Steeple Church - Work in Progress - Day 5 - Floor

It has been almost 2 months since my last post about my latest project - Steeple Church. This project requires a lot of work on scroll saw and since it has been too cold to work in the garage (where my scroll saw is residing currently) I haven't done any progress till now.

Another reason that slowed me down was the floor. I couldn't make up my mind what floor I want to see in my church. First I decided I wanted to have a wooden floor, next I know I've been arguing with myself because the second "me" decided the stone tile floor would look just right for the church the first "me" was building.

Then my third "me" (my sweet and patient hubby says I have 9 of them) reminded all of us that long thinking is an enemy of creativity. So my first "me", that is very demanding and in control of everything (at least she thinks so...) decided to go with the plan A and make wooden floor with marquetry.

However, now I am in front of a new dilemma. Do I want the floor look like new?

or like old?

One of my "me" likes old look better.

What do you think?

Natalia, trying to find true myself...

Steeple Church - Work in Progress - Day 4 - Door

Today I worked on the door and had a pleasure to spend some time installing the hinges, :))).

I added some laser cut ornate brackets to the inner side of the door

I also added 2 little angels and handles that were treated with a layer of Copper

and Blue Patina on the top

The door was stained with Red Oak stain

to match the walls

However, I am not sure I like how the door blends with the walls right now...

This is an outside look of the door

I started painting the walls inside the church and for now I have this look

Are you excited about coming Thanksgiving? I am! I love this family holiday! More than that I am about to announce a Thanksgiving Giveaway! So, keep in touch!

All the best,
Natalia

Steeple Chuch - Work in Progress - Day 3 - Grain

The walls of the church that I prepared last time didn't convinced me. I decided to enhance the grain of the wood to bring it as close to the scale as possible. On the picture below you can see the difference between 2 walls. On the left side the wall BEFORE and on the right side - the wall AFTER I worked on the grain. Don't you agree this piece looks older? The look I am going for...

Close up of the non-sanded walls with enhanced grain

I used a soldering iron

and blades, that I purchased from Micro-Mark, to enhance the grain.

I also managed to cut out pieces for the door today

Hopefully, tomorrow I will have more free time to dedicate to the Church, :)))

Natalia

Steeple Church - Work in Progress - Day 2 - Walls

Since last April when we moved to a new house, my workshop is located in the garage that makes it so uncomfortable for me to work - I like comfort. It is more unpleasant to work now, when it is so cold outside and the door of the garage preferably should be opened. So, last Friday, when I cut the main parts for the Church, spending just a couple of hours in the garage, I got cold.

No, seriously? How ridiculous is that? Cold knocked me down not just for the rest of the day, but for the whole Saturday as well. Somewhere in a midday, when I finally understood that I will not get rid off horrible headache, weakness and dizziness on my own just "meditating" and building plans on how I want to finish the walls of the church, I finally took a decision to take medicine. I stuffed myself with horribly tasted liquids and fell asleep. I woke up Sunday morning feeling much better and ready to work.

So, in spite of the fact that Saturday was wasted, I managed to finish the inside walls of the church.

The inside walls of the tower will simulate the wood finish. I use the birch plywood for the project and want to cut the lines simulating the planks of the wood. I took the walls and marked each 0.5" on them.

First I decided to cut the lines using my big saw,

but after trying to cut one line on the waste board, I understood it is out of the scale, the groove is too big...

Yes, I had to use a little table saw, hoping the pieces of the walls are not too big for it...

It worked pretty well, and I liked the result

I stained all 3 walls with Red Oak stain,

and did the same with the roof

I also applied some paper clay on the walls of the hall and they are drying now.

I put a base for the church together,

the walls look like this now.

You've noticed a piece of wood on the base. This is a back panel for the top of the tower. The stained side will go inside.

While I am waiting for the paper clay to dry, I probably will go to stitch.

Happy Monday!

Natalia

Steeple Church - Work in Progress - Day 1 - Base

I prefer to have a couple of projects to work with at the same time. Sometimes I stumble upon something and while I am trying to solve the issue, I still can work but on something different. While I am trying to figure out what I want to do with the ceiling and the second floor in the castle + doors, I started to prepare pieces for my new project. It will be The Steeple Church.

If you follow my another blog www.memyselfandscrollsaw.com, then you saw I prepared pieces to cut out using the scroll saw.

Today I cut out the main pieces of the structure: floor, walls, roof. I did a rough dry fit and here you can see the front of the future church

the sides

the roof and inside the church

I still need to do some corrections and will start cutting out more intricate parts for the windows and a door.

Have a great weekend!

Natalia