The Conservatory, part I: the first steps.

Be welcome, dear reader, I hope you're well!

This is the first in a small series of blogs about my latest project, titled "The Conservatory."

I have published some stuff on this subject here before; mostly pics of items around the project (accessories), but not really on the conservatory itself.

Well this blog is gonna change that, so let's get started.

The project is based on a (discontinued) kit by The Dolls House Emporium. Above is a picture of the box with an illustration of a finished example. Between you and me, and if you promise not to tell: I don't like one bit how it's done! So mine will look totally different.

 

Above and below: images of the kit (more or less) as it came out of the box (and seen here resting on a pizza box). Thankfully, it was partially pre-assembled. Considering the amount of work needed to be put into this thing, this came as a bit of a bonus.

The roof** came like a game of Mikado, and the assembly instructions were not very clear either to a dummy like me. But, luckily, I could draw on the knowledge and advice of my good friend and famous dolls house guru Rebecca Micallef, who had built a kit just like this one some years ago. So here comes the old saying "a friend in need..." really into play.
** More about the roof in a separate blog.

The below images show the conservatory walls sporting their first, very thin coating of paint. Inside rests the roof, still in pieces, but also showing some paint work. Nothing spectacular, just a first touch; there's gonna  be plenty of additional painting and weathering applied to this thing before I can call it done!

If you look carefully at the below image, you'll see that the exterior trimming already misses some of its 'teeth.' This isn't a manufacturing flaw, but yours truly already attempting to give the poor conservatory a look of abandon.

That's all for now! Part two will follow soon! Thanks for visiting, keep safe, and see you next time!

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