Progress on the tiny cabin

I would like to thank every one that left such nice comments on my last post =) I started painting that floor again. Amazing how hard it is to make it look like it has been washed off.. ;) I will keep working on that.. I think the first ones looks better than the new ones, but I will keep trying =)

But I'm working on that little cabin too =) Every time I think I'm almost done, I come up with a new idea =) And I still haven't done the roof =) And the grass (I think there will be grass around it, if I'm able to make that..)

When I left you the last time I had done all the walls, but I had not glued it together.
I did some window frames, by regular white paper =)

I also did this around the doorpost. Then I assembled the house.

I made the second floor out of balsa wood, drew some lines on it with a pencil and painted it brown, the same colour as the house.

The first floor is also made out of balsa wood, a bit thicker than the second floor.

Three walls in place. I haven't glued the fourth wall yet, I might just have it loose =)

Then I made a ladder =) (of toothpicks as well)

And I was eager to try out my furnitures..

 

I tried lots of different combinations (I haven't even painted the sofa yet) And I realized I could make a fence just like I did the ladder =) (The sofa is made out of balsa wood and later I added some fabric too)

 Looking at these bright white window frames made me want to paint them... so...

...I painted both the window frames and the sofa, in "Dala-blue" =) I don't know if they are still a bit too bright.. I might just make them a bit more dirty with some brown paint, we will see about that =) (made a door of balsa wood too, and painted it blue)

I made a bunk-bed (out of toothpicks, beads, cardboard and fabric) and a bedside table (balsa wood) and a chest (balsa wood and paint) and a corner cupboard (the cupboard isn't really done yet) and I thought I was almost done (except for the roof and the exteriors) Then I thought, we have very cold winters here in Sweden, maybe I should give the cabin a tile stove. So I moved the cupboard and the fridge and started making a stove.

Eager as always ;) I wanted to see how it would look with the tile stove in place, so I tried it out, even if the stove isn't finished at ALL! (And the cupboard isn't done yet either... )

The door got a doorknob (a bead).

Tried it with the last wall in place, but I think it would be best to leave it removable, maybe I can have some kind of hinge, and open and close the wall like a door?! I will have to see when I have made the roof, if it's even possible to do that.

Some last pictures =) I will keep working on this and I will have to make at least one more post about this house ;)
When I was looking at this now I just realized it might be nice with a rug too... I might just come up with new ideas everyday...
I haven't glued the furniture I only used tacky wax, so they are movable, I figure it would be the best, since I get new ideas for this house all the time =)

But this is a fun project and I have no rush to be done.

I will go paint my tile stove now =)
Take care
Hannah

A tiny log cabin

I got very inspired to start building in 1:144 scale again after seeing this at kilmouski and me and then Anna started on a house too =)
I should finish my first one, but, I started on a new one instead =) I got this cute kitchen, a bit old fashioned and I immediately thought of a log cabin for it, and not any log cabin, a "härbre".  Its an old "storage house" for food and things, they hang the food high so that the animals wont eat it before the people could ;) And it was built on rocks or poles. But mine will stand on the ground, since it wont be for storage. They did sleep in this small cabins too, mostly in the summer, and I believe many old härbren have gotten a make over so that they can be used as cabins nowadays. I've seen many of these old cabins/ härbren in Dalarna, Sweden. And since I almost believe that I am from Dalarna (which I aren't, but my grandfather were and my mother lived there for a long time and my grandmother still lives there, in a cute cabin, not like this, but in a typical red swedish cabin) anyway! ;) I've always liked log cabins, and härbren =) I saw this drawing: http://timmerstugan.blogg.se/2009/august/ritningen.html#comment and I started draw a plan myself and this is what I came up with =)

I thought toothpicks would look like logs, if I painted them =) So I started out with some paint, I thought I would have this house in "wood-colour" (not red like most cabins in Dalarna are, but I have seen some wood-coloured log cabins too! And maybe it's more common to have a red "normal cabin" than a red Härbre?! I think so anyway) I used watercolours and let them dry in some styrofoam.

I started carving the toothpicks, but I realized it would take forever to do this, so I came up with a way to cheat ;) It wont be as beautiful, but it will save time and I think it will do.

I just glued toothpicks on each other and used a paper template to see how many I had to use. I will glue the walls together later.

I made an opening for the window =)

 

I had a hard time decide if I should have 3 or 4 walls?! I will make the roof movable, so that one actually can see the kitchen furniture inside =) but I don't know if I should have one wall open too, but I would like it to look like a house...

Working on my cheating method for the sides ;) 

And when I was done with the three first walls, I decided to make four of them =) So I will keep working tomorrow =) And we will have to see if I use 4 or 3 walls later =)

To be continued....

Timmerstugan

Efter en storm, om det var Gudrun eller vad den nu hette, (det var några år sedan nu) så såg jag en massa nerfallna grenar av tallarna i mammas område. Jag gick o funderade massa på att man måste kunna göra nått vettigt med alla dessa avbrutna grenar och kom på att jag alltid velat ha en miniatyr-timmerstuga. Så jag började göra en. Jag har inte hunnit längre än såhär, som så mycket annat så stannar det vid halva och så börjar jag med nått nytt, men nån dag ska jag ta mig i kragen och bygga klart!

 

Men en av anledningarna till att jag gav upp bygget är att det blev så snett vid dörren.
När man ska bygga på detta viset ska man nog börja med en rak bit underst, alltså inte börja med dörrhålet längst ner som jag gjorde. Annars blir dörrhålet snett som ni ser här. När limmet torkat så blev huset snett o vint och jag blev så trött på det och la ifrån mig det...

jag tror jag byggde lager för lager, egentligen ska väl allt gå omlott när man timmrar, men jag minns inte varför jag bestämde mig för denna metod.

Jag har tänkt såga av kanterna senare, de sticker ut lite ojämt just nu.
Jag har ingen aning om vilken skala detta är, jag byggde bara i nån storlek jag tyckte var rimlig =) Jag tänkte att det ska bo en liten gammal gubbe här, en fiskare, han finns i mitt huvud redan, men inte i verkligheten ännu...

Jag har haft mycket roligt med denna stuga, men som sagt jag gav upp när det blev så snett, men jag hoppas att den blir klar någon gång i framtiden =)