First Wall on House 3

Today held many interruptions, but showed forward progress nonetheless.  All the brick and trim has been applied to House 3 and all the brick cut (but not applied) to House 2. And, finally, finally, finally, the first wall is on House 3. If you count the fact that the sunroom is already attached to the back wall, then two walls are complete. Of course, the two that remain are the most complex and have more components than the two that are complete, but it's important to start with the front wall and build from there, because it has clear positional markers (the window box on the front) and all else is positioned from there.

I didn't take pictures of putting the brick or trim on the components, but did take pictures of the first wall rising. Unfortunately, the camera battery seems to have been dying along the way, so they're so dark they are hard to see.











Here's a shot of the wall after battery-change. No window box yet--that's when the interruptions started.

Back in the Forward-Backstep Cycle

Organizing furniture for House 3

As I was contemplating making great progress on House 3's final assembly today, I realized that I'd forgotten the brick on House 2. Sigh. Doing brick is a pain and among my least favorite parts of this, so that didn't get done today; maybe later in the week.

weighting down second floor, House 3

Upon examination, House 3 doesn't have all its trim, and the roof gables weren't installed. It took about an hour to FIND the gables that I'd carefully put in a very, very safe place. Why they weren't with the rest of the house in its box is a mystery. (Dumbheadedness on my part is the answer, probably.) By the end of the day, the gables were dressed and glued in, and the rest of the house trim was coming right along.

Gluing in a gable (band on end to secure roof in place)

Otherwise, furnishing the first floor and gluing on the second floor were the  major accomplishments of the day. Tomorrow, more brick (yuck) and second floor furnishings, and then, finally, walls for House 3.

House 3 Sitting Room

Furnished dining room, House 3

Front room, House 3

House 2 Nearing Finish Line

All of House 2's walls are up, save the back wall that holds the sunroom (already attached). All the trim has been attached. As soon as the internal furnishings are complete, House 2 is ready for final assembly: porches and roof.

Now, it will be set aside while House 3 reaches the same point.

House 2 Walls Rising!

Finally, the walls are going on for House 2. Finished up the downstairs by putting a sideboard in the dining room (I seem unable to help myself in making things that will never been seen).











 Then moved onto adding walls! As usual, started with the front door section, since it has a designated place to be, and a way to measure fit.

Then, the rest of the front and the start on the two sides. 

The east side is the most complicated, and that's as far as I got today. Not totally happy with the fit I achieved on this side, but it's ok, I think.  I didn't get to the bay on the West side yet. From this angle, you can see yet another item that will never show--the painting on the upper wall of the stairwell. I'm not sure there's any window that will show it, even if the curtains weren't obscuring things. 

The furniture in House 2 is arranged a bit differently upstairs, as its owner remembers a different era of how the rooms were used.

Creeping Along

Still no walls. Lots of new furniture and more structural advances, and wiring, though. I made two beds today with different numbers of posts.

The reason there are two holes for wiring now in the floors of Houses 2 and 3 is because we had to drill a new one to move the wires so they won't show. Putting the downstairs walls in now revealed the problem that I kluged over in House 1. I papered over the original hole in House 1 and will likely do the same in Houses 2 and 3.

 The second floor of House 2 attached, finally, with all the first floor furniture in place that's going to be there.

House 2 Furniture

I'd forgotten that, before the walls can go on, the supports, stairwell and furniture must go in. House 2 already has its in place; House 3 got its today.

The stairwells for Houses 2 and 3 are of Michael's design, and it's characteristically more elegant than the contraption I cobbled together for House 1. 

I got all the furniture into House 2. Nothing for House 3. Tomorrow, finally, the walls for House 2. Whew. 

Amusing Myself

I just couldn't bring myself to close up House 1, without more furniture on the second floor, even though I'm pretty sure the curtains are going to obscure almost everything. So, I indulged myself today. I'll know it's there, at least.