After long-long holidays...

Hi everyone!
Sorry for being away for such a long time. December was killing me - exam after exam, lots of studying, preparing for graduation work. Though this will be my second diploma things are still the same - hard work. This month I have to go through almost 20 books for the graduation work:(
Well, I won't be away anymore!:)
With my dollhouse I've managed only to finish the flooring and some of the walls painting on the second floor, and windowsills:

White room above should the bedroom, I'll paint the walls, just need to choose the ornament. Then I made the wallpapers for the living room, there it is:

The floor here is oak veneer. Also I need to make plinth for this room. It should be more European style than the others which would be more traditional looking. So the whole thing would be - 19th century, the beginning of it.:) That's how easily I switch centuries.:)
Tomorrow I'll show you some pics that inspired me to make it this way. Something more about Russian history. See you tomorrow!

Small update - first but not the last problem.

I've finished gluing the veneer on the pediment, and the main part of slope of the roof is done too.

This week I need to decorate the roof and the rest of the house, then I'll be able to move to interior part. And now I have a problem, I was going to decorate the roof  this way (well, something like this):

But the slopes of my house are longer (it's ok, depends on the house really). So when I open the facade part of the roof is blocking it.  Here's what happens when you haven't planned it all. So I had to think of something. First of all, I thought I wouldn't decorate the roof at all and do only pediment,  like this (the pediment or should I call it  tympanum, is great here): 

Then I thought it would be ok, if I still decorate it the way I wanted before, but with one trick. I need to break it in parts, and the part that is blocking opening of the facade would be on hinges, the smallest ones or I think it would be ok to use some sort of fabric hinges. So when I open the facade part the part of the decoration goes up - well, I hope you get the idea. I think this will go. Anyway, I'll post the results this week, so we'll see.:) 


Наконец-то закончила клеить шпон на фронтоне. Крышу тоже поклеила, остался декор. И тут обнаружилась большая проблема. По склонам крыши я собиралась пропустить резьбу, добавить полотенца, но оказалось (хех, раньше надо было думать), что это невозможно - когда открывается дверца фасада, она слишком плотно прилегает к крыше, и если пустить резьбу, то дверца будет открываться не полностью. Очень расстраивалась, пока не придумала пару способов решить эту проблему. Первый способ - забыть про резьбу и полотенца, основной акцент сделать на декор фронтона (смотрите вторую фотографию). Тогда дверца будет открываться полностью - вроде все хорошо. Но это все равно не мой вариант. Второй способ - резьбу все-таки сделать,но те части, что блокируют фасад, сделать отдельно и не клеить намертво, а прикрепить на петли ( в моем случае это даже не классические петли, а просто соединительный кусок ткани). Второй вариант мне пока нравится, буду пробовать. Посмотрим, что получится.