvLvnqunHy6sixuQPWObA76aVjKCA9t1bxgvRcn2Au4pZ1QxR1ZHqwQOj4gioYiR5Q/w640-h480/IMG_6762.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">With new projects, I always cut a prototype out of thin cardboard--like a cereal box or even computer paper. My cardboard cutout is a GO.</p><p>First, writing a Cricut tutorial is tricky because, especially if you are brand new to your machine and want to dive in to make mini furniture making, you have learn how to use certain tools, so I suggest that you search for Youtube Tutorials to learn how to use the tools listed at the top of Design Space work space, along both sides, and the ones in the bottom right hand corner. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>PLEASE before you attempt this bed and if you are new to your machine, learn how to cut basswood by taking a Youtube tutorial. There are many good ones. In addition, you can use craft board or chipboard instead of wood.</b></p><p>Tools to cut wood: Purple Mat, knife blade, painter's tape</p><p>This tutorial will demonstrate how to use the <b>Shapes</b> collection on the left and the <b>Slice</b> tool to create custom shapes, and the <b>Attach</b> tool. For this day bed I used a square sized to 5"x7"; used an oval to create the notched corners. Once I had one corner sliced, I used the Flip tool to flip the newly created triangle to move to the opposite side to make an exactly matched notch. You have to play around and use trial error to get the slices perfect. Use Command Z to quickly undo mistakes.</p><p>Next I created the sides: 2"x7, the bed of the bed slightly narrower, and the front brace. </p><p>This bed will have a tufted headboard, so I created my template for the tufting, which will be either print and cut or I can use a pen to mark the tufts. Carolyn's tutorial shows how to make a tufted headboard.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5Iq-gVerHBKB8tBYlf4nu_DvUjpCTwXd3gBnTOxkzYrhNpfNvo7X6Xn4Z9Vepxsf6j40XfPVY2G4bq0yEDvnQyXuams6x7ZZmz1-hj80K0-78WYyt-wD-ZT3Hydg9L-D5kYoKA5ovgs1TTe0xGBOTSB57CcZPIPwz-_Wlerh5ZmPnXNzgpR_tGNCGg/s2556/arrange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1658" data-original-width="2556" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5Iq-gVerHBKB8tBYlf4nu_DvUjpCTwXd3gBnTOxkzYrhNpfNvo7X6Xn4Z9Vepxsf6j40XfPVY2G4bq0yEDvnQyXuams6x7ZZmz1-hj80K0-78WYyt-wD-ZT3Hydg9L-D5kYoKA5ovgs1TTe0xGBOTSB57CcZPIPwz-_Wlerh5ZmPnXNzgpR_tGNCGg/w640-h416/arrange.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the pieces created, I am ready to cut my wood. I can group my pieces in Design Space after creating them, but when I click <b>Make</b> and see the <b>Make</b> screen I see that Cricut has rearranged the pieces on my wood, waisting precious wood and disregarding the grain of the wood, so there is an easy solution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For this project I used Circut's basswood--worth the price. It is 6"x12". I create a template of the wood then position my pieces on the template as the wood will be placed on the mat--the grain horizontal or parallel to the left side of the mat. With the pieces in position, I carefully side (drag) the wood template to the side and the pieces stay in place. Next I select all the pieces, not disturbing or moving them and Attach them, holding them in place. Remember command Z to immediately undo a mistake or incorrect move.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagTPqmVou9HPEGI3W9Rv0qcAhNinYhzIqkMvhFrR5BkqjaURaup43xiO8uiWwTsBrDn3MloKUT2-TFhAhyt6qQ0FAGGNTl6byD9ZPQBQOI0majI0CIE-bz0PMu6bQ5FwX9XyR_4wNgEkxazRDfHZePSz8KZUdwD1b4kNg51-bmUqUVXZAj7HReSinpQ/s2540/how%20to%20select.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1661" data-original-width="2540" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagTPqmVou9HPEGI3W9Rv0qcAhNinYhzIqkMvhFrR5BkqjaURaup43xiO8uiWwTsBrDn3MloKUT2-TFhAhyt6qQ0FAGGNTl6byD9ZPQBQOI0majI0CIE-bz0PMu6bQ5FwX9XyR_4wNgEkxazRDfHZePSz8KZUdwD1b4kNg51-bmUqUVXZAj7HReSinpQ/w640-h418/how%20to%20select.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Now you can see that all of the pieces are in place and ready to cut. 1/16" basswood takes about 9 of 14 programmed passes, but I am thinking that Cricut has reprogramed the machine to stop cutting at 7 or 8 and I have discovered that the across grain cuts don't go all the way through, so I have to use my X-acto blade to finish the cut. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSkiNWtkbqUqaeg8cayAlnDVBIcFSqKE1_rN49MoUa4p30TYC2_zF0NxUvSxFQ1wYGlJo_umgQUI05wmsFqfMWq1BemPjcF5tcwE-C_LWV0jjeGpljcho2W7l4RU6-lQqZhMHMlS00iAEM-zWSSajqtea6A9yqVeVKzTBRm9ckCrPyJLGO1P3JBVW1Q/s1920/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-11%20at%2012.54.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSkiNWtkbqUqaeg8cayAlnDVBIcFSqKE1_rN49MoUa4p30TYC2_zF0NxUvSxFQ1wYGlJo_umgQUI05wmsFqfMWq1BemPjcF5tcwE-C_LWV0jjeGpljcho2W7l4RU6-lQqZhMHMlS00iAEM-zWSSajqtea6A9yqVeVKzTBRm9ckCrPyJLGO1P3JBVW1Q/w640-h360/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-11%20at%2012.54.32%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cut results:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1bKedL7X9FzNlp9yTSrl05QEVkc-on6P8aA5p6sWhSMvWWifNdh73a97usiKL1pZj8KhQWyri3K4utsJDQoHLb_z-Y2dX0vpX1NEo1OJIg8fxoVYINsagxxLaMVmzdFoIlN0ciw2ho7bV3V6kcFHlV27XAmpgxkt4ar1_FF5mCdEsdlP-u8VXVSlKw/s640/IMG_6763.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="640" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1bKedL7X9FzNlp9yTSrl05QEVkc-on6P8aA5p6sWhSMvWWifNdh73a97usiKL1pZj8KhQWyri3K4utsJDQoHLb_z-Y2dX0vpX1NEo1OJIg8fxoVYINsagxxLaMVmzdFoIlN0ciw2ho7bV3V6kcFHlV27XAmpgxkt4ar1_FF5mCdEsdlP-u8VXVSlKw/w640-h382/IMG_6763.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used Gorilla Wood glue to adhere the pieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="532" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9guthdvXa5ckNjtlCkRHEMS02v5dRZPjHvJ4CtSQcNA6Dn9Hi08vj2vL7kt0AAshrlg5tPBrb8i3mLItKllJftTsIYSu2QRQ27shxcJU8gT_jhsQpHh5LQPkwCsHDZpKuAu2QQ9y4-beV9T2an5UUYavVpVPZmAKOSJmIfGg_qgNMgHeUIZRicSPCNA/s320/IMG_6766.jpeg" width="266" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fErw4UwNEXN9aobwyj783oacDAvhWpiF2NjPlb7od0R2vOGvDL-BLzRuCdSw8Tbuq4v9g_lu09lYykKUCb-GrUx9zzNYLVoLAQDVyQBtzNTq5rmVMoySQ0ObiswIUI5GLB35XLlZ_lqykoI53esTUhrAFf0vZRrXQAk9wlShhDq19d7yifLHyiMGTQ/s640/IMG_6765.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="640" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fErw4UwNEXN9aobwyj783oacDAvhWpiF2NjPlb7od0R2vOGvDL-BLzRuCdSw8Tbuq4v9g_lu09lYykKUCb-GrUx9zzNYLVoLAQDVyQBtzNTq5rmVMoySQ0ObiswIUI5GLB35XLlZ_lqykoI53esTUhrAFf0vZRrXQAk9wlShhDq19d7yifLHyiMGTQ/s320/IMG_6765.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With a large fabric stash, including fabric pieces and scraps for mini-making, I found bed sheets that I had hemmed at one time. Not in the mood to do any sewing this time around, I used the sheets for this bed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbkiaspFxw35PxSDhrTQJiK8cGh9QetjulMElCukHnqoyf30UrQAAJga6P1l_SxU9J_UonqzbQ4kcHUy1iB43XVXPg3YJcLPFOvqncHf7QvEySuqyq7trSTrtHA7nVpspFJ3brANC7KfznzRbg6e8gND2Hdbj_Zl_o_8goQnSAReEjLQ1WH-WUn-EsA/s640/IMG_6804.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbkiaspFxw35PxSDhrTQJiK8cGh9QetjulMElCukHnqoyf30UrQAAJga6P1l_SxU9J_UonqzbQ4kcHUy1iB43XVXPg3YJcLPFOvqncHf7QvEySuqyq7trSTrtHA7nVpspFJ3brANC7KfznzRbg6e8gND2Hdbj_Zl_o_8goQnSAReEjLQ1WH-WUn-EsA/s320/IMG_6804.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are a number of materials that can be used for a mattress. I keep mine simple and use what I have on hand. I cut the mattress from 1/2" foam core board, slightly smaller 1/4" or so all the way around to allow room for bedding. Here, I am using wool batting left over from stuffing cloth dolls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV1LEkcMPS6W2I7zShktLsAPb49F-CiZhFXMU9vN4V7D1QEWSVopFBIdTPfTKQjVKpWly88BBdtvO8xzgB1pPbQbdCixKmqmyjyHykp4YC8zmTWdZwBUO0lIyZHOwdHaRrcUrKZ_PhdQZYThXT-a1OKfX3EdrikeJsI3K8Ql74vh2lTjETk4fY5iIng/s640/IMG_6802.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHV1LEkcMPS6W2I7zShktLsAPb49F-CiZhFXMU9vN4V7D1QEWSVopFBIdTPfTKQjVKpWly88BBdtvO8xzgB1pPbQbdCixKmqmyjyHykp4YC8zmTWdZwBUO0lIyZHOwdHaRrcUrKZ_PhdQZYThXT-a1OKfX3EdrikeJsI3K8Ql74vh2lTjETk4fY5iIng/s320/IMG_6802.jpeg" width="288" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_88aGaxZWHoL-i-EM_3_epHw5Sz6ydwO8WwX4oOw8y2N0EVOw_Z_SgeEtyIW-SVgxXLdWVPQ_Jw6YP-gIVzbHFwxfLVpgHP20cjePrfZzjLpcbQYsqV756WbwvOVRJS_rm04WiEQAgFBT5F54PXBuhU-gQR9j83sTp52_kC36ymxrtiEoTWtlYiRiA/s640/IMG_6803.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_88aGaxZWHoL-i-EM_3_epHw5Sz6ydwO8WwX4oOw8y2N0EVOw_Z_SgeEtyIW-SVgxXLdWVPQ_Jw6YP-gIVzbHFwxfLVpgHP20cjePrfZzjLpcbQYsqV756WbwvOVRJS_rm04WiEQAgFBT5F54PXBuhU-gQR9j83sTp52_kC36ymxrtiEoTWtlYiRiA/s320/IMG_6803.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While my sheets have finished stitched edges, they don't have to be finished; in fact, the sewed edges create more bulk, so it's better not have finished edges.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9TGG_HabYsaep0a7dwFPU2m_EGIW4ISb0c4LZ5kEvZ8lHRFU8ycSm0cgmvL-8BkgRTpXikcj6BkOMYh3Pa7S5Ldg6_--KKiFn6Owdsf1AxLxK5NwvQZNX6w6gCfiePutItEkvfhwIksxSKTRtUnGe_thQq34rEt66lcoHTXz8axi7jgFXurDqt_FmQ/s640/IMG_6805.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="640" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9TGG_HabYsaep0a7dwFPU2m_EGIW4ISb0c4LZ5kEvZ8lHRFU8ycSm0cgmvL-8BkgRTpXikcj6BkOMYh3Pa7S5Ldg6_--KKiFn6Owdsf1AxLxK5NwvQZNX6w6gCfiePutItEkvfhwIksxSKTRtUnGe_thQq34rEt66lcoHTXz8axi7jgFXurDqt_FmQ/w640-h572/IMG_6805.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Simple wrap bedsheet fabric around the mattress and glue in place. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWu0DxtKcdqEEHdQEj-BU20C1gd7E8STsljOye0mXcq56UqnbWEzRKqGpbsabH9hPNOGVIulMPwy2_NjncpWQ8WCNd0dnnZKGJukd2Mly-VeP0hmn34wUN03HJV6OtkQqkn6IEmnoDfo7JwAAwR-qER31YPgkzDgtaelXpXimH_DNgxnD_eQsjaoPLg/s640/IMG_6806.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWu0DxtKcdqEEHdQEj-BU20C1gd7E8STsljOye0mXcq56UqnbWEzRKqGpbsabH9hPNOGVIulMPwy2_NjncpWQ8WCNd0dnnZKGJukd2Mly-VeP0hmn34wUN03HJV6OtkQqkn6IEmnoDfo7JwAAwR-qER31YPgkzDgtaelXpXimH_DNgxnD_eQsjaoPLg/w640-h480/IMG_6806.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've not decided on the color pallet for the attic, but since I had scraps of the stripe and just wrapped it around and really like it. I had sewed the striped pillow and the other one came from the mini stash--for the moment.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_qI7dGDpYLDhv9Ka9d0nt6Pe-dnEXksg2E_R78a1t8tyTnVgLzFmX3jO23_twijag1vHVNCDEYRgRrnYb8-8Uas211XgFvd6Edr6r_hTSQFWe4V1UyYzWHV9VK6lmiIkl8XsyfHQ-OeQMUJT3ECJ7o8tcGJvivJe4_bewzgIZT49IeDW0P3C2WE0MA/s640/IMG_6809.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_qI7dGDpYLDhv9Ka9d0nt6Pe-dnEXksg2E_R78a1t8tyTnVgLzFmX3jO23_twijag1vHVNCDEYRgRrnYb8-8Uas211XgFvd6Edr6r_hTSQFWe4V1UyYzWHV9VK6lmiIkl8XsyfHQ-OeQMUJT3ECJ7o8tcGJvivJe4_bewzgIZT49IeDW0P3C2WE0MA/w598-h640/IMG_6809.jpeg" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While the bed isn't finished, it does seem to be turning out nicely. A comfortable place for some day sleepin'. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZ04UFRKVujLK7J_RwSWLQOdAgpUqzDjzm9DQbmbVurEBU9iTl8hEehEmEaLWTACSjeGRiNp3BUJGtoqfNwAvVvvyFsdxSu82994Ym6RPl_btlLxG9NcGYnt_c3faTd8Hx3CBI1Sl3I-tn-QXil0gCtO1LwuMlgg0f2PHO3HiUXofg-jKziwYZ-9b3A/s640/IMG_6807.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZ04UFRKVujLK7J_RwSWLQOdAgpUqzDjzm9DQbmbVurEBU9iTl8hEehEmEaLWTACSjeGRiNp3BUJGtoqfNwAvVvvyFsdxSu82994Ym6RPl_btlLxG9NcGYnt_c3faTd8Hx3CBI1Sl3I-tn-QXil0gCtO1LwuMlgg0f2PHO3HiUXofg-jKziwYZ-9b3A/w480-h640/IMG_6807.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To finish dressing the bed, I added a dust skirt it a piece of eyelet edging from the lace stash. I taped most the fabric in place, and once I am satisfied with the how the bedding looks, I'll glue it all in place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I made pillows--very simple: cut a rectangle twice the size of the finished pillow, fold it in half. I pressed the top edge to the inside to create an even hem once the stuffing is added. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next I folded the fabric in half then I hand sewed around two edges. After turning the pillow right side out, I added a bit of stuffing and carefully glued the hem edge closed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW9FZ8xe6e6_McWSgc7Yx8LxtfXIrTh4JNgtg5hW-yGCOa357tNqx-djZUmcbb3Lla-l4MXOx8hONgLcA-iH8RJWvDOX83Jjl9zrgdfgy026bL_7MbdN2AKvGAtqLOkPCkJzHeruvjOXVdEqtu6mkG8Wrgazo9-KBHBui6mE9o-vdkV3bSrvpUFZf-A/s640/IMG_6822.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="640" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW9FZ8xe6e6_McWSgc7Yx8LxtfXIrTh4JNgtg5hW-yGCOa357tNqx-djZUmcbb3Lla-l4MXOx8hONgLcA-iH8RJWvDOX83Jjl9zrgdfgy026bL_7MbdN2AKvGAtqLOkPCkJzHeruvjOXVdEqtu6mkG8Wrgazo9-KBHBui6mE9o-vdkV3bSrvpUFZf-A/w640-h368/IMG_6822.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eAXdI2GwuDw-O_i-lj-BfIqDAqC21kp7OCsyH1ixFFgt00QskpphIztR6MwFqwFGRJreib-A7KR0ADtOMNQSP3-ADEAsF1QaCoGTYVLc6F57G3FZ4mr41VNvAbopSVukTqaWGPCwVP7Pdu2AKBlWUC_T6klX9GnJ_uXKveQZ9Q0QXWE1D0Oi5pkm4A/w640-h480/IMG_6827.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there you have it: a cozy spot with a comfy bed to do some day sleepin'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhG0CcotstGR5IAKvKEIaLny_0_Wq36v8Wj1rbbUKX5XUnBlPyxXhxpEZhxR45ZwwMTeZ_nd9nMGJJyJu6ngwYE0gqnd8hKtMcJ9tQ5iVdDNmWLHxsF1fOVDr1ejFU0cIHFcDd3vYFjat_CO9arB83YO_2AxoHNNenKVX4S06qFSqbb9sqWWSeunnqg/s640/IMG_6830.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'd love know what you are up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a great week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calligraffitti;">Ann</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-28203663422813853982023-02-27T07:11:00.000-08:002023-02-27T07:11:05.070-08:00I Did a Thing--or Two<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Winter still has a strong grip on Northern Colorado. The snow that came just before Christmas slowly melts as the temperatures begin to rise above 0, so I've spent a lot of time inside in the basement diligently working to finish the Manchester. Friday, though, I did a thing that I had long put off doing: removing the balcony.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Now why would I want to do a thing like that? Gluing the balcony in place was perplexing, tedious, and so difficult. But even before attaching the balcony, the intricate porch work had to be assembled and glued in place because it supported the heavy balcony. I knew that day when I install the balcony exactly where it needed to be placed, but I blew it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The photo doesn't show how un-level the balcony was as it tilted to the back, probably 2 cm, quite noticeable. Since the wood glue had already set when I notice how off balcony was, I decided to leave it alone, knowing what an awful chore it would be to remove it. And no one would notice.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But I knew.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPQgrSDRAlea-jzEyG5LTiq6oUWFwo5TJ8GDl4F_23gxoTgbLpkhBKoWra7h-qQGKPV9qOyRsNvFrRoJcGn4Web5ibusz67QMWs7hPlGrp3PFbIa8vYMzc0JvK64fSKZjHPRghzJl_6DUN8vEzrlYieUSzSlFjbbq5Br5CnBh_04Nq1xXVicfmFuopw/s640/IMG_6687.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPQgrSDRAlea-jzEyG5LTiq6oUWFwo5TJ8GDl4F_23gxoTgbLpkhBKoWra7h-qQGKPV9qOyRsNvFrRoJcGn4Web5ibusz67QMWs7hPlGrp3PFbIa8vYMzc0JvK64fSKZjHPRghzJl_6DUN8vEzrlYieUSzSlFjbbq5Br5CnBh_04Nq1xXVicfmFuopw/w480-h640/IMG_6687.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The photos really do not show how un-level it was, Every time I looked at the house from the side, I got that pang of disappointment, each time reminding myself that this one mistake ruined the value of the house--not that I would be selling it, but some day it would really matter. Finally Friday I broke down, gave in to my instincts and removed the darn thing. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVsnS9sEn8hONsVWJeJzgKlxqJUMnvENYpcbEPTm8Z7nFb-QMIUKwEhPQvNnggpG6X549g6Fy82RxcA7SqtjnrADRC_-HBstZiMvOcyqeoniOIAY1TucOcYxH8lGjTsiWuw3p4fdMzJe1qn4EQQlD7FluBbR-__Ybohzg3ugMaDSb19wEZfJ4aAt-rA/s640/IMG_6686.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVsnS9sEn8hONsVWJeJzgKlxqJUMnvENYpcbEPTm8Z7nFb-QMIUKwEhPQvNnggpG6X549g6Fy82RxcA7SqtjnrADRC_-HBstZiMvOcyqeoniOIAY1TucOcYxH8lGjTsiWuw3p4fdMzJe1qn4EQQlD7FluBbR-__Ybohzg3ugMaDSb19wEZfJ4aAt-rA/w480-h640/IMG_6686.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I began by using my embossing heat gun used to melt embossing powder in card making to soften the wood glue. I realized, too, that the left side of the balcony had never attached itself to the front of the house so I was able to wedge my old Cricut spatula into the crevice and slide it along as the heat softened the glue.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyr7m_fZpHXag9yqvfO1JYOxPgdSqECA1_yg7Wt-sNv6rdv4yerRbjHnb0gpgAP-ebIGx1UFZHyGJqSVTph6w65TJQ6ffuydPhd_G7unOZFYGOtxqbdX69vWj7pDilzQLi1NaXdTbUft8awvMs_ISKkXNJzQgqNy5oxUZUNlaOIavZ12V9SFyWz1ogw/s640/IMG_6688.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyr7m_fZpHXag9yqvfO1JYOxPgdSqECA1_yg7Wt-sNv6rdv4yerRbjHnb0gpgAP-ebIGx1UFZHyGJqSVTph6w65TJQ6ffuydPhd_G7unOZFYGOtxqbdX69vWj7pDilzQLi1NaXdTbUft8awvMs_ISKkXNJzQgqNy5oxUZUNlaOIavZ12V9SFyWz1ogw/w480-h640/IMG_6688.