I can't take another coat of black paint!

Where was I, Oh yes, The paint.......I started to give everything a coat of black paint, and soon realized that I was going to need a whole lot of coats. Even had to thin down the black paint to get it in all the tiny little cracks.....


Then, sometime in between waiting on that paint to dry... I was able to make some door hardware out of polymer clay. I just drew out the design I wanted...traced it onto the clay, cut it out.....and then textured the top.


They're a little bigger then what I wanted....


But, I think they'll do. Oh, and at this point, I've started to do the ceiling.....

I did the ceiling the same way I did the walls.....lots and lots of scratching!

And when I was waiting for the paperclay to dry, I painted more coats of black paint.

I did learn that you can't paint wet paperclay if you want your scratch marks to show. I know, I tried....and ended up with flat mounds instead of beautifully scratched bark!


Just dry fitting everything here to see where I was at.....

All those coats of black paint were worth it after all....lol......that is until I break out the browns....

But first I have a nest to show you.......LOL, Skipped a traditional bed in this house and built a 'cove' instead. You'll see.....

.....next time, ok.