Once the bay and tower panels are added to the structure all the rooms on the first two floors are complete.  There is a kitchen, hall, and living room on the first floor.  There is a broom closed under the staircase.  Two bedrooms fill the second floor.     Plants have been added to the bay window sills in the kitchen. Some wall decorations are also in place.  The bay window seats in the bedroom are upholstered with the same fabric as the rug.

    The third floor has a rec room,   a bathroom and a secret room behind the bathroom.  The secret room is accessed by a hinged portion of the roof or the double doors on the balcony.  All the rooms have been painted and papered.  All the wall to wall rugs are installed. 

    The exterior is finished with paint 'n tex stucco.    That is the material that contractors use to finish ceilings.  Valerie and I find it works like a charm.  

    The view of the front    shows the lights on the front. They are buttons mounted on punch out scraps of wood.  Old jewelry graces the flower box and is also used above the door. Tiny beads make the nail heads on the shutters.

   The upper balcony has the same outdoor light effects as the main door except that the cut-outs are vertical instead of horizontal.    A large coat of arms type pin (back removed) is used on the banister. 

  The house has now been shingled and is ready for landscaping.  The door has a contrasting panel of turquoise.  Potted plants, wrought iron furniture and a mat have been added to the front porch. 

   For grass I used felt to begin my yard work.  The brick walkways are made from the brick sheets which can be cut to size.    The left side of the house shows some of the landscaping.  All of the beds are filled with aquarium stones that have been mixed with white glue diluted with some water.  The flowers are all tiny dried flowers, the greenery are tiny sprigs of fir from a tiny wreath.  The blooming trees are sprigs of tiny dried flowers.  A bird bath  from the cake department, sprayed with Flex-stone takes on a granite appearance.

   The front walk is framed with tiny blooms which is glued to fir strips laid along the brick.     Two pieces of coal (my trademark in each of my yards) stand at the end of the walk.  The same type of sprigs was used for all the trees.  The colors varied as did the amount of sprigs I used so the effects vary on each tree.

   I was very pleased with my pond on the right side of the house.     I achieved the look with a piece of white fabric and a piece of blue Saran wrap.  I glued the fabric lightly and added brown aquarium stones around the edge to secure the Saran wrap. 

   The interior is also complete except for the furniture.        These steps will be put on hold while other duties are attended to.  The rugs and some of the wall decorations are in place.  More detail will be shown when a room by room tour will be given.