I finished putting together and painting the steps this morning. I cut pieces to cover the end from 1/32" bass. When I finished, they looked a bit bare, so I added some double bead molding to the sides.Whilst those were drying, I finished the front door all except the handle. It had to be lifted a bit to fit the hole that was in the kit's wall. I simply raised it about 1/2" with a block of wood.
I went and looked and our real front door is like that. I never really thought about that step going into the house.
Tessie was trying to fool Spike into thinking that there was a house behind the door.....He didn't bite on that one.
When I put the front steps in place I decided to just run some molding up the sides of the base in a few places. I am still debating what to do with the space in between. I suppose I could faux paint some bricks. I am thinking that most of it will be hidden by landscaping. I don't know if I want to go to all of that trouble when the work won't be seen.
As it is, I still have to shingle the roof, put molding around the top and edges, landscape, put in curtains and build a swing. Tessie is not compromising on that. She knows that I am going to take back the wicker that is there now because it really belongs in the greenhouse. I guess I had better get back to it. There is more to do than meets the eye.
See you tomorrow.
9 comments:
The steps are great - very effective. I'm looking forward to seeing how you make the swing. I've got a porch on my Westville Greenleaf (part built) and a swing seat would be good.
Instead of painting bricks, you know you could use cark. Michaels actually sells it in their scrapbooking section now..You can buy a 12x12 sheet, and the backing is sticky:) You taught me about the cork.......so I just wanted to remind you:)
Katie
"Wilst those were drying..." Love that word "wilst." Sounds very refined my dear.
I love the steps.
I'm waiting on the swing tutorial.
:)
Katie, the cork would be a bigger pain than painting and it would be too dimensional. I wouldn't want it to stickout past the molding. I have a couple of other ideas....
Kathi, I am in the habit of using whilst because I have several English friends that use it all the time. I caught it from them.
If I do a wicker swing, there will be no tutorial. That kind of thing is way too complicated to do in the blog. I would have to do that one in person. If you want to build a wooden one, I like the directions on this website. http://www.buildeazy.com/porchswing_1.html It's a cute swing for real size, but would be very easy to scale down. I saved the website because there are lots of directions for different things on there that could be translated to mini.
If you go to the following page, there is a list of lots of free plans that could be scaled down for mini use. http://www.buildeazy.com/fp_start.html If you wait long enough, I may get around to doing some of them.....VBG
The porch is coming along nicely.
If you decide not to do bricks a typical material that would have closed off areas under a porch would be tongue and groove boards such as cedar. A small V shaped vertical groove will make it seem like that material was used. Easy fix to do, no extra materials required.
Thanks Karin. I already knew how to do that. I have something else in mind. I keep thinking of my grandmother's house way back when.
I'm getting more and more curious by the minute! What is it going to be? Can't wait to see...
I am so hooked on the adventures going on in here. I know it has been almost eight years but I just want you to know I intend to read every "episode" until I get caught up... only seven plus years to go! Thank you for sharing all of your work!
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