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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

A Step Up...

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:

DollMum said...

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.

Katie said...

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

Kathi said...

"Wilst those were drying..." Love that word "wilst." Sounds very refined my dear.

I love the steps.
I'm waiting on the swing tutorial.
:)

Caseymini said...

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.

Caseymini said...

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

Karin Corbin said...

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.

Caseymini said...

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.

Lize said...

I'm getting more and more curious by the minute! What is it going to be? Can't wait to see...

Molly said...

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!