The Kitchen: Finished

The kitchen is finally finished! 

I just have to add a few more food items to the hooks near the stove and the pot stand, but other than that....job done!

So, here it is...............

The Kitchen: Architraves

The kitchen architraves are on. I went for staining rather than paint and selected a walnut stain which has a really warm tone to it. 

The ceiling rose is up but I still need to install the cornice. I am also going to run a border of the tile pattern beside the cornice on the ceiling just to tie everything in. Once that is done I'll install the light fitting into the ceiling rose and also put a power point at the back of the room for a lamp.

Almost done, just need to do the cornice & ceiling detail

I tired to paint the ceiling rose in colours from the tile work.

Closer shot of the architraves

French doors which will connect to the conservatory

Door connecting to the ground floor stair well.

Door details and dado railing

Base door detail and wide skirting board

View from outside French doors into the kitchen.

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In the Beginning there was......MDF!

I started this novice blog so I could share the progress of my 1:12 scale model house (Yep, also known as a big girly girl dollhouse) with my family and friends.

For the record, no dolls will be squatting in this house!

The dollhouse kit I purchased is called 'The Grange'. The kit comes with all the MDF sheeting pre-cut and you then assemble the whole thing. There are 9 rooms in the house. The photo below shows 8 rooms, but I am going to section the large top room into two.

So I have included the very beginning pictures of the dollhouse. The very first picture is pretty much where I started thinking what have I got myself into.............

In a world of clamps, glue, nails, instructions & mental pain!!

Walls up and undercoat on.

First coat of exterior paint done

Same as above, just a side view

Second interior undercoat done & Roof clamped on

 

More pieces that will EVENTUALLY end up on the house!

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Dollhouse Exterior: Roof Shingles

The Dollhouse kit came with a standard MDF roof that had tile marks cut into it. It would  probably have looked OK just painted but I decided to shingle the whole thing. 

Yep, I didn't really think that one through. After laying around 2000+ individual shingles just on one side of the roof, I still have the front side to go. This also involves cutting the shingles to fit around both of the small dormers and also the large bay dormer. 

I have now come to terms with the fact that I often make idiotic decisions all for the sake of appearance, however I think it looks better than just paint, and may be worth the hand cramps and hate towards shingles that I have been experiencing!!

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Step by Step:

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Dollhouse Exterior: Roof Top Dormers

For the dormers, I ordered in some ornate bird apex trims and also used the front apex edging that came with the dollhouse kit. The shingles have been stained and both dormers have  been installed - very exciting!.............for me ;-)

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Dormer Step by Step Process: