Miniature Siding Tutorial for a Spooky Dollhouse: The Addams Family Mansion Halloween Special
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2024
- I Love love love how this turned out and I hope you do too!! The mansion looks as exciting on on the outside as it does on the inside!! This was a long project but definitely worth it in the end. I hope you enjoy it! Happy Halloween!!
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It's giving vibes of the house Eminem is photographed in front of on one of his early album covers!❤
Love watching your videos, talented and not any wasted words. Clear, precise on what and why you are doing something. 💖
It turned out so cool! Even the bright colored version was awesome. Now I really want to watch Addams Family again. I only watched the movies and the 1998 tv show, maybe I should try the older one.
It's fantastic!! It's so funny and cheesy but really does keep your interest. And if you enjoy cooky old houses at all, theirs is the best! ;)
Well done, Aya! I could't figure out why you were covering the wood clapboards with cardboard, but the end result is fabulous. And it shows that one does not need to buy very expensive wood ones to get a great result.
Thank you Rob! I am sure that does seem strange to start out with but I liked the freedom of being able to move it around and mess it up as I pleased. The kit clapboard was just too perfect for me :D
@@BentleyHouseMinis can I ask how many layers of recycled material you used for siding? I just found an old dollhouse I'm turning into a haunted house lol.
I was TOTALLY wondering the same thing
I was SO Psyched to see you finally tackle the outside of the Addams Family Dollhouse!! I think you captured the Vintage look of Chas Addams cartoons perfectly! Can not wait for the new mystery room build!!!! You're absolutely my favorite youtuber!! ♡
Aww thanks so much!!!
I subscribed but the original Addams family show was in black and white how will you get any ideas when it has no color?
Absolutely love it!!!!!
"I Love love love how this turned out" too! Well conceived and executed. My only quibble is that I too would have sanded the cereal box card before cutting it in strips....but in essence it makes not a whit of difference. Wonderful results..............................as usual!
Thank you so much George!! I will definitely be sanding first next time. I think thats why my live stream projects always turn out so well... you guys are great at thinking of the things I don't ;) ❤
Wow that is absolutly amazing!
Love your style! Everything doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s the imperfections that make our work unique. I am working on a house that was in he box for ten years. I started working on it over two years ago, and again it sat partially finished for another two years. So I understand that now that dollhouses are a work in progress!
Thank you Victoria! I think if I tried to make everything perfect in my creations I would go insane lol. Imperfect is way more fun ;)
Wow! What a lot of work. Thank you for the halloween gift.
Happy Halloween Gail!
such a GREAT work of art!!!
It looks so REAL! I love it!
Thank you Melody!💖
Wow! What an improvement! Looks so Addamsy now. Love it!
Lol thanks!! Yes the Addams factor is definitely increasing!
Excellent! That's very azaming a old haunted mansion. You know I loves it.
Thank you so much Jamie!
I am watching all of these over!❤
Looks really good!👍🏻
Your videos are always so entertaining and educational. I enjoy each and every one. 10 years is a long time to stay true to one project, but you're almost there.
Thank you Teresa!! I appreciate that!
Oh, my stars! That is wonderful! Well done!
Thank you😊💕
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas, I love your cardboard strips idea and your painting techniques.
Thank you Jackie! So glad you liked the video!
This is so helpful and perfectly timed!! Thank you for sharing this process!
I am so glad it will be helpful to you!! ;)
Like I've said before you are one talented lady with a eye for detail. You did a fantastic job. Take care.
Thank you so much Debbie!
This really turned out great. I know it took a looong time to do and can appreciate it. Great job!
Thank you so much Wanda!
It's wonderful to see the outside done after all these years! I followed along with your blog and now with your videos and I'm loving every moment of this journey. Adams family October has been great, you should be really proud of how much you've achieved this month. As always, I can't wait to see what comes next :)
Oh wow its definitely come a long way since the blog days lol! Thanks for continuing to watch and support. I wish I could send you some kind of badge for staying so loyal to my long drawn out project! :D
Lumpy is SOOO Adams Family!
You saved a lot of money by making your own siding from cardboard ESPECIALLY since you're considering adding on another room.
Watching your aging and special effects was a Bast and the final results LOOK GREAT!!!
Thank you so much Elizabeth! I agree.. its a money saver for sure... esp on a mansion sized project!
LOVE this!
It’s so beautiful 🤩. spooky
Love this idea, bought a wood kit on ebay just to do this..Never made a dollhouse , but your style of vintage shabby is my taste..so a Halloween house is in the making with your help of fab videos. Thanks again!
