Thursday 27 January 2011

My Altered House Progress Report

Well it's taking a lot longer to do that I thought I would and staining the pages has been has been a labour of love, but I am making progress The house is almost covered in paper hen centre area I think I will leave brown stained but maybe darken out with black soot as well?? not sure yet

but as you can see its almost there. I decided to put little feet onto it, well remember my bargain bag of stuff from the charity shop for a £1 well there were some wooden beads in it that will fit the part well, ,m thinking six should do it. So a bit of kitchen sponge and walnt stain and they should look much better
Now around the top and side section I going to put some lace I like this lace
but its too bright in in present form so maybe its time to make a coffee mix with water and put said lace in to soak and see what result I get, ? Ok coffee making time...to be continued ...





        

7 comments:

Carole said...

No! I love that lace just as it is - it looks just like bunting, and as you know, I LOVE bunting!!!

The house is looking lovely, I'm loving these little progress reports!

Hugs - Carole xxx

jeanie g said...

It's looking good so far, dying to know how the lace turned out. Hope you did a sample first, it looks too lovley to waste!!!xxjeanie g

Valerie-Jael said...

You are getting on well, Alma, but don't drink all that coffee yourself!

jeanie g said...

I thought I'd posted a comment on this post but I can't remember so here it is. I love your altered house and I'm looking forward to seeing the altered lace too.xxx

Hi it's Maria said...

WOW, it's coming along quite nicely alma, well done with the feet and cannot wait to see the coffee lace, lol...

keep up the good work...xx

maria xx

Teresa said...

Love it, the lace (bunting), in my opinion looks great, but it's your masterpiece. Can wait for the next installment.

sue-bubbles said...

Its coming along a treat Alma, welldone you! Those feet are so cute and what a difference the staining makes! I hope you are continuing to enjoy your birthday season my lovely!
Hugs, Sue x

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