As mentioned before, the kitchen ceiling will be lower than the parlor ceiling, which I had to raise to accommodate the new front door and the narrow stairs.  The ceiling board that came with the kit is made of three different die cut pieces that you assemble to make one board that spans the entire floor.

It also had the parts for the original kit stairs that were meant to be removed and assembled in the kitchen.  I've kept those pieces intact and reinforced them with wood glue spread over the die cuts.

I won't be using the piece that made the front porch since I replaced that with the portico.  So, I taped the other two pieces together, measured the amount needed to make the kitchen ceiling and cut along that line.

This new board sits atop the lower portion of the pocket door wall and is supported around the rest of the room by all of the wood padding I added to build up the walls to install new working windows as well as the front bay window.

Speaking of which, I am going to trim the excess from the bay roof portion.  It's uneven to start with and second, I've already finished the top of the bay window.  I'll finish the new cut edge to match the finished bay window trim.

I love the way adding a ceiling changes the feel of a room in a dollhouse.

It creates inhabitable space.  :D

There are some gaps, part of the issue with this kit to begin with, but I'll fill in where I need to.  Plus, I have a few ideas for a faux tin ceiling or some other texture if I don't like the look of the tin ceiling.

But, you can't beat that view!  With minis, it can be beautiful autumn all year round.

The flowers are from a giveaway I won on Michelle's blog Little Rabbit Miniatures.