Wiring breaks, and all kinds of hiccups keep me behind in schedule but, it's inches away from being completed!
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Monday, August 31, 2020
Almost done!
I'm hustling like mad. If all goes well, I think the structure and foundation just might be done in a
week or 2! Keeping my fingers crossed.
Friday, August 21, 2020
All the pieces of the new Zombie Hunting Witche's Halloween House
It's a huge undertaking but, I'm about 60% done with it! This is entirely a scratch build except for the addition.
Friday, August 14, 2020
Saturday, July 11, 2020
I realised Halloween was fast approaching...
How could a miniaturist not have a creepy Halloween dollhouse!?
I decided to take a break from the candy shop to get the witches cottage going. Hopefully, she will be done by 10/31!
The kitchen additions interior, and most of the exterior is finished as well as the dungeon. This house is a custom build with the exception of the little addition structure.
I decided to take a break from the candy shop to get the witches cottage going. Hopefully, she will be done by 10/31!
The kitchen additions interior, and most of the exterior is finished as well as the dungeon. This house is a custom build with the exception of the little addition structure.
Friday, May 15, 2020
1st floor assembled and lights are on!
It took what seemed like forever to paint the porch rails, with all those tiny little holes that I had to get into with a micro paint brush but, they are done, which allowed me to finally assemble the 1st floor.
For the interior lighting, I used canned lights which I have learned to love. The exterior lights are a bunch of 12v bi-pins which gave off a lot of light but, once installed, they barely give off a glow so, I'm brainstorming ways to add more lighting the the exterior.
There will be custom shelves made for the 1st and 2nd floors which will house a good number of candy jars, and chocolates so, the crown molding and baseboards are going to have to wait until after the shelves have been installed.
The house build, itself is a breeze but, the interior furnishings and goodies are all custom, and handmade which sets the completion time back quite a ways. As always, I wish it it finished already!!
On to the next floor's siding and windows!
For the interior lighting, I used canned lights which I have learned to love. The exterior lights are a bunch of 12v bi-pins which gave off a lot of light but, once installed, they barely give off a glow so, I'm brainstorming ways to add more lighting the the exterior.
There will be custom shelves made for the 1st and 2nd floors which will house a good number of candy jars, and chocolates so, the crown molding and baseboards are going to have to wait until after the shelves have been installed.The house build, itself is a breeze but, the interior furnishings and goodies are all custom, and handmade which sets the completion time back quite a ways. As always, I wish it it finished already!!
Sunday, May 10, 2020
The beginning of the ice cream counter
This is the base of the ice cream counter which will be housed on the 2nd floor with the cotton candy machine and the popcorn machine. The top of the ice cream counter will have 2" high plexiglass, and sliding rear door. This counter holds 24 small ice cream containers/tubs that I've been working on in between painting and flooring.
Friday, May 8, 2020
Flooring the porch on the Abriana
I adore working on perfectly square dollhouses. It's an absolute rarity to find one so, when I do, I can play with flooring styles like this that present little challenges. I'll carry this pattern similarly on the interior as well.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The beginning of The Laughing Lollipop
Now that I'm at the end stages of building the Hannah dollhouse, I was itching to begin another. I needed something fun and lighthearted to create before I start on the new incarnation of a haunted house.
A while back I bought this dollhouse kit called The Abriana 1:12th scale, and at the time, I was leaning toward the structure becoming a shop. It has all the fancy trim, character, and size for shop, and for me, it's kind of an odd structure for a dwelling so, I decided to make it a magical sweet shop, with a cute little German looking witch as proprietor that I got from Oberon's Wood in Whales.
It's a very nice, easy build that has perfect fitting pieces, and the structure is coming together sweetly.
Working on the 1st floor siding now, and in between breaks, and working on the ice cream counter, and a ton of candies and sweets that will be displayed.
I hardwired the 1st floor which has interior canned lights, and the same along the exterior roof line, for a nice, fully lit porch. The wires were strung through the roof, and then will be glued into the canals carved into the sides of the exterior walls, under the siding and down through the flooring where the power will be hiding.
A while back I bought this dollhouse kit called The Abriana 1:12th scale, and at the time, I was leaning toward the structure becoming a shop. It has all the fancy trim, character, and size for shop, and for me, it's kind of an odd structure for a dwelling so, I decided to make it a magical sweet shop, with a cute little German looking witch as proprietor that I got from Oberon's Wood in Whales.
Working on the 1st floor siding now, and in between breaks, and working on the ice cream counter, and a ton of candies and sweets that will be displayed.
I hardwired the 1st floor which has interior canned lights, and the same along the exterior roof line, for a nice, fully lit porch. The wires were strung through the roof, and then will be glued into the canals carved into the sides of the exterior walls, under the siding and down through the flooring where the power will be hiding.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
It's been a while and, I'm back!
The last post I made was just before the California Tubbs fire took my home and everything (including all these dollhouses) in it. It took quite a while for me to recover both mentally as well as replacing the physical items. One of the 1st things I wanted to do once I was resettled in my new home was to get going on another dollhouse so, I bought this house called the "Hannah". I got started on it about 3 years ago, and it seems that something-or-another always got in the way of completing it. I got back to the job at hand a month or 2 ago, and it's now nearing it's completion with only the most tedious of things left to do (like the crown molding, and carving the stone on the enormousness chimney.
Here's where it is today. More to come.
The last post I made was just before the California Tubbs fire took my home and everything (including all these dollhouses) in it. It took quite a while for me to recover both mentally as well as replacing the physical items. One of the 1st things I wanted to do once I was resettled in my new home was to get going on another dollhouse so, I bought this house called the "Hannah". I got started on it about 3 years ago, and it seems that something-or-another always got in the way of completing it. I got back to the job at hand a month or 2 ago, and it's now nearing it's completion with only the most tedious of things left to do (like the crown molding, and carving the stone on the enormousness chimney.
Here's where it is today. More to come.
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