Where Was I.....?

Hmmmmm..........

It was weeks and Weeks ago, Dear Readers, that I last accomplished any building on any of my many projects! I hope you will be able to remember that I was building the attic "knee walls" for the Lovely Old Dollhouse sometime back in September, before I got swept up in the recent story-telling binge. This was a project I had been contemplating for nearly fifty years!!! I had even made a version of these knee-walls back in my teen-aged years when I was first trying to "up-grade" the decor of the dollhouse, but my construction methods were not sturdy and did not last. This time I am being a little more thorough and not relying on glue alone to attach the parts. At the moment they are all still removable while I decide how detailed the walls and doors need to be. But I did manage to add a coat of primer to the basic parts! It makes an amazing difference in the feel of the rooms to have the walls painted!

Of course, the lighting is not very good in my photos... 

and you can hardly see the wall behind all the furniture..... 

but that is sort of the point! It now feels just like a wall!

And the same is true of the bedroom....

I am still not sure if I will be trying to make 

the walls appear to be "bead-board" paneling....

since that is a later style of decor than the supposed era of this house. 

But I probably will... 

because "up-grades" would have been done over time, 

like with the kitchen walls.

 

And these were not the only walls I was painting, Dear Readers, 

as you may have spotted in that first photo!

I was also working on painting the 

sleeping compartment of the second Gypsy Wagon!

 

Here I have started to paint the dark blue base coat.

 

(Yes, I know, I have not shown you this second Gypsy Wagon!

But you might have spotted it in the Meadow with Beatrice!)

It is becoming quite different from the first, 

starting with an extra rear window in the sleeping compartment.

And I wanted the mood to be more "mystical"....

beginning with deep blue walls and silver-gray forest...

Here you can see how the walls fit together... 

only the gray under-painting has been done so far on the trees.

Here I have started to add the black details...

but decided that I really needed to add the silver color first...

You can see on the tree to the far right that I have added the silver .....

And now I am adding the black over the silver. 

I wanted a reflective effect because the compartment will be quite dark,

 and this way the trees will stand apart from the blue background.

Slightly closer shot.....

Most of the black texture added.....

There are still many details to be added... 

I have not decided how much foliage to add... 

but there will be more added!

Here the walls are assembled temporarily.....

And a hint of the decor... 

viewed through the compartment doors......

And closer..... 

Yes, it will feel much more Mystical than the other wagon!

And speaking of doors....

The exterior doors needed trim added....

And the doors needed the draft strip added to the center 

where the doors don't quite meet when closed.

And a lovely old tarnished bronze door knob too!

I love the way it looks in the morning light!

Well, Dear Readers..... 

I seem to have discovered where I was 

All those weeks ago!

Where I am going is another matter altogether....

Hmmmmm.... we shall have to wait and see!