The Tudor Style Manor - 193 days of work

Hello my good people!

It's been a very long time since I blogged last. No excuses just laziness.

I got 2 MDF dollhouses that I bashed to make a Tudor style Manor.
The first was a Greenleaf Glencroft-ish dollhouse (almost the same exterior, but the interior was different) and the second a Barn like dollhouse. Both were made of MDF. I don't have a problem with that, by the way.

Since I decided to build this bash, I took over 100 photos so I'm going to post just the highlights and the finished dollhouse. So be advised this post is picture heavy.

Let's GO!

I removed the mullions (?) of the windows 'cause I hate them! And I cut off the door and made a new one.

I used glass, porcelain, and marble tiles as flooring for all the rooms.

The exterior panels were filled with white plaster and the exterior trimmings were painted with black guache with a coat of clear nail polish for extra shiny!

And I used limestone mini tiles as 'siding' the ground floor exterior.

I used a creamy verge paper for the ground floor, and for the other walls/ceiling/fireplace, I used some wallpapers I printed on my inkjet printer.

I added some bamboo sticks as trimmings on the windows and the bedroom as 'paneling'.

The runners for both staircases are pretty ribbons I got at discount at a local crafty shop.

Acetate for the windows. A 'embossed' one for the ground floor (kitchen and services areas) and regular one for the other windows.

As always I painted the doors with black nail polish

And because I was felling extra lazy I added a coconut doormat as thatched roof, glued in place with superglue.

All done! I have no furniture for this dollhouse.

Onto the next: The Half-Scale Laser-Cut Diana by Greenleaf

Later!

The Taft General Store dollhouse - Days 32 and 33

Hi y'all!

No pictures this times. The last two days was wasted trying to glue the freaking spiral staircase on the second floor... It broke... four times! So I tossed it into the trash and made another...
I'm waiting to dry so I can try... again...
I'm going to finish this dollhouse without furniture because I haven't decided what kind of shop it will be.
Till later, Cheers!

ETA: I didn't work... again... ARGH!!!! I'm going to move onto the next dollhouse before I get even more pissed off.

The Taft General Store dollhouse - Days 30 and 31

Hi, everyone!

I remember to blog! Go me!!

In the last couple of days I finished the exterior staircase and added the doors.

For the railings I changed the kit pieces for BBQ bamboo sticks. They are round and more cute.
I painted the staircase with grey tempera guache.

I painted the doors (front, back and second floor) with a red nail polish called fuxico (don't ask...I didn't get the reason for the WTF-name too) on the outside and the inside with a brownish nail polish called peace (I'm rolling my eyes so hard I saw my brains...). Then I added a silver mini bead to work as door nob.

Almost done with this dollhouse. I need to add the spiral staircase, and furniture. I need to decide what the ground floor store will be. I suck at choices!

Later!

The Taft General Store dollhouse - Day 29

Hi, y'all

I was going to cut some shingles for the roof but I got lazy and made something different.

I got these round BBQ bamboo sticks so I used as covering for the roof:

It looks realy good, so I decide to add some color. A very light grey tempera guache:

I was going to paint the exterior windows trimmings but I'm felling lazy so I'm going to let the 'natural wood' color.
I'm going to paint the exterior staircase, add the railings and do something with the outside floor.
Later on, I'll add the interior staircase (after painting) and doors.

Later, Cheers!

The Taft General Store dollhouse - Days 19 to 28

Hello!

OH.MY.LOKI! I forgot to blog... AGAIN!!!! That means picture heavy post again.. Sorry!

I added some windows on the third floor:

And glued the staircase gap trimming: it's just a thin strip of white silky paper:

I did cut some limestone tiles but it was too thick and although it look gorgeous I didn't think it was going to work sooooo, I decide to glue the staircase in place and use bamboo sticks as siding after finishing the exterior trimmings of windows and doors.

There was a vote and I painted the siding red with guache paint. The 'veins' of the bamboo sticks still shows and looks pretty sharp!

Next are the shingles.... ARGH!
'Till next time, cheers!