THE ENTRY HALL

I was out of parish for work last week and this week as well and this will be for a duration of six weeks. I did however travel the 168 KM home by driving on Friday afternoon for nearly 2.5 hours. I did not get much work done on the Fairfield as I had some writing assignment for the real job.

I nonetheless managed to complete the crown moulding in the entry hall as well as the window moulding on the side wall. I even attempted the moulding around the entry doorway but this did not go well and I had to remove it and as a consequence the wall paper was damaged. I was not too disheartened as this can be easily repaired and because of the location of that wall, the repairs will not be very visible so any negative impact should be minimal.

UP WITH THE WALLS

All the walls are now up with the exception of the side wall of the extended entry. I will need to finish the entry space entirely before I can put this wall in. I have so far done the wallpaper and the ceiling paper, next I will install the crown moulding. I will thereafter install the floors, the staircase, the doors, the window and door mouldings and finally the light fixture which I will run across the floor above.

VIEW OF THE ENTRY HALL LOOKING THROUGH THE SIDE OPENING MODIFICATION AND THROUGH TO THE ARCH INTO THE PARLOUR.

THE FRONT DOOR OPENING AND A VIEW OF THE PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED STAIRCASE.

THE MASTER BEDROOM ABOVE AND THE PARLOUR/LIVING ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR

The 2^nd floor houses the master bedroom a guest bedroom and a bathroom. On the second floor I have constructed a Bay window in the guest bedroom on the right side of the house, It had bothered me that there was no window in this room. This bay window overhangs the dining room windows on the ground floor and creates a nice architectural feature. I have also gained the opportunity to construct a window seat in the guest bedroom. Of course I am pondering where the bed will fit in this room but I will cross that river when I come to it.

THE GUEST BEDROOM AND THE DINING ROOM WITH WALL PAPER.

On the second floor instead of doing a roof around the tower, I will make a walk out porch instead, I will also do little balconies above the ground floor bay windows instead of roofing. I have however retained the same dimensions of the upper tower and converted the windows to doors.

THE UPPER PORCH/DECK AND THE ENTRY PORCH

THE KITCHEN BAY AREA AND A GLIMPSE OF THE DOORWAY LEADING FROM THE ENTRY INTO THE KITCHEN.

SMALL PROJECTS - BIG IMPACT

I have not posted anything in awhile because I have been really busy at my real job. I have however managed to do a few essential projects and am making slow progress on the dollhouse. I have laid down the yellow sandstone flooring in the kitchen and grouted it. I think it looks really authentic, but then it should because these are real stone tiles. The tiles do no look as "yellow" as I anticipated but they look really good nonetheless.

As you can see in the above photo, I did manage to get the front wall extended so as to enlarge the entry hall and that went quite well, I have also prepared the side wall that will enclose the space and also made a window opening in that wall. There should therefore be lots of light getting into the entry hall; the window will also provide better perspicacity so one should be able to view the staircase, the kitchen door and also have a view into the parlour through the arched opening.

 The wall paper in the guest bedroom is in, it is a nice shade of blue. I have painted the bow window and that will be installed as soon as I figure out what to do for "glass" because unfortunately none was supplied with the window kit. I think a nice sturdy piece of plastic will do the trick. Come to think of it I do recall saving a really nice piece I got in a package/box it would be perfect if I could only find it,

I was trying to spiff up this ceiling with gold painted fretwork but that did not go very well.I have removed the fretwork and sanded the areas back to smoothness. I am going to repaint the ceiling perhaps another shade of purple and see how that goes.

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I like how the wall and ceiling paper in the dining room complement each other, All that is needed to complete the ceiling is moulding and the chandelier. 

I was of the view that the moulding I had used to dress the staircase previously, was way too heavy, So I removed it and redressed it with lumber that I feel is more to scale. I need however to highlight the trim in another colour or stain so that it stands out.