Glue

A Sticky Business....

I hope you will be glad to learn, Dear Readers, that I have finally taken my courage into my hands and GLUED the Tree House Bathroom floor in place! Believe me, it took quite a bit of Courage!!! So much work has gone into the details and parts attached to it... and I Really needed to be certain that I would not want to lift it off again to perform some trifling but necessary task that I had not yet Thought about! I finally convinced myself that if I realized later that I should have done one more thing first... I would probably be able to figure out a way to do it with the Floor glued down!

So I Glued it Down!!!

And once that was done... 

it was time to attach the spiral stairs that go up to the next level....

You can sort of see them here twisting their way up in the little turret at the back.... 

I need to make more stairs...

And then I needed to glue all those walls in place.....

But first I added a couple more pearls and shells to the doors....

Sorry I forgot to take pictures after I added the shells.... 

but you can see the extra pearls at the bottom of each door....

I started with the Fireplace wall....

And the Door into the Spiral Staircase....

 

Then I added the wall dividing the Bath from the Dressing Room and Toilet....

 But only after I had extended the Sea Horses painting onto the Exterior door...

 

 And once those Walls were all glued into their proper slots..... 

it was Time to glue down all the plumbing fixtures!

I started with the Toilet....

I made a water tank for it.... 

with a copper pipe and a pull chain!

And you Might be wondering why you can't see the Tiny roll of Toilet paper....

I am afraid I will have to re-position it.... 

the Glue did not hold!

I have decided it needs to be inside the room 

rather than on the external door where it is too easy to knock it off!

Which brings me to the Subject of this Post.... Glue! 

I have been wrestling with which glues to use for which type of fastening!

Here I am attaching wood to wood.... metal to wood... shell to wood... shell to tiles... pearls to shells.... pearls to wood... metal to beads... metal to tiles... glass tiles to wood.... etc!!!

And the Trickiest part so far has been the "plumbing pipes" for the beautiful Swan Bath!

I wanted the copper pipes to arch over the bath and have "taps"....

Here you can see the piece roughly propped in place.....

it is heavy so it tips over easily.... 

so the only thing holding it together.... 

and to the floor... is the Glue!!!

I wish I had faith in the longevity and durability of the glue!!!

Really... this whole project is so reliant on the power of glue to hold things together....

I hope it lasts Forever!!!

I finally decided that the pipes needed a third attachment point.... 

so they could be held up by the wall....

So I glued an extension to the back.... 

and in the process several of the other glue joins came undone!

(I was using Super Glue alone to connect the pipes)

I decided to add a layer of Aileens Tacky Glue to the already glued joins....

in the hopes that it would strengthen them....

Then I used a combo of Super Glue and Tacky Glue to attach it to the floor and wall!

Of course, it is Really difficult to photograph these details!

And is there anything more Boring than Looking at Glue Drying???

So I really have hardly anything else to show you this week....

 But almost everything is now Glued Down!!!

The Bath is the only piece still not glued in place.....

But I wanted to wait until the Ceiling is finished.....

And you can rest assured Dear Readers... 

it requires a Lot of Gluing!

And Interesting parts I haven't yet figured out....

This Gluing things is a Tricky Sticky business!

One Thing At A Time....

Tiny Shell Sink and More....

I know you will laugh, Dear Readers, when I tell you that I am always reminding myself to work on One Thing at a Time.... because we all know that things just don't work out that way! But let me show you where I Started to work this week.... I attached a tiny Mirror on the wall below the Moon Window.... and it is not just ANY old mirror... the tiny frame is a wreath made of porcelain by the incredibly talented Lucy Coles of Evalina Rose blog, and is adorned with tiny seashells!

A year ago I won her giveaway.... a Tiny Fairy house made of seashells... (which I must show you someday!) and as extras, she added this tiny porcelain wreath and a pair of tiny cushions along with tiny shells I have already used in previous projects! I knew at once that this wreath would make a perfect mirror frame for the Tree House Bathroom..... when I finally got to building it that is!

I glued the porcelain frame to a tiny glass mirror... it fit Perfectly! 

And I glued it to the bathroom wall at the right height to go over the sink... 

and at the right height for the Rats to view themselves! (I checked!)

So then it was just a matter of building the sink!

Here you can see I am testing the first version.... 

believe it or not... the legs are too tall!

It was very difficult to get these legs even... 

the tiny pearls are not all the same!

Here you can see the sink with the legs shortened....

And the faucets added.....

Can you believe how Tiny it is???

Then we have to test it in place.....

Yes, now the sink is not as high as their chins!!

Here, you can see it better with the light adjusted.....

Here it is seen from the side with the wall removed.

I must remind you that I still have not glued any of the walls in place.... 

Even the floor is still not glued... 

I must be sure all the necessary steps have been accomplished before attaching anything!

And once again, I am reminding myself that before I can attach the walls... 

I must paint the other side of the walls.....

The ones for the Tiny Dressing Room and The Toilet Enclosure....!

And because the Dressing Room side wall is on the same wall as the Fireplace...

I had to remove it too for the painting....

Which you can see below...

And the other two walls.....

It is really a very rough painting... 

but I think it is good enough for this Tiny Tiny room!

The idea is the wild Sea Horses in the Waves of a Stormy sea....

And scary clouds overhead... 

(Accidentally scarier than intended!)

It is Really difficult to photograph this tiny space!!

But perhaps you can get the idea.....

A little more light in this one.....

And I had to paint the Tiny Toilet Enclosure too....

So I added Gentle clouds and Lilac bushes....

And because I couldn't Possibly be working on only One thing at a time.....

I have also made a tiny Toilet from a seashell...

With a little wooden seat.....

Whose lid goes up and down!!!

Because I just have to be doing Something 

while all that paint and stain and glue is Drying!!!

But I Tell myself.... 

Just one thing at a time!