The little old cubby house was never going to get away with being faux heritage colours for long. I still don't know how that colour scheme (cream, dark green and maroon) ever became popular in Queensland...was it a marketing ploy amongst paint manufacturers in the 80s or something? Who knows?
Anyway, the cubby house will be the Sow's Ear in miniature, boasting the same colour scheme as the main house (it sounds like we have an estate...if only!).
After the initial false start, we prepped the timber surfaces as best we could and got the drop sheets down. It's coming along quite well. I'll show you the final photos when it is all finished.
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| first coat of paint on the cubby house |
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| Jason looking like a giant on the little house. He's painted all the high to reach finials and gables. We'll have to sand back the front verandah where the kids got paint-happy! Again, ignore Captain Safety and his barefoot style renovating. |
That cubby's a bit like a pool house.
ReplyDeleteYou know an au pair could live in that cubby once it's painted.
Now, it just needs an orange door and some miniature casalas and you are all set. melx
ReplyDeleteIt's such a gorgeous cubby house....Was Jason so bereft after finishing the main house he needed a new painting project so soon?
ReplyDeleteI always thought barefoot was best for working on the roof - superior grip ;)
ReplyDeleteIs the cubby big enough for sleep outs?
On the topic of shocking colour. This house is near me, I drove past the other day and they painted one of the walls a colour that resembles faded bitumen .... I'm tempted to write a letter expressing my distaste and stick it on the front door. http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-chermside-108732151
If I didn't already have a mortgage I would have possibly have tried to get the place. le Sigh.
What a cute little cubby! Looks like a great place to hide when the kids are older ;)
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It's looking awesome. Just like the house has had a baby.
ReplyDeleteOh Jason as Gulliver, brilliant, how much fun will that cubby house be, especially in matchy matchy tasteful Sour's Ear colour palate!! Love Posie
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the interior all styled up!
ReplyDeleteI bet Jason's relieved to be painting again.
ReplyDeleteThe eighties revival of maroon and federation green was from everything painted on farms I think from the thirties and forties. I can remember being a child in the sixties and hating all that old green and maroon paint, even though in the eighties I loved it. How paradoxical is that...just like the orange revival now from the seventies!
ReplyDeleteLove the cubby - are you renting it out for the Olympics?
ReplyDeleteI think you need to have some hand and foot prints as art on the inside walls and to remember the legendary unsupervised painting day. Looking good!
ReplyDeleteI love that cubby house, it's the most amazing cubby I think I've seen! I love the double doors, Captain Safety should take care though. I'm paranoid these days since my husband fell off the school roof and shattered his wrist. He's recovered now, 4 metal plates and 2 operations later. Tell that Captain Safety to please take care. Mx
ReplyDeleteThat lil house is too cute. I LOVE the door (I forget what that styles called).
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous cubby. I had such great times in my cubby. Yours, apart from being super cute looks so nice and sturdy!
ReplyDeleteWe Queenslanders do like barefoot reno jobs don't we? Cute cubby,ours got pulled down by the kids a few years ago (Mr CH let them!) Only the old hardwood floor remains because it's too hard to move and chop up.
ReplyDeletehaha captain safety! i'm on his team, the most i can ever manage is a pair of thongs!
ReplyDeletecubby looks amazing darl! xx