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PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:49 am 
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greetings to all...

here are patterns and photos of a cottage i'm building...it's just a peak roof section and a slant roof section plus a simple chimney...i'll be posting pictures of the base, fence and finished cottage later...

also shown are the card stock mullions i'll be using...here's a link to pete oehmen's web site with all the details...

http://cardboardputzhouses.com/marketplace/windowframes/windowframes.html

i must say how pleased i am that we have so great resources available for building and repairing...

my very best regards...

howard...


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Great pattern/house Howard! Can't wait to see what colors you run with!


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Howard, this is a great little house! Looking forward to the end results!


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Howard, this is wonderful! I can't wait to see the finished project.


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greetings to all...

ready for primer, finish and details...went with 3/4" high picket style fence...was going to add a dog house on the left but changed my mind...not sure of colors yet...but won't be dull...


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good morning...

here are pix of die cut mulls spray painted red and mounted on cardboard...red window material is between mulls and cardboard...

cardboard is carefully cut to fit inside walls and mulls are already aligned with window openings...installation is easy...just one piece per wall to glue in place...

now...on to mica and glitter...then final assembly and details...

my very best regards...howard...


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Wow Howard, what a great way to do windows! Thank you for the tip!


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Enough with the subtle colors, Howard! :-)

Thanks, this really helps to show the potential of die-cut windows.


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good morning...pix of finished cottage below...

yes, paul, subtle colors!...enough, already!...all i can say is this..."just you wait!"... :D

you may not be able to tell from the pix...but there is a thin coat of "snow-tex" over the white snow detail on the roof peaks...i think it's something i'm going to do from now on...

here's a link to the product...but i'm certain most of you already know about it...

http://www.decoart.com/cgi-bin/Products.cgi?Snow-Tex

as you can tell from the photos...pete's die-cut mullions are "crisp and a new dollar bill"...i really like them...and they're a lot easier than cutting by hand...

my very best regards...


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GREAT work, as always. Thanks for sharing!


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