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I finished the shingling (except a tiny bit on the outcrop?). Sanded and painted all the trim pieces--I just need a couple more 1/4 x 1/8 pieces to finish the trim on the porch (I am planning faux-lattice on the bottom and I don't know if I'll do the railings on the sides). I had to fix the posts and trim on the porch as one piece of decoration was flipped and the other jutting beyond the end of the porch. I made a replacement decoration for one of the dormers. The faux stonework is for aesthetics only and not intended to look supportive or "correct".
The chimney is missing its "drip plates", so I will need to make replacements. The bottom "stones" on the chimney look yellow because I began applying them with wood glue, but when I saw they yellowed, I switched to ModPodge. The "stones" are torn up cup holders/egg cartons. The gable trim is a bit long so I may trim those pieces. I don't think I'll attach the gutters and downspouts, as I don't feel they are realistic enough to add anything to the appearance of the house.
The inside is ready for wiring and decoration. I decided not to attach the back decoration pieces. I felt like they were in the way, and would need alteration to fit the new room partitions--plus, I feel the plain, straight lines fit better with a "farmhouse". I used two pieces of the trim intended for the windows and cut off part of it to fit in the grooves on the sides.
I left the windows panes out of the frames to make it easier to wallpaper/paint. I plan to make my own fireplaces maybe from polymer or more cup trays. I need to find a poly-fill to begin filling gaps.
I'm not quite sure what to do about wallpaper--I don't want paper permanently affixed to the walls in case anything goes wrong with wiring. My idea is to use heavy watercolor paper and either paste paper to that or paint my own designs on it. Then, you can see the 1/4x1/4 bracing pieces at the top of each wall which is an issue if I want to apply trim at the top of the walls. I have a "plane" for making reeds for instruments which might be small enough I could use it to shave off the corners of the bracing--or I could find some skinny pieces to glue to the bracing to build-up and make it into "trim" instead. . . . Or find a "fat" piece of trim and cut it out on the inside to fit over the bracing. The windows need trim around the inside.
I could approach the floors the same way as the walls and glue my flooring to a heavy paper which could be removed. I have plenty of veneer pieces to make "wooden" flooring, possibly a flagstone floor in the kitchen?
The next decision is tape or round wiring. I had decided on tape wire, but if floors and wallpaper become finicky to make removable, then round wire with flooring/paper directly applied in a more permanent manner might make sense.
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