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The floor is made by scoring the kit's floor piece to simulate planks.  Using an X-Acto knife, I cut out pieces along some of the lines to create broken boards.  I used a nail set to create the illusion of nails at the ends of the planks and then stained the wood with a paint wash.

The wallpaper is scrapbook paper called Simple Stripes/Grandma's Kitchen by We R Memory Keepers.  It's fantastic since it already has that worn and aged look printed in the design.

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Using 1/8" mdf, I added a ceiling to the side room to create an attic, access to which is simulated with a faux trap door (I used the tutorial on the Greenleaf site).  The attic floor is covered with the same siding strips I used throughout, cut in half lengthwise, and then stained with a light wash.

On the underside, I primed the ceiling with white paint and then swirled on Vintage White paint by Folk Art.  I used a brown paint wash to create water stains on the ceiling and trailed an X-Acto knife from the corners of the attic door to create cracks.  I painted over the brass handle in the process.  If you've ever seen an old house, you know painting over hardware was a common practice.  :]

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One happy accident happened as I was measuring for something.  I had the ceiling taped in place at the time and accidentally made a long pencil mark on the freshly painted surface.  Instead of trying to cover it with paint, which I didn't think would work all that well, I used my X-Acto knife to lift the paint all along the pencil mark, creating a long crack in the ceiling.

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I made the stove from a Chrysnbon plastic kit.  I found this kit to be both realistic and very easy to assemble.  Although the kit came in plastic molded in the proper color, I still sprayed all of the pieces with Testors flat black.  I also sprayed the chrome pieces since I wanted this to look like an old stove without any fancy accents.

I added a red bulb to simulate warm coals.

To achieve the aged look, I dabbed on Mushroom acrylic paint by Folk Art and a paint by Testors appropriately called Rust.  :D

I painted the wires black and glued them to the inside of one of the back legs before feeding them through the floor.  I used an X-Acto knife to shave dust from a black conte crayon and used a dry brush to dirty the wall and ceiling around the stove.

The windows, door and trims were first aged by beating, cutting and otherwise marring the finish and applying a wash of brown and black paint.  I applied Crackle Medium by Folk Art and then painted Sunflower yellow by Folk Art.

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The lower interior window is removable so I can have the window partially open or closed completely.  To age the glass (acrylic), I brushed on some Gloss Varnish by Delta Ceramcoat and then wiped away the excess.  It took a few turns of this process to get a realistic look.  The rolling shade is made from a scrap of fabric glued around a wooden dowel.

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When the backdrop is in place, it really feels like you're standing in a real life room.  :D

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