The Rosedale has a really cute stairway. I like how it has a landing and then turns the corner, and also how the stairs are tucked out of the way, like in a real house. Since I’m bashing two Rosedales together, I have an extra set of stairs, so I decided to add them to the second floor leading up to what will be the third floor master suite.

I started by following the directions for building the first floor staircase. First you glue the left stringer to the wall, then glue the risers to the stringer, attach the right stringer, and add the steps. What could go wrong?!

The stringer is actually flush with the front edge of the wall. I have a bit of extra wallpaper hanging over the edge, so there won’t be a seam where the two walls meet at the corner.

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Last year Greenleaf released a slew of half scale laser cut house kits. I’ve been dying to try them out, but none of the designs really appealed to me. I’m generally not a fan of frilly houses (the Fairfield excepted) so I was eyeing the Rosedale, but I didn’t like that it only had four rooms, and though I like the simple design it almost seemed too simple and unbalanced. After some back and forth with other builders on the Greenleaf forum, I got the idea to bash two Rosedales together by adding a wing to the right side that mirrors the left, and raising the roof in the middle. The result should be something like this.

I’ve never done something like this before, and although I ordered the kits back in October, it took me this long to work up the courage to open them. Once I get into a build I tend to get lazy about documenting my progress, but I’m going to do my best to do so this time in case other people want to try it in the future. (That way you can learn from my mistakes!)

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