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I knew when I originally installed the balcony that it had be positioned right at the bottom the door opening in order to be level.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7E_aKl658AvdmcAPP6GcK8Tb-uYl1bBbxQNF83WGm1MUS6eXvHcftyK-JgrvIozWTydC3ZPneS2RmBnEHMWThKMF6CmQwT8hzYf78go4G9YR4DPX5tefByNfmaKJAxeMrdaeZBxdEyAKBNauXoeb-SJGVonqGWiIJowHgNf8f8duMgu-vvuGr-p1rQ/s640/IMG_6685.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7E_aKl658AvdmcAPP6GcK8Tb-uYl1bBbxQNF83WGm1MUS6eXvHcftyK-JgrvIozWTydC3ZPneS2RmBnEHMWThKMF6CmQwT8hzYf78go4G9YR4DPX5tefByNfmaKJAxeMrdaeZBxdEyAKBNauXoeb-SJGVonqGWiIJowHgNf8f8duMgu-vvuGr-p1rQ/w480-h640/IMG_6685.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The glue softened and released much easier that I had imagined.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLH7pg5kldd6fediK1QuwXr6gQHqGkBcABtubp7GNjeZfBIH4EYgRBOUpGJ0ZciHhfN433Y5tFvLdsQdEYM_2AGXWBNjMg6wi8FuBjmUwqLFI4po-jOnDPC0Fz2Voy2ydKMIFF9lhHudQuOgOTdOpXtL6c7sI_zy-J5ioG8cHw24QSxO8opDvDqsTfw/s640/IMG_6689.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLH7pg5kldd6fediK1QuwXr6gQHqGkBcABtubp7GNjeZfBIH4EYgRBOUpGJ0ZciHhfN433Y5tFvLdsQdEYM_2AGXWBNjMg6wi8FuBjmUwqLFI4po-jOnDPC0Fz2Voy2ydKMIFF9lhHudQuOgOTdOpXtL6c7sI_zy-J5ioG8cHw24QSxO8opDvDqsTfw/w480-h640/IMG_6689.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The balconycame off quite easily. You can see the line where it pealed away from the house. In actuality, the wood glue did not soften, the paint did and the the balcony easily released. Nonetheless, the balcony removal was far less traumatic than I expected. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I had a mother problem, too. I could not get the brass porch lights to adhere; I tried their adhesive backs, tacky glue and jeweler's glue, but nothing held them in place, so I now that I had easy access to them where I could remove the old glue and clean things up a bit; this time using Gorilla super glue which caught hold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTfxL4kXkGdMdy8IIJ-zO3Yji9Uv4joiOzOPX9YyP478js1Ie86GuZRF4yxhmh2xUiw2cnexNF0f0toPuenO4uuTnnuKXcsEaRUbsOptRxVYrU1QYsapV38bIM1P6phQV9o7Jwq7I2yQ1b7ucg0KK-FX9rL4O4fO6yx-c-1lglJTV1k2J-4xN9vyFDA/s640/IMG_6690.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTfxL4kXkGdMdy8IIJ-zO3Yji9Uv4joiOzOPX9YyP478js1Ie86GuZRF4yxhmh2xUiw2cnexNF0f0toPuenO4uuTnnuKXcsEaRUbsOptRxVYrU1QYsapV38bIM1P6phQV9o7Jwq7I2yQ1b7ucg0KK-FX9rL4O4fO6yx-c-1lglJTV1k2J-4xN9vyFDA/w640-h480/IMG_6690.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The scar left from removing the the balcony will be repaired, repainted, and won't show anyway, but here the question that builders face all the time: Do we glue pieces to unpainted surfaces or painted surfaces? Simple as it may sound, the decision isn't always an easy one to make, so what do you do?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">If you glue pieces to a painted surface--like shutters, door casing, or balconies, you are gluing to the paint, so if you have to remove a piece it does release easily, so it really isn't a strong or permanent bond when you paint first and glue next.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Many builders will paint all the kit pieces before assembling, rather than paint the house once the main frame is assembled. When I built Lily's house, I assembled it then I taped off the windows when I painted the exterior pieces before assembling the house, so that I glued the window casings directly to the bare exterior surface. It was a chore then to do the touch-up work around the window casings.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I had to look back at my photos to see when I painted this house--after assembling it and I didn't leave any bare spots for gluing--was it an over sight? I think I just didn't think about gluing pieces to the outside of the house. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As I said, the front of the Manchester is work intensive, so I concentrated on building the porch work and the balcony then I installed it. I had a major problem with the balcony. It was supposed to be supported by the frame work, but all of the support is in the front with no support for the back of the balcony. I taped it in place, but it slipped.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Next time I will attach a porch roof or balcony with house laying down. I was tempted to that when I put balcony back in place so that gravity will help hold it in the proper place, but the house is big and heavy and has the addition, so I'm back to square one: how to attach the balcony and support it while the glue sets? I've cut supports that will fit underneath the balcony and support it as the glue dries, hopefully keeping the piece in place. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZZ6VUz1WcD1ZK9JIwt_LFJFJfVMou0Z_DMaIGqYZ-gqAHhWarxvA-HkOFe-qigAOQoDnhGOOL7uinbQAGyOM6TsUD-YzpWyrsgQsjfrJSMnkccniMpg9Raiuczk7BTx1iWWrDkvnRdrohqPDr69Syvh15x9TJxz0v2t7SaHn5wBfkg7f0B6Zwq-f8A/s640/IMG_6691.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZZ6VUz1WcD1ZK9JIwt_LFJFJfVMou0Z_DMaIGqYZ-gqAHhWarxvA-HkOFe-qigAOQoDnhGOOL7uinbQAGyOM6TsUD-YzpWyrsgQsjfrJSMnkccniMpg9Raiuczk7BTx1iWWrDkvnRdrohqPDr69Syvh15x9TJxz0v2t7SaHn5wBfkg7f0B6Zwq-f8A/w640-h480/IMG_6691.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I spent the rest of Friday rebuilding part of the railing on the balcony since it was wonky and repairing other weak spots in the porch wood work. Since the glue really didn't soften when I applied the heat to remove the balcony, I used the heat gun to soften the glue on the back of the balcony so that I'd have a smooth, clean surface again. Along with a little sanding, the back of the balcony has a clean surface that hopefully will hold. Nor will it be glued to paint, rather to the scare in the MFD which will hopefully create a good bond.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOb_m6fPMZhlpEAs7SP-c64h6t6fL0kAGiBIXfmvHqP-fEmN2_btym4KIPnbxXE6yF4cka5ZS1kC7_Kw80fhhAhxTmLnIIQ3n3kWMPnGfbkiO2JUh1cUH_foc5dBO4APb5cOib19jpJQGI08XON9ClusqOgy3THlW_KjkjrCSg2HUVj-ad6HGGDYznJA/s640/IMG_6692.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOb_m6fPMZhlpEAs7SP-c64h6t6fL0kAGiBIXfmvHqP-fEmN2_btym4KIPnbxXE6yF4cka5ZS1kC7_Kw80fhhAhxTmLnIIQ3n3kWMPnGfbkiO2JUh1cUH_foc5dBO4APb5cOib19jpJQGI08XON9ClusqOgy3THlW_KjkjrCSg2HUVj-ad6HGGDYznJA/w480-h640/IMG_6692.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I feel so much better with a level balcony. I haven 't glued it in place yet, I suppose because I nervous about it slipping again. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBIGRXe57FE5dqlwzrfysDckMasGOr__zJyeEzlS55Id2WnB1lbXFIbVIscxEuiFPK8Nk6_WIvbzuagg1461U0G86j4TgiBNWDY_ZwrKrj6sqAFT1b4su_A6mD4CUHOhfmN7S4iPBiJ95KgXHQbrwETWA4Vsf13_oRvNljYIpci-xHg_j9O2dlXBpyg/s640/IMG_6704.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBIGRXe57FE5dqlwzrfysDckMasGOr__zJyeEzlS55Id2WnB1lbXFIbVIscxEuiFPK8Nk6_WIvbzuagg1461U0G86j4TgiBNWDY_ZwrKrj6sqAFT1b4su_A6mD4CUHOhfmN7S4iPBiJ95KgXHQbrwETWA4Vsf13_oRvNljYIpci-xHg_j9O2dlXBpyg/w480-h640/IMG_6704.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The light are holding in place with the super glue. I'm winding why I didn't adds the second light the upper level? </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdhPu9STuxoWmo8CCssKi6BacU_z4bMiRGIlSNFAWGPqHMzmJcWd4DYxaE0k5wuAohRVgEO5VdwI95wXCO26lOpTKQ-7nTfRPZqdOSk2A1U9DAv6jomQCnDA2oTqhCcA4HLAlrD8j5Xcgmb8jnuExBUVukk4rthwy4fVnLHDO2vnAjwC_3Z-Sgr-BHA/s640/IMG_6702.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdhPu9STuxoWmo8CCssKi6BacU_z4bMiRGIlSNFAWGPqHMzmJcWd4DYxaE0k5wuAohRVgEO5VdwI95wXCO26lOpTKQ-7nTfRPZqdOSk2A1U9DAv6jomQCnDA2oTqhCcA4HLAlrD8j5Xcgmb8jnuExBUVukk4rthwy4fVnLHDO2vnAjwC_3Z-Sgr-BHA/w640-h480/IMG_6702.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The lights are on and all are working. The curtains are up in the living room; the finishing touches are coming together. Yesterday I cut the rest of the trim work for the exterior corners and today I'll paint them, so then I can install of the exterior trim.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPI7Dao2Kc1hU3oy3WZmNnIdMfy4B5zGHXkIs_r2skoKDwFo_JxFHDuJMoamWY_DZSvXIxzXE2_OECIHa5pbdxZGXJvn4X-09xc9xbfhG_svHqDiFcfLnu8MHAhL1r0t6D8TgBAsZSHqnvmAy8llO9n02gI0uZ13xLFiRNS2usX9F13qKSYTMzHVS0w/s640/IMG_6701.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPI7Dao2Kc1hU3oy3WZmNnIdMfy4B5zGHXkIs_r2skoKDwFo_JxFHDuJMoamWY_DZSvXIxzXE2_OECIHa5pbdxZGXJvn4X-09xc9xbfhG_svHqDiFcfLnu8MHAhL1r0t6D8TgBAsZSHqnvmAy8llO9n02gI0uZ13xLFiRNS2usX9F13qKSYTMzHVS0w/w480-h640/IMG_6701.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWuBj7BUwSDV3gr5Euu5ljDavcdloWXBw5lVd2bxt4VxdzQECJqKAhLV48Qvu1SbmQsLSG72FCie5ok-zJfxkf7a025Mj5hj69vigMS7HwXfwz-FC4ytLH5MR2Wh1v2FReH2al8DJ7_xNnZCX_T1Bc1GeNcU_BJSiWd0NEFVjIZDCdN9WBTDNNxm33g/s640/IMG_6700.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWuBj7BUwSDV3gr5Euu5ljDavcdloWXBw5lVd2bxt4VxdzQECJqKAhLV48Qvu1SbmQsLSG72FCie5ok-zJfxkf7a025Mj5hj69vigMS7HwXfwz-FC4ytLH5MR2Wh1v2FReH2al8DJ7_xNnZCX_T1Bc1GeNcU_BJSiWd0NEFVjIZDCdN9WBTDNNxm33g/w480-h640/IMG_6700.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIvKfSbfF0dfgDxKWtPIGk-hAdCD-OTRiu-SFE3s8JU-aFSzIovNLsgO-FG-7RKyIyM-bGrhs4dTA_I2I3wN1OLbDpWwEIp4QFnA-xG2a3kH4hteubCFgDj9TRQKJSPvevKMIzKTA2YLTw5O7R9ca2GdYh3_IoHG_zJsJZpAGHFDYCHQ-pe4xfC3KgA/s640/IMG_6705.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIvKfSbfF0dfgDxKWtPIGk-hAdCD-OTRiu-SFE3s8JU-aFSzIovNLsgO-FG-7RKyIyM-bGrhs4dTA_I2I3wN1OLbDpWwEIp4QFnA-xG2a3kH4hteubCFgDj9TRQKJSPvevKMIzKTA2YLTw5O7R9ca2GdYh3_IoHG_zJsJZpAGHFDYCHQ-pe4xfC3KgA/w640-h480/IMG_6705.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Yes, that is a Tesla. And the house will have a wind powered energy source, blending the traditional with the modern. </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The final major project is the roof. While it looks like a big roof, it really isn't. My choices: individual shingles from my stash; purchasing speed shingles from Green Leaf; or creating a faux tin roof that is so popular here--a region known for receiving the most hail in the world. The metal roof would be the easiest. Real Good Toys has a tutorial on how to create the look: paint the roof and use 3/8 or 1/4 inch lumber to give look of a metal roof. I really am leaning toward that. Inspired by a small farm not far from from here where both the house and the barn have the dark blue metal roofs. Quite showy. We will see. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2t3rbX12cczLVKkfjfnU42e0teXZzllGKdG-5sapF3s4bPSzwsRhvTmEx2oZBjoByryykVAVA-x0RexZs_oLpzf_akjVb7ArDLcdWT7kiYouPRfo3Zsf7t9MNog2quM5XZmC461r2Wdc6MNtK6MMq6MtNxFMjHCQmBnUOMxR1uNjbzPxaAOb59YVb7w/s640/IMG_6706.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2t3rbX12cczLVKkfjfnU42e0teXZzllGKdG-5sapF3s4bPSzwsRhvTmEx2oZBjoByryykVAVA-x0RexZs_oLpzf_akjVb7ArDLcdWT7kiYouPRfo3Zsf7t9MNog2quM5XZmC461r2Wdc6MNtK6MMq6MtNxFMjHCQmBnUOMxR1uNjbzPxaAOb59YVb7w/w480-h640/IMG_6706.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I did another thing: spruced up the bathroom. I've always felt that the black, gray, and white monochromatic pallet was somewhat boring, so the bathroom needed color. I've always wanted to add poppy art work to my own bathroom, just never got around to it, so here I'm living out my real decorating fantasy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsLBzyYut6_fHMxm925N0imOLUSZImUsq14Bfo8SxSQ-RNnkU5HS8uA6y8M7g5nQsWNJWqPT3PIZKWWhxY9aJKh7fQDt3eCj0YTE-PM1TKn3xv1FzixN_xYH4ogZ-2orZzEDTRUIRWLhICxNVNBTxbjqvQH_qmSgLudhBJ6X5Zr4Fi0oKhtfyMu8vRA/s640/IMG_6682.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="618" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsLBzyYut6_fHMxm925N0imOLUSZImUsq14Bfo8SxSQ-RNnkU5HS8uA6y8M7g5nQsWNJWqPT3PIZKWWhxY9aJKh7fQDt3eCj0YTE-PM1TKn3xv1FzixN_xYH4ogZ-2orZzEDTRUIRWLhICxNVNBTxbjqvQH_qmSgLudhBJ6X5Zr4Fi0oKhtfyMu8vRA/w618-h640/IMG_6682.jpeg" width="618" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I found the poppy image on Raw Pixel.com, printed it on a 4x6 glossy photo paper and made a frame for it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ou9IcBW-cyPzwjioYloDR40RUP4Ko3r7_MND2zJge0mguKb8jJ7HxYLdnW-iRB6B9C14ZFFyPK4jN1e-bV0pSTCCSG9KsQbaqtqFnmREfdss1SUqW1IFTEcsM-kIemu-upfKpzGfveENLXgz2mAK7zWrFJPoHDEZFCc3ChQyMU_dZF5sDlDypemQJQ/s640/IMG_6683.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="640" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ou9IcBW-cyPzwjioYloDR40RUP4Ko3r7_MND2zJge0mguKb8jJ7HxYLdnW-iRB6B9C14ZFFyPK4jN1e-bV0pSTCCSG9KsQbaqtqFnmREfdss1SUqW1IFTEcsM-kIemu-upfKpzGfveENLXgz2mAK7zWrFJPoHDEZFCc3ChQyMU_dZF5sDlDypemQJQ/w640-h516/IMG_6683.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> I made poppies last summer from kits, so I placed one in a little glass jar, adding a little more interest. The Caladium that I made a few weeks ago for the office is in the red pot, but you can't see it. It may not be permanent in the bathroom anyway. Red was my mom's favorite color, so she would love this. She'd love the dollhouse projects, too. I'm sad sometimes that she's not here to enjoy this.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvbmCEFeYvOE9KpPjEMafZuPcZpmHVtwGXxYYtqhbaly49kOTjlFGVTvzrYy4Mh_t1mrQomfbfrg4AZ3ieUhxqwihXEsUZti5ausN-Eb3aVDXDhTpJEVfOMA16pj5opvgfGBJ9WkunOsqZbXjVt58cJwxrU95FxOtcrVAkh_2MUE5dPYI8LsEGZYJIw/s640/IMG_6684.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="640" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvbmCEFeYvOE9KpPjEMafZuPcZpmHVtwGXxYYtqhbaly49kOTjlFGVTvzrYy4Mh_t1mrQomfbfrg4AZ3ieUhxqwihXEsUZti5ausN-Eb3aVDXDhTpJEVfOMA16pj5opvgfGBJ9WkunOsqZbXjVt58cJwxrU95FxOtcrVAkh_2MUE5dPYI8LsEGZYJIw/w640-h552/IMG_6684.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And we finish with yet a 3rd thing: stabling hand crocheted rugs, which is really quite easy--if you crochet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #665f6b; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt; text-align: start;">How to Crochet a Perfect Circle (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;"><a href="https://thestitchvixen.com/crochet-a-perfect-circle/" style="color: #954f72;"><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">https://thestitchvixen.com/crochet-a-perfect-circle/</span></a></span><span style="text-align: start;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I crocheted these little rugs a while back, but despite using a pattern that promised flat circles with edges that did not curl, the rugs still did not lay flat, so they needed stabilized. Easy to do, especially since I had fabric stabilizer in my sewing stash. It's an easy process, so if you want to make your own mini rugs, you will want to stabilize them, even if you print your rugs on fabric, the iron-on stabilizer gives a nice finish (which I'll be doing, too).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To crochet the tiny rugs, use the smallest crochet hook you can. I used the one on the right, a 5 mm, which is plenty small. I've tried the 8mm on the left, but I need more practice.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjBqG3cATJERGotJ1whJ2qBJnCoiKVIvW2OZgvNwCoGN3u_ExJ1UXnq5GIVSvVvGmXkh4dmH5SSRT09Yvfh3yX-er5GOXDvTIQ39X8M6pjcG8wu2wWy-F58elUo8dcTnpOBoInQzupDsBJzIaGhD9yTDFQd-d53UHiC-Gyir96KLaimr0tTZMYtBF3Q/s640/IMG_6677.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="640" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjBqG3cATJERGotJ1whJ2qBJnCoiKVIvW2OZgvNwCoGN3u_ExJ1UXnq5GIVSvVvGmXkh4dmH5SSRT09Yvfh3yX-er5GOXDvTIQ39X8M6pjcG8wu2wWy-F58elUo8dcTnpOBoInQzupDsBJzIaGhD9yTDFQd-d53UHiC-Gyir96KLaimr0tTZMYtBF3Q/w640-h568/IMG_6677.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Use the smallest crochet thread possible to achieve the scale you want. This of a 10 size that I purchased at Hobby Lobby, but is a lot of thread. Shop thrift stores for some bargain prices on crochet supplies, especially if you don't do a lot crocheting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NIeZ50hvOb5w0llLTQIUvkfXd2cwRHriECGZIOU14vV96adYPTkFKs87_IpwkGbeuoAx5t8vp-8rTcwthyUwvZu8DvWPd0LYmCQhUWcGl8U6bvo6D9Jeo-Mn2KKuavB82Xt7WP-aF332AgF7zMTtzi8F-bii7vagjAS7RwqE0S21LyPqXWE8vE2BZA/s640/IMG_6674.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NIeZ50hvOb5w0llLTQIUvkfXd2cwRHriECGZIOU14vV96adYPTkFKs87_IpwkGbeuoAx5t8vp-8rTcwthyUwvZu8DvWPd0LYmCQhUWcGl8U6bvo6D9Jeo-Mn2KKuavB82Xt7WP-aF332AgF7zMTtzi8F-bii7vagjAS7RwqE0S21LyPqXWE8vE2BZA/w328-h640/IMG_6674.jpeg" width="328" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Follow package instructions</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Heat Bond Stabilizer </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">cut to fit the bottom of the rug. I began with a square then trimmed it to fit the rugs.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">hot iron set to Wool. The Heat Bond instructions say Low Wool heat for 15 seconds, but I had to increase the heat to High Wool (my iron has 3 settings for Wool) and the time to about 45 seconds. The stabilizer didn't bond at the lower temperature and time I think because of its crochet texture.</span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJRmhbF4238tkgBdJeq9GKOUoIpudf1lKVhWDEn-gcvDqhQqNG300c62Lt2kROfpSyDMrRKDKBsNTII7IcQfXaMf9fs9W4J5XDSM_GCU2UZDiRjK0tMl_trufdhqfWw10keOY1qRkai0bkrCewKHryOqNxgv53E7oljwU_MsW69YLRFq96upcXh-EQw/s640/IMG_6663.