1930s Small Blue Bungalow Green Spot Reproduction House

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Lynn
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1930s Small Blue Bungalow Green Spot Reproduction House

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Using a house from one of Pete’s chapters I made the 1930's small Blue Bungalow Green Spot house.
This house has it all. The house itself is mica, a bit finer than I usually grind it, coconut on the roof and the base is gravel, and the windows are fuzzy. The size is 5-5/8 “wide X 3-¼” deep and 4-1/4” tall. I’m told the Celluloid Santa is from around the 1940’s not in the same time period as the house but he looks happy don’t you think?
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Lynn...

OUUH!...AAAH!...hope I've spelled these correctly...(but probably haven't)...if you were going for a vintage look...you did it!...everything is perfect...the Santa looks like he is there to stay!...

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Looks amazing.

The Santa is the icing on the cake.

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Oh, the house is scrumptious. Did you do your own 'fuzzing' on the windows? The combination of coconut, mica and gravel works well.
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The house is so perfect. Such nice clean angles on the rooftops, the beautiful colors, the variety of coatings you used. It is a wonderful reproduction.
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Thanks everyone, I have to give Pete credit for the windows, door, and the coconut. Without him I could never make these types of houses.
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It looks wonderful Lynn! Love all the textures. BTW, what was it you used for the base texture? Was it sand, or? Thanks for your reply in advance! :)

Cheers,

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Wonderful--can wait to share it with the list!
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Lynn, seeing work like yours is Pete's reward for working so hard to make authentic-looking coco available, Kathi's and Brian B's reward for working so hard to put together windows for Ted and Pete to make available, Howard's reward for publishing his directions and plans, and my reward for putting this web site online. Of course the same is true of EVERYONE contributing their building photos to these pages.

Keep up the great work!
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Wow, you nailed it!!! You'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between yours and an original!! Nice one Lynn!! I love seeing folks using the fuzzies too! ;)
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