Some of you may have noticed that in the first photo, where I showed my newly assembled house, one of the large roof sections was missing. Unfortunately it had accidentally not been sent in the original package however I’m glad to say that it arrived safely today!
Even better than this, the seller sent me a miniature house by way of apology which I had great fun assembling this morning!
The first section has been completed…
In hindsight it would have been sensible to paint each piece before assembling the house, although I was too excited to consider this when the house first arrived.
I am finding difficulties in reaching some of the less accessible areas; tight corners, window edges and sections which at first glance are obscured by their positioning such as the back of the balconies. It is also difficult to achieve a clean line between the window frames and the connecting wall.
That said, with the few pieces I have painted prior to inserting these obscuring pieces, such as the porch roof, I have found that the thickness of the added paint on the hinges was too great to slot the roof on afterwards. The excess paint needed to be filed off before the piece would fit. Given that filing is not an exact art, I found touch up was then needed once the piece was fitted and therefore the problems were presented as before.
I have spent some time considering the colour options for painting the outside of the house. I am quite fond of the traditional Georgian rendered houses with the large painted white windows and this is something I would like to recreate with my house. Having searched around I have seen a few images with rendered dollhouses painted blue, green and yellow which I think contrast well with the crisp white window frames.
I have received a few comments about the style of the house seeming gothic and so am conscious to keep the colours quite light to prevent it from seeming too dark and imposing, particularly when internal decorations are added.
Therefore I have chosen a pastel yellow colour for the exterior of the house combined with white gloss window frames.
…here goes!
Little Dollhouse 