The last time I posted about the Coventry Cottage was in August. At the time of that update I was about 95% done where the last few tasks on the to-do list was: Finish and add in the front door Finish and add in the flowerbox Finish and add in shutters Last bit of touch […]
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Coventry Cottage Project Part 13: The Front Porch
I finally got to use those “flagstone” pieces that I made for the Coventry Cottage porch. I used spackle as the grout. It was pretty tough with spackle because it dries so quickly, which I expected. But I didn’t expect the difficulty of doing it in such a confined space. Its finally done and boy […]
Coventry Cottage Project Part 12: Interior Trims
Its been a while since I posted any updates on my Coventry Cottage project… over a whole month in fact! So here’s a pretty long post on what went on. Starting off, I made a junky paint box to aid in the painting. Its a horrible excuse for a paint box since its too small […]
Coventry Cottage Project Part 11: Finishing the Hardwood & Roof
So its time to finish off the floors and the roof. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to have a natural finish for my Coventry Cottage’s “hardwood” floors, as well as the roof , so I skipped the staining part and went strait to applying polyurethane to the floors and roof. You can see in […]
Coventry Cottage Project Part 10: Wallpapering
Had these images sitting in my hard drive for a few weeks now (I actually have quite a few things sitting there!). This post is all about wallpapering my Coventry Cottage dollhouse. You can see my assortment of supplies purchased above. The longer pieces are Mini Graphics wallpapers from my local dollhouse shop. I only […]