My Mouse House So Far!

On New Years Eve i started building whats to become a mouse housed based around the books from Brambly Hedge.

If you have not read the books then here is a link to the beautiful illustrations im totally in love with.This is one of my pinterest boards.

http://pinterest.com/nikkirowe72/brambly-hedge/

Here is all of my pinterest boards.


http://pinterest.com/nikkirowe72/


I need to add the room divides to the upper floors still but cant find any suitable wood as yet! 
My next step is to strenghten the structure from the outside. It's all going to be covered in a faux bark so all the mess will be hidden away. 
For the interior im getting mount board and building onto that before slotting in place, same for the floors and ceilings. Doing it that way means i wont be struggling to stain all the wooden beams needed, and will make the walls easier to paint around all the beams. 
I dont need to think of electrics because im going to use battery powered lighting and have candles just like the brambly books, so thats a bonus because i dont have a clue about electrics. 
For this build ive used boards from the back of frames, a drawer, 2 dolls house room boxes and laminate flooring. It really is quite solid as it stands at the moment consideering how its been built. 
Id say about another 15 inches will be added to its finished height. 
Tomorrow i shall start working on the exterior strength, and building it up to a more tree like shape. Then will start on the exterior and do the faux bark effect for the exterior more towards the end of the build.

The whole build is going to take quite some time, but its my dream and so the time is worth it!

Will pop the odd post here now and again with updates as i move through the stages.

Nikki xxx