Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Details! Details! It's the icing on the cake!

Adding windows to the top floor of Sara's dollhouse was one of the toughest things to do with this house. As I developed my drawings for the house, there were so many details I wanted to incorporate into these windows. In addition to the paint scheme, layers, angles, and carving, the windows were to be my only access to the attic rooms; so I knew I had to make them removable.

I later had to modify my plan about access to the rooms when Sara found a canopy bed she wanted for the little girl's room. I could not fit it in through the window opening; so I had to retrofit part of the back wall so that we could open it to insert the bed. Like I said in my previous post, the best laid plans of mice and men... and daddies... oft go astray!

The small circles and arch over the window were some of the trickiest pieces for me to make. They really challenged my carving and painting skills. In fact, there's still a little bit of detail to paint there, and I haven't worked up the courage/energy/patience to do it, since I know I'll probably go back and forth several times between white and red paints trying to fix slight imperfections of brush strokes. It's the details like this, though, that really give Victorian houses their personality. I love that wedding cake frilliness of Victorian houses! It's just that it's hard to replicate it in miniature at times...

I've been "tagged,"by another blogger; so in my next post, I'll address that.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow, George, those windows are amazing! I can't believe how much detail you've gotten in such a small place! The colors are wonderful too! Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

I was pointed in your direction from Casey's Minis and now have you in my favorite. Good and Bad to hear you have difficulties sometimes, I'm just learning and it's reasuring that everyone needs to fuss and redo on occassion. Read several of your past posts and found helpful info in them that I hope will lead to less fussing but I doubt it. :-) Mary

George the Miniguy said...

Thank you to both of you for your kind comments!
George

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