Flooring and Pin Doors

It is now mid-August and the floor and windows in the main building are in.  With the more intensive projects out of the way, I'm looking forward to having some more manageable tasks to work on.

The floor is different lengths of milled down medium roasted maple from my post here and secured with Aleene's tacky glue.  I drew lines across the floor with a square to make sure I stayed straight as the floor progressed.

It took about 6 hours and every last piece of wood!

I learned a major dollhouse building lesson while installing the floor.  Only put in the flooring after the walls are secure! I still have the house in a dry fit and the floor kept pushing out the walls ever so slightly as I laid down each new row.   Eventually, the walls no longer fit in place like they should.  Flooring really should be a decorative thing rather than a structural.  I wanted so much to get a visual of the space I disregarded that advice...  I've had to do some makeshift fixes to the house supports.

As I mentioned in the title I also finished some pin doors.

I had never made pin doors before and they were quite the experience.  Not my favourite for sure!  The nice part about them is that they can swing in both directions which is super helpful for practical access into the house.

So much fun space to work with now!

I'm currently finishing up a week of holidays in cottage country but I am excited to be heading home to continue the build.  It's been a nice break and a bonus that I was able to pick up some more miniature supplies on our travels (see my insta pic at the bottom of the page! ;)    I think the side roombox with the bed and bath is the next major project to tackle.  The layout needs some re-thinking.  In the meantime, I'm trying to make the most of this uncooperative summer weather by the lake.
As always I hope you all are doing well and making minis!