La Belle Boutique

So, here I am, going from one kit to another, and not finishing any of them! Maybe this way I will eventually catch up with myself and finish all the projects. This is La Belle Boutique, from Petite Properties.

 The ground floor is going to be a clothes shop (for now at least), the first floor may be a living room and the top floor a bedroom. All this is subject to change ...

I made my usual paper strip floorboards for the two top floors, but decided to use some tiled paper I bought on eBay a while back for the shop floor. 

The Little Duck House

I started on The Little Duck House from Petite Properties last night, but unfortunately I don't have the paint for the interior walls so couldn't do much more. Of course I could have used another colour, but I tend to go for the colours used in the original model if I like them!

I've ordered lots of paint colours from Petite Properties now. I'm not sure I like the colour of the floorboards, so I may re-paint them. 

I'd like a darker grey colour for the floor and roof of the gazebo, but I think I'm going to leave the floating duck house roof that lighter grey. I need to distress the whole structure a little bit too. I also need to paint in between the little bits of wood at the top of the gazebo wall trellis, and give the whole thing at least one more coat of paint.

I also have a picnic table and benches and a garden bench to go in the cottage garden.

I need to find ducks for the pond, but I don't like what I've found for sale on the Internet, they look very rough!

More Work on The Little Stump House

Oh, so frustrating ... I could only do a little bit of work on The Little Stump House because I run out of glue sticks! 

Little Stump House

I received the oasis I need for the branch bases (ie those little round things at the bottom of the photo) a while ago, but hadn't got round to using it. So today (now yesterday ...) I decided I'd give it a go. I need to trim the backs a little so I'm able to fit them flush against the side of the Pringles tube. I also made the door surround from a "sausage" of kitchen foil.