Wednesday, June 15, 2011

A touch of Provence: French Stone and Stucco Cottage Dollhouse Tile Roof Continued

I finished putting the tile roof on the dollhouse and I aged it.



I had the idea of having a lot of mortar stuffed between the tiles. I think it looks very rustic.
I also gave the plaster a couple of coats of the paint. It's a very yellow cream color. It looks like margarine. I am going to age this paint later.

I painted the inside plaster the same color.

10 comments:

  1. looks good!!!

    nice and old...very good!!

    have a nice day!!
    greetz manuela

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  2. It does look good! Very rustic, I like how you have aged it.

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  3. It looks very rustic. Color is very succesfull and looks so old. Hugs Kati

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  4. Enhorabuena has hecho un fantastico trabajo con esas tejas.
    besitos ascension

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  5. You have made amazing tiles out of wooden shingles!! They are very convincing! This little house is very sweet!

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  6. I like the house but the roof looks very real. Beautiful !

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  7. WHAT ..?!?!? No moss, in anywhere!?!!
    I was only joking * grin "

    Fantastic job .. As always: 0)

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  8. love the roof and the idea of using shingles. just busy building a large provence house...
    how did you age your tiles? can you pls give me some advice?
    thanks stacks!

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    1. I aged my tile roof with a paint/water mixture. Brown acrylic, a little black acrylic and water. It has to be watered down enough so it's not just paint. But not too much or no color will stay. I play with it until it's just right. Super simple! But another simple way is to get ink pads. Those are awesome. I get a brown one usually. But there are so many colors!
      By the way my tiles are pine shingles. I used the hot glue gun nozzle (with the gun turned on) to bend them very slowly while they are a wee bit moist. The heat will set them. Some will break. But most will be fine. Then I put plaster(spackle) under them-- plenty so it oozes out. Hope this helps!
      hugs♥,
      Caroline

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    2. caroline, many thanks. that helps... actually any info helps :-)
      take care, marion

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