{"id":8765,"date":"2005-08-15T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2005-08-15T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=8765"},"modified":"2015-05-17T15:14:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:14:31","slug":"half-scale-curio-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=8765","title":{"rendered":"Half scale curio house"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a curio cabinet I bought off eBay. It’s shaped like a house and the right size to display some of the half scale resin furniture I’ve been collecting. I decided to make some changes to the curio to make it look even more like a house.<\/p>\n

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It was fairly easy to assemble. It came with screws (my kit was missing two, though) and pre-drilled holes. The directions were atrocious (no text, and the pictures were basic to say the least) but after about half an hour of fiddling I managed to put it together. Then I started thinking about how to make it look more like a house. The screws showed, so it was clear that I’d have to cover them up somehow. I decided to add siding and shingles. I also didn’t like the door, which is weird in that it’s just a frame with a hole in the middle. There’s no glass or anything over the hole. What’s the point of a door you can reach right through? So, I decided to remove that. The railings were bugging me too, since they’re out of scale and block the furniture. So, I removed them and filled the holes left behind with wood filler.<\/p>\n

Here it is with the door and railings removed. I later took down the magnet that holds the door closed.<\/p>\n

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I had some siding left over from the Fairfield, and glued this to the sides of the house. It covers the screw holes nicely.<\/p>\n

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Then I slapped a coat of light blue paint on it. It still needs another coat. I didn’t paint the insides of the shelves because I’m planning to paper and carpet them, just like I would in a dollhouse.<\/p>\n

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That’s all I’ve done so far, but I have some plans for dressing up the outside. I added a foamcore ceiling to the upstairs room, to make an attic. I am also planning to shingle the house, and to add a chimney that I bought off eBay. I also thought a trellis with roses or climbing vines would look nice on one of the exterior walls.<\/p>\n

For the sake of comparison, here’s the curio cabinet next to my Fairfield:<\/p>\n

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I haven’t started decorating the interior yet, but I have a pretty good idea of how I want to arrange the rooms.<\/p>\n

The living room:<\/p>\n

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The kitchen:<\/p>\n

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The bathroom:<\/p>\n

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The bedroom:<\/p>\n

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The patio:<\/p>\n

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I printed the trompe l’oeil door from a file someone sent me through email. My plan is to run the yellow and blue border around the center of the other two walls. I have purchased scrapbook paper to use as wallpaper in the rest of the rooms.<\/p>\n

The upstairs room will probably be a music room (no pictures yet). I am thinking of buying this Hallmark ornament<\/a> to put in there. Above the music room, there will be an attic with some odds and ends lying around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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