Put a hat on it! And a light coat

Hey check it out!

I stained and varnished all the shingles.  (not shown: the swing and doghouse, also with stained and varnished shingles)  If you're wondering why the change of background scenery, I put some wood conditioner on under the stain (28 year old untreated wood likes to be conditioned) and that stuff STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN!  I started doing it in the basement and I couldn't stand it, had to move out to the garage.  Luckily my lawn mower was in the shop getting a tune-up so we put the dollhouse right inside my lawn mower's garage door.  Yes, my mower has its own garage door.  My mower is special.  That has nothing to do with the dollhouse though. 

Anyway, thankfully after also staining and varnishing, the thing doesn't smell nearly as bad anymore.  It gets to come back inside tonight. 

The walls/trim/etc (inside and out) also got a good coating of wood sealer.  Nearly three decades of being exposed to the elements (you know, the extreme weather conditions of... a basement... umm, yeah) left the wood a little dry and splintery, it needed some tender loving care.  Or at least a coat of sealer. 

It's happy wood now. 

Preview of the next post: since I'm on a roll with the outside, and still haven't figured out exactly where I want all the wiring to go on the inside, I'm going to go ahead and finish giving it a facelift.  My dollhouse is so vain!