As you may (or may not) recall, the pre-renovation dollhouse had some inconsistent floor heights. Not that there is anything wrong with that. And, as you may also recall, I had a bit of a disaster with the interior walls being too thin for the doors to be fitted into them. It’s not a total [...]
Posts Tagged ‘granpa’
Lets talk about floors, baby!
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dad, dollhouse, granpa on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The gentleman builder
Posted in Restoration, Uncategorized, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, granpa on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As mentioned previously, due to visitors from overseas I am in the equivalent of purgatory for the person who has other stuff to do and it is ongoing. However, the deep, dark secret I have been keeping from you is…that I can keep secrets, despite all appearances to the contrary. I know, surprising, neh? No [...]
Why it is possible to be too square…
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dad, dollhouse, granpa on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I may have taken on dad’s admonishments to “measure twice and cut once” and “make sure it is square” at the expense of taking into account my granpa’s DIY skillset. It seems my floors are pretty square but the actual house they are to sit in, is not actually square. Yes. I know. You can [...]
It’s not a disaster, it’s an opportunity…
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dad, dollhouse, granpa on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, although I previously said I wouldn’t touch the outside of the house and even tho my dad visited on the weekend and, when I said “I’m not going to do anything to the outside, he said “once you see how it’s going you’ll want to do the outside” and I hate proving anyone but [...]
And she’s buying a stairway to…?
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dad, dollhouse, granpa on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before I tell you about my stairs, I should mention my dad came over today and left me with a jigsaw, saw, tennent saw and some good advice about sawing. Apparently a normal saw is going to be better than a jigsaw and I am going to have to find somewhere to stand on it, [...]
Drive carefully…especially in minis
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, granpa on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have drawn out my floor and wall plans very carefully onto the MDF which has led to me realising I can’t have single flights of stairs in this house. Here are the interior wall plans I did last night: To allow width for the door frames, I will have to have a landing and [...]
The time to saw is nigh…
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, granpa, the DIY gene on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Had to pike on this eve’s entertainment having put my neck out – I can take pills, but in doing so I can’t drive (they be strong uns, sirrah). So back to the dollhouse drawing board and the Hitchcock masterpieces collection – another Jimmy Stewart special. Yeee-hah! For a crappo night, it’s been quite good [...]
Release the balsa…
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, granpa on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After heroically braving hordes of radio-controlled toy freaks in the hobby shop, I emerged with balsa wood for the windows, a scalpel, a pull saw and my fourth and fifth sets of dollhouse stairs. I will cover the staircase dilemmas in separate post, so let’s unleash the balsa. I measured and cut an insert for [...]
Sharing is…caring
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, granpa on January 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Like colds, food poisoning and brussel sprouts, something this truly awful deserves to be shared. In my previous renovations, circa pre-teen years, I carefully applied contact (plastic self-adhesive covering) to the first (ground) floor. I couldn’t do much with the top floor, being as it was carpet, and I was happy with the cherry grain [...]
Foundation applied…
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, granpa on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I have now applied not one but two coats of 4-in-one sealer to the inside of 31 Kings Farm, my dollhouse. Yes, it has a name. Let’s move on, shall we? I have no idea what the other 2 things the sealer does, apart from being a sealer and a prep coat. I was [...]
