Real Good Toys Eastside Townhouse with basement I added,

I was asked about the basement I made for the Eastside Townhouse and after many delays I did get the measurements and found more pictures I had taken during the building.

For the base I used a piece of 3/8" plywood 25 1/4" X 30" The back and the 2 sides that will be supporting the house are also 3/4" plywood. The 2 side pieces are 9 1/2 " tall, 15 1/4 " deep. The back piece is 9 1/4" tall and 30" long.

The wood for the front wall and the patio section is 1/4" plywood. The 2 front walls ( the ones with the door and windows) are 9 1/2' x 15"

The bottom of the patio is 2 pieces that are 10"x 15"

I decided to make it look like there was sidewalk in front- it is 3" tall and 3" deep.

I know I built the two front movable pieces entirely before attaching them to the sides. It took a lot of sanding the base to get the fronts to open smoothly!

The stairs are made from foam board and basswood- it was pretty much trial and error until it fit correctly.

Hopefully the rest of the pictures will give you an idea of how it progressed. I used magic brick or the sides, front and on stairs.

 The flooring here is clay patio bricks on mesh. I mixed sand into the paint to give the sidewalk texture.

Because of the stair railings the upper front can not be opened unless the stairs are removed or the bottom front is also open. 

Pamela hope this helps you. Have fun building. Ask if have any questions. One of these days I will finish. It survived the move north pretty well except for the railings in front, those need to be redone.

Starting Again?

Wow, it has been a year and 2 days since I last posted. In the last year I left my job in Florida and moved back to Michigan. Started a new job, survived on of the worst winters in the area, found a new house and moved. Just getting the craft room set up, will hopefully be stating to make cards again and work on the townhouse. We'll see! 

September challenge card

Unfortunately I missed the deadline for the Lady Anne Challenge, but here is my card for the September From the Heart:

Eastside Townhouse (by Real Good Toys) project

I worked quite a bit on the mini project yesterday and most of the exterior is finished. Just waiting on more shingles to arrive.
I placed clay patio tiles on the floor of the outdoor area- where whoever lives in the lower level  will enter the apartment (What do you call that area anyway?) I used the mortar I had left from laying the patio tiles to create the sidewalk in front and mixed some in the paint for the steps in front to make them look like cement. 
Painting all those railing pieces and posts was a great deal of fun. The fence is made of plastic and were shiny. I painted over them with the soft black paint I used on the railings and posts. I wasn't sure how sturdy they would be just glued to the posts, so I used my Dremel and made holes in the posts and stuck the ends of the railing into the holes. I think it will work out well. The fence pieces cut well and didn't break. I managed to be able to get the gate to work by using the small metal rings you find on necklaces, where the clasp is attached. Seems to be working so far.
The brick work is done with Magic Brick- it was pretty easy to use and mixed into the paint great.
Now I have to decide where to run the electrical tape and pick out color schemes.

Mom and I made a card for my nephew's wedding. Their colors are red and black:

The stamp in front and the saying inside are from Our Daily Bread.

Lady Anne August #2

Here is the second card for the Lady Anne Challenge: 

 The image is from Nana Vic
 Was very different for me to make a card with no coloring needed! Paper again from the stack from Hobby Lobby.

Challenges for August

I worked on the challenge cards today and did 3 of them! I will be heading up north soon for my nephew's wedding and wanted to get them done before I left.

The images for Lady Anne's Christmas challenge #7  are from Nana Vic.

 Santa was colored with Copics R35,37,39, belt with N5,7  and the tree with G 21,28,29.
The stripe paper is from a 6x6 DCWV  pack called Striped, the Merry Christmas paper is from a stack I got from Hobby Lobby last year.

The image for Delightful Inspiration {from the heart}  is called Cats Out of the Bag:

The cat was colored with YR 20,23,27 , E 44,47,49 and E40,41. The Mice are W 3,5,7. The bag is BG11,13,15. The grass YG 61,63,67 . The papers are from an 8x8 pad by DCWV called Cat.

So off to post them on their respective sites! Then I'll be back with some pictures of my miniature project and my nephew's wedding card. 

Progress on Eastside Townhouse

Worked on the townhouse today and the body is about finished. I painted it a spruce green with a lighter green trim that is called lunar tide- doesn't sound very green:

Waiting for the glue to dry!