Nominated For...

Ugliest roof in the universe...  And it won!!!

I'm working on the HBS kit roof today.  I am doing a lot of running around in circles...

I wanted to frame out the skylight... Then I remembered that, once on the building, the roof will curve from front to back. 

That's what all of the groves across the roof are for. 

Therefore, wood won't work, unless I want to do a lot of curved cutting... I don't want to!

I am going to cover the roof with greenery anyway, so it really doesn't need a frame on the outside.

I went and dug through my rolls of tape and found some of the aluminum insulating tape.  Hey!  It's not pretty, but it bends!

And anyway, it will be painted.

I wanted a mottled green...I succeeded beyond my wildest dreams...

Would you believe that that is a combination of an old and new bottle of Ceramcoat black green?

What is scary is, the new bottle didn't have nearly as much pigment as the old one.  It was more a forest green color.  Less pigment means less cost for them...

Anyway, it is just a good thing that the roof will be covered with greenery.  Otherwise I would have to start over. No starting over today... It is going to be a cover up!

Sorry for the boring entry.  Tomorrow we will get back to the fun stuff.

See you then.

Room To Move...

I love it when a plan comes together! I decided to go with the skylight. Let's just say that somebody, sometime, modified the roof line.

This morning I measured the length and width of the skylight. Then I put the measurements in the center of the roof. The three courses of already laid shingles were at the perfect height for the wall of the house and the front wall of the skylight to match....No. I didn't measure. I was just lucky....

I then measured in 3/8" from the lines. That gave me a cutting line that would match the opening of the skylight.

I am now thinking that I may block the two bottom windows. They aren't needed and were strangely placed in the original kit. It's easy enough to do. I will simply cover them with mat board or even poster board.

See the piece that is leaning against the front of the building? That's the piece that I cut out of the roof. I did it with an Exacto knife. It was a little more time consuming, but left a narrower path between the pieces than a saw would. If I had decided that I didn't like the skylight, it would have been easy to glue the piece back in place. But I do like the skylight, so now I have some extra wood, if I need it.

Here's the inside. Two and a half extra inches makes a world of difference. Tessie and Zar can now both stand upright next to the front wall. No more crouching down to get around the loom.

Speaking of the loom, if Tessie opts to put it in with the seat slid back to the far wall, there is lots of room for other things in the room....

Here's proof. I doubt that I will get a lot more done today. Tessie won't budge. She is happily weaving away.

Zar "borrowed" a chair from the potions room in the townhouse, unbeknownst to Cordelia. She won't miss it. That room is one in which she is not allowed, per the rental agreement.

All in all, I am pleased with what is happening so far.

I should build the foundation, so that I can start making some things permanent. Notice I said should....I am enjoying taking parts of the house wherever I want and working on them whilst watching Netflix.

I am off to mini work now.

See you tomorrow.