Where we left off...
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| Working away on the witch's house |
I really wanted to get my witch's house finished on the exterior before Halloween. First order of business was the front door. I was inspired by a door at our favorite restaurant in New Hampshire: The Copper Door.
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| Love this real size copper door on a restaurant in New Hampshire! |
The new door (by Alessio Miniatures) arrived so I filled in the excess space in the entry so the smaller door would fit, painted the door, and am in love.
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| They made it exactly as I wanted! |
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| Door all painted |
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| Filled in excess space from prior double door and installed the "copper" single door |
Next up was windows and trims. Got most of the windows in (not permanently since I will need to take them out when wallpapering the interior) and glued some trims on...
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| Fussed with this window because it didn't have trim and the gaps bothered me |
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| Created trim out of black mat board and glued a finial on top to coordinate it with the railing on the roof |
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| Started to play around with the yard - making a spooky tree, stone walkway up to the door, and a stone fence |
Got the fences stoned with MagicSton and took several days to paint it appropriately aged and dirty. First I painted some pieces of scrap wood the color I wanted the "mortar" between the stones to be. I did a sloppy job because I knew I would be "dirty" it up with a wash after which would mute all the colors. So I painted it all cream, except where some old blackish stain still showed thru. But I went with it anyway cuz it could only add to the spooky nature of the fence, right?
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| Applying the MagicSton sticker template |
I covered the scrap wood and template sticker with the plaster like product that comes in the MagicSton kit and once it had set, I peeled the sticker template off, leaving pale tan "stones" on the wood for an instant stone fence.
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| Painted the individual "stones" |
After painting some variations of color onto some of the stones, everything got a black paint wash.
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| Foreground fence was finished with a black wash, background fence is still freshly painted |
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| "Mortar" still looks too bright/clean to me, but will add dirt/landscaping later |
I know I should have continued working on the Witch's House right up until Halloween, but friends are coming to see my mansion and I haven't made any progress on that project in over a year and a half! So the Witch's House has been regulated back down to the basement while the mansion is getting some attention.
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Silently waiting for me to return to it
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Hopefully this winter I can tackle the landscaping and start to work on the interior...if nothing else, I will get that done by NEXT Halloween!
