First
let's talk about the door. Since I want this project to be super easy
and inexpensive (the room part) I decided to use some paperboard
(cracker box) to make the fake door for the front. I really don't
want the door to go through the wall into the interior. I could have
used wood but I had the cracker box here and wood would have required
a trip to town. Besides I love working with paperboard, it is fun to
make it look like something it isn't.
As
far as cutting sizes you will need:
I
piece 3” by 7” for the door.
Then
some strips that are ½ “ wide
2
@ 6”
2
@ 3”
2
@ 2”
1
@ 1 ¼”
1
@ 1 ½”
1
@ 2 ¼”
Then
you will also need some pieces ¼” wide that 3 layers thick to
surround the door.
Be
sure to try each piece on your door before you start gluing and trim
as needed.
When
the door is complete glue it centered to the front wall.
Now
the siding
This
week we are also going to be adding some siding to the exterior of
our corner roombox. I decided this would be a good time to show you a
method I have wanted to share on this channel for several years.
I
had first learned about this just after I purchased the siding for my
Brookfield dollhouse. I have wanted to try it out ever since. I am so
glad I did this on this roombox but I really wish I had tried it
before, it works even better than I imagined.
So
the material we are using is the cardboard tack strip that is made
for upholstery. It is used at the back of upholstered furniture to
help make the top of the fabric that covers the back have a nice
straight line.
The
roll of the strip I bought was 20 yards long so you get a lot to work
with. I think I will be thinking of some more projects for it.
A
few hints-
Be
sure to measure the width of the strip with your ruler. You want to
make sure that only is the strip the size you think it is but that
your ruler is correct also.
Especially
on the longer pieces try to take some of the curve out before you try
to glue it down. Take my word for it that will make your life much
easier.
Only
glue on a few strips at a time. You don't want to accidentally move
the pieces around. You really want this to be straight.
The
most important thing is to take you time and work carefully. This
took me all week to do for the video.
Next
week we are going to go on to the introduction of the electrical
series then the following week we will come back to our roombox to
finish the exterior some more.
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