One of the nicer elements of the Heritage dollhouse is the inclusion of the bay windows (well, now one window in my case).  But, straight out of the box, they are somewhat lacking in pizzazz.

I did a bit of sleuthing around the internet and found the lovely B Street House Bed & Breakfast in Virginia City, Nevada, which has very nice details.

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Well, this is what it looked like before restoration.  Whoa!  Now, that's an awesome inspiration for my old haunted Heritage!  The B&B's gallery has some detailed photos of before and during renovation, definitely worth a look.

In order to capture some of this essence, I modified existing pieces and added some laser cut trims.  I first removed the excess framed bottoms from the kit window pieces.  It's amazing how just cutting off some clunky trim can make such a huge difference.  I will add the small frame detail under the windows similar to the inspiration house later since I don't have any thin strip wood on hand.

I swapped out the old corbel brackets for Laser Tech fancy corbels (purchased from Manchester Woodworks).

These come two to a pack and needed to be assembled.

I added some Laser Tech fancy roof trim (purchased from Green Gables Dollhouse) to the upper flat portion of the window walls.  I added a more decorative molding along the upper edge that sits just under the roof piece.  Nothing here is glued; the gaps seen will be gone once it's all put together.  I'll also be finishing off that terrible (non-laser-cut) plywood edge.  :D

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I absolutely love it!  I need to cut the excess roof down, too, but I love it!!!!  :D

I think once it's painted and aged it will really bring out that certain melancholy of times gone by, as well as upping the creep factor!  :O

Note: I tried contacting the original artist for the ghost town photo without success.  If this is your photo and you would like it removed, please contact me.