Making Blueprints for Sept 2005 HOM 'Red Coconut Barn'

Post by **BrianB** » Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:47 am

Awesome work John! I always wanted to try a Pagoda house, looks like you are nailing it. Cant wait to see it all done!!
-Brian

Post by **JCass** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:35 pm

Hello All - finished this one up today (finally!). The textures and colors were a bit tricky but overall pretty happy with the final result. Thanks to Tom H for the plaster door (and to the wife for painting it!)

John

Post by **Howard** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 6:30 pm

John...

this has to be your finest work!...looks so very, very vintage...

Howard...

Post by **maria** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:03 pm

Post by **maria** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:37 am

Had to take another look--must feature on my blog!

BurghGal · Post by **BurghGal** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:37 am

Wonderful! It was a great learning experience to watch you draft it and bring to fruition.

Post by **Lynn** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:59 am

Excellent job!

Could you tell me about the base, it looks painted blue with silvery color coconut. I like it because the paint still shows through, something I struggle with .

Thank you!

Post by **JCass** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:42 pm

Thanks All!

Lynn, I too struggle trying to get the base 'just right'. I usually experiment on cardboard pieces until I get something that I like.

For this one, there is light blue paint base. I let it dry and then put a light coat of Modge Podge and sprinkled the blue coco first and then silver. Also, I sprinkled some dark blue sand on it. I never tried that before!

I attached a close-up, hopefully you can see and then a combination of blue and silver coco and then the dark blue sand.

Hope all is well!

John