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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2011, 00:05:12 »
That's a great idea Doug.  :clap:
I thought of adding another conservatory to the other side of the house so that the room that the front door opens into could be just a hallway, with the extra conservatory off that being used as a kitchen.
I just haven't got around to doing it yet because when I do it won't fit on top of the piece of furniture it stands on at the moment  :-[

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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2011, 04:14:17 »
May we please see the guest cottage? :)

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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2011, 22:19:14 »
Joe,

Lisa is the interior designer, I am just the architect.  I passed on your compliment on the Seuss-ian bunks.  Thanks.

Toyologist,
The guest cottage is still a Work In Progress, actually. Here you can see the idea, though.


 
I need permission to cut 6 pieces before it's complete.




 If granted, I will cut:
*The small section from the back frame. (Seen extending into the porch area.)
*1/3 of the roof top away. (Seen sticking behind cottage.)
* Both inner-most pieces of balcony railing to fit the sloped roof.
* The front dormer window, to create a doorway.
* The porch base plate to fit an outside wall.

These should be fairly straightforward, once Lisa decides chopping PM pieces is OK.

The tricky part will be creating a vertical doorway from the attic...  Still not sure how to pull that off.  I think an angled door (like old-timey cellar doors) on an attic would look wrong, no?

Our wish was to use most of the extra parts from the second 5300 and still have a building with a unique footprint.

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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2011, 23:12:03 »
I like these customs a lot  :love:

This reminds me of a Victorian diorama I saw online years ago which featured some amazing modifications of the original Victorian Mansion  :cloud9:

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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2011, 23:13:20 »
Doug,
Looks like you are having a great time with the extra parts!  The guest house will truly be unique when you finish.  ;)
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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2011, 00:46:33 »
Thanks so much for posting these pictures! :love:

The guest cottage was a wonderful idea, and it's coming along so well. Be sure to update us as the projects progress.

As for the door, I don't know what to tell you. I'm no good at such things. I'm sure somebody here will be able to advise/offer suggestions.


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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2011, 14:00:52 »
 :wave: Hi your house is looking good, would you mind a sugestion?

Could you make the small house with both of the conservatory door walls, and use the small curved steps instead of the porch steps at the front. This would make it more of a summer house than a guest house  :-\ if that was ok by you?

Then you could use the original house with door walls where you had the conservatory ones, move both small conservatory walls to the middle floor so the front matches better and but the porch steps from the small house onto the side of the big house. This would just leave you with one extra door leading nowhere on the top floor.

Just an idea  :-[
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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2011, 14:24:19 »
How did I missed this thread!!!?!?!??

All the customs are great! I like the idea of the small guest house though I don't know if I would start cutting pieces. Im in that very same dilema right know. I have the pieces for a guest house or a kitchen extension and servants headquarters. Im torn.

Still seeing all this was very helpful!!  :love:
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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2011, 05:59:45 »
I LOVE all these customs and ideas!!
What a great forum this is;)))
Just a quickie though-what would one reccomend for the job of 'cutting' walls etc?
Do I need a 'playmo toolbox now'!?!
Emma-your work is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!
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Re: Expanding the victorian mansion
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2011, 06:19:11 »
Also-why have the changed the layout on this house do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Playmobil-Victorian-house-mansion-includes-furniture-/300568380638?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item45fb4584de#ht_500wt_1156

Its alot more open and airy to me and seems like it would be a lot more easier for customising!

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