Roofing time!

Bought a huge lot of shingles on eBay for about $27 ... not sure how much I will need in the end.

 

Kitchen Set

Last year for my birthday, I gifted myself this 6 piece kitchen set from Meirucorp. It looks a lot like the Bespaq Provencial kitchen set. I am still not sure about how I will arrange the pieces inside the kitchen, especially the placement of the island. 

Rooms

I have left out most of the internal walls to make the rooms bigger. The 1st floor will become a long drawing room/music room. 2nd floor will be kitchen and dining room. 3rd floor will be bedroom and bathroom. The walls are removable, in case I want to change the layout in the future. I have cut foam boards to create false floor, so that I can run wires under them.

For a long time I wasn't sure if I wanted stairs in this house. On one hand, stairs look pretty, but they take up a lot of space. I finally went with a curved staircase on the bottom floor and left out stairs on the other floors. The ceiling is painted plastic tile from Dollar Tree. 

External Trim Replacement

While working on the external trim, I noticed two were missing. I had seen the same issue reported by some others who built this kit, so I wasn't surprised. I used bass wood to create the missing parts. Since I will paint the exterior, the color difference won't matter.

Peacock Door

Peacock door is ready, but I can't decide what kind of door handle to use.

Peacock Door

I bought these beautiful peacock panels for £17.00. I am planning to add them to the standard door that came with the kit.

 

Ceiling

I found these self-adhesive plastic tiles at Dollar Tree for $1.25 each. They have the quatrefoil design which matches the gothic architectural details of the dollhouse. I am planning to use these on the ceiling. They are silver in color, so I am painting them with some semi gloss egg shell paint that was left over when we painted our real house. I am hoping to make the ceiling look like the inspiration photo.

Assembled

Assembled the main structure but the windows are still unglued for now. I will do final assembly after the floors are done. The roof pieces are wider and taller than they need to be. I will have to cut them to size.

Windows

Stained 47 windows. I think they need a second coat.

Wallpaper Complete

Finished covering the bay window walls with fabric also. However, I still have so much fabric left over, I think I could cover another house. At least I over-estimated instead of falling short. Will have to measure more carefully next time.

Wallpaper

Finished covering the walls. Next step, putting wallpaper on the bay window walls.

Back Wall

Progress has been slow. I moved homes last year, and had not worked on the dollhouse in over a year!

I glued fabric to the back wall, and moved the windows to the 2nd floor, since I decided to add a spiral staircase.

The window frames are not glued on. I will paint them, and maybe add stained glass inserts. Let's see how long that takes ...

Repositioning the Window

After months of exploring staircase designs, I decided to leave out the stairs completely, to make the rooms bigger. Since the window on the landing was positioned halfway between the first and the second floor, I cut out the wall and brought the windows lower to the first floor.

With its high ceiling, the first floor would become the living room/music room. The second floor will house the dining room and kitchen. The third floor will become the bedroom and bathroom. I am not sure what will happen in the attic.