SEA CAPTAIN'S REST
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One day I was handed a stack of cut remnants of 1/8 inch thick clear acrylic to do with as I wanted. At first I considered gluing up some small boxes, then I thought of shelving in some sort of unique pyramid fashion. Finally it came to me---a dollhouse.
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With a tube of acrylic glue and no plan in mind in no time I had assembled connecting rooms of walls, floors, ceilings and a roof, all out of that free material. Only a few pieces required additional trimming in order to fit my creation.
I had booklets of miniature scale wallpaper and flooring sheets that I applied to my room interiors. I painted manila file folders to glue on for exterior siding and foundation walls. Hanging file folders that once came in only varying shades of dull green or brown were cut to make the roof shingles. A sheet of red poster board formed a chimney. |
Then I photocopied a selection of doors and windows and fireplaces and bookcases from an architectural elements designs catalog that had clear straightforward black and white images of the perfect size. I hand colored these and applied multiple coats of gloss polyurethane before gluing everything in place.
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I also had a booklet of cut and assemble paper dollhouse furniture. It was a tight squeeze but I believe I managed to get all the pieces in there. |
Finally I searched glossy mail order catalogs for images of anything that might enhance my Sea Captain's Rest Dollhouse.
The completed measurements are 19 1/2" tall, 15 1/4" wide and 8 3/4" deep. It sits on a small wall shelf in the room now exclusively devoted to my dollhousing.
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This entire project was built on a whim simply because the pile of raw material scraps was dropped in front of me and my imagination took control from that moment onward. At the time concerns about a correct scale or even landscaping never entered into my thoughts. I just enjoyed the whole unrestricted creative building process, my first of many more to come.
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