Wednesday 21 March 2012

Now Don't Breathe on My Staircase!!

As my Dad would say another day, another adventure or another day and back to the staircase.
The railings have stayed in place, no overnight pinging off so with the sun shining I carried it into the garden for spraying.
The husband was warned in no uncertain terms - Keep Away! Do not touch! Do not look! Don't even breathe next to it.......
 I put it back on the stand I had drilled yesterday and stood away ready to catch if it should fall. I then sprayed it all over with a coat of black paint. I had to leave this to dry for a couple of hours but as it was only an undercoat I could lay it down and go off and play tennis......
I lost, badly, my mind kept imagining the horror of coming home and finding it on the patio, on the grass, in the flowerbeds!
Black paint all dry I then sprayed on the gold crackle undercoat.
 Followed by the black top coat. Standing back I waited to see how it would crackle.
Can I come in the garden now? The husband is anxious to cut the grass. 
No you cannot. Can you imagine the tremors of the lawn mower!!??
 The crackle is quite fine which I good and I can't see any touching up that might need doing.
Ok, stand back and leave it alone.
 This is the spiral in place. I will need a circular step I think to bring it up level with the balcony above.
That's ok as I need to drill some holes to make it stand up properly and securely.
I will crackle this circular 'step' to make it blend in with the staircase.
 It is not a dominant as I thought it would be, there is plenty of room around it for all the bookcases that I hope to have lining the walls.
Now I need to pack it away, very carefully, and move on with the rest of the kit. 
I had to get the staircase finished in order for me to cut the balcony floor now I can start the wooden flooring and order the bookcases.
I had a chat with Rob of World of My Own at Miniatura at the weekend and he has agreed to make up my bookcases. This is great as it means they will have the fitted look I really want.
So a good day today.
Made even better as we found out today that my eldest son has been accepted on the graduate programme he applied for with a well known grocers.
He will be one of the lucky graduates this year with a job at the end of four years study.
Phew! Now that really is good news.

28 comments:

  1. Love the stairs! The paint looks perfect and the scale great. You will be able to see the book shelves too.

    Congrats to your son, so good to know you will have a job.

    Hugs,
    Victoria

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    1. Many thanks Victoria. We are so pleased graduate jobs are getting pretty scarce over here!

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  2. Beautiful job, Janice! I am sure Rosanna will be really interested in what you have just done !

    Loving every detail.

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    1. Oh no, don't show Rosanna, she is so talented I will be put to shame!! Ha! Ha!

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  3. It looks great Janice! Especially with that wallpaper although I guess you won't see much of the paper. How exciting about the bookshelfs! I came across their white wood furniture a few weeks ago and they're simply wonderful! I can only imagine how brilliant the full shop will look like with all the shelving! Wow.. You're going to need a lot of books :0

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    1. I made all the templates today to send off so I hope they won't take too long in arriving.
      I hope my measurements work!
      I am quite looking forward to making some books I have been collecting tutorials for ages but lots of them will be made from balsa as only the spines will be seen.

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  4. Hooray!!!! The finish is awesome!

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    1. Thank you so much your appreciation means a lot!

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  5. The crackled staircase is gorgeous, Janice! I love it!!! What a great idea, I would love to have this kind of staircase in my witch roombox, which is sadly still lying in my drawer, waitung to be build and finished...
    Glad to here about your successful day :)

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  6. It's an absolute masterpiece.

    And congratulations to you son on his success.

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    1. A masterpiece of determination Norma. I certainly can't take any credit for its design but I am beginning to appreciate it now!!

      So pleased for my boy he has worked hard, now we have to wait and see where he will be based. Thank you for your kind thoughts.

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  7. Great looking staircase Janice. I like the paint finish you have used.
    I can sympathize in your struggle to build it. I made a spiral staircase for my library some years ago, that didn't go without some difficulties either. I didn't put on any railings as I could see that going all wrong!

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    1. Hi Josje, at one stage I did think of leaving out the railings as the staircase looked good without them!!
      As I want to have a couple of characters on them I thought I should persevere.

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    1. Thank you. I think the pain has been worth it.

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  9. The stairs are fabulous. I like the color.
    Bye Faby

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    1. Thanks Faby. I do like the black and gold crackle.

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  10. Te ha quedado estupenda y que velocidad.Te felicito
    Un saludo

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  11. They look awesome, so worth all the effort!! Now when are you coming to do mine i need some for Glad Rags lol!!!!!!! Xxx

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    1. Now Kate you are a very nice lady but........!!!!!

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  12. Çok güzel olmuş. Ellerinize sağlık. Türkiye 'den sevgiler...

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  13. Ha! It looks GREAT!!!! Congrats to your son!

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    1. Hi Sandra, I am a much happier bunny now!
      Thank you also for your kind thoughts.

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  14. I think your staircase turned out Perfectly! It looks Just right in your shop and Surely was worth all the hair-pulling and gnashing of teeth and colorful language!!

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  15. Janice!!!! I have not been looking at enough blogs recently and am stunned by the amount of work you have been doing for Diagon Alley. It is all FABULOUS. I have a whacky project in my head that simply will not go away (inspired by Rik Pierce's wonderful style). Looking and learning from what you have done is amazing. Am adding you to my sidebar immediately so I can keep up to date. Fantastic work! Best wishes, Carol :)

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  16. The stairs look fabulous, well done....and I see I'm not the only one who tells people not to breathe near my miniatures!

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