The palette

Cream birch walls between dark oak posts, a warm spruce roof, red brick for the chimney, all on a mossy grey footing. Light walls and a dark frame make a cottage look friendly; the cherry blossom and flowers bring the colour.

Techniques

• L-shaped plan
• Dark frame, light walls
• Dressed windows
• Steep stair roof
• A furnished interior
• A cottage garden

The steps

1. Footing
2. Floor
3. Corner posts
4. Front wall
5. West wall
6. Back wall
7. East wall
8. Wing walls
9. Front door
10. Windows
11. Window sills
12. Top beams
13. Fireplace
14. Chimney
15. Chimney cap
16. Reading corner
17. Kitchen
18. Dining table
19. Bedroom
20. Ceiling beams
21. Lights inside
22. Roof: eaves
23. Roof: course 2
24. Roof: course 3
25. Roof: course 4
26. Roof: course 5
27. Roof: ridge
28. Gable ends
29. Wing roof: eaves
30. Wing roof: ridge
31. Wing gable
32. Porch deck
33. Porch posts
34. Porch roof
35. Window shutters
36. Flower boxes
37. Lanterns under the eaves
38. Garden path
39. Fence
40. Gate and lantern posts
41. Raised flower bed
42. Flowers
43. Cherry tree: trunk
44. Cherry tree: blossom
45. Bench and petals
46. Woodpile
47. Bushes
48. Grass and last flowers

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