I am working on the Victorianna’s porch and will post about that next, but before gluing in the porch I needed to glue in the front door, and I took this as an opportunity to finish up some stuff in the living room. Here’s what I started out with:
Behind the smaller couch, there’s a French door. When I cut the wallpaper I cut a bit too much off the top of the door opening, so bare wall is visible over the built-in trim. I considered flipping the door around, since the door casing I’m using is slightly larger than the built-in trim and would cover the gap, but then the doors would open into the living room and the space between them and the couch would be very tight. Things like that bother me even if no one actually lives in this house.
I needed to add a shim anyway to compensate for the wall not being as deep as the door (see this post for details), so I got the idea to add something wider than the door trim, to cover up the wallpaper gap.
Painted, it looks like a beveled edge or a fourth stripe in the casing. Great, problem solved.
On to the front door. I painted a couple of Houseworks doorknobs with black paint. It scrapes off pretty easily, but it’s okay as long as you don’t touch the doorknob too much. Before gluing these on I colored in the part behind the keyhole with black Sharpie so you don’t see the door through it.
This door also has a problem with a gap at the top. Normally that would be covered up by trim, but the header on this door is taller than usual — the same size as the casing, actually. So if I just used casing, the gap above the door wouldn’t be covered up.
Emily is a freelance writer, miniaturist, and adventure game enthusiast.
