Step 6 - Charliechomper's Constructo Challenge
Nov 14, 2010 2:38:57 GMT
Post by CharlieChomper on Nov 14, 2010 2:38:57 GMT
This step definitely lived up to the challenge portion of things! Especially in trying to handle the layout of it (which I wasn't completely happy with the results of--the part that really got me was the stairs and where I'd stupidly placed them in the last step, but what's done is done).
I've been working on this off and on again over the past few weeks (just whenever I've had time for it and felt inspired or motivated enough to work on it) and actually would have posted these screenshots yesterday, say that I developed an odd problem of where one color channel did not appear to be working correctly then and that came out in the photos I originally had taken (so that all my dark wood tones appeared a very dark bluish-purple or black almost or a wine color appeared like an extremely dark purple-indigo color--and the screenshots, themselves, were incredibly dark) and so I had to retake them today.
Anyway, that said onto the screenshots (and the little tale behind them for anyone interested)...
General overview shot:
View from the stairs and hallway as well as the first bedroom hallway:
Overview of first bedroom, hallway, and the private area for the first bedroom:
First bedroom:
Second bedroom:
As Anise was still away on her travels (albeit due back soon), Simone once again opted to take advantage of the situation and claimed the first (and larger) room for herself, decorating it using various salvage yard architectural "finds" (including a pair of English pub doors with their original glass--the window in the hallway uses a window said to have come from that same pub), more thrift/charity shop and antique shop finds.
The fireplace mantel is an odd "marriage" piece (ie two pieces combined to form one) of an old mantel with a new "overmantel" (the mirror and pediment) and surround for the Malachite. She also took the opportunity to build in a bookshelf and while she'd never openly admit to it, hidden behind the antique washstand and basin (between it and the bookshelf) sits her bottle of blonde hair dye and special conditioner for it as well as some paper towels (the basin and pitcher double for hiding the fact that she dyes her hair with them--ever the perfectionist, she felt her hair somehow wasn't "blonde enough" and has therefore opted to dye it even more so--however, as it's a secret, she usually tries to hide the "evidence" of it from view).
Behind the single stained glass door with a plant motif, is her private space for where she likes to look out into the back and relax for a bit or else sun herself for a bit.
The hallway where the stairs are and which lead to the second floor overlook of the entry (and the second bedroom) contains near-intact Arts-and-Crafts woodwork paneling and a railing/balustrade for the stairs. The windows--which let in light, but mostly provide privacy to the private balconies--are a "hodgepodge" assortment of the pub window, a plain wood window Simone designed a transfer for, and some salvage yard finds (with some having been actually purchased by Anise--who had returned in time for work on the hallway).
When she saw what her sister had done in her absence, she was livid--the two even fought over the design in the hallway (what ended up there was a compromise to which neither side was terribly happy about).
Partly out of reasons involving spite (as well as a lack of money and time), Anise opted to decorate the second room in a style she knew her sister detested--modern. It was easy enough to construct or cheap enough to buy in a box form to assemble on her own, so while her sister was working, she took the opportunity to decorate and construct that room in that state (but using her own favorite colors, as she knew she'd likely be the one who would end up sleeping there). To add some visual interest to a "plain" lampshade, she applied a paper mache technique using old newspapers to it.
When Simone arrived home, it was not a pretty side and it was said she nearly had to be resuscitated at the sight of that room...
Despite being nearly on opposite sides of the house, it almost didn't quite seem far enough away for the two of them (they put up a tall privacy fence as well to avoid even looking at one another...).
I've been working on this off and on again over the past few weeks (just whenever I've had time for it and felt inspired or motivated enough to work on it) and actually would have posted these screenshots yesterday, say that I developed an odd problem of where one color channel did not appear to be working correctly then and that came out in the photos I originally had taken (so that all my dark wood tones appeared a very dark bluish-purple or black almost or a wine color appeared like an extremely dark purple-indigo color--and the screenshots, themselves, were incredibly dark) and so I had to retake them today.
Anyway, that said onto the screenshots (and the little tale behind them for anyone interested)...
General overview shot:
View from the stairs and hallway as well as the first bedroom hallway:
Overview of first bedroom, hallway, and the private area for the first bedroom:
First bedroom:
Second bedroom:
As Anise was still away on her travels (albeit due back soon), Simone once again opted to take advantage of the situation and claimed the first (and larger) room for herself, decorating it using various salvage yard architectural "finds" (including a pair of English pub doors with their original glass--the window in the hallway uses a window said to have come from that same pub), more thrift/charity shop and antique shop finds.
The fireplace mantel is an odd "marriage" piece (ie two pieces combined to form one) of an old mantel with a new "overmantel" (the mirror and pediment) and surround for the Malachite. She also took the opportunity to build in a bookshelf and while she'd never openly admit to it, hidden behind the antique washstand and basin (between it and the bookshelf) sits her bottle of blonde hair dye and special conditioner for it as well as some paper towels (the basin and pitcher double for hiding the fact that she dyes her hair with them--ever the perfectionist, she felt her hair somehow wasn't "blonde enough" and has therefore opted to dye it even more so--however, as it's a secret, she usually tries to hide the "evidence" of it from view).
Behind the single stained glass door with a plant motif, is her private space for where she likes to look out into the back and relax for a bit or else sun herself for a bit.
The hallway where the stairs are and which lead to the second floor overlook of the entry (and the second bedroom) contains near-intact Arts-and-Crafts woodwork paneling and a railing/balustrade for the stairs. The windows--which let in light, but mostly provide privacy to the private balconies--are a "hodgepodge" assortment of the pub window, a plain wood window Simone designed a transfer for, and some salvage yard finds (with some having been actually purchased by Anise--who had returned in time for work on the hallway).
When she saw what her sister had done in her absence, she was livid--the two even fought over the design in the hallway (what ended up there was a compromise to which neither side was terribly happy about).
Partly out of reasons involving spite (as well as a lack of money and time), Anise opted to decorate the second room in a style she knew her sister detested--modern. It was easy enough to construct or cheap enough to buy in a box form to assemble on her own, so while her sister was working, she took the opportunity to decorate and construct that room in that state (but using her own favorite colors, as she knew she'd likely be the one who would end up sleeping there). To add some visual interest to a "plain" lampshade, she applied a paper mache technique using old newspapers to it.
When Simone arrived home, it was not a pretty side and it was said she nearly had to be resuscitated at the sight of that room...
Despite being nearly on opposite sides of the house, it almost didn't quite seem far enough away for the two of them (they put up a tall privacy fence as well to avoid even looking at one another...).
) for this step, and it wasn't until I was already deep in the process of CASTing and doing a bit of polishing up and going through the catalog of objects that inspiration finally struck me. 
