New OOAK Tudor Custom Dollhouse For Sale

Today, I'm posting about this house that I was able to build. This is a bashed (edited) Primrose Cottage dollhouse. It's now for sale on eBay.

 🌷🌷 It’s SOLD🌷🌷
Here's the description

Birds & Butterflies are little creatures you'll see peeping around this cute little cottage!

Sometimes, I get so excited about a project when it begins to look like what I saw in my minds eye and this house did not disappoint me. It has been electrified so all of the lights and the outlets work and come on when plugged in (Transformer and lead in wire not included in this auction). The outdoor lamp has pretty red flowers in full bloom with a fluttering butterfly stopping by to taste it's nectar. The flower box under the lower window is also full of flowers.

The roof tiles, stones and brick and even the grassy base are all created using creative paperclay. I hand sculpted and then hand painted each and every shingle, stone & brick various colors to create the realistic & fantastical dream cottage you see pictured right here. Many long hours went into creating this house that can be passed down as a family heirloom 

I made the Wisteria Vine with delicate flower blooms and realistic leaves with branches just like a real one does. There are over 100 tiny colorful flower petals scattered across the front of the yard.  The herringbone brick walkway also add some extra eye candy & charm to this cozy cottage. The upper outside Dormer window  was hand created by me and has a cute bird perched there taking in the beauty around it. The upper walls has stucco with exposed brick peeping through. This Cottage is extremely Charming!

Moving on to the insides of this cottage, there has been things added to customize and add a touch "charm". The wood floors upstairs were painted white and the lower level floor has a stone pattern that was hand cut by me (not real stone). The walls are stucco and trimmed in white wood and there is 2 hanging light fixtures and 1 outlet on each floor.

This was a fun house for me to build. The dream house is 1" scale and the measurements are 14" W x 19"H x 14 1/2" D (including the yard).  This house is 1" scale (1" = 1' scale). Here's the link to the eBay auction:

Lily Dollhouse Build Blog Day 2 & 3 Window Assembly

05 June 2006
Posted by Minis On The Edge
Window Assembly


After reading everyone else blog & studying the instructions and the box picture, I thought I should add the windows now because once some of the walls go up, I will not have access to some areas in the rooms.

I started by painting the surrounds of the windows because I know a portion of them will show. Then I added the "Sashes". On the outside of the house, they go on top. on the inside of the house, they go at the bottom.

This is the picture of the Windows Casings added

 I Love the way these windows assemble because they look like they are working windows. I will add the other steps and pictures for the windows shortly. This was the part I would get a lot of questions from others on because their were no pictures in the instruction. I hope having the pictures now help you all out.

05 June 2006
Posted by Minis On The Edge
Window Assembly

  I added the casing bottoms which are pictured below 

I then painted the wood above the windows because that part will show through when the Pediments are put into place

I then added the Pediments and you can see that the lighter green shows through the darker green color of the pediment

I then added the pediment caps to the windows which rests on top and centered on the pediment. I also added the corner blocks to the windows:

I then added a dirty wash of Green umber to darken the bright colors and also to blend them. I will put on another wash after this one dries

Thank You for stopping by to read my blog today!

Thought Of The Day ~ Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong

Hope You all are having a Fantastic Day!

Tracy

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Coventry Cottage Dollhouse Building Blog Days 11 & 12

4 May 2006

Posted by Minis On The Edge

Painting has Started

No matter how many times I have worked with Paper clay, it always amazes me to see the house "Spring to Life" when you add just a little bit of color to it. I dirty washed the entire house and have only added one color so far to the bricks and the Shingles. Yes there are more colors to add to them to make them look more realistic and I have not started the stones (other than the dirty wash) but I am very pleased with how it is turning out.

It is beginning to look like what I imagined it to look in my minds eye. I did decide to add a very small base for this house.

Enjoy the "Eye Candy" below!!

06 May 2006

Posted by Minis On The Edge

More Painting

I have done more painting but I am still not finished. I had expected to finish this house last night but this was as far as I got. I still have to add 2 more colors on all bricks and stone and 1 more color to the roof to give it the proper aged look.



I know I will finish by next week for sure!

Enjoy the pictures!

This one is of the side with opening

This is the front view

11 May 2006

Posted by Minis On The Edge

More Painting

 I have completed this house!! It is raining so I have not had the chance to take pictures out side but to see the ones I took so far you can look in my Coventry Cottage gallery too. I will add better pictures when I can get outdoors and do that.