Fun!! Happy creating!🏠😉
This looks amazing!
Thank you Neta!
It looks so great!!!
Thank you!
THIS IS THE COOLEST CHANNEL EVER! You are so great!!!
Wow thank you! So glad you are enjoying the videos😊😊
Ahh the siding turned out GREAT!
Thank you Aisling!
Very cool 😎
Outstanding! This is just the thing I needed to help me with an upcoming project. Love what you did here!
I don't know if you saw in the comments but if you try this make sure to sand the waxy side of the cardboard pieces before cutting them into a million pieces... it will save a bit of time. Glad you enjoyed!
@@BentleyHouseMinis I caught that in the next siding video you did. Good thinking!
I just can't tell how much I admire your talent and creativity. It has been a joy to watch this project come to life and I can't wait to see what's next. I wonder if this beautiful art piece will live forever in your home or if you have other plans for it.
Thank you Jenny! I do plan to take it to a few shows here and there to show it off (as time and money permits). I wouldn't mind loaning to it a mini museum (if they even wanted it) for a while either as long as I got it back eventually ;)
Thank you...I learned a few things!
Looks amazing, now your on the home straight to finally finishing, how exciting!!!!!! Well done ; - )
yes! The finish line doesn't seem as far away now :)
I'm a new subscriber, and wow I found your channel through a FB dollhouse group, and it's amazing! I have this dollhouse as well and am currently kitbashing it with another house as well as an addition. I love seeing the way you did the siding, I would have never thought of that! Looking forward to seeing more of your videos, this is amazing!!
Welcome to the channel and thanks for the kind words!! I am currently working on the "new room" I mentioned in the video which will be a video coming up soon (I hope ;) I love to hear suggestions and new ideas so always feel free to share esp since you are also working with this kit!!
fantastic job on the outside!!!
Thank you!
Again you're awesome. so cool.
Thank you Mike ;) So glad you enjoyed the video!!
It looks great!
Thanks you so much Patti!
It look so good!
Thank you Daniela!
This is amazing!
Thank you💕
I haven’t got the chance to watch the video and...Oh dear!!!! This is amazing!!!!!!!! I can imagine uncle fester blowing up something at the porch.
I will try this overlapping for my cottage.
It turned out great. Loved the color! Loved the aged look, loved it all!!!!!! You really rock!
Lol Thank you Mariza!! If you do this on your cottage please sure to shoot me a pic!! I would love to see it!!
Looking great 👍
Thank you! 😊
Maybe in future, sand the boxes first or mod podge them before cutting them. Rewatching all of your Addams family videos. I am making a huge house myself and these remind me of how to do the things I want on my house LOVE LOVE LOVE Your videos
Ooooohhh, it looks so good!
Thank you!
The outside of the house turned out great. I was was thinking the same thing about sanding the boxes before you cut but I understand when you get an idea you go with it at the time. BUT...you know for the next time...lol.....your daughters comment made me chuckle as I can understand her confusion, but on the other hand the color of the strips did make for an very interesting and maybe 1960's color house, it was kind of groovy....lol...love the entire project and waiting to see what you do with another room.
I plan to use the same material for the shingles so I will def be sanding pre-cutting next time. But it really didn't take too much time to sand on the house either. I liked the colorful effect too! It may show up again!! ;)
It looks wonderful!!!! I love what your daughter said!! Lol. Guess it was a little confusing. I love the way it came out!!
Thanks so much Sarah! It did have quite a few looks in just one week lol ;)
That is so awesome
Thank you Edwina!
It looks great! Looking forward to your extra room and of course, the new projects! Your daughter's question was so adorable and funny. Something my youngest would say. Thanks for the video and Happy Halloween!
She cracked me up but also stumped me... I said "well its grey but probably used to be white but with brown wood showing through... it's complicated lol!!"
You are amazing !
😊 Aww thanks!
Cardboard strips!! Brilliant! It turned out fantastically creepy. ❤ (super cute comment from your daughter. 😉) Great job. You should be proud. 👍👍👍
Thank you Sloane! I am proud but also wondering why it took me so long to do lol!!!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Because if you had tried to work on it any sooner, it would have turned out differently. You did it when you did it and you did it wonderfully! 😊👍❤
So good !!
Thank you!
@@BentleyHouseMinis 👍🏼🕷️
You are so beautiful! I love seeing your speeded up video and I love the idea of a family house siding party... might need that for the mammoth project we are about to start for our own Adams mansion!
thank you😊 How exciting!! If you ever share your project online let me know where! I'd love to see!
