Cabin Project Updates

The hubs is at a stopping point with the ship model.

Now that spring is here, he wanted to get some outside
chores done and spend some time in his workshop.

He's been working on the ship model since January.
He averages 6 or 7 hours a day, that adds up to 
about 500 hours.  The hubs is 70 years old and has 
never worked with such a small scale.  I think 
he has done an amazing job.  We are never too
old to learn something new.

The loft seems so empty and quiet without 
the hubs.  He's left his side of the loft neat
and tidy.  I miss tripping over the shop vac. 
I'll be glad when he starts working on 
the ship again.

I've been working on some simple projects for
the kitchen room box.  I ordered 1:12 scale "biscuit" or
gingerbread molds from Arjen Spinhoven Miniaturen.
 He is located in the Netherlands and makes unique
dollhouse items, many as DIY kits.
Link to his website at the bottom of post.

I sanded the corners then

I painted them a gingerbread brown.  I just mixed
some brown acrylic paints until I liked the color.

I waxed them with American Decor wax,
 available at craft stores and Home Depot.  I actually 
used a soft cloth and a shoe brush to buff them to a
 soft shine.  It's just like shining your shoes!

St. Nicholas, Catherina and Ivanhoe.
He has several designs and it was
hard to choose!

 I made some homespun curtains.

I wanted some vintage advertising signs for the
 kitchen, just to brighten the walls.  So, I miniaturized 
some pictures.  The hubs cut and sanded some
 small wooden bases.

I painted the wood in different shades of brown.

I used Royal Coat decoupage finish
from my craft supplies, but any
brand would work.
 
I got a bit carried away and made more than
I can use.  I made an address sign to hang on the 
outside of the room box and even did some pictures
for the Christmas cabinet dollhouse.

Fun, inexpensive and easy.

I had some left over bedroom pieces of Hall's 
Lifetime furniture.  I was getting ready to sell 
them on E-bay.  The hubs said he could make 
a room that stacks on top of the the kitchen.
A double decker.
 He's busy in the wood shop......

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Link to Arjen Spinhoven Minitures
Arjen Spinhoven Miniaturen