Festive Cottage, for those who haven't seen it

[Ponybookworm]

I've been made aware people haven't yet seen my Festive Cottage here so here we go
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It was made from a wooden dollhouse kit I painted myself in white, red & green (needed a LOT of white)
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I cut the doors out & re-inserted them with dollhouse hinges & used some extra wood from the kit as a doorstep, while other spare wood made the shelves & a table or two. The decor was, apart from the tree & its decorations, some ribbons I found lying around & braided together for the chains. Custom Ponies in here are G2 Gibngersnap, Xmas Pudding, Xmas Cracker & the Christmas HQs.

[SunPony]

Oh it looks great!  Love all the ribbon decor on the inside.  And so many holiday ponies 
I adore the g2 custom in the kitchen, how beautiful...

Thanks for sharing!

[starrynights]

It looks great! Good work. What a wonderful place for all the holiday ponies to celebrate xx

[JanuaryJoy]

It looks really neat, your color choices and painting is great! You've nearly fit every festive MLP I know of across all generations in there, haha!

[Ponybookworm]

It looks really neat, your color choices and painting is great! You've nearly fit every festive MLP I know of across all generations in there, haha!

Only got three adult G3s in & two of the G3 Babies. One day I'll Customise a G4 called Hearth's Warming...

But you get the idea of who lives there xxx

Cheers everybody xxx

[starrynights]

One day I'll Customise a G4 called Hearth's Warming...

I would love to see it if you ever make it, I love the name you thought up xx

[ChocolateStarfire]

I love this so much! <3

[Ponybookworm]

Cheers both of you!!! Hearth's Warming is what FIM calls their festive celebration

[LadyAmalthea]

It looks great! How difficult was the dollhouse kit to put together? I have a giant dollhouse kit of my own laying around that I need to get around to one of these days, but there's never a right time to get out that mess, it seems. Love your custom ponies!

[BlackCurtains]

This is cute!

[lovesbabysquirmy]

very creative

[Ponybookworm]

Cheers you three!!! Amalthea, this kit had slots & small holes for the slots where you fit the pieces together. Glue is still needed but any overnight glue will do for a wood kit.

The hard part was cutting the doors off, as well as holes for the upper windows (otherwise it would have just been a roof half there, now it's proper roof windows). But with the right cutting blades & a protective board it can be done well enough. With wood you can always sand things smooth afterwards too.

The tedious part was how many coats of white paint were needed to cover the wood colour. I only needed two coats of the red & green, however the white took much more...

But I'm pretty proud of what I have now xxx

[Griffin]

How fun! Love all their festive decorations

[Ponybookworm]

Cheers Griffin xxx

[LadyAmalthea]

Cheers you three!!! Amalthea, this kit had slots & small holes for the slots where you fit the pieces together. Glue is still needed but any overnight glue will do for a wood kit.

The hard part was cutting the doors off, as well as holes for the upper windows (otherwise it would have just been a roof half there, now it's proper roof windows). But with the right cutting blades & a protective board it can be done well enough. With wood you can always sand things smooth afterwards too.

The tedious part was how many coats of white paint were needed to cover the wood colour. I only needed two coats of the red & green, however the white took much more...

But I'm pretty proud of what I have now xxx

Well you should be proud...you did a great job on it! I love the cheerful colors.