Paint, Trim and Wall Assembly

This weekend was nice. With Memorial Day I had three days off and I spent part of each working on the dollhouses.  My Shapeways order arrived last Monday so I could work on the Loft.

I got the faucet on the sink.  And worked on the lights some more.

I ordered some ceiling plates for the hanging lights and got them attached.

And I found some old tubing for the bathroom lights which hide the wires nicely.

I also managed to get the addition ceiling cut.

Then I started painting the walls.

I had to fill in some of the cracks with wood putty and sand it down before I could paint.  And some of the wood putty is still drying so I couldn't paint that portion.

But I could finish the addition ceiling with the same blue I used on the main house.

It might need another coat.

It looks pretty good I think.

I worked on the bookshop a lot too.  First, and I would have been better off doing this later, I added the 'plaster' to the ceilings.  I used the same paint that I used for the WQRC stucco and used a stiffer brush to make swirling plaster motions.

The circular brush marks aren't completely visible but I know they're there.   The next step was to add the floors.

I used Minwax Dark Walnut to contrast with the trim and the shelves.  The doors pop nicely against it too.

I began to work on the trim while the stain on the floors dried.

This is the crown molding for the first floor.  I had some chair rail which I used as trim for the second floor opening and the opening for the staircase.

I'm using magnets to hold the front to the rest of the shop, and while the glue is drying they're kept from pulling out with some painters tape.

While the crown molding was drying I glued the walls onto the base.

This is why dry fits are so important for me.  My second floor broke part and I reglued, but I didn't get the front pieces perfectly lined up so I need to sand one of them down a bit otherwise the front of the store doesn't fit properly.

But I did get the back glued on. At least partially.

I haven't glued the back of the second story in yet.  I want to add the railings to the second floor first.

But so far so good.

I have to work tomorrow. But I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day.