Dollhouse Update

Got a couple of requests about the dollhouse and what it looks like. I didn't realize that the original dollhouse update was one of the posts that got deleted last year. I don't have the text from that post but I do have the pictures although they don't show very much. Basically just what some of the stuff looked like in the kit.

The bag on the right are the shingles. The lighter piece of wood in the foreground with all the rectangular pieces stamped into it are the staircase risers & treads. I worked real hard to make sure that those treads fit perfectly into the staircase. Little did I know that once it's all assembled, you can barely see the staircase inside. All that work that nobody will see.

Anyway, those pictures were taken 9 months ago. Wow, has it been that long? So here's some pictures of what it looks like today.

This is the front of the dollhouse. I still have all the window 'glass' and frames, some door frames, all the gingerbread work, and the front porch still to do, but you can get an idea. You can just see the bottom of the staircase through the front door.

This is what I call the 'play side'. Where the back is all opened up for placing furniture, dolls, etc. As you can see, I didn't do any detail work on the inside. As this will be a played-with dollhouse, I didn't bother with interior details as they would just get wrecked anyway. Not complaining, this dollhouse was intended to be used from the very beginning. I'll do all the interior work on the next one which will be a show-only dollhouse.

Still have to do the fireplace mantles, bookshelves, and interior window & door frames.

This is the other play side.

Something I just noticed in these pictures, you can see every single glue joint!! Agh!! I didn't know that the flash would bring them out like that! You can't really see them in regular light! That looks terrible! I may have to paint the interior now. I can't leave it like that, that's just embarrassing.

Currently the top of the turret isn't glued down and I'm thinking about not gluing it. That way it can be removed and the interior space used as another room.

By the way, remember that bag of shingles? Well, that's them after countless hours of placing and gluing of each and every one. I then coated the roof with some Tung oil to give it that golden look. It just looked too 'blah' unfinished.

Oh man, those glue joints are killing me....