This house was very fun to build and decorate. I want you all to leave my blog  knowing you should NOT feel afraid to alter your houses!! Each kit can turn into a unique item. Just think outside of the picture on the box! So many people miss out on these wonderful houses because they are afraid to think outside of the box. Don't just see a pink house and think that is the way the house has to be. Bring in your own personality. Bash the kit. When you have questions know I are always here to help!!

Even building the house as it is on the box can be VERY rewarding. Some people look down on diecut dollhouses but I have not only told you, I have shown you that you can do a LOT with a diecut Greenleaf house! Have fun and Build On!!

This is the Kit box Picture and my edited version of this house

You can see bigger pictures by clicking below

The Coventry Cottage

Thank you for viewing my Blog and I hope you enjoyed watching me build the Coventry Cottage Dollhouse Kit by GreenleafDollhouses.com  

All dollhouse kits have been made in the USA Since 1947 and is owned by the Original Family that started it all. Read the history of how it all began by clicking here

Kreative Blog Award

I won a Blog Award January 29th. I started this draft entry 1 week later and realized that I still had not published it so here it is today!! This time I was given by Lena of  http://miniatyrmama.blogspot.com/ Thank you so much Lena for the award!

The rules for the award are:

1. Thank the person that gave it to you.
2. Copy the logo and place it in your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominate you.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that nobody knows.
5. Nominate 7 kreativ bloggers.
6. Post link to the 7 blogs that you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know that you nominate them.


Seven Things nobody knows about me, online..... well here they are:

1. My Favorite game on the Wii is American Idol #2 

2. My Favorite song to sing on American Idol #2 on the Wii is by AeroSmith "Don't wanna Miss A
    thing" (I sing it all of the time even when I'm not playing the game LOL).

3. I was supposed to Marry Michael Jackson back in the 80s (yeah, I was one of "those' teenagers and
    I am STILL Love his music!

4. My youngest daughter & I Love to watch Weird Al Yankovic videos on you-tube over & over again
    especially "Stuck in the drive thru" & Eat It" (notice both are about food LOL )

5. I Love to watch "The Bad Seed" (the older version in Black & White)

6. I wake my girls up every morning singing a weird new song that I make up as I go along (It drives
    the oldest crazy now LOL).

7. I Like to eat liver with onions & white rice n gravy  (Though I have not had any for a while LOL)


I would like to nominate the following people and give them the Blog Award because they are so very Kreative:


1. Deb of http://debsminis.blogspot.com/ who is multi talented

2. Fairystudioallies Because her fairies are so cute! http://fairystudiokallies.blogspot.com/

3. Linda  of http://lindasminis.blogspot.com/ She has some cute houses!!

4. Debbie of http://debbiestinytreasures.blogspot.com/ Because she's always doing something fun!

5. Rose of http://rosefarnsworthdavis.blogspot.com/ She has such Wonderful stuff & Shares it with us
    all!!

6. Heather of http://thislittledollhouse.blogspot.com/ because she has some nice projects that she has
    done

7. Linda of http://pin1056.blogspot.com/  because she was Crazy enough to build 2 Beacon Hills in a
    12 month period and they are BEAUTIFUL!!

Building The Greenleaf Pierce Dollhouse - Day 1

I was asked to build this Pierce Dollhouse that was Created Especially for 8 Year Old Lena who LOVES Purple and Princesses. This Pierce is a loving gift from her parents. This Greenleaf House will become her dream place to be.

These are the two foundation pieces that we must start with. Henry will be helping me assemble this foundation later on. I started assembling the base starting with part number 3. I used tape and Quick Grip glue because it dries faster than wood glue and it holds wood well too.

I had assembled this part wrong. Now I notice that tabs must face upwards:

Henry is the General Contractor managing the building Process. He is making sure that the work is done correctly. Hi There Lena!!

Henry is showing in this picture how you have to add the foundation on top of the first floor. You must align the tabs and press them into place. They kept poping out so Henry decided to add the tape while the glue sets.

Here Henry decided to take these Hooked on phonics Books to help keep the first floor parts in place. I guess Hooked On Phonics Works For Me Too!! Well , Part "A" is not completed. Step "B' will be a Monster to work on but it can be done. It's the winding Stairs. It Looks Fabulous in the pictures I have seen from other people who have built this kit. Talk to you later Lena Dear and have sweet dreams about Your Castle!!

See you next time on Day 2 of the Pierce Greenleaf Dollhouse Build