Tiny Progress...
Because Nothing is glued in place yet, Dear Readers, there is a constant need to fiddle and adjust each piece as I try to get the Tower Stairs constructed. Above you can see I tackled cutting the door frame and door and attaching the hinges. Yes, I hope you understand by now, how happy hinges make me! The door opens and closes! You can get a glimpse of those mysterious stairs when the door is even slightly open! But the upper section of the door wall needs to fit carefully under the top stairs, so I am fitting it separately after I get the door itself correctly positioned.
And because the whole back section of this room needs to be
constructed along with the stairs so they all fit together properly,
I have also been adding to the upper frame of the fireplace.
Of course, it is now a gloomy day and my pictures are dark.
And because you know by now that I am not just working on one project at a time...
I have also been making some progress on the gilded trim
for the cherub ceiling in the Dollmaker's Studio.
I realized a while ago that I was never going to make progress
with the trim in place in the room,
because I couldn't turn myself upside down to see it well enough.
So I removed the ceiling and am testing the assembly
with the ceiling upside down and the trim lying along the edges.
You can see the arrangement above,
before I have made any changes to the trim.
(And showing only the two sides I have so far constructed.)
Seeing it that way made me realize
I needed to glue down all the tail ends of the ribbons
before I added anything else.
Which I am doing ribbon by ribbon in this picture.
You can also see the beginnings of a third section of trim,
before it has been glued together and painted.
Here you can see I have attached some of the "leaves"
between the ribbon swags...
These were the parts I could not wrestle with properly
when it was in place...
they just kept falling down!
They are now glued to the trim!
Here you can see I am testing some of the "flat leaves"
that will peek over the top of the trim...
hopefully adding to the illusion that there is sky above...
They have to be "flat"...
because there is no sky above...
there is a very flat ceiling with almost no room for them to fit at all!
I plan to enhance the illusion of "sky above"
by adding a few painted leaves as well...
We shall see if that works when I get to it!
And speaking of painting...
I painted the "rocks" on the tower stairs wall,
and also added the hardware to the door.
I did not get to the grout...
and the flash shows all the unfinished parts.
And just a glimpse of the stairs when the door is left ajar!
(I just Love hinges! )
And that is all I have to show, Dear Readers,
Hardly anything at all...
But it is Tiny progress!
