Slow going on the Fairfield

No pictures to share, but it's been a while since I posted so I thought I'd give a quick update. I have the roof pieces painted and ready to install now, as soon as I cut an opening for the tower room. The dining room floor has been glued in. The warped wall is now glued on and clamped and hopefully it will stay in place. One staircase is installed, but I still need to do the railings. I also need to figure out what to do about the top part of the chimney. I thought I had enough of the brick paper I used on the fireplaces, but found that I don't have enough to cover the whole thing. And when I print out more it doesn't match exactly. I wish I'd done the whole thing at the same time so I could make sure everything matched (there's my TIP for the day... if you're using printable wallpaper / brickwork, make sure you have enough for the entire project). Some of the things on my to-do list to finish the house include the following:

• "brick" the chimney in the attic
• install the 2nd staircase and all the railing
• cut opening for tower room
• install small windows on the tower and circular windows on the other walls
• figure out how to finish the 'foundation' that shows at the bottom of the house
• tower roof
• porch and 2nd story balcony
• mantels for the fireplaces

I really like the look of this house but it's been a bit of a pain to put together. The wood is hard to work with and it hasn't all fit together correctly. Plus I made things harder on myself by deciding to 'bash' the kit in several ways. It would be easier as well if I had a dedicated workspace for assembling it. Right now it's on a little table in my front room so it's kind of in the way and I don't have a lot of room to spread things out. Luckily my kids are old enough now that they pretty much leave things alone when I tell them to.

 Anyway, there's my random rambling for today. Hopefully I'll have more progress to report next time. :)