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJRmhbF4238tkgBdJeq9GKOUoIpudf1lKVhWDEn-gcvDqhQqNG300c62Lt2kROfpSyDMrRKDKBsNTII7IcQfXaMf9fs9W4J5XDSM_GCU2UZDiRjK0tMl_trufdhqfWw10keOY1qRkai0bkrCewKHryOqNxgv53E7oljwU_MsW69YLRFq96upcXh-EQw/w528-h640/IMG_6663.jpeg" width="528" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Cut Stabilizer to fit the back of rug</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWacjNxsRmR2wcBUJY2H1sClWuf-5HVSatvj3YXBNQfn38R-CXhacLsYrImArMNQsB0mH9Vt0vvjtH0n55O1VSlKYncoDfQA41vfu_VKn6FXwoIz8I7KzKuKzHuAmIWFjhER6i3SJ6sAmwk4kJNIeidsirYXCkKm2j-JlffQSo6ciWSnnb1JRNahKLQw/s640/IMG_6664.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="608" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWacjNxsRmR2wcBUJY2H1sClWuf-5HVSatvj3YXBNQfn38R-CXhacLsYrImArMNQsB0mH9Vt0vvjtH0n55O1VSlKYncoDfQA41vfu_VKn6FXwoIz8I7KzKuKzHuAmIWFjhER6i3SJ6sAmwk4kJNIeidsirYXCkKm2j-JlffQSo6ciWSnnb1JRNahKLQw/w608-h640/IMG_6664.jpeg" width="608" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Place stabilizer shiny side on the rug. The directions so the 'rough', which I had a hard time determining. The shiny side has the heat activated adhesive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Use a pressing cloth on top if the stabilizer. I used an old tea towel folded.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Apply heat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Let cool</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpjZqf53u6ozrpn-iENxEaLmFMTuIFCiK_zFt9R6OrpxohWvwqzPjKy-xiPjGNzhKIYasT7T1sIapiVbzw86B21RkqrpdkOm6UmBPZwc1cpriTaj3MIm9Q8DOPCER5niSHV0idouZ5kZhPMimOlXxYRsHDWdPqdfSqHawGPqe6XMUZuLqvCkEEfjWvg/s640/IMG_6665.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="640" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpjZqf53u6ozrpn-iENxEaLmFMTuIFCiK_zFt9R6OrpxohWvwqzPjKy-xiPjGNzhKIYasT7T1sIapiVbzw86B21RkqrpdkOm6UmBPZwc1cpriTaj3MIm9Q8DOPCER5niSHV0idouZ5kZhPMimOlXxYRsHDWdPqdfSqHawGPqe6XMUZuLqvCkEEfjWvg/w640-h520/IMG_6665.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">My stabilizer shifted. Not a big deal. I trimmed away what hung over the edge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMeaI7awZu-e2wWDw8BsIfaT5z-dy43Ik2cc9HdY3KahXCJmk2cGqKe5JEdFMk_uJugbJaDclXQBWuvNMyvhUEdBP7tLcvJRkm24AlJOtr5VEt-MXDzQcphnS4pOowsM0YY2L9pmADaQy8h5-1sTlT7vSvMlUPG_gSGTWLaM_H8J3A0K3Ln9YmojYHQ/s640/IMG_6667.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="640" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMeaI7awZu-e2wWDw8BsIfaT5z-dy43Ik2cc9HdY3KahXCJmk2cGqKe5JEdFMk_uJugbJaDclXQBWuvNMyvhUEdBP7tLcvJRkm24AlJOtr5VEt-MXDzQcphnS4pOowsM0YY2L9pmADaQy8h5-1sTlT7vSvMlUPG_gSGTWLaM_H8J3A0K3Ln9YmojYHQ/w640-h594/IMG_6667.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Now my two round rugs lay flat and look very nice in place. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwWShQjjA2PPqLX8_TxJ622ba1X6diMx4ep3kmgwDqgoJXm48oV4DZzErm3Kh1cpE63W2OLHppkA4qij4RzyzPsz8kwImpwvMDKBopi_mqomvwWn56KA8B7ztQErrKdB4GRYVcpXSmWbo3PNpTEL6TepJIZWmtYCFwJqltqpVWKJe9G3IUrsmZYposw/s640/IMG_6672.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="640" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwWShQjjA2PPqLX8_TxJ622ba1X6diMx4ep3kmgwDqgoJXm48oV4DZzErm3Kh1cpE63W2OLHppkA4qij4RzyzPsz8kwImpwvMDKBopi_mqomvwWn56KA8B7ztQErrKdB4GRYVcpXSmWbo3PNpTEL6TepJIZWmtYCFwJqltqpVWKJe9G3IUrsmZYposw/w640-h634/IMG_6672.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Manchester Country Home is nearly Show Home ready with a few more odds and ends to finish up--like knobs on the entertainment center cabinets, but Ziggy and Sabrina are enjoying the fire. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa5ujqZPNJM6qDfyzryV2V624SoB3t1kQ4dVbtLxXcF2oKMR_3sHMQdjtqdhEbqorydC8ZhGBGqL6vILOPsqdLAN4pJdDd2DyS7Vvl0xWXe3U2N41sD_Bae2xXlWBV4lIeXiNZgxbp_UZyOy1qmPFpK_Rggk-kkiND6P7vFNjD6Eeu7AZcbSZLIwCvg/s640/IMG_6673.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa5ujqZPNJM6qDfyzryV2V624SoB3t1kQ4dVbtLxXcF2oKMR_3sHMQdjtqdhEbqorydC8ZhGBGqL6vILOPsqdLAN4pJdDd2DyS7Vvl0xWXe3U2N41sD_Bae2xXlWBV4lIeXiNZgxbp_UZyOy1qmPFpK_Rggk-kkiND6P7vFNjD6Eeu7AZcbSZLIwCvg/w480-h640/IMG_6673.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQtj19MhORjOA-SrJWMhEKULoAnDK9B_UcAnFHVOTVDmAPfjeT1Y7E1X_kjo80jrL6aezjvIdJ8T2rX_2iQgVeRLehTW5XbUNr8U0ZfFy4hHFr9DmyVNteyfm6OVdPwhllQRZ5lkTbu3GerPY4u6NLxLKRNsIlblp6kgb15r7j-jC2oRsK9RhGU-5GQ/s640/IMG_6670.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="563" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQtj19MhORjOA-SrJWMhEKULoAnDK9B_UcAnFHVOTVDmAPfjeT1Y7E1X_kjo80jrL6aezjvIdJ8T2rX_2iQgVeRLehTW5XbUNr8U0ZfFy4hHFr9DmyVNteyfm6OVdPwhllQRZ5lkTbu3GerPY4u6NLxLKRNsIlblp6kgb15r7j-jC2oRsK9RhGU-5GQ/w564-h640/IMG_6670.jpeg" width="564" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I'm glad and thankful that you stopped by. If you are new, leave comment to say "Hi."👋 </span></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-58476069855486656642023-02-17T13:49:00.002-08:002023-02-17T13:50:46.889-08:00A Tale of Two Showers--and More<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> I've made good progress on the way to finishing the interior of this house, a long arduous project. I selected my photos for this post with a certain order in mind, but when the photos uploaded, they came in a different order, so I did move some around, but I suppose this is a good place to start as any. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As we work on our electrical system--in this case copper tape wiring--we have to make sure to shut off the power while we work on the lines, which for me meant plugging and unplugging the line. Last week I ordered the power switch that I should have ordered when changes connection systems, using <a href="https://cr2s.com" target="_blank">CR2S </a>power connector system, which I really like. The switch has made controlling the power so much easier. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRfaK1CM1cSoxJc2s2tATZDG9au9X6r4ET7PWywjNyy2LuWKE0T-m-SfWOCCJZrW6XWqYCuDVq4n5SiX3uJZ2VRGZUXkzabVSUNaHoiApaZVod75fzhCHRqlct7opIa26pZEO4HRMb_7K_NSAqQLYSFLAtFNzLvmsO9kXHIWC3DZAkmU2hCMDj4Q7Rw/s640/IMG_6634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRfaK1CM1cSoxJc2s2tATZDG9au9X6r4ET7PWywjNyy2LuWKE0T-m-SfWOCCJZrW6XWqYCuDVq4n5SiX3uJZ2VRGZUXkzabVSUNaHoiApaZVod75fzhCHRqlct7opIa26pZEO4HRMb_7K_NSAqQLYSFLAtFNzLvmsO9kXHIWC3DZAkmU2hCMDj4Q7Rw/w480-h640/IMG_6634.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The wood floors are finally finished and installed. The bedroom floor on the second level has the electrical connections for the first floor ceiling and the one wall sconce. While the copper wiring has a protective clear plastic layer, I covered each line with scotch tape just to make sure all of the connections are protected. I also coved each line with more cellophane tape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWE_ZvN2N5edW8LbFUKHWOuRXB-dUXhDSAFOvuxUl-1LoFainYq9QrHv3WlM0yLPpvgIewZz8jnj8GYLIX3DNQ-vjpkO2NMoxylLWYZa0ksvuizY2f8NAQmXt9lYqKWO27a1nZ13_hgasMlPg4X_PhSX5WtT10Q28MAEm15O-06vqutwn20MCLPfAmaQ/s640/IMG_6598.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWE_ZvN2N5edW8LbFUKHWOuRXB-dUXhDSAFOvuxUl-1LoFainYq9QrHv3WlM0yLPpvgIewZz8jnj8GYLIX3DNQ-vjpkO2NMoxylLWYZa0ksvuizY2f8NAQmXt9lYqKWO27a1nZ13_hgasMlPg4X_PhSX5WtT10Q28MAEm15O-06vqutwn20MCLPfAmaQ/w640-h480/IMG_6598.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To create the bedroom floor, I adhered my wood planks to one layer of scrapbook paper then covered that with butcher paper with the waxed side next to the card stock. Next I ran tape around the edges of the flooring to hold it in place with a secure hold. Now if I have to access the wiring, I'll be able to lift the flooring away. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFQpwiMZBAm0IplOC8hnwWs3jjyBubPU89jMJC0TpSdzfPb_qb8trO3eqYqJMdzEYARHngSTBuxXdRWNb0sBuVm-Kr3sJHMpgNPDIzgQsPzWzjlXnf4iwl0zfuYgMznhwTNArSY2JYqaXVO0Uc__MYXGuM1E1tT02PZz60dFKlm2Oq57SAQhhdKacfA/s640/IMG_6599.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFQpwiMZBAm0IplOC8hnwWs3jjyBubPU89jMJC0TpSdzfPb_qb8trO3eqYqJMdzEYARHngSTBuxXdRWNb0sBuVm-Kr3sJHMpgNPDIzgQsPzWzjlXnf4iwl0zfuYgMznhwTNArSY2JYqaXVO0Uc__MYXGuM1E1tT02PZz60dFKlm2Oq57SAQhhdKacfA/w640-h480/IMG_6599.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vkPkCmPI6RyheebUjE6b0s4Qf5hjY7WrqjgKSoRVYqOmxiRAG1T1s1UtCExOXMXeJYUIqo-kezHgG6UqmvkjkNnDRUI_gToOJLCP81OSDkf4550EFt2Snao3Gz4dlq_Ln7YnZl4D1Eg5fncEYAFI6HoySsTm0g0hz3o0y0JoH5uVdUj6Ot7rXUwLzw/s640/IMG_6600.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="640" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vkPkCmPI6RyheebUjE6b0s4Qf5hjY7WrqjgKSoRVYqOmxiRAG1T1s1UtCExOXMXeJYUIqo-kezHgG6UqmvkjkNnDRUI_gToOJLCP81OSDkf4550EFt2Snao3Gz4dlq_Ln7YnZl4D1Eg5fncEYAFI6HoySsTm0g0hz3o0y0JoH5uVdUj6Ot7rXUwLzw/w640-h454/IMG_6600.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The stairs and floorboards are not yet glued in place. I'll leave just enough space beneath the floorboard so the the flooring will slide out out more easily, with the hope and prayer that I don't have to remove the floor, which will be a mess because I'm going to glue the stair rail in place. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I am having a really hard time that making commitment to attaching pieces permanently in place, and I don't know why. I guess I'm pretty insecure about my workmanship.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28n2AGJwLUlxbpMQx5o40ulxWuj7ASieop6cC50dYDD5T8-SadWgILLbGOQX-KlyeM_xzwP0Cz0pvYoP5eOrSI8oK6ynTp9jr5WAUYfXrSi1CSaLyMhW4C6Gc1kyK7F-q9hhmmGswdMO7NW5xvCBkX5jI_D9Pzyb5JcBaDWw_kr93BQ5cPV-pugftuw/s640/IMG_6631.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28n2AGJwLUlxbpMQx5o40ulxWuj7ASieop6cC50dYDD5T8-SadWgILLbGOQX-KlyeM_xzwP0Cz0pvYoP5eOrSI8oK6ynTp9jr5WAUYfXrSi1CSaLyMhW4C6Gc1kyK7F-q9hhmmGswdMO7NW5xvCBkX5jI_D9Pzyb5JcBaDWw_kr93BQ5cPV-pugftuw/w640-h480/IMG_6631.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The bathroom remains the last room to finish aside from the attic. I'm still trying to figure out how do the attic, so I'm leaving it unfinished as it is in most new homes and a lot of old homes. I do love how I have managed to create my vision for this house. </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYSEzvhnHOqhZRMv4KpGqBZ1rkmMPT3k7i3v7vSGtykt2d0RhbYmL2WAiwSZVCMkTDYAovjNVpp6PeAdJ58e7JT0Y6lzaj7ID5xZa1U3lOOMP5mEqTr1lUnNaUri8ZblsX5BWxImqqmvGkVpNSP9M19ZaBLwGgSjeisUa3dFh244KTTWjBlvOY-d1yA/s640/IMG_6630.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYSEzvhnHOqhZRMv4KpGqBZ1rkmMPT3k7i3v7vSGtykt2d0RhbYmL2WAiwSZVCMkTDYAovjNVpp6PeAdJ58e7JT0Y6lzaj7ID5xZa1U3lOOMP5mEqTr1lUnNaUri8ZblsX5BWxImqqmvGkVpNSP9M19ZaBLwGgSjeisUa3dFh244KTTWjBlvOY-d1yA/w640-h480/IMG_6630.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf64buAlkhwk5SAf_QB_Jexi0cgNp9cU0Wkz1LQIxisnfXDYExU0fFNhTlVxSAWfrexnbFTkZ6dt5jjzPrMzXzltGxiZtl97vzpgQ3GTmmVMibh7uejS_XAXnbnGPwGJbtJ7p6BthxAsisnAnez__8Fh7VrgVPQitLllN0Nes-NE1S1mtjV74sddcEHQ/s640/IMG_6629.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf64buAlkhwk5SAf_QB_Jexi0cgNp9cU0Wkz1LQIxisnfXDYExU0fFNhTlVxSAWfrexnbFTkZ6dt5jjzPrMzXzltGxiZtl97vzpgQ3GTmmVMibh7uejS_XAXnbnGPwGJbtJ7p6BthxAsisnAnez__8Fh7VrgVPQitLllN0Nes-NE1S1mtjV74sddcEHQ/w640-h480/IMG_6629.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Tale of Two Showers</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The shower has been built for a long while, but I needed to add the "glass" doors, or in this case I'll call them shields that will keep the water from running all over the bathroom. I had a heck of time attaching them and became so frustrated with the current shower on the left, that I dug in the unfinished projects stash and pulled out a shower base that I had started, including the ceramic shower base that I think I purchased from Elf miniatures in the UK, that is no longer available. I cut piece of plexiglass as the water shield and even have enough of the now unavailable tile paper purchased at Michael's to cover the new shower.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I decided to stick with the original shower. I had spent enough time a materials trying to get the original right, but when the plexiglass did not line up with the shower wall, I discovered that wall did not have a straight edge. Since the shower is made of foam board, I was able to trim the shower edge to even it out and then plexiglass fit in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Uc9Ns9o04dTyInfXM7ChrqSycMDqTZky3vzpEsrLRPylvP0qM0mPnhRAHFjnUf4fn-esNrGuU4uGP443Ze5j8LUfk99lmH1F2C2lr2zok3RTo0DrNyJ0MArsLYyaMwRxcADBbY8A7V9FItaQUPdg42hXixZEt_BYDZiSeBaOTI9wscTiredcl0VXsQ/s640/IMG_6611.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Uc9Ns9o04dTyInfXM7ChrqSycMDqTZky3vzpEsrLRPylvP0qM0mPnhRAHFjnUf4fn-esNrGuU4uGP443Ze5j8LUfk99lmH1F2C2lr2zok3RTo0DrNyJ0MArsLYyaMwRxcADBbY8A7V9FItaQUPdg42hXixZEt_BYDZiSeBaOTI9wscTiredcl0VXsQ/w480-h640/IMG_6611.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I made shelves out of 1/2" corner moulding and added my own bottles made of candle wax. The are glued in place.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Pj_5wSGPer7HMjsqi3ff2fOq3S8R6NQBYkq3BCmwQQagS6bM4K8uKYNGVdF7Wi8y7rB0w2IKx8OAe0sFevGBRwSi3XAkBZvuZMFCsPkuKcliM8Gn_SgC1b1cn_S7WQvwn6elqdOQ17cL4UjBYqdlGlsv0bb-2ZGfJgbMZ7LoISPHAOSxdrD9ZWylJQ/s640/IMG_6620.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="492" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Pj_5wSGPer7HMjsqi3ff2fOq3S8R6NQBYkq3BCmwQQagS6bM4K8uKYNGVdF7Wi8y7rB0w2IKx8OAe0sFevGBRwSi3XAkBZvuZMFCsPkuKcliM8Gn_SgC1b1cn_S7WQvwn6elqdOQ17cL4UjBYqdlGlsv0bb-2ZGfJgbMZ7LoISPHAOSxdrD9ZWylJQ/w492-h640/IMG_6620.jpeg" width="492" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here's the tutorial on candle making: <a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/2019/09/playing-with-fire-dont.html" target="_blank">Playing with Fire (Don't) </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgDabzo_MLhAQcIUhWTh1SbMusWxfZEWiDc_8Bu91wWIt0VDFuZSqhaqdgXsgo8wHEOG6Y1GrCMUZlXFS6wFlVwGJwPuxsX5EXrgceF-jEQRMwPH1xlESnzUwH2rjfTdF2XIVP05bnbfjH7NkNd6l94KQkaaUQqNQ3pQIlrNVt0Vc2rBcVIk1EdkU6Q/s640/IMG_6622.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgDabzo_MLhAQcIUhWTh1SbMusWxfZEWiDc_8Bu91wWIt0VDFuZSqhaqdgXsgo8wHEOG6Y1GrCMUZlXFS6wFlVwGJwPuxsX5EXrgceF-jEQRMwPH1xlESnzUwH2rjfTdF2XIVP05bnbfjH7NkNd6l94KQkaaUQqNQ3pQIlrNVt0Vc2rBcVIk1EdkU6Q/w480-h640/IMG_6622.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisOkYc1ITdunysg6XsvxRQQFv4ksGPkXdsTt1pS_6htAUJ7HdHwNli6A4L9C1MNfZ1H2M9jGpqg1wwdOgF_zWxZUnqmlYO0v1yEZbXIqCv0S9eEz70zD9lNbF0dzLvhNA86Wz3YCFq_JbNq7Lu8KLa4KdNL53oQ-J8FFn_t6w4gyCq8VYRFJZN8_i6g/w480-h640/IMG_6614.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here's the link to building the shower without instructions on how to install the water shields: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://annsdollhousedreams.blogspot.com/2021/11/building-shower.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Building A Shower</span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMq25zRjoBS9iGVGGO1-LEuAttKvLB5mwO1b82KabJxRW6cORwpB2iLIOb3OqCF6b9b0L02lcG_vDHlkOJ9TdvLsbMF4UAKpDrrmnBHRhiS4tLyE3k6xaYl0avr5eyChrwG035SDp7lNgQDvGiW3ca35NUuDRzlOjFKU83-KJhwKN8fmX9RpeJVJyhw/s640/IMG_6632.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMq25zRjoBS9iGVGGO1-LEuAttKvLB5mwO1b82KabJxRW6cORwpB2iLIOb3OqCF6b9b0L02lcG_vDHlkOJ9TdvLsbMF4UAKpDrrmnBHRhiS4tLyE3k6xaYl0avr5eyChrwG035SDp7lNgQDvGiW3ca35NUuDRzlOjFKU83-KJhwKN8fmX9RpeJVJyhw/w640-h480/IMG_6632.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It most certainly isn't the cleanest of builds, but for the time being it will do. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Next I finished the vanity by gluing the sinks in place. I need to paint and attach the faucets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UKkiNM3csYah-V-Me_bILm_qfiUSu5p1UqQYEYoweNVOceUo5QfLW_qtu1i3ArApsaD6fjM7W2ZV29HcR_wHvjamVgWuCKckXW-h5mhDC93xF1jSpUNCyqEhEh7TswOSCNQo6kdHR2zYECnSYYOSXo4Nb-337KPVT7wu-v28JETewi6bc_vTWbb0aw/s640/IMG_6625.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UKkiNM3csYah-V-Me_bILm_qfiUSu5p1UqQYEYoweNVOceUo5QfLW_qtu1i3ArApsaD6fjM7W2ZV29HcR_wHvjamVgWuCKckXW-h5mhDC93xF1jSpUNCyqEhEh7TswOSCNQo6kdHR2zYECnSYYOSXo4Nb-337KPVT7wu-v28JETewi6bc_vTWbb0aw/w480-h640/IMG_6625.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxILj-X3kWvme0KG0dHjdu3Obx4H0A7QiV3m5BeC4faUv2lHTMNqhcul3RIQZpP9IrpcBk8iQevWSHdvhtLNwdpuMMOMo6KR1lG8HAYnxw_XPTfV9YDo-TRm60QTYMa6vJ3kcZ9PnzXmv_-93Br_lZy6iqvD1CPtfukGbVZpyuO4rtsWrkTNn7EC2fhA/s640/IMG_6624.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxILj-X3kWvme0KG0dHjdu3Obx4H0A7QiV3m5BeC4faUv2lHTMNqhcul3RIQZpP9IrpcBk8iQevWSHdvhtLNwdpuMMOMo6KR1lG8HAYnxw_XPTfV9YDo-TRm60QTYMa6vJ3kcZ9PnzXmv_-93Br_lZy6iqvD1CPtfukGbVZpyuO4rtsWrkTNn7EC2fhA/w480-h640/IMG_6624.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">African violets</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To finish the second story addition, which be some sort of office, I also envision it as a perfect place to house the mistress' large collection of plants, especially her favorite African Violets, which I've kept for years. Years ago I nurtured dozens, but when I went to work, I was not a very good plant mom, but I have four plants now that ,as you can see, have been neglected, as their yellowed leaves indicate, but I'm I've moved them to kitchen window hoping to to a better job of tending them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu2pM9xZ5zHm4fw1_-PIOKl7vXd-17_7lddGie9PhvSe-mJ787DPXaK_P8JS_VlrP35Impt7bJRqmD4iCUwT41icnuGV1aNi9zL5Z4iCy70WzTsO2Qo-jEasMrY5Q50AcfzNkl30n6RFK3gQX9944WdnMbbWreICnHF8fCdG0o80Dliu6mNOgKSaCyQ/s640/IMG_6593.