Doll Houses Part 3, Tudor Doll House, continuation of Townhouse Doll Houses

Tudor Style doll house, condition as gifted in Christmas 1992

The Tudor style house needed the least amount work, so it was worked on first. It could be completed quickly. Completing it made us feel like we accomplished something, so it was the focus of our renewed work.

Craftsman holding the roof in place...paint is still shiny wet on the roof section

The original design intended a high peaked roofline to mimic the traditional Tudor style townhomes seen in Britian. This style is common in small towns in the north of the country. It consists of half timber wood detailing with masonry spaces inbetween, usually covered in stucco. We mimiced the half timbering using pieces of 1/4" depth plywood that were created
using a stencil that we cut in cardboard, placed onto the plywood, then traced onto the wood. It was then cut away with a jigsaw removing the inner spaces that were to appear as stucco, creating the trianglar wood details above the windows. We had to repeat this pattern in 2013 to finish the house.

This new work, involved adding a triangular roof section to create that high look we were going for. This was created by using a solid piece of pine board, cut to fit the top box edge on one side and then angled on the other two sides to create the triangular motif from the wall below. The Tudor details were created by using strips of balsa wood stained to match the earlier details.

Before: incomplete for 25 years.......after: finished after way too many years

Tudor Style dollhouse-done, on the left
Farm house style dollhouse- done, in the middle
Victorian style dollhouse- house on the right....to be completed in the next blog posting, 

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