Ummmm wow today years old seeing you use your paper cutter to cut the cardboard. Why that never clicked with me… 🤦♀️ awesome job! Such detail! Love it.
Amazing! 😍😍
Thank you Olivia!
That 14 minutes went so fast XD I love what you did to the outside of the house, I learn a lot from you! Thx for that!
Thank you so much! I feel like the video going by quickly is a good thing? Not too boring lol.
@@BentleyHouseMinis No, it's very entertaining 😊😊 Also I learn from it so much, I just started with miniatures.
Beautiful house... I would live in it!
Yeah maybe not Addams appropriate but certainly very cool!
Thank you Foxiepaws!
You are so talented and deserve so many more subscribers!!
Aww thank you so much! Thank means a lot💖
Bentley House Minis I mean it! You are incredible! I wish I had your talent, energy, and dedication! I binged watched a ton of your videos last night and will do so again tonight at bedtime! Can’t wait! Take care!
I love it!!
Thank you!
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This looks really great 👍
Thank you!
Amazing ☺️☺️
Thank you Aleean!
13:38 omg wow!! that should be a set for horror movies!!
That's the goal ;) lol thank you!
I love your channel! Your daughter's comment at the end was hilarious. I actually started this kit a few years ago but abandoned it during a move!
Thank you so much!! Sorry to hear you had to abandon it. Maybe you can pick up another project in the future? It's a lot of fun!
Bentley House Minis I just started one! I’m using the shed kit from HBS, the one they are using for their Creatin’ Contest this year!
oh that's awesome!!
very cool!
Thank you!
nice job, thinking of doing my hillcrest haunted.....
I tried this technique today, and it turned out really neat! I let a bit more brown show underneath (which I may go back and cover a bit), but the siding texture is so creepy! Thanks!
Awesome! I am so glad it worked well for your project!
Yes! 😍😍😍🙌🏼
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Thanks for all your videos! They are great. This one single-handedly inspired me to make a little front porch for my collection of Schleich cats. Not sure how to share a photo, though.
That sounds like an awesome project! You can share photos with me through Instagram or Facebook... both of those links can be found in the description of the video! I'd love to see what you make!
Great video! Just an FYI; most wax style coatings on commercial cardboard such as what you used for the siding are polyurethane coatings. Acetone strips the coating off without sanding; you need only to brush it on like paint and it will eat the glosscoat off, and the surface underneath is now inert and ready for paint. On the other hand, polyurethane is fire retardant, so it could be argued that leaving as much of it on and just scuffing the surface will leave the final project slightly more flame resistant than it was without the cardboard.
This is amazing! One question, why did you paint the whole thing black and then cover it all up? I understand why you added the siding, I just don't know why you painted first. Thank you. I'm just starting my first book nook. Very nervous lol
Ok you are totally right about paper cuts. I should of put band aides on before I worked with the paper as a preventable strategy. Lol.
Oh no! I hope they heal quickly for you!
Such an awsome Adam's house!!!! TFS!! HaPpY hAuNtInG!! Have a Spooktacular Halloween!! 💀XO👽XO🌰XO❤XO🎃XO❤🍁
I had a great but exhausting Halloween ;) I hope you had a great one too!
Yes I was tired because my dog's been sick all week. Then I went to see the grandkids. Then I came home and watch your lovely video and then crafted with another group and I'm still going. I do more at 60 than I did when I was a kid. LOL happy November 1st
The color siding could probably fit in with the original sets. If you looks at color pictures of the TV show set everything is in bright colors to give more shade variety when it was filmed in black and white.
Fyi...you don't have to buy/ use crackle to get the effect. A layer of slightly tacky Elmer's white glue in between your paint shades works the same. Thw thicker the glue, the bigger the cracks. Use a heat gun or hair dryer to speed up the crackling pricess.
@Bentleyhouseminis may I ask how many layers of recycled cardboard did you use for siding?
This was great! I've got The Painted Lady from Real Good Toys, I built it a couple of years ago. I'm now in the process of completely remodeling it. Stripping paint, removing doors, windows, stairs, shingles and also sanding off the siding. I want to give it a brick exterior so the pre-fabricated stuff has to go buh-bye.
I know that remodeling can be quite a process!! Sounds like the brick exterior will be lovely!
