Window Panes....

Painstaking Progress....

Windows were the big topic in my Worlds both Large and small, Dear Readers, as I faced the truth of Autumn's arrival in this part of the World. The day had come that I must bring my houseplants back indoors for the Winter, thus requiring me to rearrange all my Dollhouses to allow the plants to live in the sunny Windows! Alas, this means that the Conservatory has been shifted onto a chair in the corner of my Sitting room....

 And the Cloud Palace has Drifted up into the higher elevations 

of my tiny upstairs Studio!

 So that the plants can live in the sunny... (or dark) Windows!

It always makes me keenly aware of the Seasonal change...

 the oncoming Dark and cold.....

The closing of the windows.

The closing in of the year.

And with all that shuffling and rearranging.... 

the even more difficult truth that several of my projects 

were Larger than they were this time last year!

This is the natural result of trying to complete the foundations and bases....

which makes them a little bit larger 

and much harder to move and fit into corners.... 

here in my (too) small house....!

So while I was lamenting the necessity of moving the 

dollhouses away from the sunny windows,

 and struggling with where they should sit....

I was also slowly adding muntins to the windows of the Glass House....

One piece at a time.

Here you can see the beginnings.

I started with the cross pieces and then added the vertical muntins.

And on the door too.

Slowly measuring, cutting, sanding to fit, then gluing in place.

One piece at a time.

 

And you might have noticed, Dear Readers, that 

The Gypsy Caravan also got a set of front doors.....

Which needed to have windows cut into the upper half of each door.

These kits don't come with the doors, 

so I have cut them from plywood.....

Stained them the dark walnut color...

And attached them with hinges.....

(Can you believe how many hinges it uses????)

 

I really do Love these hinges! 

They are a bit large... 

but they are sturdy and will put up with a lot of use!

They will eventually look better..... 

aged and partly concealed by paint and trim.

(And the ends of the screws where they stick through 

the wood will be covered with more trim.)

But I do love my doors to open and close!

And the front doors really did need to have windows!

Now I only need to decide if I am making them with real glass...

So you can see, Dear Readers, 

my Painstaking Progress...

Making little Window panes!

Glass House Glass....

Invisible Progress.....

Have I mentioned, Dear Readers, How much I Love it when the sun comes to play in my mini worlds? Sometimes it seems as though I can barely catch the brief moments when it illuminates my little worlds so brilliantly! Saturday was just such a morning and here you can see The Folly fully lit in the morning sun! But it was moving fast! I had to be quick with the camera!

Here you can see the Glass House fully lit by the sun... 

Before any glass was added to the windows!

I was able to get some glass panes cut on Saturday 

and immediately started fitting them to the window openings.

It is not as easy as it sounds! 

If the glass pane is just a fraction too large,

 you have to carve away the wood frame to make it fit.

But it really went very well.

I was easily able to cut and install the front windows.

Can you see the glass panes? No? 

How about now?

At least you can see the reflections in the windows! 

Here you can see the Glass House framework is removed from The Folly base 

so I can attach the glass to one of the window openings.

The window frame on the exterior is made a little smaller than 

the opening in the wall so it holds the glass pane in place on one side.

Once the glass pane is inserted in the opening, 

I add interior trim inside the window opening, 

which holds the pane securely in the wall.

In the above picture you can see the interior trim 

has been added to the rectangular window, 

while the triangular one still has not been fitted with glass.

Here we are on a sunny Sunday morning, 

and you can see I have drilled the screw holes for the roof sections

 so they can be firmly attached once the glass panes are added.

And here you can see the interior from above... 

with the rear glass pane being tested for fit.

Yes, there is already an old workbench in place, 

and an antique stove for heating the Glass House in winter!

Here you can see the roof panels removed for

 painting the trim edges prior to adding the glass.

Because the glass is "see through" you need to paint 

the inside of all the openings because they will be 

visible through the edge of the glass!

You can see the opening side of the roof is smaller than the front side.... 

this is so it can swing open past the roof eaves of The Folly!

Here you can see the roof panels in place..... 

with the glass installed!

Can you see the glass? No?

And here you can sort of see the end triangular window also in place!

Or you can see the window frames.... if not the glass!

There is only the tiny back wall window 

still in need of getting the window pane installed...

Here you can just see the opening through the doorway....

I will have fun cutting that window glass!

And then all the muntins need to be cut and fitted to each window.

So it is still a while before the Glass House will be finished.

But the sun came to play again, Dear Readers!

Just before sunset it reached into my work room from the west.....

Shining on The Folly Tree House in such a way.... 

I almost never see this!

Shining into the Salon through the tiny window in the stairwell....

Where there is a flower vase on the window sill.....

And shining through the dressing room window.... 

glimpsed from the Chinoiserie bedroom....

Shining through the lost marble window....

I know, it is hard to see these tiny rays of light....

And even shining into the bath chamber

 through the window in the toilet stall....!

And lighting the Dressing Room with the door opened....

Catch it before it is gone!

And glancing through The Folly bay window......

showing off the details we usually can barely see!

Well, Dear Readers, there really is not much to show 

for my three day weekend of work!

That's the problem with glass....

Invisible Progress!