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The Exterior View of New Orleans Townhouse

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Preview of the New Hat Shop Location


I have seen so many wonderful aged effects done on dollhouse exteriors that I thought I might give it a shot too. So I can get the look of stone without much hassle? The plan is to experiment on the smaller corner shop before trying things on the larger townhouse. I was using spray paint but I soon realized it was less expensive to purchase a gallon of sandstone texture interior paint for both houses.The color I am using is called "Weathered N Worn" by Valspar. I just used it on the shell and  "Caribbean Sand" textured spray paint by Rust-Oleum around the doors, windows, etc. I used a combination of wood appliques, architectural elements from the Chateau Kit and $1 plastic frame from Michaels to add additional architectural elements to the kit. I used soft pastels and acrylic paint to age the places that I thought would show the most wear. I wish the wrought iron stair rail on the box actually came with the kit but it didn't so I am using part of the railing from the Chateau stairs. The kit goes together really fast, take a look at what I have done so far

 




Plastic $1 picture frame

Spray with stone effect spray paint

plastic clock face numbers 

I used this as a base only because it was a $1 but acrylic paint works



I used this for the rust effect


I used skinny sticks to create the "seams" in the roof

These are the colors I used for the copper roof



I may add more patina later


9 comments:

  1. Hello Jocelyn,
    Your aged effects are lovely. Very well done! I love the structure!
    Big hug,
    Gaic

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  2. Love the look you have achieved, I agree the roof needs a bit of dark, all-over aging to make it look old too.

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  3. Hello,
    Your paint effects look great especially the copper roof.
    IndyPoppy

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  4. What a beautiful copper roof! I did a "seamed" roof on my French townhouse, but painted and aged it with about 10 different dirty washes to make it look like 200-year-old roof tiles. It looks like a Paris rooftop, but isn't this colorful...

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  5. Thank you for the tip on the roof. I've been trying to figure out what to do with mine, and this is much easier than the solution I was going to use!

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  6. Perfect! I am also glad to see your textured outside because I want to do that to my largest house and dont want to flub it.

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  7. This structure s fabulous. I like your aged effects.
    Greetings, Faby

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  8. Una verdadera maravilla, me encanta, tiene unos efectos estupendos.
    Un abrazo.
    Yolanda

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