Black and White elegance

It's been such a lovely time here with my great friend Jan.  I have written more about our trip to Bundaberg and about Nathan and Peter's sightseeing on Snippets on the Move - click here to see. Jan has been working on her Tuscany Villa and I have fallen more and more in love with it.  Jan has completed most of the spackling, done the kitchen, done the tiles for the courtyard in Creative PaperClay and has learned how to copy and reduce tiles and make tile sheets and borders.  She has regained her momentum and I expect to see lots of emails (with photos vbg) about the progress made now.  Just a small matter of finally deciding on the colour scheme so she can go forward with decisions about which tiles, which carpets and colour of upholstery etc.  I have really enjoyed seeing this project almost from the beginning and look forward to seeing the finished house - I just know it will be special.


I brought the kit for Candlewick House with me, because it is nice and straightforward being an intermediate kit.  I worked on it on Friday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and I'm really happy with the progress so far.  It's not finished yet: the paperclay on the floor is still drying, and I've also added some to the roof to make it nice and wavy and that's nearly but not quite dry.  


I've papered the first floor, panelled the ground floor and lit it throughout with LEDs.  It is looking very smart indeed in white 'plaster' and black timbering, not worn and distressed this time but crisp and post-card pretty. Elegant in black and white.  I will be adding a little bit of shading to the white though, I can't resist doing just some lol.  Even a newly-painted house in real life doesn't stay pristine for long.


Just a peek at the exterior for now though:

When I get back to Sydney the clay floor will probably be dry and I'll be able to paint it, so I'll show you the interior then.  And I'll show you the lights on when the roof is finished so the full effect can be seen.  After that I will get back to Lavender Cottage.  
For now,