Once Upon a Time *Picture Thread*
POSTED BY: Fremdfirma
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 21:07
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You'd be surprised Magdalena...
When I found that thing it was in pretty rough shape, no instructions whatever, broken and missing pieces, and someone had started it and done a terrible, terrible job of it, then abandoned it, and I wasn't in such primo physical shape myself, mind you.
(in case you don't hang around RWED, basically I have a lot of extensive damage from a near fatal accident)
And having just moved and saw the end of a rather disastrous relationship, finances were pretty tight on my end at the time.
I found wood glue to be inefficient, messy, and not flexible enough to stand shaking and impact, so that whole shebang is put together with lowtemp hot-glue out of the cheapest, crummiest little gluegun you could ever imagine, but the lowtemp stuff held up solid while still having enough flex to really take a pounding and you've got a short bit to adjust pieces before it cures, and it works pretty quick, speeding the process up significantly.
For most of the trim work I actually used a steak knife from the kitchen, and anything heavier was done with a broken off hacksaw blade I keep in my wallet for mechanical emergencies.
That pretty wallpaper is actually leftover christmas giftwrap, applied with a 50/50 mix of ordinary elmers glue and tapwater, and the "carpet" was from a roll of heaven knows what in the clearance bargain bin of a local fabric shop.
(strangely tho, it looks and feels WAY more like actual carpet than the crummy felt stuff some people use.)
All of the paint was from a box being thrown out of a friends attic, and was all water base rather than oil, no stinky mess, no paint thinner yuckiness, and while used well, there were only 3 colors used (save for the attic yellow, from a tin of watercolor donated by the girl cause she wanted her attic that color).
The windows were a bit off, as many of the parts were warped by humidity and such, and painting them would have made them not work, so those went in bare frame, which actually looked nice, and they did open and close after a little work with my girls nailfile on the slideways.
The roof was a little tricky at first with no instructions, so I dunno if that's how it's supposed to be done, but there seemed to be a certain logic to it, and every tile is hand placed with a shot of hotglue holding it on - lol, you'd need a chisel to knock those suckers off, which is just how I wanted it.
I forget where I got the ladies, but it was definately a bargain bin somewhere, as was the little lamp and the brooms, and the furniture was all hand built out of leftover scraps from the kit itself... if there ain't pieces left over, you ain't done it right, yes ? 
I'm fairly sure the little attic/loft wasn't in the original plans, but it was the kids suggestion and it was fair easy enough to do, so it got done, and the "drywall" in there is actually a cut piece of leftover posterboard the kid offered for supplies, held in place by 50/50 elmers and water.
(you know, if I ever put real world wallpaper up, imma be tempted, that stuff works real well.)
Elvis and The Last Supper were punchouts from the window centers, and a friend scaled them down on her PC and run them off her printer, and I just cut them out and 50/50'd em on there, and hung them with a bit of twine I unravelled down to threads.
Sistine Chapel bedroom ceiling was done the same way, because of scaling issues we decided to leave a little border around it, and it was fairly large, so in order to avoid wrinkling and distortion I 50/50'd it to the last bit of posterboard and then 50/50'd THAT to the ceiling. 
The felidae are, from left to right.
Kallista-Ree Sjare Khallinenda, resident crime lord, escape artist, and the foulest mouthed cat you'll EVER meet, you know not know the words, but her meaning is always clear.
Ghoster Pootie-Pie, living proof that not all cats are graceful, and my answering machine when we had the old office type phone, if it rang, she'd knock it off the hook and meow into it, oh the fun that was for the telemarketers.
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Oh, this SO needs a bump.
I somehow missed this in 2007, Frem.
Love it.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Oh, well, upon re-reading, I did mention more cat photos, so here they are then.
Squirmy-Wormy
Miss Molly Meerkat-Kitty
You're outta luck on Lexi though, she hid under the bed cause the camera flash spooked her, and she's none too fond of me, being jealous and protective and all that, of my ex.
I can give you some of the neighborhood cats which come out when I am walkin rounds though.
This is Nitwit
Some folks call him hitler-kitty cause of his markings, but he's a real sweetheart, I worry cause he doesn't seem to have a sense of how dangerous it can be to hang out in the middle of the street though.
This is Ginger
She's sweet to me, but tempermental and will scratch at everyone else, apparently including her owner.
And this is Noobie
She has this monster fluffy tail as big as she is, it's kinda cute.
Her and Ginger are in an escalating turf dispute over the east side of the complex, and on occasion that can get a bit loud, which last time led to much amusement to a certain resident.
Ginger"Rowwwrrrr!"
Noobie"REEOWWrrrr!"
Me"OH put a SOCK in it you two!"
*crickets*
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...
Cue/ Resident giggling.
-F
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