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Monday, November 1, 2010

Loving the half scale Greenleaf kits!

So you will all be aware of the numerous projects I've started of late and haven't finished. Well, I am making some more! I've put together my half scale Buttercup and Rosedale.

I thought I'd blog this in case anyone else was interested in how I altered these kits.

Firstly, my Buttercup, which will be a gardener's cottage. I love Greenleaf kits but they always make the attics too small. So I raised the roof. I cut the gable ends off at ceiling height (ie just above the slots on the walls) and glued a strip of 2mm cardboard around to extend the wall height. You will see in my photos the grey cardboard added in. The inside is harder to see as I have painted it already, but you can see the vertical walls below the sloping roof, which is the added in part. Quite simple really, but made the attic much more usable.





Secondly, in my Rosedale, I wanted to make the stairwell open on the second floor into it's own hall rather than into the large room. So I cut the bannister/railing off the lounge room wall flush with the ceiling, put a small piece of scrap ply into the stairwell opening to close it off a bit, and cut the interior wall off the small second floor room. I will hopefully make this clearer as I go along.





I think I will fill in under the stairwell a little in the kitchen, to make space for a fireplace/stove. Here is a pic of under the stairwell.

5 comments:

  1. Seems like good solutions you chose for the problems of your new projects... I'm excited how you will go on with the houses :-)

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  2. Cute little house. I like the arched doorway and windows. Will be watching your progress! :D

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  3. Hello Shannon,

    Thank you for your nice comment on my blog.
    You have a very beautiful blog and I'm going following you.

    gr.Heleni

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  4. Great idea for more attic space, I'm definitely going to co that when I build my Chantilly.

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  5. Yo tambien tengo varias cosas incompletas. Pero así siempre tenemos algo que hacer dependiendo del humor :)
    Espero ver mas avances.
    Besos Clara

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