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu2pM9xZ5zHm4fw1_-PIOKl7vXd-17_7lddGie9PhvSe-mJ787DPXaK_P8JS_VlrP35Impt7bJRqmD4iCUwT41icnuGV1aNi9zL5Z4iCy70WzTsO2Qo-jEasMrY5Q50AcfzNkl30n6RFK3gQX9944WdnMbbWreICnHF8fCdG0o80Dliu6mNOgKSaCyQ/w480-h640/IMG_6593.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cZ3PWoucLALfRfrWwAkm64qZekNrKVQ0W365fcB9jJRSTTpNUxD7sd6yeQqpoTzlo42-6ORu-iL5OsX0tK2lBTQFNTrY6xuun9iqLdF7yUCZ1Bnj3hcI8F2Cghy1ZXH3wYUFkgWmLOLtSiRBQvsjv6GuJbPdNGduVsgTl3h-cRXGV7usjyGg8iW7bg/s640/IMG_6594.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cZ3PWoucLALfRfrWwAkm64qZekNrKVQ0W365fcB9jJRSTTpNUxD7sd6yeQqpoTzlo42-6ORu-iL5OsX0tK2lBTQFNTrY6xuun9iqLdF7yUCZ1Bnj3hcI8F2Cghy1ZXH3wYUFkgWmLOLtSiRBQvsjv6GuJbPdNGduVsgTl3h-cRXGV7usjyGg8iW7bg/w480-h640/IMG_6594.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6BXaHIkLnWzLUiajhaDFGL2-8FHUWquEadDOLNp_GN06DmWVh6cCNm-Xqyfieh_aEb3U8pFCcqww84HXYROV27ZRKhZUNhfwRfCeYChxoLI4bs4n6ZCizG3IsyW0Buh9morDkucgfzCS2kP5LFmwbVIuGhZIjK5SVryRHA-fkKKGqsTM-uQILVm1eA/s640/IMG_6591.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6BXaHIkLnWzLUiajhaDFGL2-8FHUWquEadDOLNp_GN06DmWVh6cCNm-Xqyfieh_aEb3U8pFCcqww84HXYROV27ZRKhZUNhfwRfCeYChxoLI4bs4n6ZCizG3IsyW0Buh9morDkucgfzCS2kP5LFmwbVIuGhZIjK5SVryRHA-fkKKGqsTM-uQILVm1eA/w640-h480/IMG_6591.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I spend a couple days making a miniature collection of violets and the table--which is much too large for the room, so I'll do something else.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9y8XZSSTsnF4Sb3Qy0wwTuY4GNt6D2jvA60Jty9XCFoH19f_WgjvVrt6onBF9xXlqmQP3pFaJOSNyTB-siz2x5NsM0XI0TXw3l18-nYCgWaUDVdAk-xg9-YeXt5MMEcbUkCRAOvwBF5_upVaGtjMbUhxEndHpFkuZUUM3nWsIWOdIP40bY6Ut7Sm5w/s640/IMG_6588.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="640" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9y8XZSSTsnF4Sb3Qy0wwTuY4GNt6D2jvA60Jty9XCFoH19f_WgjvVrt6onBF9xXlqmQP3pFaJOSNyTB-siz2x5NsM0XI0TXw3l18-nYCgWaUDVdAk-xg9-YeXt5MMEcbUkCRAOvwBF5_upVaGtjMbUhxEndHpFkuZUUM3nWsIWOdIP40bY6Ut7Sm5w/w640-h538/IMG_6588.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Violets come in all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes, so made up some different ones. The kit comes with 3 colors with directions to cluster the blooms in the center with neatly stacked leaves around the rim of the pot.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgod5bdSNJEI7RygjL0lXJEA9rMgx6FeNgrdSXarWkOZDgcPj1hokfeGrnq_DnPrB-5lJCfC9parTkP0unR4g6_t5bYKXoYkF1l2YRuIRac3IXFTy7IdfKrtpurFZGURpGdlSD_z5NlXwl02NUE4VNsSIvtB5ZVMh8gxX4jn5xM_5dUG4wx8IWve4Tg/s640/IMG_6586.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="640" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgod5bdSNJEI7RygjL0lXJEA9rMgx6FeNgrdSXarWkOZDgcPj1hokfeGrnq_DnPrB-5lJCfC9parTkP0unR4g6_t5bYKXoYkF1l2YRuIRac3IXFTy7IdfKrtpurFZGURpGdlSD_z5NlXwl02NUE4VNsSIvtB5ZVMh8gxX4jn5xM_5dUG4wx8IWve4Tg/w640-h514/IMG_6586.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Despite their very tiny size, they are fun and easy the make.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTpmsApaVnhmjKvY9kiKtKmeNq6GB1pIVW83-7T8IbNIQUh1nV5AVSVkmyOswnZhVSQSUPGCUclCqA8AP7NG-kWNs4THVR0LhYyPPXU9wMZkfb7DQO2vuzxnGVcGDVqtI-S6bKAOnmQi3LTAyVn-HnWor_oM4Wn7ga9atKt31U47COefiPJsEV4HrAw/s640/IMG_6581.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTpmsApaVnhmjKvY9kiKtKmeNq6GB1pIVW83-7T8IbNIQUh1nV5AVSVkmyOswnZhVSQSUPGCUclCqA8AP7NG-kWNs4THVR0LhYyPPXU9wMZkfb7DQO2vuzxnGVcGDVqtI-S6bKAOnmQi3LTAyVn-HnWor_oM4Wn7ga9atKt31U47COefiPJsEV4HrAw/w480-h640/IMG_6581.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgA1AgN3mLEiHWZFux_Lk3hKgOic8ZqVlXXbgfEYI9CCfeFaYjV2isDaq1Heyr3kjGebiAQD58Gh12CQJEd_cwGsXfZNwErgJvNThHS4ExdpxXR26Ns8eEJSW0rSh3_LJXqEkuIt9PNxW3celHSTHBebmWz-mZYhrtAiXzlhzZXEX_rw06q-5yPFbmw/s640/IMG_6578.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgA1AgN3mLEiHWZFux_Lk3hKgOic8ZqVlXXbgfEYI9CCfeFaYjV2isDaq1Heyr3kjGebiAQD58Gh12CQJEd_cwGsXfZNwErgJvNThHS4ExdpxXR26Ns8eEJSW0rSh3_LJXqEkuIt9PNxW3celHSTHBebmWz-mZYhrtAiXzlhzZXEX_rw06q-5yPFbmw/w480-h640/IMG_6578.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I began with the kit ordered from an Etsy store The Miniature Garden in the UK, which has lovely miniature flowers. On the left you can see the supplies that come in the kit to make 3 plants. When I saw the kit pieces, I realized that I could make own, so on the right you can see the pieces that I punched out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWSh-V-WW48bD08y0tMEGhncrEoWL9jV3jND8L-cX8O6PP_5Z-nQakYQYFwaunKYyXYmfPy8kxvhBwbbigQr6_YF54yQYIoSNoawUXPsTJ-Ktbe2Lz4DayIsA41dI37P4oX932LYhPO717dDKeiqFjx_DC8s1LEUWeJmYf35NU8viu5ve-S9BEKxdGg/s640/IMG_6497.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWSh-V-WW48bD08y0tMEGhncrEoWL9jV3jND8L-cX8O6PP_5Z-nQakYQYFwaunKYyXYmfPy8kxvhBwbbigQr6_YF54yQYIoSNoawUXPsTJ-Ktbe2Lz4DayIsA41dI37P4oX932LYhPO717dDKeiqFjx_DC8s1LEUWeJmYf35NU8viu5ve-S9BEKxdGg/w480-h640/IMG_6497.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">My punched pieces a bit larger, making them a little easier to work with.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The best way to learn how to make miniature plants and flowers begins by buying the kits from great miniature plant designers. Here are my favorites:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="http://sdkminiatures.com" target="_blank">SDK Miniature.com</a>, a USA company with a great selection plants to choose from and great instructions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Mary Kinloch: Has wonderful kits that provide multiple plants. She sells them on eBay, they are reasonably priced, but do not come with instructions. They are laser cut on off white crepe type paper. Good quality, but they have to be painted. She does have some YouTube tutorials that are helpful and a Facebook page with some direction on certain plants</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The Miniature Garden on Etsy in the UK. Wonderful kits, as you see here with the violets. I just received two more packets to make six more votes and a a floral arrangement of pussy willow and forthesai. The pieces are so very tiny and the kits are not cheap, but they are authentic.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Moonflower Mini Garden, another Etsy store with beautiful plant kits</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Why buy kits?</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Accurate, detailed replication of the real plant is probably the best reason to buy kits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">True to scale</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Kits work as good training to learn how assemble a plant</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Disadvantage: many kits only have one plant or one flower so you need multiple kits to create a floral arrangement or a garden. Some kits you have to paint the plants, and the kits are costly. For example, The Miniature Garden's sunflower is $5.60 for one plant. </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Making your own plants from scratch seems like a better idea if you want an entire garden. While there are advantages to making your own plants there are some problems, too.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Perhaps the best advantage is the ability to make as many plants as you want or need and there is some satisfaction with creating your own, but you have to invest in all of the tools and supplies and that adds up. Your handmade plants won't have the detail or be accurately scaled, but they will work and will be </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">beautiful.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here are the two ways to make your African violets. On the left the tiny kit pieces with all the parts: leaves, flowers, and stems. If you make your own you need two punches: one for the flower and one for the left. I purchased the yellow punch from Punch Bunch on Etsy and the heart shaped punch from Hobby Lobby.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here are the tools that you need to assemble both violets:</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">needle sharp stylus to punch center hole</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">smallest ball stylus (not shown) to shape leaves and bloom</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">needle nosed tweezer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">wire cutter</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">pliers</span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPoYNIili8GHNj5nxMjgaUgCwCOWIh0RoFrsx9lcDhZe0MrpwuKWxo2rt-yMm7lglgYvfwNY3q8Im9yiDqph7167-vbbct7tlmxvc-C7xythlUfZsBIAPsrgqfKzVsO5MMomyCdmvffuaiUas9Edno4WMco0X5hEFVCJqEz91N-Wwd-9iqxYj-5lMnA/s640/IMG_6567.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="630" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPoYNIili8GHNj5nxMjgaUgCwCOWIh0RoFrsx9lcDhZe0MrpwuKWxo2rt-yMm7lglgYvfwNY3q8Im9yiDqph7167-vbbct7tlmxvc-C7xythlUfZsBIAPsrgqfKzVsO5MMomyCdmvffuaiUas9Edno4WMco0X5hEFVCJqEz91N-Wwd-9iqxYj-5lMnA/w630-h640/IMG_6567.jpeg" width="630" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Supplies include acrylic paint or scatter to create the stamen for the kit plant on the left which comes with plant pieces and wire. On the right the floral wire that I have in my supplies, find the smallest gage possible. The round wire is painted 32 gage and the stem wire is paper covered 32 gage. I use tacky glue to hold the pieces in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG9R5I9TVcPSgsmvCIHP4UjbI596gWtpoHweeBZhWOHZPbtmMwnoE5OJ5YlgF-DrAwR9zt4iLXoiLu-_lmcmXxet17N1rAe6DLbxkGxaOx0-h-aiFumEXfAG9MIeN44JR2Fx5Xhe-yZnzhsOCjgQyh-Is8F7OOUP_1CNvkyhbuzOPeqLuMCdS28YcqQ/s640/IMG_6564.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG9R5I9TVcPSgsmvCIHP4UjbI596gWtpoHweeBZhWOHZPbtmMwnoE5OJ5YlgF-DrAwR9zt4iLXoiLu-_lmcmXxet17N1rAe6DLbxkGxaOx0-h-aiFumEXfAG9MIeN44JR2Fx5Xhe-yZnzhsOCjgQyh-Is8F7OOUP_1CNvkyhbuzOPeqLuMCdS28YcqQ/s16000/IMG_6564.jpeg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">You can see the difference in sizes. On the left, the white violet parts are punched; the purple are the kit flowers. You really don't get full effect of just how tiny they really are.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMkRvmEQpZNcTKEnXEzqS7uwem54Ggm0T2AI40ZRaz1O-RJG_WoPLNX4ldSib8WwFhbBXSPftEWbYxHd4tzASKSGz1U8rPeSxgEQjDwEBQujo9wVfgl3ihpgpSxSCQKUBenzr7RzVqsSt4LP2nrzLEoCgOGyW8L_c5JFdVkJCQSs6xk0dm1iRNcQEpA/s640/IMG_6499.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMkRvmEQpZNcTKEnXEzqS7uwem54Ggm0T2AI40ZRaz1O-RJG_WoPLNX4ldSib8WwFhbBXSPftEWbYxHd4tzASKSGz1U8rPeSxgEQjDwEBQujo9wVfgl3ihpgpSxSCQKUBenzr7RzVqsSt4LP2nrzLEoCgOGyW8L_c5JFdVkJCQSs6xk0dm1iRNcQEpA/w480-h640/IMG_6499.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_USFYXrFMHXQni54mOMUUUW3VLTPn5bCJfdkfx_leCh6JipxzhKFg8Ph5IiJxE8vEYE6WGb5RiTV3BENv6Kb5wSt88VKVLC3lnAam_3amugO9omPQcKF1h89cExLZ0VIFzZmFilnSJ6620GO1WlmlLor4mBFKRklgeWUe8oyhYOEjKkqahlR369UiQ/s640/IMG_6498.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_USFYXrFMHXQni54mOMUUUW3VLTPn5bCJfdkfx_leCh6JipxzhKFg8Ph5IiJxE8vEYE6WGb5RiTV3BENv6Kb5wSt88VKVLC3lnAam_3amugO9omPQcKF1h89cExLZ0VIFzZmFilnSJ6620GO1WlmlLor4mBFKRklgeWUe8oyhYOEjKkqahlR369UiQ/w480-h640/IMG_6498.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Punch Buch on Etsy has a great collection of punches, especially leaves, to create your own flowers. For the violets, I used the smallest petal from the multiple shaped punch</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNxohxDzCcOPV8MDtf6GQx1kxfMagUCSa4VgSyELFzE9-aIJeE6eCBcEMp0sfk-L9u3ycA13dEgl9v4J_HOWQnGQFhvO7dkZkYmtqtIwipERVO04_R10ynk6CNyUlZ-d4UP_2sU3ZYw9V-HVNBdRpWUVI5Oe_2OeZjHtKPyrud6296UNbjKJukBXRZg/s640/IMG_6562.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNxohxDzCcOPV8MDtf6GQx1kxfMagUCSa4VgSyELFzE9-aIJeE6eCBcEMp0sfk-L9u3ycA13dEgl9v4J_HOWQnGQFhvO7dkZkYmtqtIwipERVO04_R10ynk6CNyUlZ-d4UP_2sU3ZYw9V-HVNBdRpWUVI5Oe_2OeZjHtKPyrud6296UNbjKJukBXRZg/w480-h640/IMG_6562.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I used the smaller ball stylus to cup the flower to give it definition and shape, then used the needle stylus to poke a whole in the center and threaded the bloom on the the painted wire, and the needle stylus to shape the leaf.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1XZR1J64-xh0O3szVL-RR6DSEo6quk4SBnpAUpAAudQPgtRjwJ0HudvDWIiAF1uy5CJLHxthPN48-vn7kqsyL7eqExA0GumKpGwh44nlra50TIrth1xFnYNZmgOpZc_HskVznUFZnoKOErnYxSLPkmyjMNAd20jmJ7v4NsBtP1zeDvvWA3-eSyQiaA/s640/IMG_6569.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="640" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1XZR1J64-xh0O3szVL-RR6DSEo6quk4SBnpAUpAAudQPgtRjwJ0HudvDWIiAF1uy5CJLHxthPN48-vn7kqsyL7eqExA0GumKpGwh44nlra50TIrth1xFnYNZmgOpZc_HskVznUFZnoKOErnYxSLPkmyjMNAd20jmJ7v4NsBtP1zeDvvWA3-eSyQiaA/w640-h406/IMG_6569.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4MyE0ZnT3OFclT7VBVehmYjLZ_nN7xGe7RjvAPAcGJvL1304RxZCslmh6Qr1-I8Q51FDBbnQ87r-r2RZlFCVBak8i5T351DLGv_iECWV-fgpyQp7RajK_3r21FO1dGdtmm0PeU5kwDJpSen0OvhhbiU4xgPFjCm-Y9o9K3I8yQlERhIXIIeRDhr9GA/s640/IMG_6575.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="640" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4MyE0ZnT3OFclT7VBVehmYjLZ_nN7xGe7RjvAPAcGJvL1304RxZCslmh6Qr1-I8Q51FDBbnQ87r-r2RZlFCVBak8i5T351DLGv_iECWV-fgpyQp7RajK_3r21FO1dGdtmm0PeU5kwDJpSen0OvhhbiU4xgPFjCm-Y9o9K3I8yQlERhIXIIeRDhr9GA/w640-h574/IMG_6575.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> While this is my punched flower, the kit will have you paint the tip of the stem to create the stamen, but I used scatter left over from another kit.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Paint or scatter? Which ever you might have on hand. I was a little generous with the paint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Shape the stem to create a platform for the leaf.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQWZbc9pQmAG--8JDc1TVGFMv45wthII_L0vs03f02YdxqJmLA9E1UM_ibwWIP2yAX5y1N3YIVC15kwxvafRQdoQwjsowBG0OoVgAiio6G72JCLZOvGK6IXlEbZaOTZIiF6ispG-3G-P66WZbse2wmnkorHZ75tcu3-2s8hmunMCGztKFQdAp3CPPMQ/s640/IMG_6570.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="640" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQWZbc9pQmAG--8JDc1TVGFMv45wthII_L0vs03f02YdxqJmLA9E1UM_ibwWIP2yAX5y1N3YIVC15kwxvafRQdoQwjsowBG0OoVgAiio6G72JCLZOvGK6IXlEbZaOTZIiF6ispG-3G-P66WZbse2wmnkorHZ75tcu3-2s8hmunMCGztKFQdAp3CPPMQ/w640-h622/IMG_6570.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Apply a small dap of tacky glue then the leaf.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8v1GxVE-ka79RqW--LMIA8qGwYkJ5WYAnDhN64HWMBPtVsrpqPd1fx2XInRY4S942XPm1kzR179d1WbQludyJdww3r0GhGzrFyKk7XCbEr3jWExrQ2qjYaW6bEoRxbnUhe1IDU9Yd4xolrnDiyz2bALzJqxCk4ryL5htiW6NHecsanImX7_QvLj_Lw/s640/IMG_6571.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="640" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8v1GxVE-ka79RqW--LMIA8qGwYkJ5WYAnDhN64HWMBPtVsrpqPd1fx2XInRY4S942XPm1kzR179d1WbQludyJdww3r0GhGzrFyKk7XCbEr3jWExrQ2qjYaW6bEoRxbnUhe1IDU9Yd4xolrnDiyz2bALzJqxCk4ryL5htiW6NHecsanImX7_QvLj_Lw/w640-h594/IMG_6571.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">While the glue on the flowers sets, I prepared the pots. I used wooden pots that I purchased at Hobby Lobby in a package of 8 and mixed acrylic paint to get a clay pot color. I filled the pot with paper clay, but I have also used floral styrofoam and used a dab of glue to hold the stem in place. The paper clay will dry and hold stems in place. I applied a dab of glue to the top and coved that with dried tea from a used tea bag--well dried out.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6TvbSj9dNzs-RvtZpg1KlCoUKQ9SNfpR6a8KRJZWKeFVeag1zXaPC613zvg94DWvIqG3jfnLfCp6oRIsOVkgcQyiTTQSM0X0Sw3hgeN06mOjlfguyeXBfPv5bhuTsjsnfM-f5HFlEKd0CkrubA3uA4yaeAcJDd-b7JhIcifS6DmnQBoagAHeBITAww/s640/IMG_6544.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6TvbSj9dNzs-RvtZpg1KlCoUKQ9SNfpR6a8KRJZWKeFVeag1zXaPC613zvg94DWvIqG3jfnLfCp6oRIsOVkgcQyiTTQSM0X0Sw3hgeN06mOjlfguyeXBfPv5bhuTsjsnfM-f5HFlEKd0CkrubA3uA4yaeAcJDd-b7JhIcifS6DmnQBoagAHeBITAww/w480-h640/IMG_6544.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">African Violets come is a variety of colors and shapes, so I make a variegated bloom, using a marker</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvNhuVQWCW0Hl73qismmGrXYnUaoPN-46HZvKkKxGDFvSraRYTkY1TR2S5N8gMuAqTV7M4Ux3x-PafPJwDYJ_L6cLpsuPe74DpCZNB9ozemlgYxZIYMunXkruK55A4KAAhce2Py3vKXzUW43AH_2Q-esJvCqFAU-o0r63NXS8poByovtg6af6xehhnQ/s640/IMG_6584.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvNhuVQWCW0Hl73qismmGrXYnUaoPN-46HZvKkKxGDFvSraRYTkY1TR2S5N8gMuAqTV7M4Ux3x-PafPJwDYJ_L6cLpsuPe74DpCZNB9ozemlgYxZIYMunXkruK55A4KAAhce2Py3vKXzUW43AH_2Q-esJvCqFAU-o0r63NXS8poByovtg6af6xehhnQ/w480-h640/IMG_6584.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This will be another immature plant, just beginning to bloom, so the leaves are not tightly clustered.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC4NdV5MOTpS1GPgMV-77zoZD7F2tnidPm2pYpgv7Fwtb4TxPMVqby0NhrTdFURGVrzgNHSLY9Haubh1zxZ2pW56JkxTOqP8XS1Cx0pcHAy1hal56Nr4JsqItb25tmQv81oSXrHlZW_f6Ny9q-KxNRsnp7BBIbQ1jN6eZKCiSVhDYljoFW5wRsFS4yg/s640/IMG_6500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC4NdV5MOTpS1GPgMV-77zoZD7F2tnidPm2pYpgv7Fwtb4TxPMVqby0NhrTdFURGVrzgNHSLY9Haubh1zxZ2pW56JkxTOqP8XS1Cx0pcHAy1hal56Nr4JsqItb25tmQv81oSXrHlZW_f6Ny9q-KxNRsnp7BBIbQ1jN6eZKCiSVhDYljoFW5wRsFS4yg/w480-h640/IMG_6500.