Knitty Gritty 2 and doors
I finished the second Knitty Gritty project a few days ago. It was a pair of baby booties. I used some left over Berrocco Vintage pink yarn from my stash.
I have also been lucky enough to have some chunks of time to work on my dollhouse. I finally figured out how to cut my last sheet of flooring to fit the two remaining upstairs rooms. I've been mulling it over for several weeks. When I figured it out I exhaled and did a little happy brain dance. This in spite of the fact that the hardwood strips keep popping up. I don't know if that is just the nature of this kind of flooring or if it has something to do with the fact that it has been sitting in a box for more than a decade. I ironed them down but they just keep popping up. So I am just going to label it character. This house has character.
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| Small upstairs room |
After all that, I decided I should glue the doors in before the flooring. I got some help assembling the doors tonight. They are held in the doorframes by pins. Ideally the doors would open all the way. But to get them to do that I would need more space on the sides of the door. I wasn't sure how much of a gap to leave and thought if it was too big it wouldn't look realistic. So now the doors can only be opened a crack. More character. I hear old houses have a lot of that. I painted one door and set it in place, along with the flooring, to get a preview of what the room will look like. It's exciting to see it coming together!
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Master bedroom
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1 comment:
I just found your blog. I've always loved this house from the pictures in Nutshell News but haven't been able to find many pictures besides those. Thanks for posting pics of your progress, it's great to see the interior and get a better idea of how the house all fits together.
About the pin-hinged doors... too late now, but for future reference if you sand the edge that bumps into the doorframe to a curve, it'll open better.
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