Shabby French style Walmer dollhouse rebuild – part 2

If you are just joining my rebuild project, you can start with part 1 here.

I’ve made progress on widening the window openings and added a second-floor doorway that will go to the new addition. Unfortunately, there was some splintering of the wood when I cut this, so I will have to do a little wood filler in places. I will also frame in this doorway – coffee stir sticks seem to be the correct width, so they will work to frame in and square off the openings. Door and window trim can cover any gaps, and leave a nice, finished look. This doorway won’t have an actual interior door, because it leads to a small sitting room off the master bedroom. This room will have French doors that lead to the second story terrace (I wanted to say balcony, but terrace just sounds classier).

I think the little laser cut wood corbels that I have will add a nice decorative touch in the upper corners of the lower archway, once it is framed in and squared off. Here is a picture of the openings in the wall. Next to that you can see the bay window that is already painted and waiting for the addition I haven’t built yet.

I test-fitted some of the windows and doors which I have already painted. I also made dormers for the roof openings. Getting the angles on the roof pieces was pretty tricky and a lot of trial and error. My husband suggested that I use “geometry” to figure it out, but that just sounded like it would take all the fun out of it.

I found this great metal ribbon (I think it is also sometimes called lamp band) with the correct width to replace the lattice on the small balcony. I will cut short pieces for the ends also and run a painted wood railing along the top. I also think I’ll add a couple window boxes on the front railing, for some greenery and flowers. I want to add some window boxes elsewhere too but haven’t decided where yet. That same metal ribbon will also go around the second-story terrace on the addition and the roof terrace of the main house. This will create even more space for gardens and greenery.

I still have more work to do removing old wallpaper, and then I will get to cutting the pieces for new the addition.