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To ensure that the base was fixed evenly I used different objects to weight it down in the four corners. For most of this project I used tacky glue, it is a great consistency when it comes out of the bottle allowing you to work with what your gluing together but once its dry it holds really well.
This was a little shelf that holds a plant, I glued the pieces imposition so it would later attach to the wall better. The tape help the back in position while everything dried
When making pieces this small its better to use a very small amount of glue for a few reasons; it dries quicker, to don't get over spill that needs cleaning up later and generally things don't slide apart.
The kit came with templates for the leaves and paper to use, but I already had leaves cut from different colored card and some small flowers. I'm really happy with how it came out.
If you'd like a more in depth tutorial on the flowers or vine let me know and I'll try and make one
The bricks for the out side were probably my favorite bit, I painted a piece of sturdy card with different shades of brown, red and yellow acrylic paint. Using a brush and sponge to create texture, going over different areas lightly with different colors to mimic the random color mix on bricks
Once the paint dried I covered it with Mod-Pog and cut them into slips making sure they were all the same width.
I then cut two thirds of the strips into "brick" sizes, this was based off of deign given in the kit. Which was probably two different sizes. I left a few of the strips uncut so that I could cut them at any size, I knew I would need to do this because of the nature of brick patterns and the size of the floor.
I'm happy with how it came out but I think if I were to do this again I would make the individual bricks smaller and try to make a more interesting pattern with them
The green beam was glued on after the bricks, this meant I didn't have to fussy cut around it
These are the chairs that came with the kit, if you'd like to see them being made you can find the link to my video walk through at the bottom of this blog
I decided the only way to hide the wires from the lighting would be to make some sort of wooden corner. I made it out of wooden drinks stirrers, this was another difficult this to keep in place while it dried.
Most things are assembled here and put into place, I did end up not keeping any of the outside furniture. I just wasn't happy with how they looked but I may add something later, probably not furniture but more plants.
Once I got my head round how this display unit went together it was fairly easy to put together.
Once the shelves were in and dry enough I decorated them with a bit of lace then filled them with the cakes.
The cakes were all included in the kit, they weren't the best quality but I kept them anyway as I didn't want to make any for now. When I make my own room I will defiantly make my own.
That's it for this blog post, thanks for reading
If you'd like to see a short video of me making this feel free to visit my Youtube video..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDr90DMNkaA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabGMVS8nrvr0DKTbQaBaHw
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