-
Adding Wooden Beams
I wanted to add details to the attic bedroom ceiling so I added wooden beams. This both added extra interest to the ceiling and also reinforced the roof ready for when I add roof tiles.
I used square wooden doweling which I cut to size and also I wittled to make the wood look worn and old. I stained them to match the wooden floors and glued them in place with wood glue.
Wooden beams before painting. 
Wooden beams after painting. Once the beams had dried in place I aged the ceiling around them so they looked like they had been there for centuries.
-
Installing The Wooden Floors
Once the lollipop stick floors were dry, I positioned them into place and glued them with wood glue. The front edges needed to be neated so I filled them with ready mixed filler to resemble plaster. I then aged them with watered down brown acrylic paint as I wanted them to look old and worn. The floors are supported underneath with small wooden beams.
Wooden floors glued into place. -
Cardboard Witches Cottage
How to design and build a cardboard dolls House.
Part One.
I was inspired by Bentley House Minis cardboard dolls house to build a witches country cottage complete with garden and greenhouse.
I started by sketching out a basic design, I wanted to keep it simple with just three main rooms, a kitchen downstairs then on the first floor a living room and a bedroom in the attic. I intend to add a privy on the side of the house once the main house is built.
I started by gluing two large pieces of cardboard together with the grain in opposite directions for strength. One the cardboard was dry I started to cut out the walls, floor and roof.
I set the walls and roof pieces aside to work on the floors first. I wanted a slate effect floor in the kitchen and wooden floorboards in the bedrrom and living room. I decided to make the floors first as it is easier to work on them before they are in the house.
The Kitchen Floor.
I made the floor tiles from egg boxes as the texture was perfect for a stone floor. I prepped the egg boxes by painting them in shades of grey, grey/blue, brown, beige and cream. I painted them totally randomly without really thinking about it. The cream and light grey I dry brushed on to reveal the lovely texture.
I thought it would make my life easier if I created a template of the repeat pattern for the floor tiles rather than trying to make the tiles fit the floor space as I went along. I created three different sized tiles in 1:12th scale a large one, small one and a long tile and made a pattern which could be repeated over the whole floor. If you would like to download my floor tile pattern template simply click on the download button below.
I glued the tiles down with wood glue for a good contact and adhersion. Once the glue was dry I covered all the tiles with mod podge to seal them in. This was an very important step as I intended to grout the tiles with poly filler and I wanted to be able to wipe off the excess grout without damaging my tiles.
The grout was applied with a small palette knife and the excess wiped off with a damp cloth, once it was dry I painted it light grey and aged it up wth moss green paint and moss flocking.
I am so pleased with this floor it turned out just as I had hoped. In the next post I will show how I made the wooden floors for the bedroom and living room.