Progress and building inspection

It seems I am getting stuck into it again.  I just needed a bit of help to get on the way, I think.  Hubby helped me further with the spiral stairs.  He seems to know what he's doing.  I still lack that kind of insight. :-)

Anyway, while he was working on the stairs I went to look for something that I could use for the banisters.  I didn't have any spindles, but I remembered I had disgarded the stairs of my Del Prado house.  I went in search and yes, there they were, in a box full of junk.  The parts that is.  I decided that I could use the parts for the spiral stairs. So I set out to cut the parts that would replace the spindles (see picture).

Hubby routered the slots for them to be glued in and I finished it off:

I found a length of electric wire which will do for the top of the banisters, so when the glue is dry tomorrow I will try and finish the stairs properly.  They can be set into place, because the preparations have been done:

Slot in the floor

Receiving hole in the ground floor

As you can see, I have already started on the floor boards.  It's going to be a fairly old building, so a timber floor will do.  So much nicer.  I love wood.  A tiled floor would be rather 'cold' in a flower shop I reckon.

Just as well I was concentrating on doing a good job, because the building inspector arrived unexpectedly:

So far the work has been approved. She's cute, isn't she, this building inspector?  I wish they were all like that. :-)

I haven't planned far ahead, but I have this vague idea of an old building, so I might try and work with paperclay, inside and out.  Therefore I have started painting the door and windows, although I haven't decided on the colour yet.  I will probably look into that tomorrow.  So, this is what I have done so far:

The door already has glass in it, so I am painstakingly painting around the edges. I have a fairly steady hand, so hopefully I can pull that off.  With the door and window frames I haven't been so careful, since the areas around them are going to be covered anyway.

Well, that's all for today.  See you tomorrow for another episode....