Seeing as the shop
is still in the process of
opening, I figured I hang
the close sign up........Not to fear!
It will be open for business .........one day!
I used the stickers that came with the Tech Decks. You can see them on the floor. The left over stickers will be cut to size and placed in a cabinet. 
I think the front door needs an open/closed sign............and this little shop needs a name.
I finally glued in all the skateboards. Well, at least all the skateboards that I started out to hang. I may add some more.
I made the mistake of asking the bf..."What do you think"................LOL............I shoulda known he'd try and take over....Back off.......it's my house! ............. What's that you say? It's Drew's shop? .........................Ohh..........
Even made some skate magazines..........
Well it's back to the grind......
This morning was spend hooking up my new printer and searching for pictures online. I love google....just type in what your looking for, click on images, and right click to save whatever pictures I may need. I now have lots of posters and stickers for the shop.......
See the penny...gives you an idea of how little the stickers are!
The kids go to a special camp for kids with asthma...this year the theme is Christmas in July
And the camp is in Jackson's Mill........that's the mill across the pond. I took this picture last year, but it's one of my favorite pictures.....so I thought I'd share.
They have a little general store on the grounds.......and I found a miniature!! It's some kind of loom for making wool.....
....And for the Otis fans..........See how he's sleeping? When I first walked in the room, all I could see was his feet hanging out...and looked like something bad had happened.............He was sleeping so hard, it took me a couple of minutes to wake him up~ Crazy Kitty!
Still have to frame out the window and the door, but I still like where this is going. My son seems to be pretty happy with it, too!!
I worked on Cora's house too, yesterday. I got the front bay, front door and the bottom trim painted. Slowly, it's coming along. 
Notice how these two projects match?? That's because both of my children picked out the same color.....at different times. I think they both have great taste, hehe.
It amazing how many positions Otis can find in the doll house. I love Kitty toes, he slept with his feet up like this for hours!! 
And then he slept like that for the rest of the afternoon. If you look real close, you will see that I actually painted around my cat. LOL....He made a great arm rest! I love how he has his feet propped up! Like he's been working hard, or something!
And the bf even did some work yesterday! Of course, he didn't need the blue tape I had just bought, he is very resourceful~see how he has the top piece propped into place. The carpenter in him is too smart for me, I got an interesting lesson on 'house parts'.....LOL.......and today, I don't remember a thing....hehe
I'm soooooo over painting! As you can see, I finally got Otis out of the kitchen........well, at least long enough to paint it. He looks quite comfortable with his feet propped up, huh?
I went back and painted the kitchen a little darker. Today, I get to paint the living/dining room.
Wish I had something more exciting to show you....
Once the material was glued into place, I went back and added the trim. I also tied back the 'curtains' and glued the bottom of the ribbon to the bottom of the curtains. It was the only way to get the ribbon to flow with the curtains~ otherwise the ribbon would of stuck straight out...understand?? Notice I painted the room a very light purple??? A very, very, light purple. Pretty, huh?!?!
And last night I was thinking????..... Do you think Cora would give up her kitchen for an Otis room? He looks very cozy in there. Everyday, he curls up in there and takes a nap......
This is the mattress for the 'teen girl's' room.
And here is the bed and dresser that will go in the girl's room. Still gotta figure out how I want to do the canopy, and I need to add some handles to that little dresser.
Why do dollhouse's look so small in a picture?? Otis is at least 15lbs....and barley fits in that kitchen. *OH......funny story. I was painting yesterday, and had the cap to my paint sitting on the bed. Next thing I know, Otis jumps up on the bed and sits down~ Yup! Right on top of the paint cap....LMAO.......Poor fella had a white ring around his butt......and wasn't very happy with me after I got done washing it off!! 
With the second bed, I decided I did not want to make 2 beds that looked exactly the same. So I cut down the legs and glued on wooden beads to add character to the posts. ~Poor ole' JD is watching me watch the glue dry....not much fun is it buddie???
And here they are.......Just waiting for my daughter to pick out some material, and I can make the beds. Oh, and I have to paint them....
Even tested the strength of the plywood for me......Yup! It's Otis proof.......if you don't mind a few teeth marks, lol!!
It's just perfect!! Of course I didn't realize until I got it home that it is in fact a pencil sharpener. Do you see on the side where you'd sharpen the pencil.......the shaving fall into the drawer. Neat, huh!!!
And here is a picture out of a Pottery Barn catalogue. I love the finish on this piece and as soon as I saw the new chest of drawers, I had to try it.
So, What do you think? I started with a coat of black paint, then a coat of crackle medium. Then I painted it red......oh, before I forget~ don't forget to let it dry in between coats! I am really bad about not waiting, lol. After the red was dry, I sanded the whole thing. Then I went back over it with some oak stain, to age the parts I had just sanded. I had to wait till today to finish it, the humidity here makes everything dry R*E*A*L slow. I did start to glue on the handles, but I have NO clue how they get the draw pulls in there. Ugggg.....I was on such a roll!
Thought I show you a close up of the finish......
And my box arrived!! When I was little I had all these kits in my room. I never tried to put them together, I assumed it would be too hard. But, then one day....I realized that somewhere done the line, I had missed placed them. It has boggled my mind for years one how I could of lost them?!?! But, it turns out that I wasn't crazy, that my Mom had gone in my room, and taken them. She sent them to my Grandfather, in hopes that he would assemble them. LOL....But procrastinating runs in our family, and somehow the box got shifted into their attic. From the looks of it, he did start to build a few pieces, but never finished anything. I am so grateful NOW that my Mother took them........and that I have them back......
There are a lot of kits in here....There's even 2 bed kits.
Do you see the table.....I can't believe how long it is. I had to reattach a few legs, and I still need one, but Grandpa must of assembled the rest. He also put together that little side table to the right. Last night, I even put a kit together. See the box with the chest of drawers....you see the chest next to it? I was very proud of myself.....the drawers even fit!! And not as hard as I had made it out to be. I think it took me less than an hour to make it.
I started to paint the chest of drawers last night.....Just wait till you see the difference!!