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Two punched flowers and one kit flower. Can guess which one?</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I still have more kit violets to make and they will all be the same, but if you invest in the punches then you can create your colors and leaf patterns. To customize your own punched violet collection, search for African violets to see all the beautiful varieties and then make your own.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The bathroom will need a bit more accessorizing, some trim has to be stained and painted and then I'm done with the interior, which will leave the exterior trim that has all been cut to size but needs to be glued in place, and the roof will need to be installed then this project will be done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting, today. I always enjoy your input. Have great week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-65809510566664710252023-02-02T17:31:00.003-08:002023-02-02T17:31:59.296-08:00When Progress Isn't<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> After the first of the year, I committed to finishing the Manchester. There was so much work to do, especially in the kitchen mostly because I just was not happy with the cabinets--you know that that story. With the that project mostly in the rear view mirror, I turned my attention to the second floor which really just needed finishing touches, except the beautiful wood floor installed using double stick carpet tape warped and can't be reshaped and in the second floor addition room--yet to be designated--I had a huge dilemma trying to figure out how to install the hand crafted pendant light. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Recreating the floor for the second story bedroom posed a particular problem because I had only a handful of the 1/2 wide veneer flooring strips that were original to the old 1990's Duracraft San Franciscan house the I had used on the other floors. Not able to rescue the original floor, I researched where I could purchase such planking. Ebay had offerings that were about $18. a pack and I probably need two packs, nor were the wood colors what I wanted. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Somewhere in all of my searching and random reading, I saw a brief post on a crafter who cut her wood planks on her Cricut, so I set about doing the same with excellent results. I ordered the maple veneer from Cricut, cut it on the green mat with the deep cut blade (black). Fearing that I'd run out, I designed planks for half a 12x12 sheet, but one plank that wasn't square, so I had some planks that I couldn't use. Still the results were acceptable and I was able to build my floor. It is lighter in color than I wanted, but the other Cricut option, the Walnut veneer was too dark or cherry--which was not available. I've stained the floor with a very light stain to match the rest of the flooring with good results. I may just use the method to make my wood floors in the future. The veneer cuts nicely and you can design your own floors. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Originally, I cut half scale planks for the Fairfield, is I knew that I could cut the larger ones, I just knew how to lay them out in Design Space so that I didn't waste woot</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeHnY7Km3MIZIb5fpD9S5nSQPf7r2Xld7JE56f4NCtc1-zQ-tOffWm6OZM2k0H0tKQfLzlJfDs7L0tOuVf75nNaDPFKMOg04nXdWD8vYefg7rUHfkt50XrNJL5uQ_pCte5Nf_6Qea49vT6yEUW7RgD93swiNZSb4kTtlk8BKgGDXOxkCVleFHtf1HmA/s640/IMG_6468.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihC1gcTKPTe2zgMgLB84FMrf-V4uXDJyv2_eG8kFot0pSTsNjvkrHcEb73PFNeYWKq08IK5vOv7wWpxbhF5k3muU4vsFRVjXK74NM_HSYC8IL2sp-AfS0v1NPQSnX2AWDOCBX7R3VoI-6IQYJsEJJ29aeQ2vLjhp9wrvSQ82MXm1Bd_LaMHf_V-dieZA/s640/IMG_6439.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeHnY7Km3MIZIb5fpD9S5nSQPf7r2Xld7JE56f4NCtc1-zQ-tOffWm6OZM2k0H0tKQfLzlJfDs7L0tOuVf75nNaDPFKMOg04nXdWD8vYefg7rUHfkt50XrNJL5uQ_pCte5Nf_6Qea49vT6yEUW7RgD93swiNZSb4kTtlk8BKgGDXOxkCVleFHtf1HmA/w150-h200/IMG_6468.jpeg" width="150" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNelU27mjhCICwtwaGcSpeUUjw1c40Q2gZmgjGRErJ2qtKSoMNRYfJxHc_ExRxpATFubo77tSNAdZZOH0mR3J-ww1Ee2F8d6K6D2pgo39MHgO5BE61JerUK5W_pUsDQ_ovpUJnnzVSwALcsSK_JgUnlY4Wfiq4QtIz22c7C1KFC-TMqkFYzSPYnunmLQ/s640/IMG_6470.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="640" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNelU27mjhCICwtwaGcSpeUUjw1c40Q2gZmgjGRErJ2qtKSoMNRYfJxHc_ExRxpATFubo77tSNAdZZOH0mR3J-ww1Ee2F8d6K6D2pgo39MHgO5BE61JerUK5W_pUsDQ_ovpUJnnzVSwALcsSK_JgUnlY4Wfiq4QtIz22c7C1KFC-TMqkFYzSPYnunmLQ/w640-h398/IMG_6470.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Installing the flooring does pose a particular problem because I need to maintain access to the wiring, so I'll use tape to stick it in place so that I can life it up if I have to access the electrical connections.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8TMupk8Kkz4-hTKqre27n2wYC-JVll7NY837unfW5NaQ3xXbMZjBgs-rQWRpX07BgiWCkgitjSg-eqt8YWTLqeP0DBtBxNGJbanp8n2iUNk0M2uFUUhGmNPKG0SYDDINx2D3guygl6oe9G3rTFt04jZv03x0Jr6lbk8eQmoYIG3QZ_1YECvHuAW-hg/s640/IMG_6458%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8TMupk8Kkz4-hTKqre27n2wYC-JVll7NY837unfW5NaQ3xXbMZjBgs-rQWRpX07BgiWCkgitjSg-eqt8YWTLqeP0DBtBxNGJbanp8n2iUNk0M2uFUUhGmNPKG0SYDDINx2D3guygl6oe9G3rTFt04jZv03x0Jr6lbk8eQmoYIG3QZ_1YECvHuAW-hg/w480-h640/IMG_6458%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Next project:The second story of the addition really is a simple room--just wallpaper and lighting. I'm not quite sure of what purpose it will server--probably an office or study off the the bedroom. I had a plan: two large glass pendants made from the small clear Christmas balls hanging from the peak--which probed nearly impossible to install. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">First I wired a smaller version of the pendant light to the tape wire on the left angled wall underneath the wallpaper, but when the roof went on I needed to conceal the joint at the peak using crown molding, but I couldn't get the wiring concealed. SO</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I stripped the wallpaper and uninstalled the wiring for the light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvLloStY9vrWQ87l8YwLurvisLrKLVZahd3YYxUyGZdxszU6J5q8tQX4nJa7Io0FtVDHvn1-WCmmZrIfLFwA_43zFGiMyYkxqyqmsKTZkRJIWio6qkK8lXdpCw5ueH-vT5tvpPkV3BIkhT5nGOn1QHrmDuc0PPBbXXnodFbkibHevLEDNo0QXnv9-Dg/s640/IMG_6096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="435" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvLloStY9vrWQ87l8YwLurvisLrKLVZahd3YYxUyGZdxszU6J5q8tQX4nJa7Io0FtVDHvn1-WCmmZrIfLFwA_43zFGiMyYkxqyqmsKTZkRJIWio6qkK8lXdpCw5ueH-vT5tvpPkV3BIkhT5nGOn1QHrmDuc0PPBbXXnodFbkibHevLEDNo0QXnv9-Dg/w436-h640/IMG_6096.jpeg" width="436" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvLChmLFMGJpZvJ1n1mr8m0UHYmgtvkAQKBhYsmCajN0_3bLDDyPix766hUSGmmnqYLhmzPQk8Pr6G2MGci9hBr1Xcm1CO-1u1vU05mB_kAlewF-duunWjeBkaNWGgfTqjPwODTpz3fILLeVf5wR8rWXe4HL_gCqsxeXYbFitrcHKqRcrq-scal9bLg/s640/IMG_6097.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="640" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvLChmLFMGJpZvJ1n1mr8m0UHYmgtvkAQKBhYsmCajN0_3bLDDyPix766hUSGmmnqYLhmzPQk8Pr6G2MGci9hBr1Xcm1CO-1u1vU05mB_kAlewF-duunWjeBkaNWGgfTqjPwODTpz3fILLeVf5wR8rWXe4HL_gCqsxeXYbFitrcHKqRcrq-scal9bLg/w640-h466/IMG_6097.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I went back to my original large pendant, drilled a hole in the crown moulding and through the ceiling, and installed the light in the center of the room with the wiring to be connected on the roof.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubZ5C_O75N-1KqKFCTugOOVSM13ZMyxKzQv8IsqC5SrIy1gWcfNXfHP_jTd8C-ul9uHiB8HAYHxO-X4gbxbfdLo9ztPa2XObNLdxC5DfuNuKmqqJUAxvPPvY89mDuxQZGOxtJGk5BSm0O_i2xBzfNgevgI1zwW4lKwPd9Tc8SdP4I_jYNKIBxpOxidw/s640/IMG_6449.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubZ5C_O75N-1KqKFCTugOOVSM13ZMyxKzQv8IsqC5SrIy1gWcfNXfHP_jTd8C-ul9uHiB8HAYHxO-X4gbxbfdLo9ztPa2XObNLdxC5DfuNuKmqqJUAxvPPvY89mDuxQZGOxtJGk5BSm0O_i2xBzfNgevgI1zwW4lKwPd9Tc8SdP4I_jYNKIBxpOxidw/w640-h480/IMG_6449.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I centered one light realizing that two large globes would be too much. Once I had the hole drilled in the crown moulding, I placed on the roof to drill the hole for the light's wire.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC2TQgemMZ5u6mZz_Diyu4S-p5HivAEjvo47Pa412qqmJUJqWSeFB5Ul8XOoR3E3h1LfvKr3TrYRX1qTrQAeu6RqK2ZT1U3v9k87uAox-DPvdXUrkOsaU7YvnOJ9uf0nT7reW4YdsATQRkq-8WnU4V7kOSmdCJQ4nXfgtvCIU2msfLLFtviJx3Gi-SA/s640/IMG_6450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC2TQgemMZ5u6mZz_Diyu4S-p5HivAEjvo47Pa412qqmJUJqWSeFB5Ul8XOoR3E3h1LfvKr3TrYRX1qTrQAeu6RqK2ZT1U3v9k87uAox-DPvdXUrkOsaU7YvnOJ9uf0nT7reW4YdsATQRkq-8WnU4V7kOSmdCJQ4nXfgtvCIU2msfLLFtviJx3Gi-SA/w480-h640/IMG_6450.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I used a needle with a large eye to draw the tiny wire through the hole. I probably will not shingle this roof; instead, I want to simulate what we call in these parts a tin roof made of wood, naturally. I'll make the panel for this section removable--just incase. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9dlAE1DxEGwVTroG3Cge9SccBE-vwI3xhgil2qvLCQTvum1XOtUi-vOwTHDBVEjj9BCh-KNhb1Hwydk5aQD8PFyStlxTm67uHuSonBwIyEh94xJjVNJaFMCS3m1m3mkGknRCjxNUQFnpDK5mktXNWs4nVd_9Pt7AFgeN7rQvrrgNd7iXSO71Fucjkg/s640/IMG_6460.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9dlAE1DxEGwVTroG3Cge9SccBE-vwI3xhgil2qvLCQTvum1XOtUi-vOwTHDBVEjj9BCh-KNhb1Hwydk5aQD8PFyStlxTm67uHuSonBwIyEh94xJjVNJaFMCS3m1m3mkGknRCjxNUQFnpDK5mktXNWs4nVd_9Pt7AFgeN7rQvrrgNd7iXSO71Fucjkg/w480-h640/IMG_6460.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It ain't pretty, but this awful sight will be covered by roofing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2kzLbeY79oKJ7WWHEueoIdnVAos87G-UBDKnah9XHMMoOog46mWugh4ndXK5yOyPxP_jwDLv83SxtUAGFuJpDvswruEz6oIswzibIfLNQc_uFcfMy3O0AwGXFa4ctaOKhnvtATEePuHqP2-l3lp-RIHr43ZRL5k3oEm-ku5kLrSya4eqF6lZPY6Thg/s640/IMG_6461.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2kzLbeY79oKJ7WWHEueoIdnVAos87G-UBDKnah9XHMMoOog46mWugh4ndXK5yOyPxP_jwDLv83SxtUAGFuJpDvswruEz6oIswzibIfLNQc_uFcfMy3O0AwGXFa4ctaOKhnvtATEePuHqP2-l3lp-RIHr43ZRL5k3oEm-ku5kLrSya4eqF6lZPY6Thg/w480-h640/IMG_6461.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Next I needed to reinstall the wallpaper--never did like the original color--using scrapbook paper. Now I am ready to glue everything in place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> WHAT?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I'M OUT OF GRANDMA STOVER'S WALLPAPER PASTE? 😡😞😐</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Sub-Zero temperatures. Icy Roads. Hobby Lobby 13 miles away. Progress on hold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Kt-v0GQDto4ZpfzuoGyfHOFU2KuIbxpUVrbDzm1iPQdzJi4Orlqrfx2AOoyvuz6S2k1tIDeV61AU6ebi1jjHCz_ZWRQjKDJ67zBAbz6785S4PU7-dHQLhqUFatyn5iZoF02FwuPeqAQIEZ9A9b45aAN1FvLXNybI1EszOUbafaoX-gC2HpsTX2GdXg/s640/IMG_6467.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Kt-v0GQDto4ZpfzuoGyfHOFU2KuIbxpUVrbDzm1iPQdzJi4Orlqrfx2AOoyvuz6S2k1tIDeV61AU6ebi1jjHCz_ZWRQjKDJ67zBAbz6785S4PU7-dHQLhqUFatyn5iZoF02FwuPeqAQIEZ9A9b45aAN1FvLXNybI1EszOUbafaoX-gC2HpsTX2GdXg/w480-h640/IMG_6467.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">In the meantime I remade the floor and rebuilt Julie Warren's file cabinet yesterday. Today it may reach 32 degrees, which is tolerable, so I'm headed to town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And I cut the wrong color in a recut.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9IvAb4cvqq_-vLwIEVCL_02HPHrHy63N7-Oy0QERg6EC0EhD9Ndr445tof-KG_0dvMChfqZgQpAJDCV0x4ibOQhS9397bOOPb9EFp7UOlfaeqdJLqy2KZ-uiwPzeEd9AMrlTOxQzHn0YsHDGBgfiele_8N4ZYdomxGKy2C6xGwGgPmbZRwH4S1BsTA/s640/IMG_6459.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9IvAb4cvqq_-vLwIEVCL_02HPHrHy63N7-Oy0QERg6EC0EhD9Ndr445tof-KG_0dvMChfqZgQpAJDCV0x4ibOQhS9397bOOPb9EFp7UOlfaeqdJLqy2KZ-uiwPzeEd9AMrlTOxQzHn0YsHDGBgfiele_8N4ZYdomxGKy2C6xGwGgPmbZRwH4S1BsTA/w480-h640/IMG_6459.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">3 sheets of scrapbook paper later. . . </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14qkHTZzesQg8ZAg9eCQV4l4UNgjYhCrROsNBptlKIntJyJzqc7UO9nfnok_Ay9wracGYeYhCgopIGEyyRYpz6El5JjZfqPQdb3HbDwLop5zyeo1Je_zguPHfsFa1cPySEx7pt00bxwz3lMTtGlcHJ-0T-ip6iluAwIFM3vNAZ9gtdlEMQmHANJShTg/s640/IMG_6451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14qkHTZzesQg8ZAg9eCQV4l4UNgjYhCrROsNBptlKIntJyJzqc7UO9nfnok_Ay9wracGYeYhCgopIGEyyRYpz6El5JjZfqPQdb3HbDwLop5zyeo1Je_zguPHfsFa1cPySEx7pt00bxwz3lMTtGlcHJ-0T-ip6iluAwIFM3vNAZ9gtdlEMQmHANJShTg/w480-h640/IMG_6451.jpeg" width="480" /></a>\</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">While the second story room has been designated as a bedroom, it is barely large enough to accommodate a bed along, so I am toying with putting the bedroom on the 3rd floor. I have the closet built, but what will I do with lower room? I'll work it out later--and maybe even change my mind. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">At any rate, the Manchester is closed to being finished, except for the roof.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bHC2ijjbcR_DPkOge_UxYT2-D1OzaRan-RcPNQHarbn5IR1JF8HKmKCwtaZ40oDwn-sZPR1VGpoSODNTaLnXQdf8qFdtNIymbGxD1uKMqMAOiaEXs997Eut21VFYL9SKnvmjdePOyZFI3IrR74kSiDmdCbQ5hmJQmgh05zoFV2NJiP2CRKtymcgZIw/s640/IMG_6463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bHC2ijjbcR_DPkOge_UxYT2-D1OzaRan-RcPNQHarbn5IR1JF8HKmKCwtaZ40oDwn-sZPR1VGpoSODNTaLnXQdf8qFdtNIymbGxD1uKMqMAOiaEXs997Eut21VFYL9SKnvmjdePOyZFI3IrR74kSiDmdCbQ5hmJQmgh05zoFV2NJiP2CRKtymcgZIw/w640-h480/IMG_6463.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So, this is where I left off Monday. Happily I can report Progress. Other than installing the door, the room is structurally finished. </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlh0kPRDMvDhviJpljaK7JTjlUsAHmXtHzn1vWj733NigNe09yGULVrPb-JWxg6LS_GnHA5mVjv7DwQ8wpZMEqeO4y4d_Vis7Y0DSVByw-2b9waZmBKmPqGtVp8RtwXm9Z4XDmiAdy3_5JIIknmcLzHnuCvYJBWS3wd0Fh3-doXzZIqGLaSpapqRGuw/s640/IMG_6489.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="620" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlh0kPRDMvDhviJpljaK7JTjlUsAHmXtHzn1vWj733NigNe09yGULVrPb-JWxg6LS_GnHA5mVjv7DwQ8wpZMEqeO4y4d_Vis7Y0DSVByw-2b9waZmBKmPqGtVp8RtwXm9Z4XDmiAdy3_5JIIknmcLzHnuCvYJBWS3wd0Fh3-doXzZIqGLaSpapqRGuw/w620-h640/IMG_6489.jpeg" width="620" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Lighting is always tedious. This plug-in has given trouble from the beginning--they always do when the lamps are not directly wired in. I'm not too sure how I will fix it. Wait until the wallpaper adhesive is totally dry. Then what?</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubRFRNr9XqaT4_mxj0HsWPV9-zSv4h-e71eYyZb_sh1qooH4hcgWAUcNkPARqA1XArNAPqaXAOOi69mxspEMXGEYp1L1_o4uBBovLBzlHKtoIAagCDgn8k3E91-wMGDCbUDn4GLAFVi3WTAaz96C_4qku8FtMh3PQMUTaY3sTM6JQGRmSMukqdsacZg/s640/IMG_6491.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="640" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubRFRNr9XqaT4_mxj0HsWPV9-zSv4h-e71eYyZb_sh1qooH4hcgWAUcNkPARqA1XArNAPqaXAOOi69mxspEMXGEYp1L1_o4uBBovLBzlHKtoIAagCDgn8k3E91-wMGDCbUDn4GLAFVi3WTAaz96C_4qku8FtMh3PQMUTaY3sTM6JQGRmSMukqdsacZg/w640-h500/IMG_6491.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Expectations for this room have been totally realized. Instead of this bench, I'll build some sort of plant stand that will hold a collection of plants.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXs6F52IZBR3WvVyF-vxN_bejDmkZADxnxmWcIk9dciBscVrAz8oUzNg7pCTpjyAv-6_VPMKW80Fn6JyziHHwP9-xyK2DfZfQsqaJmLio81y1u2Vke8MHM9jIQ6WAoFCl1-7xTm2hTdLvv_5PsBdsm9xXzou9pdf1AezVRgRrP7nj_F9as0CGxAsr6w/s640/IMG_6492.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="640" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXs6F52IZBR3WvVyF-vxN_bejDmkZADxnxmWcIk9dciBscVrAz8oUzNg7pCTpjyAv-6_VPMKW80Fn6JyziHHwP9-xyK2DfZfQsqaJmLio81y1u2Vke8MHM9jIQ6WAoFCl1-7xTm2hTdLvv_5PsBdsm9xXzou9pdf1AezVRgRrP7nj_F9as0CGxAsr6w/w640-h606/IMG_6492.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">There is one disappointment: the globe pendant light does not produce as much light as I thought it would, but still I like the pendant.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Installing it didn't go as planned. When I went to strip the tiny wires, I pulled one apart, shortening it considerably, so I had to reroute the tape, but it all be covered with roofing that won't be glued fast.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTZ-qfdAEOc0b6yxWPAuXWHLWh5rYGCWr73ZiKvuR-1wVu2fDOsXZrV1J8eimow-1OKwyZDRpmLtHKHbPz-Qesu0CEorfYNPHMUdjyEWQiaPXYM4eFl2VxJVb1OrvWFCXW7FWiTxISRfXobqla4Qs-rOfv6ryl2BzNAsido8NPw8J0BPrILYRUO4UjQ/s640/IMG_6494.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="640" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTZ-qfdAEOc0b6yxWPAuXWHLWh5rYGCWr73ZiKvuR-1wVu2fDOsXZrV1J8eimow-1OKwyZDRpmLtHKHbPz-Qesu0CEorfYNPHMUdjyEWQiaPXYM4eFl2VxJVb1OrvWFCXW7FWiTxISRfXobqla4Qs-rOfv6ryl2BzNAsido8NPw8J0BPrILYRUO4UjQ/w640-h410/IMG_6494.