@@BentleyHouseMinis I hope so! I'm hoping to do it without spending a small fortune on pre made brick siding. I'm currently experimenting with sandpaper that I've painted a with a wine red. The brown of the paper makes it a lovely brick color and the rough texture adds a bit more realisim. It's the mortar lines that are giving me fits.
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Thank you!!💕😁
It's awesome. It just seems like it should be darker.
Thank you! I see your point ;) I still have a lot to do in the front yard and will be adding vines and explosion marks so I wanted to start a bit lighter for those reasons ;)
@@BentleyHouseMinis Oh that makes sense. It's just wonderful!
this comment is many years past but i will ask the question anyway!
would it not be easier to sand down the wax finish while the cardboard was still in one piece off the box?
i was thinking it would save time...
love the video. you are very creative (and patient!) lol
Holy cats.....you said the FINAL video for AF October! It’s 2019 and only 1/2 way through October...I was confused!
I’m finally watching the siding video I guess! This Addams Family project is so much fun!
Haha yes that was for last year! We still have 3 more videos to go! Yay!!🙏👍😍
Bentley House Minis Sweeeet!!!
Hey Ara! I've been looking for the right trimmer for carboard. What Fiskars model did you use? Thanks for your reply.☺️
Here is an affiliate link for the one I am using ;) amzn.to/3baEVy6 It's been a really good one!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Ty Ara! I'm going to try your siding technique for a little attic room.
Full disclosure, I read only about 30% of my green leaf dollhouse instructions because I intended on modifying it pretty heavily.
I love it!! Dose the kit includes the lights ?
Thank you! No its just the wood pieces. You can look it up on Real Good Toys website. The center house is called the Alison Jr. And the two side pieces are add-ons you can buy.
Bentley House Minis thank you, i'm still searching for the " perfect" dollhouse 🤓🏃🏽♀️
I understand!! If you find a dollhouse company that adds the lights in with the rest of the kit please let me know! That sounds fantastic!
It's stunning! May I ask what grade sandpaper you used? And what brands of paint would you recommend?
I think the sand paper was a 220 grit... I think ;) I recommend starting with some of the cheap acrylic craft paints. But then if you don't like the consistency (usually its a little watery) you can start upgrading your most used colors to a better brand. I hope that helps!
@@BentleyHouseMinis thank you!
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Are you going to put some scalloped shingles on the roof parts? I think that would give that part of the exterior some nice vintage-look detail. You could just cut some from the same material you used to redo the siding, or maybe you have some wooden ones from the kit.
The kit did come with wood shingles but I will be trying to make my own with cardboard. I see so many sad dollhouses with cracked wood shingles that I think the cardboard will be more durable and I can make my own shape. I will make a video on it when I get to that part. Thanks for the question!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Cool, you're welcome.
Do a house tour I love the iron maiden that you made
Thank you so much! You can find several of the tours I have done so far in my Addams Family playlist. I don't have a complete one yet... just the rooms that are finished.
Please could you help me I'm looking for the very start of your amazing start of Bentley house the Addams Family house, like the size and what you made the house from like the walls the structure as this would help me alot thank you from Tara Howarth
can you please do a christmas verison of this ?
Why did you paint it first if you coveted it with siding?
I painted it so that if there were any gaps showing in the final process that you wouldn't see the bare wood color ;) It's also advisable to paint bare wood to seal it a bit ;)
In the theam song it says the houses name is Eim
I think those little pieces are korbels (sp)
Wouldn't it of been easier to sand the boxes before you even cut them in strips? Love your tutorials btw....🎃🎃Happy Halloween 🎃🎃
Yes lol! I thought about that after I cut ALL of them into strips. Oh well :) Thank you so much!
New Addams family movie soon 💜
Yes I am super duper excited!!!
What is the orange tool that you're using?
It's called an "Easy Cutter Craft tool" Just search that up on Amazon and you will find it ;)
What did you use for siding?
It's cereal boxes cut up.
I did not understand the reason of painting the house black first if you added the siding on it afterwards and then brown paint. I have a house similar to this one that has no siding so just going to do your siding method on it. Thanks for showing this.
I do that sometimes in case I accidentally leave a gap in the siding somewhere... the black underneath is better than the color of the house showing through. It's probably a step you can skip if you like ;) Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Also I wondered why you put cardboard shingles over the wooden shingles when they were already there for you to paint ?
I thought you were done after you painted it black 😂
i did this same effect on my dolls house exactly how weird as ive never seen this done before
Oh wow! I had never seen it before either but it works so well I hope more people will try it ;)
Great minds think alike