Today marks the beginning of my fourth week of social distancing and isolation due to Covid-19 and we haven't been able to have our Miniature meetings.  I thought today, I would post some photos of my current miniature project as I have been using the "home time" to work on it.  This is the Leon Gothic Mansion in 1/12th scale.  I purchased it last year from The Little Dollhouse Company.  My plan is for it to become a Beachfront mansion and I will be incorporating everything that I have learned about miniature house building and landscaping so far.  The photo above and below are compilations of my progress to date.
The above photo shows the dry assembly of the house without the turret and my finishing of the first and second floors.  The wood flooring is made up of narrow strips of veneer which I cut out and glued onto painter's quality matboard (it doesn't warp as much as regular matboard).  In the Library, I will be making a window seat and a corner shelf to fill in the right hand corner of the room.  The flooring in the bathroom and sewing room are peel and stick tiles that I found at my local Dollar Store.  All of the wallpapers in the house were printed on my computer.
In the photo below, you can see the Kid's room and Master Bedroom/Sitting room of the third floor, along with the turret, gazebo I plan to have attach to the porch, and the beginning of the siding on the house.  I am currently working on the Master bedroom/Sitting room.  The flooring in this room was made with coffee stir sticks which I lightly stained and varnished.  The flooring in the Kid's room is a fine blanket cloth with a very low pile to look like carpet.  In the Wizard's loft, I have put down tongue depressors as the flooring and stained it dark.  I have left it rough and un-sanded but have put on one coat of sealant to protect the wood.  That stained glass window in the front door were designed by my daughter Cheryl and I painted them using Gallery Glass paint.

I would love to see and post photos of other projects everyone in our club is doing during this time, so please send me photos and a write-up of what you are doing and I can post them here for everyone to see.  During this time that we can't get together, it would be great to see what you are all up to and give us all some wonderful eye candy!
Stay safe and I hope to see everyone soon. 🙂