First, find the parts needed to start with.
My least favorite part...sanding. Not wild about painting the little parts, either.
The directions said to prepare all the window parts first, then put them on the proper pieces of the house--before putting the walls together. Well, I wasn't sure how I wanted to finish the interior woodwork, so I just pulled out the parts for the exterior. Then I got to thinking about how I usually tape the houses together until the glue sets. Just wouldn't work if the windows were already installed. Scratch that plan. Dig out the basic structure pieces.
Glue and tape. I was out of masking tape, so had to use painter's tape. Note to self: Next time, make sure to have masking tape before starting.
A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do...
Add dormers and gable.
There will eventually be shingles on the roof (Yuck! I hate shingling). This black paint is just to hide spaces that may show up between.
A few of the windows ready to go on when the outside walls are painted.
That's it for the first three days. Of course, that's not three steady days worth of work. Just what I could get done in the time I had. Right after I took the picture of the house on it's side and weighted with stuff from the cupboards, our CERT team had its first run, so off I went to stand outside in 4 degree (not including wind chill) weather. I was pleased when I arrived home about 5 hours later and saw the house still standing as I'd left it.
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That neat, Mom! Have you decided on the outside color yet?
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