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So now each room I consider each room essentially finished except for the final touches. The bathroom pieces need to permanently placed, but the structural work is done and the stairs have to installed after new floor in the bedroom is waxed and installed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So what's next? Well, I have to finish the 3rd floor, but I have not decided what the room will be, so I'll wait until it tells me what it wants. I have cut all the trim pieces to finish the exterior, so that's probably my next move once I finishing all the touch-up work for each room. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I am really loving this house. My other houses are filled full of do-dads and things, but this one I intend to keep very simple. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I hope you have enjoyed this build. It's a cool house, so if you find a Duracraft Manchester Country Home still in the box, it is well worth the journey. I purchased this one, if you remember, on Craig's List for $40. and my daughter picked it up for me. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I'm not sure if I'll build another big house--oh if I find a deal like this one perhaps. I do have two projects on the back burner: Betsy Ross making the first flag and replicating Shangri-La, my grandmother's log cabin. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting. It's always nice to know that you're visited. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-22965820761576609892023-01-23T21:30:00.002-08:002023-01-23T21:30:29.739-08:00Today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"Today's the day," I said to myself. I have put off gluing in this cupboard and then put it off again and again. First, though, I had to add the wallpaper: gray scrapbook paper and printed tile from Jessica Cloe, printed on glossy photo paper. Then the moment of truth. But wait. I had a thought of redoing the cupboard doors to match the ones on the other wall. I took another look at the unit and realized that the doors weren't that bad and what a chore another re-do would be. What if the new doors didn't fit the best or the hinge pins give trouble. So I got rid of that cray idea and moved forward with the installation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I had installed a light on the wall to light the stove, but it was awkwardly installed and not very reliable, so, no light in the stove hood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC2FxIM8GrM4OBdbA8vvsvolcDEDFB7h6cz8zIF8o82uwByH0VtScqtKrqM5xh4DtCH5JnNucg68_oRT35EDOZ8lhl5VpQ-4JwV91wntDqUMJPzHWQ8tF-FT8sI0QQedCVu6tdkjqvMIi9L2LAJuR_ndvVxmO_4JpHs8u-Xjxp5jU3lfgA4efEScAXw/s640/IMG_6408.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC2FxIM8GrM4OBdbA8vvsvolcDEDFB7h6cz8zIF8o82uwByH0VtScqtKrqM5xh4DtCH5JnNucg68_oRT35EDOZ8lhl5VpQ-4JwV91wntDqUMJPzHWQ8tF-FT8sI0QQedCVu6tdkjqvMIi9L2LAJuR_ndvVxmO_4JpHs8u-Xjxp5jU3lfgA4efEScAXw/w480-h640/IMG_6408.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I smeared Gorilla wood glue on the top of the hood and on the backs of each cupboard, placed the unit, and taped it in place best I could.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4VLz_FUtUOkMz2ocAPI-eaU41rTiztSzIyJ6vRSf-a4diUza5gKYMULnBEWT6IFP3nl0eJ4a8TdqnLf-ZKA_B3giX4EqZB0yq3iJVkzM-hwtoNzB5j-VvyJ3A2dukav6OZolswgbUfNCqyQYhEkXC6oAOAWh0vHEQHLtPP_PxGVpnI23VWctoNPODg/s640/IMG_6409.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4VLz_FUtUOkMz2ocAPI-eaU41rTiztSzIyJ6vRSf-a4diUza5gKYMULnBEWT6IFP3nl0eJ4a8TdqnLf-ZKA_B3giX4EqZB0yq3iJVkzM-hwtoNzB5j-VvyJ3A2dukav6OZolswgbUfNCqyQYhEkXC6oAOAWh0vHEQHLtPP_PxGVpnI23VWctoNPODg/w480-h640/IMG_6409.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">While the glue set, I went about finishing the kitchen side of the stair wall. Wallpaper printed from some obscure website on mat photo paper. I added the wood trim.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUPNrKS-M2MOG8_DUlNZCjUNgbaAkNk4WfWjH-xpnAqykhGScuVE69OxTkpxtxd8PMAiFecmxct2KkaLw9j7dn10jYRQOmRHuFpVqe1aJdtFUo8JLQ72WKTmNhEVMq_5f0NR8sTvMKA1ddo6fDtRIiIG2lypvZvxlfl7J91UWf9CdJODK0IUog04olw/s640/IMG_6411.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUPNrKS-M2MOG8_DUlNZCjUNgbaAkNk4WfWjH-xpnAqykhGScuVE69OxTkpxtxd8PMAiFecmxct2KkaLw9j7dn10jYRQOmRHuFpVqe1aJdtFUo8JLQ72WKTmNhEVMq_5f0NR8sTvMKA1ddo6fDtRIiIG2lypvZvxlfl7J91UWf9CdJODK0IUog04olw/w480-h640/IMG_6411.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then I added the cupboard and glued all the wood pieces in place. The cupboard ended up being a smidge longer than I wanted it, but the long edge will be on the back side, so it won't be that noticeable. I was not going to remake it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrDnetuUMvX8R_0GVDqEgsS76uY_BZNEBXUqmQDWuyecIouC3phfwO73DTI1C3RU_55R3M_chStvH79B7Hz2H-3CAuRuv9H0y0pYQehXIgmsYZoKOY0eB94IpUaJHLi9Y_a7uS0iZ__oChgje6n9ugsKhxPW1t-4EPShnVtYHdWf2aSMfAOdoYK9ZQA/s640/IMG_6412.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="563" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrDnetuUMvX8R_0GVDqEgsS76uY_BZNEBXUqmQDWuyecIouC3phfwO73DTI1C3RU_55R3M_chStvH79B7Hz2H-3CAuRuv9H0y0pYQehXIgmsYZoKOY0eB94IpUaJHLi9Y_a7uS0iZ__oChgje6n9ugsKhxPW1t-4EPShnVtYHdWf2aSMfAOdoYK9ZQA/w564-h640/IMG_6412.jpeg" width="564" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I wanted install this cupboard before I installed the wall because of its weight. I wondered if it would have been better to glue it directly to the wall rather than on the wallpaper because of its weight. On advantage to gluing items to the wallpaper comes when it's time to renovate--which I cannot even imagine doing. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkE7zwqYCCSqzbDOQ36PlC1Gg1dpZo-RhNATjmJIUcVhL3_KP2zhWrkkcjEYLXAPWt2ehoncnmZU5ojdQEk5Ub9QCgr2Dfp6qIZYzbDhniP44PuWk_hbZWJekFQatc29wW7YpA9UI3qQ2ANTFI-QA3pWWrLYH9K-C3T3XwRLhlzBd1rCHU3zm6BEqNg/s640/IMG_6414.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkE7zwqYCCSqzbDOQ36PlC1Gg1dpZo-RhNATjmJIUcVhL3_KP2zhWrkkcjEYLXAPWt2ehoncnmZU5ojdQEk5Ub9QCgr2Dfp6qIZYzbDhniP44PuWk_hbZWJekFQatc29wW7YpA9UI3qQ2ANTFI-QA3pWWrLYH9K-C3T3XwRLhlzBd1rCHU3zm6BEqNg/w480-h640/IMG_6414.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And here it is. I am really pleased with the results. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9qdfLMtK4HcKKRRSNw_gppP9MeausQELLz-56a6fgMG93yyAaelCvrZfvmHCL81cRef23SC1h6js8QTjafw2CbDozamhUAG_fAjKykvTzyR6ffQ7ei1GFzARyitkWDxmurvIdP1T28k2gY18qRP5wNFcZhHOFbJA-vKY-cg2AZKh-4ilTyAePaGxsQ/s640/IMG_6415.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9qdfLMtK4HcKKRRSNw_gppP9MeausQELLz-56a6fgMG93yyAaelCvrZfvmHCL81cRef23SC1h6js8QTjafw2CbDozamhUAG_fAjKykvTzyR6ffQ7ei1GFzARyitkWDxmurvIdP1T28k2gY18qRP5wNFcZhHOFbJA-vKY-cg2AZKh-4ilTyAePaGxsQ/w452-h640/IMG_6415.jpeg" width="452" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I wonder why I procrastinated so long putting the cupboard in place? I love how it looks. And the restyled cabinet with the gas cooktop that Jodi Hippler 3-D printed. Perfect. The oven was pried from its previous spot as a built-in oven kit came from Elf Miniatures in the UK. The drawer below it is a fake as the only non-opening drawer in the kitchen. I still need to glue the counter top into place and do some touch-up painting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8Gdk7I6sKD4ocZyzLSE35mcDV4P5jm7Hlr3BTcR35UNisQ_0iT4YPQT0VVm4TKinThx0EVOYjKw3OqnCzsyT8dcPRd1B8Pnl5V1CMaSwE8CAYSPhBtZxM-ZUtYXG6BgnjFRNoGS23VFBqucgRnmztZburlRFbmeZ5_p607uXOD4ObQIa46xWkplvlg/s640/IMG_6416.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="494" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8Gdk7I6sKD4ocZyzLSE35mcDV4P5jm7Hlr3BTcR35UNisQ_0iT4YPQT0VVm4TKinThx0EVOYjKw3OqnCzsyT8dcPRd1B8Pnl5V1CMaSwE8CAYSPhBtZxM-ZUtYXG6BgnjFRNoGS23VFBqucgRnmztZburlRFbmeZ5_p607uXOD4ObQIa46xWkplvlg/w494-h640/IMG_6416.jpeg" width="494" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The kitchen really is coming together. I borrowed the door shelf from the top balcony the Pink Farmhouse where it really served little purpose. I created this vintage stand from door that I had removed from the old farmhouse during it's renovation--well, I take that back. I think I used the original doors, but bought new ones and decided not to use them, choosing the originals instead. I think. That was a while back. Anyway. The shelf fits here. I added the hooks. Still playing around with how I'll decorate it. For now a key ring full of random keys seems to fit.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdl0sx1cpVMJ4zlXzMEUtQlskXY2_w2UjeinOdyxnl6uwpQfYAPzvUFfOiC16urCQ7P5XxYRRRMdyf7DUd8cRtaXTizwzhX8wKh0mwW_NiyoQmz_Ox60K3JFOBkKVIO-Bg2rJE9gVd1eMR-ltcYFnW0lySWinrbuKmhVaFKXKY2kekySTVVDJRz1rKQ/s640/IMG_6417.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdl0sx1cpVMJ4zlXzMEUtQlskXY2_w2UjeinOdyxnl6uwpQfYAPzvUFfOiC16urCQ7P5XxYRRRMdyf7DUd8cRtaXTizwzhX8wKh0mwW_NiyoQmz_Ox60K3JFOBkKVIO-Bg2rJE9gVd1eMR-ltcYFnW0lySWinrbuKmhVaFKXKY2kekySTVVDJRz1rKQ/w640-h480/IMG_6417.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>The cupboards have been filled. Too bad you can't see the variety of food. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The coffee maker with the coffee pots comes from Genies Mini House Shop on Etsy. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6C7zjbaO3Xge2YzfhMvsjMCh2BtpqntA27BJBeu6OwBQyvc4wySRYD79OseCbL3sLz7p5BFMdhm905-iy3INis5n9ZiNIXnwwr_Yw0ACZmsNDLWiSMc0tZrzcDSgqiO9VRsbJAEtiJpcQPes6tV0Hvg8F0Uzi6BoN25KIm9ZB71TLGOBXdN9zH6fyQ/s640/IMG_6420.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6C7zjbaO3Xge2YzfhMvsjMCh2BtpqntA27BJBeu6OwBQyvc4wySRYD79OseCbL3sLz7p5BFMdhm905-iy3INis5n9ZiNIXnwwr_Yw0ACZmsNDLWiSMc0tZrzcDSgqiO9VRsbJAEtiJpcQPes6tV0Hvg8F0Uzi6BoN25KIm9ZB71TLGOBXdN9zH6fyQ/w640-h480/IMG_6420.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>More of Jodi's 3-D printed items on the sink counter that still has to be glued in place.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5IGCAwsI__berDQ7wkrp6xOJctwCLPnp4XljH70l6OJFVBqWAedzutmUoRAOiy-qVGhxYeamunjYtTtPeddB-nXRcrZR0AsXh1p4IsgdZOfsgqzn47inOjm3-1SnQOtiO75tSbMsWt5TtVd_KHfziz-NV8h6ZmDTD3kw_hXypmIergwiTiuPr27g_A/s640/IMG_6422.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5IGCAwsI__berDQ7wkrp6xOJctwCLPnp4XljH70l6OJFVBqWAedzutmUoRAOiy-qVGhxYeamunjYtTtPeddB-nXRcrZR0AsXh1p4IsgdZOfsgqzn47inOjm3-1SnQOtiO75tSbMsWt5TtVd_KHfziz-NV8h6ZmDTD3kw_hXypmIergwiTiuPr27g_A/w640-h480/IMG_6422.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">While final touches such as spraying the sink top with Triple Thick and gluing in the dishwasher and touching up the paint are not complete, the kitchen really has come together nicely and I am enjoying the results. Last night I filled my little handmade basket with a philodendron that I threw together.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELv8RLjdesxWQrWL_GAC7I81Y1R7CMmOoDY1S72EKeA6atiJN2EmA3TzGfT1LAKLsiAKKJQDStOPbJh4OhpHlTVlODAsLietcRT3dwUPv8LKXngckx9XceFg3sl6v1eA4FBxDVkVhytnMrNZrdLIbL8AF8waY83KLFquCgGdaYzBl745Wo_63kf9LSg/s640/IMG_6425.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELv8RLjdesxWQrWL_GAC7I81Y1R7CMmOoDY1S72EKeA6atiJN2EmA3TzGfT1LAKLsiAKKJQDStOPbJh4OhpHlTVlODAsLietcRT3dwUPv8LKXngckx9XceFg3sl6v1eA4FBxDVkVhytnMrNZrdLIbL8AF8waY83KLFquCgGdaYzBl745Wo_63kf9LSg/w640-h478/IMG_6425.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>How about a cup of coffee? The cream and sugar are ready.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbGdlj2lWLsVEBjRVhggwFPcsNH6scHRliglcMkYNOFqSw4oHII8IlcDo-zwsCqfWAHrhejga8qoBYnz-wCnLtrNWEJdA1trY4UIEXbS9EcWujvINnfRpX72fbhq124t420web2szGOlRWtdwZ7-ZVPuVv-YmtiT9mIUaDFhL1YJpwKVlxtA9cecNAw/s640/IMG_6428.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbGdlj2lWLsVEBjRVhggwFPcsNH6scHRliglcMkYNOFqSw4oHII8IlcDo-zwsCqfWAHrhejga8qoBYnz-wCnLtrNWEJdA1trY4UIEXbS9EcWujvINnfRpX72fbhq124t420web2szGOlRWtdwZ7-ZVPuVv-YmtiT9mIUaDFhL1YJpwKVlxtA9cecNAw/w480-h640/IMG_6428.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I decided to remove the pods from the large holder and put them in a little glass canister. I like that better.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FPzWw__VybXsQZKYftt_Jo7dLC2GgD5PM8bL2T3xKRgN81_EIf7z_w1zHuTIYX92P5jwC_BZCWQvGk7cNerUiODD-8vGb8olgb7LnMgJ4x-oG7VOY5ySblVuRGK7wgRXMxtOLTSQnIoR77e0EMAfpFZV79ofUz8DtEM922SvCngEipY2m9UBW9VMOg/s640/IMG_6429.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FPzWw__VybXsQZKYftt_Jo7dLC2GgD5PM8bL2T3xKRgN81_EIf7z_w1zHuTIYX92P5jwC_BZCWQvGk7cNerUiODD-8vGb8olgb7LnMgJ4x-oG7VOY5ySblVuRGK7wgRXMxtOLTSQnIoR77e0EMAfpFZV79ofUz8DtEM922SvCngEipY2m9UBW9VMOg/w480-h640/IMG_6429.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5txlVBuhGjT3-Bz7h19gqUP4h2U_ZwVYu_UelXR4ewOOEcRFVqQpZnSdhQMhpgM0PpeM0Tgh3y0TdNJ5SRGx-bCX64FTXvRhbESCIJeTD8_SHfQaRhELv57WW5t9WX9ownZSknZtYbUmREaNyAimgFftWH4kLIQDZAAqKTO-FKucb68Ge8_lRZghKFg/s640/IMG_6430.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5txlVBuhGjT3-Bz7h19gqUP4h2U_ZwVYu_UelXR4ewOOEcRFVqQpZnSdhQMhpgM0PpeM0Tgh3y0TdNJ5SRGx-bCX64FTXvRhbESCIJeTD8_SHfQaRhELv57WW5t9WX9ownZSknZtYbUmREaNyAimgFftWH4kLIQDZAAqKTO-FKucb68Ge8_lRZghKFg/w480-h640/IMG_6430.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJNErcThxZsHxg1XMuQ5RJVJzjc9bhjrg75AE5D_M-BAQ4AKon-HbknK3yrGAsew3SpSfNaRNvS_HLBXwptr-o8x35F89AuJdMq8ybluTNgQ_BYM7Gb4aoGc8DwItqHD9asGhxaWtPigHSXZ5w-4yrQ6XJhJDMljcXyAguAyqFOy5UON1LNl8qcuvyA/s640/IMG_6431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJNErcThxZsHxg1XMuQ5RJVJzjc9bhjrg75AE5D_M-BAQ4AKon-HbknK3yrGAsew3SpSfNaRNvS_HLBXwptr-o8x35F89AuJdMq8ybluTNgQ_BYM7Gb4aoGc8DwItqHD9asGhxaWtPigHSXZ5w-4yrQ6XJhJDMljcXyAguAyqFOy5UON1LNl8qcuvyA/w480-h640/IMG_6431.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">With the kitchen nearly finished, I played around in the dining room. I decided to reposition the table to make room for a mini bar at the window. The chandelier is a Bindles kit. It was challenging, but I love it. The candles don't always want to stand straight though. And guess what the center piece is? Porcelain flower that are actually a pin. It's an antique piece; perhaps my grandmother's or at least that's the story. The rug is printed on paper. I hope I can find the file on my computer so that I reprint on fabric. And the clock needs a face. I may just leave the furniture natural. What do you think?</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhew_k-sgZKDjfPBgwiW1DA--wQvDZjKhuZEYGQHtvugR5wWUrYf3B3tswkhFLbVRWKA_oJ61fkN_Z4P9grdBwj4e2yTN5sZdK7VMVBD6QqroSX-z019Sx9d3KYHZQncvTZWDuwJf180OF1FXS6Jz381cEbLpHpXQ9av9hwZCp9ThEIg74-HqluJU18Ng/s640/IMG_6435.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="561" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhew_k-sgZKDjfPBgwiW1DA--wQvDZjKhuZEYGQHtvugR5wWUrYf3B3tswkhFLbVRWKA_oJ61fkN_Z4P9grdBwj4e2yTN5sZdK7VMVBD6QqroSX-z019Sx9d3KYHZQncvTZWDuwJf180OF1FXS6Jz381cEbLpHpXQ9av9hwZCp9ThEIg74-HqluJU18Ng/w562-h640/IMG_6435.jpeg" width="562" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I am so ready to be done this house. With the kitchen nearly finished, I will be able to move on to the second floor which requires only finishing touches and no rebuilding. I am re-thinking the 3rd floor. I had thought a craft room, but I am rethinking. Maybe another bedroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The many hours that I've spend the last couple of weeks working on the details have paid off. We've had snow on the ground for days, so I have kept myself well entertained. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We did get out for a walk last week and I have to share </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> my little owl--well--he's not <i>mine</i></span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">. </i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">We heard that there was a Northern Screech Owl along a walking path on the north end of Ft. Collins, so we went for a walk and there he was. He was not hard to find because there were half a dozen bird watchers with their 3 ft long lenses taking his photo as he slept. I used my Nikon 50-300mm telephoto to get some decent shots. He slept through the entire ordeal, even as a small crowd gathered to watch him nap. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">We've heard, too, that there is young male Northern Cardinal on the other side of Ft. Collins so we will go see if we can find him. Cardinals are not native to Colorado, so he is indeed rare. And there's a pair of migrating swans wintering on a pond just down the road from here, so I'll be checking them out too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAovLdh4dzRjo-k3SLj_Y7-JmJngRrRYrq8cKp_38n50KGcwqKISSy36As-UmqiIOhefYDFGq91MJkcpOqSfFxFkPRtQ1YOBwdQ0A_U6n-tDMeyZ1RStnjQ1BpfpZNkCC0aFLuDylMBlTIT_fpB8L2yolSfv9kJc2_N83JJMkK_GQWGRa1e2M_nw9yg/s640/DSC_0548.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAovLdh4dzRjo-k3SLj_Y7-JmJngRrRYrq8cKp_38n50KGcwqKISSy36As-UmqiIOhefYDFGq91MJkcpOqSfFxFkPRtQ1YOBwdQ0A_U6n-tDMeyZ1RStnjQ1BpfpZNkCC0aFLuDylMBlTIT_fpB8L2yolSfv9kJc2_N83JJMkK_GQWGRa1e2M_nw9yg/w640-h428/DSC_0548.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU79TwDu3c1IdeFs-DTuDgQWm28jSHcR4fVARvTFrQxEnhQ2t6CokCZC35ev62d83gO17tUSiPMXvTJTsBxoa-OQRNKmTtKbzPJZjaeundL1fCwkYBZ81oyfzZ3OzxNNlz0CC2Mpqthwb78twXWAgfHyUVaaYIbgbzCpDLD4fDwdKd5Cp_lKkkJChHyg/s400/DSC_0540.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="353" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU79TwDu3c1IdeFs-DTuDgQWm28jSHcR4fVARvTFrQxEnhQ2t6CokCZC35ev62d83gO17tUSiPMXvTJTsBxoa-OQRNKmTtKbzPJZjaeundL1fCwkYBZ81oyfzZ3OzxNNlz0CC2Mpqthwb78twXWAgfHyUVaaYIbgbzCpDLD4fDwdKd5Cp_lKkkJChHyg/w564-h640/DSC_0540.jpeg" width="564" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">I'd like to welcome Judy, my 50th follower--a milestone. </span></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I'm so glad you dropped by. See you next time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Have a great week.