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!

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.

1st floor flooring is in!

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.

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.