Remake of Two Classic Houses...

Post by **Howard** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:56 pm

good evening...

i'm certain most of you will recognize these two designs...these are my versions of vintage pieces...

actually, i made several of each in other colors and with slightly different details...

between the two of them there are about 15 hand-cut scrapbook paper window mullions...

pretty soon these two will have a new home somewhere in the middle of the eastern united states...

my very best regards...

howard...

Post by **paulrace** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:41 pm

VERY Nice. you know I have an app for those windows now.

Size? I'm guessing pretty small. 4"?

Post by **PutzinVT** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:45 pm

Wow those are nice.

Might you have a close up of the doorway on the orange house.

Both real pretty.

Steve

Post by **Howard** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:10 pm

steve...

here is closeup of door...just a few parts...cardboard back with hole for door...two strips of 1/4" sq. balsa...two paper lollipop sticks...cardboard roof...it has two coats of white primer and a final coat of white paint before glitter and mica applied...the entry is a separate assembly...it was finished first and then glued to the front...

the vintage original door frame was a casting of some kind...perhaps plaster of paris...i had to figure out how to capture the look with the materials i have...

i also used the "rolled firecracker type paper fence post" that tom hull describes on ted's site...i used a lollipop stick in place of a toothpick for the center shaft...

http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/papat ... emend.html

paul...

don't know if your "mullion app" would work...none of the windows were a standard size..and i wouldn't want to impose my work on you...you've already done so very much for me...

my very best regards...

howard...

Post by **BrianB** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:00 pm

Awesome Howard! LOVE them both! That entry way is really cool. I can realistically imagine how long it took to do each mullion! The green is a very cool color.