The Bay Window.....

 

 

 Structural Support....

You Might or might Not recall, Dear Readers, that the upstairs of the Dollmaker's Studio will have a lovely Large bay window with a window seat, overhanging the front of the building. I am using up random parts that I have in my stash, and this large "Houseworks" window fit almost perfectly into the space where the Sugarplum Cottage kit plans for a bay window. I toyed with the idea of using the Sugarplum bay window base and walls, but they really didn't match the grandeur of this window frame. I was going to have to build from scratch the "bump out" structure for this window to fit into. And it was going to require some fancy support where it attached to the main structure too. This took a LOT of pondering the engineering requirements!

To begin with, the Houseworks window frame is made for thicker walls that the Sugarplum kit's walls. And beyond that, I wanted a deeper window seat than the kit's frame would allow. I found a scrap of 3/8 inch plywood that had just the right dimensions and started there. 

The really tricky part was going to be joining this structure to the main building because it needed to attach right where the kit was "extended" by my addition of the base floor.

 

 

 And I needed to make the junction really sturdy!

Screws and glue would be needed!

This is the interior view showing the overlap where the exterior

"beam" will hold the kit wall in place.

These "beams" are going to be the Tudor Style

half-timber structure of the upper section of the house.

Here you can see I am adding the support "beams"

which extend off the front of the structure, but are 

attached with the screws through all the layers of wood.

These support the floor of the bay window seat extension.

The window seat aligns with the opening for the window frame.

And with all the parts carefully taped in place.....

you can get a sense of how it will look!

(Along with some glimpses of my messy workroom!)

Here you can see it from a different angle.

And the interior view of the window seat.

I think this is going to become one of my

 favorite window seats ever!

It's just the barest beginning, Dear Readers,

but the Bay Window structure

 will be Securely attached!