New and improved

The clock was too plain for the style of the house so I dressed it up a bit. It looks more like a mantel clock should look - at least in a French country style house.

It's the little things

 This roof is moving along slowly but it's going to be worth it...at least, that's what I keep telling myself, LOL.

 A new shelf in the bathroom holds various toiletries - shampoo, conditioner, baby bath, perfume, aftershave, nail polish. There's room for more but these are enough for now.

 The kitchen got dishsoap and a scrubbie.

 I made a clock and a fireplace screen. I love the screen!

The bedroom got a pretty urn full of flowers.

There's still more to do besides finishing the roof. I want to make a lamp for the master bedroom nightstand, and an alarm clock, too. The upper hall is just boring. I need to add something, just not sure what. If I find labels I like I may add them to the products I made today. As much as I like this house, I think it's still missing some personality -  it needs more to make it personal. Any ideas?

Slowly wins the race

Well I hope so, anyway. I'm still plugging away at the roof. There's not a big enough change to post a new photo so you'll just have to trust me, lol.

I decided to add a fireplace tonight. It's in the living room. The chimney comes out above the kitchen side. I haven't decided if I care enough to change that. ;-)

The fireplace was made completely from scratch. The tiles came with another garage sale dollhouse. Since  the season for this house is summer, I don't really want to put a fire in. I  may make an "iron" screen with leftovers from the house trim.

My husband is in the hospital with a lung infection of some sort so mini play is as I have time in the evening once I leave the hospital. Bear with me!

Lots of progress

Walls and floor glued together.
Inside.
Now the inside walls have been dirtied up a bit. I made the fireplace from scraps of styrofoam. I made the basic shape and then covered the whole thing with a mix of spackle, glue and paint. I scribed the stones in with a pointed tool. After it was partially dry I added the different colors of paint to resemble field stone. The finished fireplace was sealed with Mod Podge. The mantel is made from two of the extra logs. The logs for the fire were carved from balsa wood and I used fine red glitter to make burning embers. The black spot you see on the inside left near the top is a hook to hang a cooking pot. The cabin is so small that it won't have a cook stove, just the fireplace like most pioneers would have had in their first cabins.
This is the outside, stained to look like tree bark.
There is still a lot of work to do but I was able to get a lot finished today. My kids had friends over and I got to mini. The sun was even shining. Today was a good day.