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another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:36 pm
by Howard
greetings to all...
yes...a new month...and another new project...(guess that's no surprise)...
it may be a new project...but it's based on the same "basic cottage pattern" i've used many, many times before...i fall back on this pattern when i want to try a new color combination or finish...
here's the link to the original article...
http://www.littleglitterhouses.com/paul ... houses.htm
all i do is change the location and size of the door and windows...then add a new detail or two...like the window in the section that sticks out from the front on the left...
my very best regards...howard...
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:49 pm
by paulrace
Waiting with baited breath. Because I just ate worms. . . .
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:57 am
by Howard
good morning...
all the cardboard work is finished...now on to primer, paint, finish, final assembly and details...
base measures a little over 4" x 5" x 5/8" high...overall height, including base, is approximately 4 1/2"...
my very best regards...howard...
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:41 pm
by paulrace
Very nice, and not that dissimilar from a lot of real houses in the neighborhood I grew up in.
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:57 pm
by Howard
good evening...from a very warm and humid north florida...
i finish the cottage yesterday afternoon and took a few pix a short while ago...
not 100% sure i am sold on the colors...got to shy away from gray/silver...
all the window mullion are hand cut from foil paper...not as perfect as die cut window mullions...
but none of the openings are a standard size...
i put an extra shot of mica flakes in the glitter as well...not 100% sold on that either...
my very best regards...howard...
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:26 pm
by PutzinVT
Again.. Nice.
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:38 am
by paulrace
Looks VERY NICE. Thanks for posting all the steps.
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:20 am
by les
Howard...I think the house colors really make the foil windows stand out. Great job!!!!
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:53 am
by Howard
les wrote:Howard...I think the house colors really make the foil windows stand out. Great job!!!!
i wish sometimes i had made the door with a similar look as the pink foil windows...
my very best regards...howard...
Re: another look built with the "basic cottage pattern"...
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:43 am
by BrianB
Cool Howard, that is a great little house!!! The sparkles seem extra big on this one, and its very shiny with the foil. An eye catcher for sure!