Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Big Apple Miniaturists Club Porch project

This year, my dollhouse club Big Apple Miniaturists is doing a Painted Lady or Shabby Chic porch facade project with a garden.  I am so excited about this project.  We will work on it over the course of about 18 months.

First we worked on the porch.  Here are the beginnings of my porch  --with my 2 new cats checking it out.  (The cats are made by www.literatureinminiature.co.uk)

The flooring is popsicle sticks cut and glued and then painted with a whitewash:




I made nails using the technique described by Otterine in this post Milo Valley Farm - siding, part 3
(except that I did not add rust, as I feared that I would add too much rust.)

And here is the house facade (we're not building the house,but maybe I can put a shallow box behind it) with the siding added and painted.



And here you can start to see what it will look like with the posts and the railing (although it still needs the roof):




I love the little paw reaching up to catch something in the air (pretend there is a butterfly going by).

The grey tabby was custom made by  www.literatureinminiature.co.uk from photos I sent of my cat Audrey.   Here are some close-up photos.  



Have a great weekend!


12 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, your little cats are adorable! I really like your white washed flooring too. Nice detail on the nail heads. :)

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    1. Thanks so much! I seem to be obsessed right now with buying animals (although usually I get outbid). Especially when they have those typical animal poses. I love your squirrel!

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  2. Looks like a fun project and ohhh those cats they are adorable!
    Have fun!
    groetjes van Marijke

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    1. Thank you! I can't wait until we put the porch together! And then my cats will have to come inspect it again. :)

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  3. Such sweet little cats. And I love your porch floor. Just gorgeous detailing.

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    1. Thank you! Getting inspired by you. And because the project is with my club (with each meeting 4 hours once a month) and over 18 months, I have time to work on all these details.

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  4. This is such a fun project, and must be even more so with so many creative folks to work along with! I love the color, and the kitties! Looking forward to following along!

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    1. Yes, the club has many really talented miniaturists - I am learning so much! And each meeting is just so much fun!

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  5. Hi Penelope you asked me....Was it a dollhouse fair in a bread factory or a fair that happened to have dollhouse stuff?
    It's yes and no lol, Yes it was in a former breadfactory but the place is striped down and now a event place so... now there was a dollhouse stuff fair. Hope you understand my explaining...
    Have a nice day,
    groetjes van Marijke
    (thuis-in-het-klein)

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    1. Sounds like it was a great fair! Your explanation is very clear. Thanks for answering my question and writing back to me here. Have a wonderful weekend!

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