</span></div><p></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-91876439152210276852023-01-16T06:20:00.000-08:002023-01-16T06:20:07.175-08:00Mission Accomplished<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> This is about where I left off last week, redesigning the sink base counter. I had made the drawers for another unit that I was going to use, but they fit nicely here. Now I work on installing the inside dividers that did require some sanding to get them to fit.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivaCVXF_GbmoNPd5sTiyfmQyA9KEE6RPIyJ-EOtMUQHWMroPjbnTkDu_xHgWwxZFW4nx4GIXZNRWCSMhx_EXZ20NxSQfyrwIEIolTQTiyKwksoLHEtvBjIh2v3AOG2n8M-X4xPZbpV0pHgM_AYjA4Qr1IEF7dMoMf0qcuTyEIB2KGuH0kXjKJ2aFu7uA/s640/IMG_6308.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivaCVXF_GbmoNPd5sTiyfmQyA9KEE6RPIyJ-EOtMUQHWMroPjbnTkDu_xHgWwxZFW4nx4GIXZNRWCSMhx_EXZ20NxSQfyrwIEIolTQTiyKwksoLHEtvBjIh2v3AOG2n8M-X4xPZbpV0pHgM_AYjA4Qr1IEF7dMoMf0qcuTyEIB2KGuH0kXjKJ2aFu7uA/w480-h640/IMG_6308.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Originally I wanted the sink and dishwasher switched with the sink at the end of the counter, but try as I could I couldn't get it laid out in Design Space, so I opted for a center placed sink, which works fine. I was able to release the Elf kit dishwasher from its old counter so I didn't have to order a new kit.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPrfyyDAMDFLgz23D4d0g4Suq_K7PQKrRtbqNYo3mNZb4TpI1OY_59vgh8_0oja_qCdYQKqNNyUXBj_PUvJ9LQwPXneaNe6VfeMHVXyxBx7_dODqZC89bQQR4Gxmsrl9heHriPNULiyWcDgXropjtXjgJhMowZ0yz3XiyUye1nToRMhqjqRwtyZMfaw/s640/IMG_6306.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="640" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPrfyyDAMDFLgz23D4d0g4Suq_K7PQKrRtbqNYo3mNZb4TpI1OY_59vgh8_0oja_qCdYQKqNNyUXBj_PUvJ9LQwPXneaNe6VfeMHVXyxBx7_dODqZC89bQQR4Gxmsrl9heHriPNULiyWcDgXropjtXjgJhMowZ0yz3XiyUye1nToRMhqjqRwtyZMfaw/w640-h306/IMG_6306.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Before I wasted wood, I cut by hand my test piece for the sink insert from a template that I laid out in DS and printed on computer paper. Actually I did such a good job cutting, I did not cut one on the Cricut. While the rest of the cabinet is cut from 3/32" basswood, I cut the counter top from 1/16 so that I could get the sink centered and a nice cut from the machine. I cut 2 countertop pieces as smidge larger than the sink insert on the Maker from 1/16" basswood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">While the Maker cuts the thin basswood, it doesn't cut 3/32, so I'm used my Rockwell table saw to cut the thicker wood, but because I wanted the sink centered and didn't want to hand cut the thicker wood, I cut two on the Cricut and glued them together for a thicker counter top.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I love the saw especially when I make multiple cuts the same size because I can set the guide at just the right distance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQMp_YEuJQm7zk-FAgKRkelGyUIUPiYRXwv4xPigKJYr9jmwtu_Lp5gybGg27vfrXol9z2YLB43p7vkRhy5iDWA3WkFXEbY2GWaRiLGKSU0-pc5GqVY1fK6fcBdzyzFQTOm8wUg2qapfpbbFmb_RrRpzNI2WlrAWdL8PuC7GC5YTvU0dAPXS7Lw9AtQ/s640/IMG_6352.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQMp_YEuJQm7zk-FAgKRkelGyUIUPiYRXwv4xPigKJYr9jmwtu_Lp5gybGg27vfrXol9z2YLB43p7vkRhy5iDWA3WkFXEbY2GWaRiLGKSU0-pc5GqVY1fK6fcBdzyzFQTOm8wUg2qapfpbbFmb_RrRpzNI2WlrAWdL8PuC7GC5YTvU0dAPXS7Lw9AtQ/w480-h640/IMG_6352.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Sometimes--well a lot of the time for me--I have to sand pieces to get a good fit. This Rikon is just the handiest machine to sand away a lot of wood for clean straight edges.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaackxtVWP54fpSu7XE5nyDoqnVGDRGia1bPmTWMBpGQQProk3JbOVXB3VbunEqoukf5KbLr18h3j39jfe7yoL-5u7rVP0lKRk77wJT6f3SWsusS7Awt7gj7gc1ZZBmViXaXhp80SPL_B6QvM1b29_6LEItiF0czcx7ccQx8Y-BZ11u5HQPkLP01_dQ/s640/IMG_6355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaackxtVWP54fpSu7XE5nyDoqnVGDRGia1bPmTWMBpGQQProk3JbOVXB3VbunEqoukf5KbLr18h3j39jfe7yoL-5u7rVP0lKRk77wJT6f3SWsusS7Awt7gj7gc1ZZBmViXaXhp80SPL_B6QvM1b29_6LEItiF0czcx7ccQx8Y-BZ11u5HQPkLP01_dQ/w480-h640/IMG_6355.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuz_xwmBdmPRFxvR35Zc3T8v5Wgv1q4gCwNgpkmB9HYejSRrbC8yGKm5HbGsGbATIuHaFWazxEgy0DAe54g68r6cHUPi0mHCc-RgkqS_A2v2isu9CKVHq3ddifs18077y3097x3_NwXxoQp2GdCeIh7x8tg1TiUC7NRMUHdboGTUde-N-iBBzs2sZrw/s640/IMG_6324.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuz_xwmBdmPRFxvR35Zc3T8v5Wgv1q4gCwNgpkmB9HYejSRrbC8yGKm5HbGsGbATIuHaFWazxEgy0DAe54g68r6cHUPi0mHCc-RgkqS_A2v2isu9CKVHq3ddifs18077y3097x3_NwXxoQp2GdCeIh7x8tg1TiUC7NRMUHdboGTUde-N-iBBzs2sZrw/w480-h640/IMG_6324.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9qgXgSMPZ7Dz4VmDK0-y19WGgyzAamnxF5fu1OTbOltCW7HfJblAWD32XieR7qM69pRVWVClLA9QdQrmcu_7dOKm6H1JyVRo7IYrdlcu7Kk7vU2XAEL3t2agYWEA8aufnP15J5hLAntbdJb8ZHXdnZHnG1NqtP1yPqI8VwoDrTVDBuUJ-qXq3psIOw/s640/IMG_6322.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9qgXgSMPZ7Dz4VmDK0-y19WGgyzAamnxF5fu1OTbOltCW7HfJblAWD32XieR7qM69pRVWVClLA9QdQrmcu_7dOKm6H1JyVRo7IYrdlcu7Kk7vU2XAEL3t2agYWEA8aufnP15J5hLAntbdJb8ZHXdnZHnG1NqtP1yPqI8VwoDrTVDBuUJ-qXq3psIOw/w640-h480/IMG_6322.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt288bST1dSVLhyWulYZjaLeIf1V3HlADWBgsAW3exbQ3bkK2EHiUAKnPKGZO0CPiQtLnVXB3jxfyeWrXbiDqFjg_1Wr1otHLiqq-dj3Ghw8C6K_b7QDS7c913ZXi-hmeuM1uUXrxD2ckw-3QA5DJacENDEUXkTL25g8gv0Fu2kv3F3zDrMuXWM2ngQ/s640/IMG_6323.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt288bST1dSVLhyWulYZjaLeIf1V3HlADWBgsAW3exbQ3bkK2EHiUAKnPKGZO0CPiQtLnVXB3jxfyeWrXbiDqFjg_1Wr1otHLiqq-dj3Ghw8C6K_b7QDS7c913ZXi-hmeuM1uUXrxD2ckw-3QA5DJacENDEUXkTL25g8gv0Fu2kv3F3zDrMuXWM2ngQ/w640-h480/IMG_6323.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">My little machines are in the storage closet in the basement beneath beneath the stairs. My husband bought the tools and set them up in the basement storage closet. I had never consider the sander, but it is certainly handy. The saw replaced the old Craig's List scroll saw that I used with less than good results often.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4I2mEm0I37e6f3fGg3Fys15Lencw_S0YKZyxjE89y_Ux74NZMckZYmhXeeOTMlHw8PQi3yFhlqE7pzlIGChkK268j6H7vZ_qttaDgwKwIX9ZsdKgtO7ofseNFI8eH06eCTvHvQojL0pECMe5m3SQ_7PDfRbXZOiS_XRU6PruTAHCu4jiTmUIFYQ6rQ/s640/IMG_6356.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4I2mEm0I37e6f3fGg3Fys15Lencw_S0YKZyxjE89y_Ux74NZMckZYmhXeeOTMlHw8PQi3yFhlqE7pzlIGChkK268j6H7vZ_qttaDgwKwIX9ZsdKgtO7ofseNFI8eH06eCTvHvQojL0pECMe5m3SQ_7PDfRbXZOiS_XRU6PruTAHCu4jiTmUIFYQ6rQ/w640-h480/IMG_6356.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The cabinet begins to take shape and I'm enjoying the results.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jbfw4VUOTfHwcDmj7YOQD1-nzXMdYY2hH0GJmBvCMvIksHgd5XFZ8o2BnVOk1tpg-5DYJWgVJgxIA8dgGNRgkNDkz1K07hmzBQaAAWwT7ICuMOYRfP57p8t-1xKM6Ls62gouH6WPKuWUR_wNBX4O51n12NedJgOYBm7L8UnwA1_uhoZpsfsoOXBYaQ/s640/IMG_6309.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_jbfw4VUOTfHwcDmj7YOQD1-nzXMdYY2hH0GJmBvCMvIksHgd5XFZ8o2BnVOk1tpg-5DYJWgVJgxIA8dgGNRgkNDkz1K07hmzBQaAAWwT7ICuMOYRfP57p8t-1xKM6Ls62gouH6WPKuWUR_wNBX4O51n12NedJgOYBm7L8UnwA1_uhoZpsfsoOXBYaQ/w640-h480/IMG_6309.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The inside dividers turned out a bit oversized, so I sanded them down to size for a better fit. I do find that hand sanding often leads either over sanding or altering the shape, so I try to take care to go easy.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW3SkgPCRdq9E4mFAn45V_eTgvMjjngRU1qA1WSXrBfFeBkkivJLXkOeIyeLhxiHHU972y9JvfW3VIZ21cVJnKd5dcRP7g2twGFcQjDRw2Rzura1l9n3EWbm4rOCwHdb69T-UrpY4KI272hK2-DAAT3KcdX_6Ki0Gmusym9hODQmFCxKB9Gw6cnFqGg/s640/IMG_6310.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW3SkgPCRdq9E4mFAn45V_eTgvMjjngRU1qA1WSXrBfFeBkkivJLXkOeIyeLhxiHHU972y9JvfW3VIZ21cVJnKd5dcRP7g2twGFcQjDRw2Rzura1l9n3EWbm4rOCwHdb69T-UrpY4KI272hK2-DAAT3KcdX_6Ki0Gmusym9hODQmFCxKB9Gw6cnFqGg/w640-h480/IMG_6310.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The two layers of the counter top are glued together to make 2/32" countertop. Some would drill holes in the corners of the insert for the sink to cut it out on the saw by placing the saw blade inside a pilot hole to make that interior cut, but I'm not brave yet.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaVOJQ1IJRF_ztzppJreT23MwvqE_ogNd-SIgN_L1jD6_NPw6VwJF2NoxhAAG7xh-lWORa-1BGo0KEIblZFIKlEiHIkaHcTJVaYfFiwK2Wu7ZBJLswJ7esVH0dfb4xwgImImP6Fj5BvSDBV874YMWUcAamEplTpWb3LwFkpBSg2CrOua-MJf3-Q1wlA/s640/IMG_6311.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaVOJQ1IJRF_ztzppJreT23MwvqE_ogNd-SIgN_L1jD6_NPw6VwJF2NoxhAAG7xh-lWORa-1BGo0KEIblZFIKlEiHIkaHcTJVaYfFiwK2Wu7ZBJLswJ7esVH0dfb4xwgImImP6Fj5BvSDBV874YMWUcAamEplTpWb3LwFkpBSg2CrOua-MJf3-Q1wlA/w480-h640/IMG_6311.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I taped computer paper as the counter top cover to see how it all the pieces fit together. Then I see it: the divider support underneath the sink is glued in crocked. Darn it! The shelf had to come out. So I used my trusty embossing heat gun to softer the Gorilla wood glue so that I could remove and reposition the divider.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgL1YbJhufTbq74ivStnUYShSxvdUhDG7SsXbgQWUDr6fDzIOHdMRHqfPfNnc5P2HzI-g8sRm1AzBX7hy0pjw-QprOkU3ngO1cVBhJ0eB-iY4eI9-dYD1D-Vmxhtl_I2Rv-zbyEGQbOLhbviCHUa2slzAWlrnKbxZPWJbSgCuwfJr500mjJS3BKO4VIUg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgL1YbJhufTbq74ivStnUYShSxvdUhDG7SsXbgQWUDr6fDzIOHdMRHqfPfNnc5P2HzI-g8sRm1AzBX7hy0pjw-QprOkU3ngO1cVBhJ0eB-iY4eI9-dYD1D-Vmxhtl_I2Rv-zbyEGQbOLhbviCHUa2slzAWlrnKbxZPWJbSgCuwfJr500mjJS3BKO4VIUg=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I recycled the cabinet doors from the previous sink cabinet and while they fit, I really wan't happy with them because one didn't have a straight edge and once I moved the divider support piece into place they weren't tall enough.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWNpGIxKIZ3RJPlqefYXEVZjq7QK8ur1o_tkrxl9gBX5xRtXc2A2PWDfPKPKxwb-VK1Uksm-uMuwIgCgDhK4HTcshopyuYwHFNx-UnS1Jiqzq7YBtaAsIZjsRq5D7op2gAAfuUiAvJKbfwXTBWVXNHrwDjGgByRccrflP2GQRboJAUXumg_mqqYw-FA/s640/IMG_6332.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWNpGIxKIZ3RJPlqefYXEVZjq7QK8ur1o_tkrxl9gBX5xRtXc2A2PWDfPKPKxwb-VK1Uksm-uMuwIgCgDhK4HTcshopyuYwHFNx-UnS1Jiqzq7YBtaAsIZjsRq5D7op2gAAfuUiAvJKbfwXTBWVXNHrwDjGgByRccrflP2GQRboJAUXumg_mqqYw-FA/w480-h640/IMG_6332.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I laid awake a good share of the night trying to redesign the doors so that they looked great, opened and closed, and were sized properly. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJOfljmmxGajm3QguwkoEfsJtMhNrFl986g45lrMe1_j_ePZlYhSf_WgpaOTXm3F4vNoGtscmSZ3SdceQKt5_J7eKvni9SilXouWohiuAP0oEdJ5mPAudx55Fwsb_dDAeOYZegy4b7DtbSG9__kSA2J3wazdsxD8SfEL88PU_YQfV0y1geITRg44AbA/s640/IMG_6342.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="640" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJOfljmmxGajm3QguwkoEfsJtMhNrFl986g45lrMe1_j_ePZlYhSf_WgpaOTXm3F4vNoGtscmSZ3SdceQKt5_J7eKvni9SilXouWohiuAP0oEdJ5mPAudx55Fwsb_dDAeOYZegy4b7DtbSG9__kSA2J3wazdsxD8SfEL88PU_YQfV0y1geITRg44AbA/w640-h366/IMG_6342.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I began using scraps to practice cut doors. I added a middle support to solve one problem I consistently have: the center door edges never meet up nicely. I decided, too, that the center edge would not be a cut edge, but the outer edge of the raw wood to get matching edges that were perfectly even and smooth.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdG_QI0F2YXpbKhnkK2qL7-LiZliFdDmSTadRJmbZWKVBjUTy1W12W-R_HvtsUVyNIOJ-SrkmYyDvx7T5G6omEQFY39RhpuHb5j55iZTa5nOP8mNtFBSFDuxeC7jMpx0Nr8JqJ3B7ScBLd9XQQXOWz1MQ-ImN_TtGPRZNWUN74VWdxdRp45ThF1kftA/s640/IMG_6343.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdG_QI0F2YXpbKhnkK2qL7-LiZliFdDmSTadRJmbZWKVBjUTy1W12W-R_HvtsUVyNIOJ-SrkmYyDvx7T5G6omEQFY39RhpuHb5j55iZTa5nOP8mNtFBSFDuxeC7jMpx0Nr8JqJ3B7ScBLd9XQQXOWz1MQ-ImN_TtGPRZNWUN74VWdxdRp45ThF1kftA/w480-h640/IMG_6343.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I added top door-top to match the bottom one so that the doors wouldn't swing inside the cabinet and the center post to give some space between the doors then inserted my hinge pins to create very nice doors. So now the cabinet is ready to paint. I will leave the doors in as I paint then glue in the dishwasher the permanently place the sink and counter top. Whew. What a project--3 days, I think.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwt8cKplcyFTkXzc7Kwd5ZYpPtfuPgUg9vQFxmv3QPGmgM85rKvf8A3tjnQp8CNTVGhKlKa_ER1IlSuSAE0aGfxlvlvPLHVLWS9s67JPNvdeUczINQuw8shpGiHi8-q1gUEYnCbmM9MeMUklHtWepS24m7aizPgHJbdG0fGaKP-As-UeyGtFRi3f8iw/s640/IMG_6346.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="640" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwt8cKplcyFTkXzc7Kwd5ZYpPtfuPgUg9vQFxmv3QPGmgM85rKvf8A3tjnQp8CNTVGhKlKa_ER1IlSuSAE0aGfxlvlvPLHVLWS9s67JPNvdeUczINQuw8shpGiHi8-q1gUEYnCbmM9MeMUklHtWepS24m7aizPgHJbdG0fGaKP-As-UeyGtFRi3f8iw/w640-h416/IMG_6346.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here are the old pieces and the new pieces. I'm finally satisfied with the kitchen cabinetry. I managed to reuse some old pieces and use scrap wood to create new pieces. I'll save the old pieces because who knows, I might need them one day. The new pieces will soon be installed and the kitchen will finally be finished. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6j1Lxakfj_Ai119nLDprEhmu1mPx49aWw5ocOkyzWZ4A8bUZzv1DNN0Pi7KO1plfUgkYB4pjENCfd4JOqFM_7DJDlbg3pbS2b2ejFMFBX0g2bWyk2D6n7DYsIY7f3Um-OVOPWxHRH5kuJScERlcoZZpPTkUapsJjAZXomSHNu_hWFN2LVTeI4hlKwGg/s640/IMG_6347.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6j1Lxakfj_Ai119nLDprEhmu1mPx49aWw5ocOkyzWZ4A8bUZzv1DNN0Pi7KO1plfUgkYB4pjENCfd4JOqFM_7DJDlbg3pbS2b2ejFMFBX0g2bWyk2D6n7DYsIY7f3Um-OVOPWxHRH5kuJScERlcoZZpPTkUapsJjAZXomSHNu_hWFN2LVTeI4hlKwGg/w640-h480/IMG_6347.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I'm so thankful that you took time to stop by today. I hope you learned a new trick or just enjoyed the post. Real life is catching with me again--tax prep time. 👎😝 I've got some work to do in the office--the other side of the miniature studio. At least it's a short commute.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Wishing you a fine week of mini making. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><br /></p></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821942877195710197.post-7671003467976610482023-01-09T13:55:00.004-08:002023-01-09T13:57:52.984-08:00Three's a Charm?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Happy New Year, friends. While the celebrations have ended (finally and thankfully) the New Year is hopefully off to a successful start. After a long break from the Manchester, I'm back to work. I looked back in in my photo library to see when this project started--January 2021. In my mind, it really should not have taken this long, but I seem to have a time making </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">permanent</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> commitments, especially to t</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">he kitchen. You will remember the work that I put into building all the cabinets, but once I finished all the pieces and them in place l was so disappointed the results. I realized that I had too much in the kitchen, especially with the sink in the center island, so I'm redesigning and rebuilding the kitchen. </span></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I decided to take the existing cabinets and remodel them. I also decided to eliminate the large cabinet that had the built in oven and microwave, so save money, I removed the ELF kit pieces that were in the built-in cabinet that took up too much room and competed with the same size refrigerator. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Then I took the second stove cabinet base that I built and removed the double cabinet doors that I never could get to fit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiur-AbpO9Q5VwAxC65dUf7C56A54FsZ9kGrocj6TN_wawioX4jlEL2Ul26Czgpm51vumMBNBtT5U24QvLKojPvdEsMhAajVfY4qRY8VEtVmRXJC8ulhu_pkrRZJVn1iOcFI4sumkPTdhed3ZJl4DzIa9v1Y1QbGi0oTt29I80mRyjKI0S4rZAiEo2lfw/s640/IMG_6218.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiur-AbpO9Q5VwAxC65dUf7C56A54FsZ9kGrocj6TN_wawioX4jlEL2Ul26Czgpm51vumMBNBtT5U24QvLKojPvdEsMhAajVfY4qRY8VEtVmRXJC8ulhu_pkrRZJVn1iOcFI4sumkPTdhed3ZJl4DzIa9v1Y1QbGi0oTt29I80mRyjKI0S4rZAiEo2lfw/w640-h480/IMG_6218.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I inserted a new front for the oven.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMx-Xyaea_6SSmYZ2W1vHyHANsxNlzK4jZEmlChjEFMfewW6z6WZAEMRWjaBWGkrHFKtIKMDa-N5X0bHYL5pUnjpf_kql3GCYjnXEwR52cRRufMYo4JVgCjL12GaFBQUC6ENdCcqJR3wsPHIDVsFCQ2VSvrmjZf8wJjZi5NzLMtcZm49lWl_wIEfFyQ/s640/IMG_6219.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="640" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMx-Xyaea_6SSmYZ2W1vHyHANsxNlzK4jZEmlChjEFMfewW6z6WZAEMRWjaBWGkrHFKtIKMDa-N5X0bHYL5pUnjpf_kql3GCYjnXEwR52cRRufMYo4JVgCjL12GaFBQUC6ENdCcqJR3wsPHIDVsFCQ2VSvrmjZf8wJjZi5NzLMtcZm49lWl_wIEfFyQ/w640-h386/IMG_6219.