Petite Properties Greenhouse kit

At the London Dollhouse Miniatures fair i bought this beauty! Only £14.99 for a full 1/24th kit. The bloke who runs it is excellent had a good old moan about the world in a hilarious way with him!

So i got home and started making!

 This is the bits you get in the kit, they are all pre cut MDF and all the windows are included too, you just need to add Glue, paint and patience!

I spray painted the carcass silver 'cause it's a million times faster than painting with a brush AND it gives a uniform finish, AND you have to do it outside and it dried almost immediately. Excellent!

The silver was far to bright so i added a wash of acrylic paints, black, dark brown and a little olive mixed with a little water. I brushed this on with a cotton pad and wiped it off with the dry other end. This dulled it down and looked like it had been sitting in the garden for a while. I painted the bricks with burnt umber and a little dark brown.

The photo above shows the piece on the left with the wash and the piece on the right without, see how shiny and new the unwashed side looks? No good for a used greenhouse!

When you put the two together you get the full effect. I can see i need to paint a bit more on the bricks on the left. It's so simple to put together!

 A bad photo of the finished article on my window sill!

 I made it to be a copy of my grandpa's greenhouse when i was growing up and he always had grapes growing on the roof so mine does too!

The interior is filled with bags of compost, grow bags, hose, a dibber, packets of seeds, lawn seen, and some ready potted plants oh yeah and the huge tomatoes lol!

I hope you buy one and enjoy making it as much as i did!

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Much Love,
Freya xxx