Jane's attic, update IX: boarded up window.

Jane's attic has a boarded up window. To that end, I took a regular window, and took it apart.  Then boarded it up with individual wooden boards which I painted and weathered one by one. 

A broken glass replaced the original, and was weathered to make it look dirty. All I need to do now is to add some more details like spiderwebs and so forth, to give it that extra realistic feel. But that will happen only when the window is installed and secured in place, i.e. after the outside walls have been covered with plaster.

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Jane's attic, update VIII: the door gets its fittings.

Today I spent a considerable amount of time giving the attic door its fittings, a task easier said than done! 

This image: on the left the original fitting, on the right the same fitting after weathering.

First I decided to 'weather' them, to give them an old, rusty look.  Then of course I needed to drill tiny holes in the door for the doorknob and the minuscule nails that hold the fittings in place, naturally on both sides of the door.

I still need to figure out if I'm going to make an elongated hole on the side, to give the suggestion of a working door. However, I'll need to do this extremely carefully, as any mistake may destroy the door beyond repair...

What I did do, is give the door a real keyhole, meaning a hole that you can actually look through, just like in a real door! I think this adds an element of authenticity to the whole, as well as a 'mysterious' dimension.

This image: light shining through the keyhole.

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Jane's attic, update VII: the arrival of a very special pram.

Yesterday saw the arrival of a beautiful, aged pram, which I'm sure will look absolutely great in Jane's attic! Here are some pictures taken as I played around with it a bit. 

The pram is quite old and weathered, which makes it perfect for its purpose! It is made of metal, and upholstered in black leather, and measures about 10 x 9 cm, or 4 x 3,5 inches. Its frills are loose here and there, its undercarriage is rusty, and the leather looks battered by time. In sum: perfect! I couldn't be more happy with it! Thank you so much, Rebecca, for helping me acquire this magnificent item!

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Jane's attic, update VI: working on the walls.

Today I've also been working on a couple of walls here, and, like the panelling, I think they turned out pretty nice.

The walls with the green wallpaper have another (yellow ocker) wallpaper underneath, covering the entire surface of the walls. I've done that to enable me to pull out pieces of it at places, allowing the wallpaper underneath to shine through. So, even when only a small portion of the wallpaper underneath is seen, I still know it's there...

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Jane's attic, update V: new panelling.

The panelling for the staircase room is all done now, although it still needs installing and aging. Again, pretty happy with the result!

Jane's attic, update IV: working on the panelling.

Wanted a wooden wall panelling... Didn't have it, so I made it myself!

Jane's attic, update III: experimenting with multiple wallpaper layers.

I've been experimenting with multi-layered wallpaper on walls, using a small piece of 'wall' for trial. This is the first time I've done something like this, so it was really a big question mark how things would turn out!

Note that the pictures here show a rather extreme weathering pattern, which in this form cannot be used for the "Jane's attic" project. The reason I did it in this way, was simply to gain knowledge and experiment. This knowledge will then be applied when creating a much more subtle weathering on the attic walls.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the result, and feel more confident that I will be able to apply my 'new skills' to the project!

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