RAISING THE ROOF

It was really difficult to furnish the top floor of this doll's house because of the sloping ceilings(see picture above left).
Then along came my husband Colin and he raised the roof...literally.
First he removed the entire roof section, not difficult as I hadn't glued it, then he added a wall at the back of the attic. The gable walls had to be completely re made to accomodate the new shape. A strip of the back roof was removed as the new angle made it overhang a lot (this strip came in handy to match the tiles on the porch roof later) The front roof piece stayed exactly as it was and then the whole thing was replaced. That's when we realised I would also need a new dividing wall inside too, again because of the new shape.
Good job Colin is a handyman. The rooms work really well now. (see above right)

This shows how the rooms are laid out.

Because the floors have a ledge all around them. I was able to use real carpet without it looking too thick, but the kitchen and bathroom floors are computer printoff's on photo paper.

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