I do have half of my hand-made Christmas gifts done and ready to send off, which gives me a half day on which to work on minis. We missed two weeks of virtual meetings, so it was very nice to be able to get together again today.
Work did continue, however, so this is to show you a little of what has been accomplished (and it is just a little, sadly!). However, any progress is better than none, right?
The toilet is ready to be installed in the space under the stairs, at the left. I have to add "water" to the pail, and make a lid for the box, as well as dirtying up the wall a bit; it is my experience that gentlemen don't always "aim" that well. Only a part of the floor will be finished, with spackle compound painted gray, as very little of the toilet area will be visible without physical contortions, once the roof is in place. I do think it might be nice to add a duckboard to the front of the toilet box, as the floor is supposed to be dried clay.
The door to the toilet is in the process of being worked on, part of what I did today, but requires some drilling I can't do with my little pin vice; I'll have to asked the Carpenter-in-Chief to do this for me, as well as some drilling for a little tool shelf.
The wall in the hallway is stained, and I am currently making the sink and grate for the end of this space. To give an idea, I put some of the furnishings I finished earlier, in place. The little knobs in the wall above the bench are for coats, hats and aprons. As I couldn't find my manufactured knobs, I cut some fancy toothpicks down to replace them.
The plastered wall on the workshop side of this wall has now been dirtied up and aged. There will be some tools hung here, as well as on the small shelf near the floor. I used a new colour of Das/Prang air-dry clay for this, a stone gray shade. There are photos of this as it was applied, as well as when it was dry, and I will try to get those posted later. The wall was then textured with a small wire brush, and once dry it was painted with white paint with a little bit of ochre in it, to make it look aged. The "dirt" marks around the edges were done with powdered chalks. I want this workshop to look rough and utilitarian.
This is the workshop space proper; the little stove in the right back corner will be given a better chimney and a coat of black paint before installation. (It's a pencil sharpener.) The yellow object - the inside of a Kinder Egg - is going to be transformed into a propane tank. On the little table will be coffee and tea equipment; a hot plate, kettle, and above it, a small shelf with mugs, and tea, coffee, sugar and milk at hand.
The sloped buttresses aren't in place yet, below the windows, as I have to coat them in plaster with bits of brick showing through. As they were cut from a piece of melamine shelving, I will also have to sand to give the surfaces "teeth" to grab the glue and paper clay.
Two more Christmas gifts to get done and mailed await me; I cut the pieces for one this morning, and the other one requires knitting. Once those are done, I will be able to work a little more rapidly on the wooden shoe workshop, I hope!
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