Lily Dollhouse Building Blog Days 6 - 8

August 13 2006

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Hiding Electrical Wires

Please Notice the date above of this blog. I use a different method now in hiding the wires. If you look at some of my current blogs you can see how creative I have gotten in hiding these wires. I still like the hard wire method the best.

I promised to show a step by step on hiding my wires from my lights. First of all, I always look for a a good place to put them in the ceiling. I then start looking for a good corner to hide the wires in:

 I take some quick grip glue and glue your wires into place in the corner

While the glue dry, I add tape to keep them in place. Before I add clay, I add electrical tape to the wires. The clay goes OVER the wall which will cover the tape and wires. If you add the wires in areas where base board/trim will be (which is usually in the corners and op or bottom of the walls) please note that the trim hides the wires very well and you can wallpaper over it that way better too (you won't need electrical tape over the wires and some wood trim have grooves cut into them to fit the hard wire in neatly).

August 13 2006

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Adding Floors

Well I added some of the Hardwood floors. I used Corona Concepts Siding strips to do the floors in the attic. I then started adding the roof supports:

 I used the floor tiles for this room

October 4 2006

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Roof Added

 This house has been sitting in my garage since my last post because We were trying to sell our home. Well, we took it off the Market for now because this is my busy season and I HAVE to finish this house BEFORE I move cause I promised the buyer that I would!!

Well, I felt some of the trim is a bit plain so to add some detail I bought some wood strips from Hobby Lobby with a nice design on it. I then went through LOTS of it trying to miter the ends correctly

I also changed the trim color because the Green was not moving me and I don't Think the owner of this house was in love with the color either (Though she never said she was or wasn't).

 
I have been making some Architectural detailed items to add to this house and so now, I am adding more lights and things so that I will only have to the clay left to add on the house Here is where I am so far and this blog will be updated Daily now. 

The roof popped in very easily. The roof parts were perforated so they did bend easily for me. The roof trim was easy to figure out. The Verge Board trims were the parts that had me guessing for a while .  One tip I must share is to remember to never leave a project without writing good detail notes about where you left off at

October 14 2006

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Adding Roof Trim & Dormers

 At first I looked at the dormer sides and thought I must have been crazy cause I could not figure out how they went

 
Well after looking at the INSTRUCTIONS which I had put aside cause I had decided I did not need them anymore ( That's what I get Huh, I still need them ) , I figured it out and Ohh How I love the dormers and trim and all. This house has a lot of character!!

The Curved part sits right on the roof

  

Then you add the front part

 
I also added my own trim to the roof 

 

Thank You so much for stopping by to read my blog!

 Tracy

Thought Of The day ~
Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow.  ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

Lily Dollhouse Build Blog Day 2 & 3 Window Assembly

05 June 2006
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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
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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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Lily Dollhouse Build Blog Day 1 Shell & Staircase

02 June 2006
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Starting The Lily

The kit box picture of this house shows what a beautiful Victorian house this can become. As always, in my minds eye , I saw this house becoming something different. Follow along with my blog and watch how I built this house.

I started construction on this house and I must totally say "hats off" to all of you who have built this house WITHOUT the use of pictures. I am a very visual person (to the point of distraction at times) but I must say, because I have built so many houses of Greenleafs (Plus I read the instructions several times and I had friends pictures that I have seen over the past months) I have not had any real problems in reading and following the instructions so far.

I LOVE the interlock construction of this house. It allows you to dry build the house and really see how the house comes together without worrying about the glue setting in case of a misplacement.

Here are pictures to help you along with following step one

 
This is the interlocking of the first floor

 
This is a side way glance of the first floor coming together.

 
This is step 2 & 3

02 June 2006
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Putting The Staircase Together


I LOVE the Staircase in this house. The rooms are large enough that you can actually USE the staircase & have lots of room to decorate the room still. I also like the stairs facing away from you once they are in the room. The built in bookcase on the second floor staircase is a PERFECT use of space also.

This is the 1st side & back piece

2nd staircase side and top back added

Now to lay the stairs on the table to add the risers will looks like this

This is the fully assembled 1st floor stair case

02 June 2006
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Putting The 2nd floor Staircase Together


This is the pictures of the 2nd floor staircase with the bookcase included. I LOVE it!!

I used Quick Grip Glue to assemble this because stairs need to go together fast. Who has time to wait for wood glue to dry while assembling the stairs ?

Then You add the back & sides of the bookcase together

After interlocking the bookcase assembly to the 2nd floor stairs, I started adding the risers

These are the staircases put together

 

 Thought of the day ~ "People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but, because they refuse to be changed by the world." ~ Michael Josephson

Thank You for stopping by to read my blog today!

Tracy