The next step is to make the roof; I hope to fit it like a lid, with lighting and a garland around the edges. It needs to be removable as I will surely want to replace the contents as I learn new skills; it was pointed out to me when I first started working on miniature settings, that a setting is never truly finished....
I am pleased with the look of the stone paving; it will need a couple of coats of matte varnish, which I have to go out and buy as the two large bottles I bought years ago have now separated. The front and back supports of the base will go underneath, hopefully tomorrow, to make a space to hide the batteries for the Christmas lights. The edges will then be finished with an iron-on veneer banding.
I'm going to see if I want poles on the four corners, to string yet more lights around; I could perhaps use the posts themselves to display wreaths or similar decorations. I'll have to ponder that!
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