The Fairfield dollhouse - Days 113 and 114

HI, everyone!

Shingles fun-times still happening...

Then I had to stop because the shingles were not enough for the rest of the roofs. I'm going to buy more cardpaper so I can make more and finish this. Shingles fun-times are boooring!
See ya!
Cheers!

The Fairfield dollhouse - Days 111 and 112

Hi Y'all!

Shingle fun-times has come.

I'm using the shingles I made with a paper puncher glued with hot glue.
It's dark blue and I lightly sanded so I can have some 'texture'.
It looks good to me:

That's it for now, but I have the other roofs to do.
Cheers and Later!

The Fairfield dollhouse - Days 103 to 110

Hi guys!

My mojo was down for weeks so it took a long time to finish trimming the exterior of the Fairfield.
I added some thin and round sticks to the borders so it would give me a 'cleaner' look.
Not bad!.
Picture time:

Next: shingles fun-times... but I'm going to need a new hot glue gun , my old one is in a coma....it won't last...snif snif....
I think  I'll get the new one and I'll start the shingles, tomorrow after work
Laters!

The Fairfield dollhouse - Days 95 to 102

Hello my good people!

Siding is pretty but a bitch to do.
Bamboo splinters burn something awful.
But the siding is done... well almost...

pictures:

I liked the visual of the underside of the roof... sooo pretty!
After that fun times ... shingles.... 5 days using a paper punch and I got that:

I think I need to finish the siding trimmings before adding the shingles 'cause they are cardboard and it can be damaged while turning and clamping the final sidings around.
Cheers...
OH I almost forgot! I need to porch that dollhouse!... d'oh me...

The Fairfield dollhouse - Days 91 to 94

Bello Papaguenas!

I started gluing the last two roof parts in place and then I moved to making the exterior trimmings for the windows myself. The ones that came with the kit were horrible (die cut is awful for small pieces)

And I FINALLY finished the tower windows.. and its real glass! I had some 1 cm pieces and they worked real well, if I say so meself... Two thumbs UP!

Trimmings all DONE!

Siding fun-times has began!

Many splinters - bamboo burns!!!! And I have two very nice and deep cut on my middle finger and thumb. FUN FUN FUN!!!

This siding thing takes a lot of time to prepare, you have to take lots of measures and then cutting the sticks but gluing in place goes really fast. In four days of work (Saturdays and Sundays) I was able to finish two sides. Not bad...

I was going to use a single vertical slice for the gap between the windows but I didn't like how that end up looking so, individual pieces it was!

before:

after:

First side done!

I gave the Fairfield a coat of dark brown guache paint so I could get a better finish with the siding... Like a crumb coat in cakes. ;D

Second side DONE!

Gaps between windows filled:

Now I'm going to take a shower, have a spot of tea and relax some.

Later!!!

The Fairfield dollhouse - Days 88 to 90

Hello, hello, my good people!

Hey! I think I got a new follower: Amary, be welcome!

Okay, here we go: I 'squared' trimmed the bay windows. I no like no rounded thingies...
Not a perfect look but better than the curved bit... blergh.

I have not decided yet if I'm adding interior doors.... the front door will be glued in place later on.
Now I'm gluing the roofs pieces in place and then its exterior fun times with siding and shingles!

Later!

The Fairfield dollhouse - Days 77 to 87ish?

Hi everyone..

I made OOPS...

I forgot to post the past 10 days of work . D'oh me! So this post is going to be "very" picture heavy.

I finished the baseboards.
Then added some 'thingie' to the fireplaces, painted with black nail polish for extra shiny!
I made my railings for the starcases, but I redone the third floor railings, its a little higher now.
I 'squared' the tower windows, 'cause I hate round windows. I made my own trimmings for that so now I just need to add the 'glass' to the tower windows.
I added the extra inner trimmings (corner moldings, ceiling moldings... etc), so the Fairfield have now lots of 'wood works'.
To finish the interior I need to:
1-decide how to do the interior trimmings for the bay windows,
2-finish the tower windows and
3-maybe add inner doors... I haven't decide yet.
Then it's siding and shingle fun times and the porch nightmare saga...aeh.

The Fairfield now (the roofs are not glued in place yet)

Later!