The Sugarplum won by a landslide. It's small and looks easy to build.......Notice I said "looks". It is pretty easy, but of course I couldn't leave well enough alone. I decided when I got the kit that I didn't like the benches on the front porch. I took my trusty Exacto knife and chopped off the top part. The bottom part of the porch was attached to the sides and back of the benches, thus the chopping.
Then when I dry fitted it together, I discovered a couple of other problems. 
The bay on the side is only about an inch deep and five inches tall. No self respecting adult would try to sit in a window seat that size. It will now be built in shelves. All I had to do to change the structure is glue in the pieces that were cut where the window should be. Luckily, none of those were anything that I needed. I have already marked an arch at the top of the bay so that the shelf space will be a little taller. It will also cover up the slot that was there to hold up the second floor. Sneaky aren't I?
The bay on the side is only about an inch deep and five inches tall. No self respecting adult would try to sit in a window seat that size. It will now be built in shelves. All I had to do to change the structure is glue in the pieces that were cut where the window should be. Luckily, none of those were anything that I needed. I have already marked an arch at the top of the bay so that the shelf space will be a little taller. It will also cover up the slot that was there to hold up the second floor. Sneaky aren't I?I also found that the ceiling of the first floor was only 6" high! So much for the second floor. It's OK though. This particular kit doesn't even have stairs to get up to said second floor. I now have a nice piece of luan ply to use for something else.
I haven't told you what is going to happen to this particular building. I thought that since it is so small, it would make a perfect accessories shop. I have lots of purses, shoes and other mini people fashion accessories.
The next thing that I am going to have to do is either close in the opening for the top fireplace or both fireplaces. Yes. This tiny house was super heated! A fireplace on each floor seems to me a bit of overkill. I don't think that a ladies' accessory shop really needs a fireplace. Maybe another bay on that end would be better, more room to display things. I'll have to think about that. Do I want to go to all of the work of bumping that side out? I have a nice piece of the second floor to work with...........
I do love starting new projects. It's the finishing part that's hard. See you tomorrow with a chimney or a bay.
2 comments:
Did you flip the front piece...looking at the kit online it appears the door is on the other side.
I flipped the whole kit. It is kind of like turning the building inside out. By using the back side of all of the pieces, you get a mirror image.
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