{"id":1369,"date":"2026-08-03T15:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:41:59","slug":"creating-the-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/?p=1369","title":{"rendered":"Creating The Roof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">I decided my witches dolls house needed a slate roof&nbsp;so I used recycled card packaging to cut lots and lots of tiles. It took quite some time as I wanted each tile to be unique and not uniform in shape. I then glued the tiles to the roof overlapping each one slightly until the whole roof was covered. To complete the roof I added roof ridge tiles also made from card to the very top point of the roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-300x27.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-768x69.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roof.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roof.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roof-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roof-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-300x27.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-768x69.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles-back-roof.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles-back-roof.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles-back-roof-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tiles-back-roof-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-300x27.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-768x69.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/detail-tiles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/detail-tiles.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/detail-tiles-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/detail-tiles-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the glue had dried and all the tiles were secure I then painted them in different tones of grey acrylic paint. To highlight all the imperfections in the tiles I then dry brushed them with lighter tones of grey and of course I had to add moss for a little bit of whimsy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/grey-tiles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/grey-tiles.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/grey-tiles-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/grey-tiles-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-300x27.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flourish-2-768x69.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tile-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tile-detail.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tile-detail-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tile-detail-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am so pleased with how my roof turned out, it was a labour of love as it took a long time to complete but it was so worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sig-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sig-1.jpg 312w, https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sig-1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided my witches dolls house needed a slate roof&nbsp;so I used recycled card packaging to cut lots and lots of tiles. It took quite some time as I wanted each tile to be unique and not uniform in shape. I then glued the tiles to the roof overlapping each one slightly until the whole roof was covered. To complete the roof I added roof ridge tiles also made from card to the very top point of the roof. Once the glue had dried and all the tiles were secure I then painted them in different tones of grey acrylic paint. To highlight all the imperfections in the tiles I then dry brushed them with lighter tones of grey and of course I had to add moss for a little bit of whimsy I am so pleased with how my roof turned out, it was a labour of love as it took a long time to complete but it was so worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[25,26,27,24],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-witches-dolls-house","tag-112th-scale-dolls-house","tag-cardboard-dolls-house","tag-witches-cottage","tag-witches-dolls-house"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1406,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foxgloveminiatures.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}