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The ELF kit Eazy build oven is a perfect fit and goes nicely with Jodi Hippler's custom cook top.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG3a1tejRZsrExV9o6RAtQsZ5s3iKk9cgGRCJessQmCQK_7YqVD0dyXWrixO_o3TVERHs47fVbXrFexH6XWjmj6_sNaoO4X9BXyyI4DL_SKaVKQcUwo0wNGQzXRTsDUgtCLralaCdzHHrRTxDocZQG5D-t9aDwered6zhL6t8V05lbaxxmyHYVNaSVg/s640/IMG_6221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG3a1tejRZsrExV9o6RAtQsZ5s3iKk9cgGRCJessQmCQK_7YqVD0dyXWrixO_o3TVERHs47fVbXrFexH6XWjmj6_sNaoO4X9BXyyI4DL_SKaVKQcUwo0wNGQzXRTsDUgtCLralaCdzHHrRTxDocZQG5D-t9aDwered6zhL6t8V05lbaxxmyHYVNaSVg/w640-h480/IMG_6221.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I will create a faux drawer underneath the oven.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOllx-bPmgE0SS13RJXZzhE0PgOPP_YVdB7UtR5W9frJ5DXwu7MAnB4VhSkrxGmMMwwwIBs90863ldyrrJ-dIwdU2nXqNlnQ7S5UMDfDn_75KSKuDC4woOEE2QLSQFiZHrZUdPGfezl40cEYXtTLmhYuRTBGG20HVr3OPClzuBpY_yd4qtoA9Q4KXmFA/s640/IMG_6222.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOllx-bPmgE0SS13RJXZzhE0PgOPP_YVdB7UtR5W9frJ5DXwu7MAnB4VhSkrxGmMMwwwIBs90863ldyrrJ-dIwdU2nXqNlnQ7S5UMDfDn_75KSKuDC4woOEE2QLSQFiZHrZUdPGfezl40cEYXtTLmhYuRTBGG20HVr3OPClzuBpY_yd4qtoA9Q4KXmFA/w640-h480/IMG_6222.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So, on the right wall, I've removed the built-in oven and microwave wall unit and will place the refrigerator there in place of the tall cabinet, creating a much cleaner look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Next I decided to rebuilt the short wall where I planned on the cute coffee bar, but decided that I needed to eliminate the center island all together where the sink was because it was just too crowded. I would replace the coffee bar cabinet with a long counter with sink, with newly constructed upper cabinets. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Inspired by Julie Warren's method of building upper wall units, I set about designing cabinets that would fit on that short wall. I used lumber from my wood stash and avoided using the Cricut to cut the doors, basically for one reason: The Make cuts only 1/16 inch basswood and I'm finding that the bass wood does not hold up after painting as i</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">t tends to swell and warp. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In addition, 1/16" is just too narrow to insert hinge pins without splitting the wood, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">so instead I used 1/8" lumber.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Works great.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimAktJF0jkBjL-VmWppaIcdedHmWbedQBX-nx0SGRzwsM0wlyHBdL7bbGD0gfeOzZOjPW6Xs7ipWxzVp3RidehdaGm4CQ58TTod_cPt9BBHmuVRsIt4s_bnwjM7JZAEv6EUprZlKAsKQhBTLHlWtGvxOygE4JU1qgLegfaZQlsxwFsQxhtI_QHSVkdA/s640/IMG_6224.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimAktJF0jkBjL-VmWppaIcdedHmWbedQBX-nx0SGRzwsM0wlyHBdL7bbGD0gfeOzZOjPW6Xs7ipWxzVp3RidehdaGm4CQ58TTod_cPt9BBHmuVRsIt4s_bnwjM7JZAEv6EUprZlKAsKQhBTLHlWtGvxOygE4JU1qgLegfaZQlsxwFsQxhtI_QHSVkdA/w480-h640/IMG_6224.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I used the cabinet in my work area as more inspiration.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3iCG0BQfFsHJqpYO-HlmSI7mzFfF3bGlW7grKlWfysx6bFPSi7RWoKm4mgKHyFo8yJfES6TWLbvdm5j7urHpJ4ozQVO-uDy_NcbykvgL3JXFxZL8rerj6bJlu8N_l_5xYsh0vbAsFEmNJ-WQ0ffumgZqI8kUysfclTWdKAsaAuUgSHDMDhee2QuHtA/s640/IMG_6225.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3iCG0BQfFsHJqpYO-HlmSI7mzFfF3bGlW7grKlWfysx6bFPSi7RWoKm4mgKHyFo8yJfES6TWLbvdm5j7urHpJ4ozQVO-uDy_NcbykvgL3JXFxZL8rerj6bJlu8N_l_5xYsh0vbAsFEmNJ-WQ0ffumgZqI8kUysfclTWdKAsaAuUgSHDMDhee2QuHtA/w480-h640/IMG_6225.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The cabinet doors went together very nicely.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHoYUoQSfOWB6oxg9bUpwn04gVOvSe2aJcSYwE97icKYfCzUXoDFlMNIk5X2B7G0SHq6xYvb2W2hVGf2qmUDVqGAvnA-UB-oojWJQGlBIGkNNd9qc6YM1F1A3Y59PuY4AkRxehYLZeaKxsgPoZfKFusjS8rurjH8EaS2qCJDmUoaS74LOFt6TTmCZ1Q/s640/IMG_6226.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHoYUoQSfOWB6oxg9bUpwn04gVOvSe2aJcSYwE97icKYfCzUXoDFlMNIk5X2B7G0SHq6xYvb2W2hVGf2qmUDVqGAvnA-UB-oojWJQGlBIGkNNd9qc6YM1F1A3Y59PuY4AkRxehYLZeaKxsgPoZfKFusjS8rurjH8EaS2qCJDmUoaS74LOFt6TTmCZ1Q/w480-h640/IMG_6226.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I used 3/32 basswood that I hand cut for the cabinet itself and I'll use pin hinges for working doors. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2eK8W-vP_1FO2WUyyAvaShcbpfK5ICScEaKqlMyXG0jqAIN2Hg6joreYn51MgJfNrM4ol9nGi6yHrkd7DA6PI1BdaodliOs8RoKynHlffD3ijvrRNiN_VTpeOKe8fKQyuxFcv9XeNJCwJCzdJv6WRNAsBIntDQTp_Sgl9AIUiWkVrl8TcQQoS9zSgQ/s640/IMG_6227.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2eK8W-vP_1FO2WUyyAvaShcbpfK5ICScEaKqlMyXG0jqAIN2Hg6joreYn51MgJfNrM4ol9nGi6yHrkd7DA6PI1BdaodliOs8RoKynHlffD3ijvrRNiN_VTpeOKe8fKQyuxFcv9XeNJCwJCzdJv6WRNAsBIntDQTp_Sgl9AIUiWkVrl8TcQQoS9zSgQ/w640-h480/IMG_6227.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So far so good. I measured and cut pieces as I went for a good fit, unlike my Cricut Design Space method of remeasuring and cutting everything and then not have accurate measurements and good fits.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEenV8RNtOYo947XqtRFNDtmhwu1f51omNLJ2rEISuwgq_X-e9Ymw0p26COpjUym6rjkK8XnQ6pETU1egcbNFNUIYhZI8i4Nu8DbYpKD3fU90cbZynL8ofbTWurXq84Rxkg9hdL-AWDPy0iCLQbKAJJL9QytjvOMOEfC3LEcrbc1a839Ey-0nO3qIKQ/s640/IMG_6228.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="640" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEenV8RNtOYo947XqtRFNDtmhwu1f51omNLJ2rEISuwgq_X-e9Ymw0p26COpjUym6rjkK8XnQ6pETU1egcbNFNUIYhZI8i4Nu8DbYpKD3fU90cbZynL8ofbTWurXq84Rxkg9hdL-AWDPy0iCLQbKAJJL9QytjvOMOEfC3LEcrbc1a839Ey-0nO3qIKQ/w640-h348/IMG_6228.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Next I inserted the shelves then painted the entire unit. The doors have not yet been hinged, but they look good and fit nicely--at this point.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGspPGpuF99cBM6JdYznn1dC13gMyIuGiHlo1XtCdkMX6ARsO1umBTlia2a7fYRtd_fpuoDznx9g_8HMQ15z019UG6CtsrVJlvxn2_auULzJIknuqgtgzAfdibogW1mHgJhUFqIlYriworC01wFEgk57IKjOFQqBdoXIG90JmXA35VFhHsr-JIh_egg/s640/IMG_6288.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="579" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtGspPGpuF99cBM6JdYznn1dC13gMyIuGiHlo1XtCdkMX6ARsO1umBTlia2a7fYRtd_fpuoDznx9g_8HMQ15z019UG6CtsrVJlvxn2_auULzJIknuqgtgzAfdibogW1mHgJhUFqIlYriworC01wFEgk57IKjOFQqBdoXIG90JmXA35VFhHsr-JIh_egg/w580-h640/IMG_6288.jpeg" width="580" /></span></a><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And now the hinges have been installed, not without a bit of drama. To finish the doors, I cut acrylic for glass fronts to the doors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Next I installed the tiny wood door knobs. I cut a paper template to locate the holes for the knobs and for even placement, eliminating tedious measuring.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRWDcT2uY6IFbbZOI6MQLDpvBkh3hywKK7I5Yb3dW648uHXx0tQMKinuExsH0ArCP4V7JdI6upU9Te31poW-BNhO2z0BIUuvD-SovH1YbVfI5T_Gjo0oE2l_weRV3FEW881A4MiyWP0RvJQwbWPsJRhmKALcs2d_WxaTCtJrKELuEudrOue5YNEa4hQ/s640/IMG_6292.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRWDcT2uY6IFbbZOI6MQLDpvBkh3hywKK7I5Yb3dW648uHXx0tQMKinuExsH0ArCP4V7JdI6upU9Te31poW-BNhO2z0BIUuvD-SovH1YbVfI5T_Gjo0oE2l_weRV3FEW881A4MiyWP0RvJQwbWPsJRhmKALcs2d_WxaTCtJrKELuEudrOue5YNEa4hQ/w640-h480/IMG_6292.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For me, paper templates work well to for drawer pull and door knob placement. I use a small drill to make the hole then glue the knob in place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The doors did require sanding around the edges get a good fit so that they would open without sticking. I use a fingernail emory board to gently sand the unpainted edges.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPq8b-KushewdLysy4I5HXzOm96yuDk52ZnNKG3AVN-cGclwKRNg371mjS1VWxJxtnjVARIHC4xmVynMML1GJEfaOiisa2IApbCs0ebxIXJWozF8_PV9Qr8eaWb0FFJ6y5xympSAG7-ZqTIntKr-jPbn8qic6RKL4a4qQkLK-2XW8lXtUC3nOxln-wA/s640/IMG_6293.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPq8b-KushewdLysy4I5HXzOm96yuDk52ZnNKG3AVN-cGclwKRNg371mjS1VWxJxtnjVARIHC4xmVynMML1GJEfaOiisa2IApbCs0ebxIXJWozF8_PV9Qr8eaWb0FFJ6y5xympSAG7-ZqTIntKr-jPbn8qic6RKL4a4qQkLK-2XW8lXtUC3nOxln-wA/w640-h480/IMG_6293.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwePcyiUXnadEZ8PzVm8TmHldsMCWp6NljLpPgyO1bV3efh0aT8kbR_C4wjk3ZW_z3bID39s8CN_fmWQvDWPYXnpzJ7DcnYQbxmRW21ZPwiSyAsKDpas2n5NMQt1tgE9L5oSsrL4kLsB1KVCPLO6fsy24MhkWpuxedY2VnavWcYRvdYR5np0CIjV1ug/s640/IMG_6295.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwePcyiUXnadEZ8PzVm8TmHldsMCWp6NljLpPgyO1bV3efh0aT8kbR_C4wjk3ZW_z3bID39s8CN_fmWQvDWPYXnpzJ7DcnYQbxmRW21ZPwiSyAsKDpas2n5NMQt1tgE9L5oSsrL4kLsB1KVCPLO6fsy24MhkWpuxedY2VnavWcYRvdYR5np0CIjV1ug/w640-h480/IMG_6295.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Play time. Digging in my stash of dishes that I've been collecting for the Manchester, including Jodi's test pieces (the mixing bowls) that will add great color to fill the tiny shelves</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I have glassware, too, for the tiny cabinets, but ran into problems getting the glasses to stand up on shelves, so I used museum wax to fix the glasses to a piece of clear acrylic to keep them in place. It will slide right in place in the cabinet, but the clear glassware does not show up in the cabinet, so I may not use them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xJtkzncww5SI8ZwgsmH0SX2pwHyM6tYQoBylgi6EBgFW3M2RSn3Wy0APZvEvBCIldsVCHMLFn22hMfO-3P5-uSDo7UD04-Dvk_MuKEY9vS9YXnxfODR2oUkzYTgIDXvDIbq4XKHrxZ1UCdckrl7zKa2WaM2zagjs5D5d7W0SXza7Q2OiZFnas8VZ3g/s640/IMG_6296.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xJtkzncww5SI8ZwgsmH0SX2pwHyM6tYQoBylgi6EBgFW3M2RSn3Wy0APZvEvBCIldsVCHMLFn22hMfO-3P5-uSDo7UD04-Dvk_MuKEY9vS9YXnxfODR2oUkzYTgIDXvDIbq4XKHrxZ1UCdckrl7zKa2WaM2zagjs5D5d7W0SXza7Q2OiZFnas8VZ3g/w480-h640/IMG_6296.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The next project on the kitchen remake was to build a new center island in the shape of simple work table. You will see my inspiration piece soon. I dug in my lumber stash looking for bits and pieces that I could use.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZClJoofpHCpNFCifGTHo2-ceUODF7GQugrFADThms1XijvgA20eTMG5mhYON5GARNmzHWwVvdOKEsl6xlqZXG6F2oCnvhWOcZ9_28ehOz3LhtKfmQgT1Cm4BYOHIV8hovIti9DvN1LcwS3ol2WvvxeC5njupkzrtqibCp_Cgc3tVX499F3Zj4nnolQ/s640/IMG_6260.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZClJoofpHCpNFCifGTHo2-ceUODF7GQugrFADThms1XijvgA20eTMG5mhYON5GARNmzHWwVvdOKEsl6xlqZXG6F2oCnvhWOcZ9_28ehOz3LhtKfmQgT1Cm4BYOHIV8hovIti9DvN1LcwS3ol2WvvxeC5njupkzrtqibCp_Cgc3tVX499F3Zj4nnolQ/w480-h640/IMG_6260.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I measured out my pieces and cut them on my little table saw. I'm really beginning to learn how to use this little saw instead of relying on the Cricut that takes so long to design and cut. The bar to the left allows me to adjust to just the right length so that multiple pieces can be cut same length. Fast and accurate.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQxRFL30ryJQyYxBBMj8CbK9AsplCPOybvWwwlxdVKEg8J1sSJbuyhm84idE2dGx3NKzkFQXHD0kPghB9D4JUw95PHcjjTxHA2Y9X7rdqFGhcgFNoTiA8W6DZOb42W25CQir94I9KL7aMBw66RhVwUhJyy_NPAl6Dl7Fa84foFHqAAa7KxQBI-3-q8w/s640/IMG_6261.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQxRFL30ryJQyYxBBMj8CbK9AsplCPOybvWwwlxdVKEg8J1sSJbuyhm84idE2dGx3NKzkFQXHD0kPghB9D4JUw95PHcjjTxHA2Y9X7rdqFGhcgFNoTiA8W6DZOb42W25CQir94I9KL7aMBw66RhVwUhJyy_NPAl6Dl7Fa84foFHqAAa7KxQBI-3-q8w/w480-h640/IMG_6261.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I had wanted to use spindles for legs and ordered 4 but they weren't tall enough so I'm using 3mmx3mm lumber for legs.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7wrOEg_Fo0SHx6zL4wpMcuW2fwnCLyR3GptVQtV4COavw_NPvwjITfhVTlYMjgybLB2xQpMqLwkUT8UEwm46kDiK59QfdkNQGhmenKDQJnhTpSAK7B4MYIpIAIgVNKlr3CjIz6yK8xLTbCMIcJajLQo6zyGwNkduZh8mXpJuLszOjJOfoOiSds-Rsg/s640/IMG_6262.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7wrOEg_Fo0SHx6zL4wpMcuW2fwnCLyR3GptVQtV4COavw_NPvwjITfhVTlYMjgybLB2xQpMqLwkUT8UEwm46kDiK59QfdkNQGhmenKDQJnhTpSAK7B4MYIpIAIgVNKlr3CjIz6yK8xLTbCMIcJajLQo6zyGwNkduZh8mXpJuLszOjJOfoOiSds-Rsg/w480-h640/IMG_6262.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I wanted working drawers, but build one and then decided that it would not be a working drawer.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwdN9HvgHzugNmCdhYzJOdUUqeZN_7ozF2TmcwuoehS731McFPix77YnpqTjyzBk07Tc80LQCXWFmf9LhWRm9FK_pgpImXhhENpJXr8iclEGhnB8bK49Eqn61O6nqDQnp_PNRxvWorE6MK3vkmOnwf5PX7BwjO1oAkT07vJUB_b7lcwGmRaE8IgoaSg/s640/IMG_6263.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwdN9HvgHzugNmCdhYzJOdUUqeZN_7ozF2TmcwuoehS731McFPix77YnpqTjyzBk07Tc80LQCXWFmf9LhWRm9FK_pgpImXhhENpJXr8iclEGhnB8bK49Eqn61O6nqDQnp_PNRxvWorE6MK3vkmOnwf5PX7BwjO1oAkT07vJUB_b7lcwGmRaE8IgoaSg/w480-h640/IMG_6263.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-CzBBZ-hiCG5mm9qT2_XTWzDVwCJCnH6-AKjlRmDCdHvFdFAC-NVJvU8gfOmG2oNBwSwNqQuz7V6TwQH2pVJCCoLj0DeEUkokQYvlZfZHReR3bgx68-sEgvh221yIuUFLyrnSsqYryWXEu4hLlSSLgzDelv2QzbtRDpYS9YGszqtPxY8U-NybgwGAQ/s640/IMG_6264.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-CzBBZ-hiCG5mm9qT2_XTWzDVwCJCnH6-AKjlRmDCdHvFdFAC-NVJvU8gfOmG2oNBwSwNqQuz7V6TwQH2pVJCCoLj0DeEUkokQYvlZfZHReR3bgx68-sEgvh221yIuUFLyrnSsqYryWXEu4hLlSSLgzDelv2QzbtRDpYS9YGszqtPxY8U-NybgwGAQ/w480-h640/IMG_6264.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">On the left is my newly created work table inspired by the one I purchased for the Blue Farmhouse.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtqVs2U9qZsdQ-LfLnAsAEX8sMnw-yA4hMZQoCd1G2lcgSg61tm-ByEIR77bQDRq0eC7jioY_v9LxVxcJMcIWnKpqw6A8SQW2EkRppERXWqEppT4icQq7BfRglZBeriBrPQU7SxNsbpNIor1T48-xzVVzowOIZJk0lIRZwWYCijJpREfC4S0SyHWa6g/s640/IMG_6267.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="640" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtqVs2U9qZsdQ-LfLnAsAEX8sMnw-yA4hMZQoCd1G2lcgSg61tm-ByEIR77bQDRq0eC7jioY_v9LxVxcJMcIWnKpqw6A8SQW2EkRppERXWqEppT4icQq7BfRglZBeriBrPQU7SxNsbpNIor1T48-xzVVzowOIZJk0lIRZwWYCijJpREfC4S0SyHWa6g/w640-h482/IMG_6267.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And here it is in the kitchen. I like the work table much better than the sink cabinet that took up so much room.</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xlt6AuR0OWXuBNdyk2fMgyqBX2U-vvTBfpUfFv-3L2LiU2sZ_f7Aw73-9wmDTbNrkjsJvbCkciLAHm42am1k7TcNIZTc9TvZdh2MROQ6eMUBjZh6KorP92ojnxkcW2TsYbrYSLxhTrVKnP_1cgkt0Hhy2vYdMgAZccRe1lDRzdgtI6RLrVYl0XBRoQ/s640/IMG_6271.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xlt6AuR0OWXuBNdyk2fMgyqBX2U-vvTBfpUfFv-3L2LiU2sZ_f7Aw73-9wmDTbNrkjsJvbCkciLAHm42am1k7TcNIZTc9TvZdh2MROQ6eMUBjZh6KorP92ojnxkcW2TsYbrYSLxhTrVKnP_1cgkt0Hhy2vYdMgAZccRe1lDRzdgtI6RLrVYl0XBRoQ/w480-h640/IMG_6271.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">When I rebuild the final base cabinet for the sink, I will have to order a new dishwasher kit unless I get the old one removed without destroying it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5w-pYp22acNensLMHPiqHu4XLxRQrZduNJ7hil94fHLgtUq3hwTwYMBK4CL0uPNrCFfvg5BdKUIlnQ-23eGaa2LSL8Q-VBTQNSfWLIpJucyduJvYu1ZWnSZmwAkj1r3ASr9d_rgVUwmlOBLv2L5GbltR3K8iG4d8zWF5IBhhD4NYWEh9myA5vm93ynw/s640/IMG_6272.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5w-pYp22acNensLMHPiqHu4XLxRQrZduNJ7hil94fHLgtUq3hwTwYMBK4CL0uPNrCFfvg5BdKUIlnQ-23eGaa2LSL8Q-VBTQNSfWLIpJucyduJvYu1ZWnSZmwAkj1r3ASr9d_rgVUwmlOBLv2L5GbltR3K8iG4d8zWF5IBhhD4NYWEh9myA5vm93ynw/w480-h640/IMG_6272.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEK0Q0RvMVy7cfkKfwuw2VTgGT__H_41lcB2LXUHKaAWg-qihn8H591Jq3sN_gkbIW6XMTG0XyPBVW5eL-vKvgcxbfcCmlYpXFHLJwCmwx7i0xoZCYv-goLoCdmZQIGZG_VreHH6FL-JnEKeSh0QFVM-VHY9Z84yd5-IMK_Wmxswhit9h0hG5TCw3yg/s640/IMG_6273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEK0Q0RvMVy7cfkKfwuw2VTgGT__H_41lcB2LXUHKaAWg-qihn8H591Jq3sN_gkbIW6XMTG0XyPBVW5eL-vKvgcxbfcCmlYpXFHLJwCmwx7i0xoZCYv-goLoCdmZQIGZG_VreHH6FL-JnEKeSh0QFVM-VHY9Z84yd5-IMK_Wmxswhit9h0hG5TCw3yg/w480-h640/IMG_6273.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXxjRWkv2cbE9mUL6Xs02dJpRUNfMCDlVgG-oU_gRS5xsoye-aOn5PysUeubQDGprjVqUjOt7LiVa0QGNGrpO6vEjgwAwnLeeEnk7YYvY7YvGWhJbseBF966mMnNiYaaK4PBW5fuyl1y4E0RAbAPp54Uzfwo1SVPl2rlJmlggNmsKA3Hd9d4_4xfDkg/s640/IMG_6274.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXxjRWkv2cbE9mUL6Xs02dJpRUNfMCDlVgG-oU_gRS5xsoye-aOn5PysUeubQDGprjVqUjOt7LiVa0QGNGrpO6vEjgwAwnLeeEnk7YYvY7YvGWhJbseBF966mMnNiYaaK4PBW5fuyl1y4E0RAbAPp54Uzfwo1SVPl2rlJmlggNmsKA3Hd9d4_4xfDkg/w480-h640/IMG_6274.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">After 3 rebuilds in this kitchen, I may get right soon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I think I like the newly designed kitchen pieces. I started out with a great idea, but once I located all of these pieces in the kitchen it was just too crowded, so I think I have a better design going. All built from my stash, all built by hand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by. I alway appreciate your kind comments. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01668006270534204954noreply@blogger.com5