More Windows.... And Wallpaper....

 It Always Takes Longer....

I Painted the window frames before gluing them in the openings, Dear Readers, because the interior side of the wall is already "finished" and I didn't want to mess it up. Fitting the glass panes in place was a little tricky and required that I turn the structure on its side to work on the back window. I needed gravity on my side! You can sort of see the pane in the window opening below.

The walls on this structure are thinner plywood than those of the castle,

 so for the inner layer of the window frame, 

I was planning to use two layers of cardboard.

Of course, carefully cutting and fitting each layer

 of card took more time than I thought!

The inner layer I painted black... 

where it would show would mimic the "leading"

 on the outer side of the glass.

I know it is difficult to see... 

It has been really gloomy around here for a while!

The card frame needed to be wide enough to cover the

 irregular shape of the glass pane to hold it in place.

And then I made the second inside layer...

This thinner frame is painted to resemble

 the stone surround of the window.

I know it is not perfect... 

And is difficult to see properly!

I took the outer door off the hinges to work on it

 so you can see the layers better.

I tell myself that the imperfections will be

 hardly noticed once the entire room is finished!

And then, because I had a three day weekend, Dear Readers,

 I decided to get Brave and tackle the wallpaper right away!

I don't know if I have shown you this paper before, 

but it is old Christmas wrapping paper that

 my Mom used many many years ago,

 and I saved it because it was so beautiful.

I only had a couple of scraps of it,

 and this small room seemed the perfect place to use it!

First I made the patterns for each wall... 

the areas were somewhat irregular

 so I didn't want to take any chances and ruin the paper!

I spent hours cutting and fitting each piece!

Of course, this is really too dark....

I'm not a fan of flash... but in this case

 it is necessary to get the effect of the lovely gold accents!

And with the open wall visible too.

I think it looks just like I hoped it would!

And then this morning I couldn't resist

 pulling out the electrical extension cords...

Don't you want to peek into those windows...?

Oooh... the window actually looks okay from here...!

But you want to see inside....

With just a hint of what it will look like with lights in place.....

 

And the fireplace wall.....

There is still so much to do... 

but I feel as though I am Finally

 getting a sense of this place!

 

And even though it always takes longer, Dear Readers,

The windows and walls are worth it!