Not much to show this week

If you've had a look at my Scrappy Snippets blog you'll see why I haven't done much in the way of minis this week. However, I was chatting to my dear friend Jan today, the emails flying back and forth and once I posted off the first birthday card exchange for the year I pulled Pickett Hill out. Not that it had far to bring it out from - it has been sitting beside my arm chair all week :)

I realised that I hadn't put the battens on one of the walls because before now I wasn't able to work out which piece was that wall - it is just a rectangle among other rectangles. Today I worked it out, put the battens on, painted both sides and varnished the floor with another coat of satin varnish to give it a bit nicer finish.

That all dried quickly, so I glued the walls in place - while each one dried I packed up the mess from card making.

So here they are. First of all, the front view. It doesn't look all that great with just one coat of paint on it, but that is just to seal the wood a bit, as I mentioned in the previous post.

Next, here is the left side wall, where the chimney will go. That's why there is a gap in the battens - to allow for the chimney to go there.

Continuing around the house, here is the rear wall, where the French doors will go, leading into the portico. Don't you love the oval window?

The right side wall is totally open.

After those photos I put the front porch and the rear portico in place for the last two photos. Even though they still need more painting I couldn't wait to see the effect. First, the front with the lovely bow window and the porch sitting there.

Then the rear of the house, with the beautiful portico sitting against the wall. The foundation of the house isn't glued on yet, so it isn't sitting properly but isn't it gorgeous? I won't decide whether to paint the floor white or leave it coloured until it is time to glue the structure in place.

Well, it's time to close this off - I've had it sitting open and forgot to publish it! Hopefully next week there will be more to show. No more will be done until after sunset tomorrow night of course, and I will see how that goes. You never know - there could be lots of progress by next update so keep checking! Till then -