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I also need to make curtains, but it was the easiest part. I went through several websites and albums, it was supposed to be old stage. I decided to use oak for decoration and 18 mm plywood for the base. My husband helped me a lot with constructing a dollhouse, but this time I was on my own. Surprisingly, it was very easy.<\/p>\n
Here,\u00a0 the sides are being glued. Sorry about the mess \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Then I started gluing the stage floor,\u00a0 also used oak.<\/p>\n Arches, covered with oak veneer.<\/p>\n Then the most interesting part – carved details and panels. Loved the process, my router didn’t though.<\/p>\n A bit closer, I simplified a form, as the thickness didn’t allow me to carve it the right way.<\/p>\n I had a small problem with the upper moulding, because I didn’t have a proper router table, so I combined to smaller mouldings together. I think it looks just fine.<\/p>\n The bottom of the stage is also decorated with oak panels and mouldings.<\/p>\n For the curtains I used Italian velvet.<\/p>\n The hardest part for me was to distress wood. I tried several wood stains and didn’t like the result, I ended up with liquid bitumen. Though there was one problem, oak absorbed to much of it, I decided to cover oak with shellac first. Shellac is perfect as grain filler. This time I loved the result. The only thing – you have to leave it to dry for at least one day. It\u00a0 took me about a week to reach just the right color.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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