The finished product...

Laying out all the pieces
to get started.

The exterior pieces get painted.

The workbench Mike built for me.

Assembly starts.

Gluing in the windows and door on
the front wallls.

Assembly progresses.

The front walls are hinged.

Making progress.

The roof and the base
get added.

Lines drawn on the roof as
template for the shingles.

Interior view.

The gable with ginger
bread trim.

I need to build the
front porch.

The porch pieces.

Assembling the porch.

Another view of the porch.

The porch gets attached
to the house.

Porch roof gets shingles.

Starting to shingle the roof.

After two weekends all the
shingles are finally glued on.

Cutting the openings for additional
windows and doors.

These two openings are for
circle top windows.

Interior view of the cutouts.

The windows and doors to
be added.

Painting and staining
the doors and windows.

Progress View. The roof
shingles get stained.

Starting the interior wiring. This
is the feed in from the splice box
which is located under the base of
the house.

From the outside all you see
is one wire.

Running the wires around doorways
and up walls.

Close up.

To get to the upper levels,
wires are run through the
stairwell openings.

Close up of the wire connections.

Progress View.

Staining all the stairs
pieces.

The beginning of interior
decoration. The first room
gets wallpaper.

This room will get chair rail
molding between the two
coordinating wallpapers.

Interior walls are easier to paper
before they are installed into
the house.

Staining the wood floor
before installation.

French doors and chair rail
get installed.

The living room is shaping up.
Wall sconces (working) are installed.

Sconces up close.

Wood floor, baseboard and crown
moldings and ceiling light
fixture get installed.

Even brass plates to cover
the outlets.

Upstairs hallway wall gets
papered and door installed.

Hallway wall gets installed.

This room will be the nursery.
Carpet gets measured in.

Nursery gets completed -
with baseboard and crown and
window molding and a door.

Fitting the stairs in the
downstairs hallway.

This room will be the kitchen.

Creating the bathroom that will be
behind the master bedroom.

Installing tile flooring.

A wall with bifold doors will now be installed
at the edge of the tile.

The bathroom wall with bi-fold door
gets glued in place.

View of the master bedroom
with bathroom beyond.

Close up of wallpaper and molding
work in master bedroom.

Laying the wood floor in kitchen and
downstairs hallway.

Close up of the floor - rag rubbed with
white paint and then painted
with two coats of clear polyeurothane.

Close up - hall floor.

Close up - kitchen floor.

Close up - kitchen window.

Stairs in downstairs hallway are complete.

Close up of stairway newel post.

Upstairs hallway is also complete.

Ceiling light fixture in
downstairs hallway.

Rear view of house.

Exterior Left Side.

Exterior right side.

Beginning work in the attic.

Wiring in the attic floor and
banister.

Attic gets wallpaper.

One attic room completed.

Peeking in to the master bath.

The nursery.

Full view.

Ceiling fan close up.

I built the kitchen counter.

Now all that's left is to build
the backyard and furnish the house.