Holiday Cottage
This started life as one of the charity shop finds. It is really a child's dollshouse and cost around £25.00. It is very basic inside, just an upstairs room which was very low and one downstairs room. I have since added a false wall to separate the kitchen from the lounge, a slight partition to create a bathroom space off the bedroom and added height to the upper part of the house to raise the roof. Wouldn't want the inhabitants constantly knocking themselves out cold!
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| Bedroom |
The stone wall at the back of the room is budgie grit and sand mixed with paint and then applied to card squares with a little grout to fill any gaps.
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| Bathroom |
This is the bathroom area, with all the rooms I have placed a fake back wall in to support a window with space behind to insert a scene and backlighting to mimic sunlight coming through. It wasn't until I viewed this picture did I realise the window is looking a little gappy around the edges which will need grouting; still, these old cottages are a little on the draughty side ha ha!
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| Kitchen |
I have tried to capture that old fashioned feel of an unmodernised kitchen with ceiling to floor tiles, it sort of reminds me of my Grandad and Grandma's old folks bungalow when I was just a kid. Not really a kitchen I would want in my own home but is reassuringly homely in a holiday let in the middle a country village!
The lounge is yet to be decorated, I will take before and after photo's if I can remember to! It is quite nice completing a small property as once the initial decorating stage is over the exciting part of placing furniture can begin.
At last I have finished making and applying the fake stone to the back of the lounge wall in the holiday cottage. What a labour of love that was!! But finally the very messy copious quantities of paint, budgie sand, grit and cardboard paid off. I simply mixed either sand or grit with cream emulsion and burnt umber poster paint and then applied with a knife as if spreading toast onto cardboard shapes. Once these had dried I glued with PVA to the wall direct and waited for them to fix. Once stuck fast I grouted with cement in between any obvious large gaps. The excess can be wiped off with a damp sponge as it doesn't affect the card or paint. Though I'm fairly pleased with this money saving technique rather than using real stone I'm not so sure I would attempt it again!
The next task is to get the very seventies wall paper I have chosen for the two side walls up and affix some skirting. Nearly there for furnishing time but not quite!
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Sorry it's been a while since I've checked in, so many mini's and trying to have a life as well does not bode well, something has to suffer (usually housework!). The holiday cottage has come along since last I must say. The lounge now has all wall and floor coverings finished but the main focus is on the bedroom. I have managed to wire in one light, the second is to follow and I have begun to furnish (the fun part!) the room and dress the beds. I have in the past attempted beds and though at the time I have been fairly pleased with the overall effect I wanted to try a more professional look. I am happy with the result.
The cushion on the bed is a cross stitched pattern of a Portuguese cockerel I did on 22 count. There is a matching one in black for the second bed to go in the room.
I have also taken a photo of the first bed in situ, the room isn't finished as yet hence only a small section of the bedroom. Once I have filled and finished the whole area I will photograph in its entirety.
The next task is to complete the second bed so as to be identical to this one.
At last I have finished making and applying the fake stone to the back of the lounge wall in the holiday cottage. What a labour of love that was!! But finally the very messy copious quantities of paint, budgie sand, grit and cardboard paid off. I simply mixed either sand or grit with cream emulsion and burnt umber poster paint and then applied with a knife as if spreading toast onto cardboard shapes. Once these had dried I glued with PVA to the wall direct and waited for them to fix. Once stuck fast I grouted with cement in between any obvious large gaps. The excess can be wiped off with a damp sponge as it doesn't affect the card or paint. Though I'm fairly pleased with this money saving technique rather than using real stone I'm not so sure I would attempt it again!
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| This is the lounge bare with just the floor painted |
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| This is the lounge now with stone wall in place |
The next task is to get the very seventies wall paper I have chosen for the two side walls up and affix some skirting. Nearly there for furnishing time but not quite!
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Sorry it's been a while since I've checked in, so many mini's and trying to have a life as well does not bode well, something has to suffer (usually housework!). The holiday cottage has come along since last I must say. The lounge now has all wall and floor coverings finished but the main focus is on the bedroom. I have managed to wire in one light, the second is to follow and I have begun to furnish (the fun part!) the room and dress the beds. I have in the past attempted beds and though at the time I have been fairly pleased with the overall effect I wanted to try a more professional look. I am happy with the result.
The cushion on the bed is a cross stitched pattern of a Portuguese cockerel I did on 22 count. There is a matching one in black for the second bed to go in the room.
I have also taken a photo of the first bed in situ, the room isn't finished as yet hence only a small section of the bedroom. Once I have filled and finished the whole area I will photograph in its entirety.
The next task is to complete the second bed so as to be identical to this one.
