Diy dollhouse metal roof

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Read about how we designed our dollhouse roofing with inexpensive and versatile material readily available in your home improvement stores.

Preparing and painting the card Here is a quick tutorial on how I made the roof of the lakehouse. It was made to resemble flat metal roofing joined by ridges. You need thin non-shiny card for this project, it can't be too thick/stiff or you won't be able to get the ridges fine enough. You'll need to work out which way the grain runs in the card, and make the folds along the grain, not against it. This will help a lot to get the ridge lines fine. I have done this in the photo using two square…

So I know I said in my last post that I would be doing some railings for the second story balcony next. Well, I started to work on it and had a duh aha! moment. I should probably do the roof before putting in my rails that would make parts of the roof inaccessible. I really wanted to use real metal for the roof, but my lack of patience and proper equipment left me wondering how to achieve the same look in an easier way. So off to Hobby Lobby I went. To make the roof I used 1/16" x 1"…

Well after completing the jig for my copper pressing, I let it sit all night with a weight of rocks on top. And then it was off to the race...

The roof of the house is covered with pieces of cardboard and painted afterwards to make it resemble a grey slated one. ...

Since my project is supposed to be a very abandoned brick building, I wanted to add a lot of debris and greenery on the roof. However, t...

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