A good miniaturist friend and I like to do some "horse-trading."  I had a store kit I was never going to build and she had this great little house that had been constructed for her by our local dollhouse shop.  It was the perfect size for me since my space is getting limited and I like to stay in 1" scale. Weaving on a loom is something I recently started in real life and I want to make a great shop in miniature. so, with a few modifications, it's going to be my new weaving shop.   But this project needs a lot to make it mine.  First those ugly cedar shingles had to go!  I'm not a fan of cedar shakes anytime -- there are very few houses that would make them architecturally appropriate.  They had been glued on with Quick Grab so after popping off all that I could, the heat gun was used to melt the remaining adhesive.  They will be replaced with asphalt shingles.   Next it needed to be repainted.  I removed all the corner moldings and painted a dark charcoal gray.  I also cut another opening for a double window and enlarged the one in front. And I cut a circle opening for a window above the porch roof (which will be copper.)   More coming soon!