Tuesday, March 19, 2013

I have built my hallway!!

Hi All,

As usual I am crawling back to blogger after a several months break!  The Christmas season got crazy this year!  I guess I am not as great of a planner as I thought lol.

Anyway, back in this post, I drew out my plan to add a long dark hallway to the mini-mansion.  It was just missing in the original design!  All old mansions need long dark hallways with paintings that seem to follow you with their eyes!

So here it is.  I had already extended the upstairs bedroom wall paper before remembering to take a pic but you can see where the floor board stops on the original kit.  The walls and floors are made out of all different types of wood (plywood, mdf, etc..) anything that was the thickness to match up with the existing RGT kit and the main house.


 Here is where I started extending out the floor boards.  The white floor shows where the original kit ended.  I basically added 4 to 5 inches all the way around in an "L" shape.  This will give me a hallway AND a few more inches in the down stairs dining room and the upstairs bedroom.


Here you can see the upper hallway and the downstairs hallway and dining room floor being extended.  The upstairs carpet will be next!


Here is a closer look at the pattern on the lower level!  I need to get a couple windows to insert and find some matching wall paper to cover up the plywood!  It will get done somehow!  But for now I am over the moon excited about how it came out!


I don't have current pictures but I have also been working hard on the main house.... the bottom floor and the second floor are COMPLETELY FINISHED on the inside!!!  Sometimes you just never think that will happen!!  I am now focusing on the top floor which contains Wednesday and Pugsleys Room and the attic!  I will post another all over tour when I get that done!  I can't wait to show you!  -Ara

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  1. Well done! The floors look great!
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    1. Thanks you Simon! I am glad it extended so easily! -Ara

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  2. I can't wait to see more Ara! I haven't blogged since Halloween so don't feel bad.

    Big Hugs,
    Victoria

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    1. I am glad to know I am not alone!! Sometimes life is crazy! I will look forward to your next post! hugs, Ara

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  3. This all looks very promising and exciting. I ove it when a plan becomes reality. Can't wait too see more, I bet it will be great. A hallway where the pictures follow you. Ohh. I like this idea.

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    1. I know .. very rarely do my real life plans ever come together! Its nice to know I can make my mini ones happen! lol

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  4. Ara, I am just as excited as you. My Alison Jr is still sitting on the "To-Do" "Must-Do" and dobeedo table collecting dust. I am just staring at it now and again, wondering how to bash that giant of a building (compared to my tiny abandoned shed/house/small building of 1/48 scale)

    I hereby declare your hallway an absolute success! This house of yours will be amazing!

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    1. Sans, it is a huge house! I have it all set up on my kitchen table right now and it is enormous!! And heavy! I know you will come up with something absolutely brilliant! hugs, Ara

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  5. How exciting Ara- and you are right- you need the hallway and the paintings that seem to follow your every move-wonderful work! I am excited to see more :)

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    1. Thanks Kim! Hopefully I can keep working on them at a steady pace... we'll see!! hugs, Ara

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  6. Im so excited to see it coming together :) you're right every old house needs a haunted hallway!


    Hugs
    M.

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    1. Thanks Marisa! I am hoping I can do the Addams' hallway justice! -Ara

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