The roof is finished....

I'm absolutely overwhelmed that I have sooooooo many followers in such a short time since I started this blog!

Again, I thank you all for following!!!!!!

Last weekend I worked many hours to finish the front and the roof of the Orchid. Inspired by the "Shabby Cottage" of  Liberty Biberty I made the house similar to the roof of the Shabby Cottage.

 

First I tried to glue the shingles on the roof but it didn't work and after two rows of shingles I was so angry about the poor quality that I removed them again. So I just painted the wood of the roof with grey emulsion paint and added some wood stripes as soon as the color was dry. Subsequently I painted the complete roof (including the wood stripes) again. After drying I used very thin black color to make the roof a little bit shabby and dirty.

 

As you can see I also added a gazebo to the house. I didn't like the bay window as it was planned by the company so decided to change it. I also changed the roof of the bay window.

I will not put the trimmings on the house because they are a little bit to kitschy for my taste. Probably I will put some of them on the roof... we will see... 

 

 I'm not sure if I will post something in the next days.  I will be in London next week for business reasons and we are moving to a new apartment at the end of January.

This will be a loooooot of work :-(

 

See you soon,

Lina