After painting the siding, I installed the exterior window trim, sills, and sill trim. Cutting the siding around these details would have been very challenging. To keep your window trim flat against the siding, use a weight. You might notice a slight gap under the window trim due to the extra thickness of the siding. You can fill this gap with spackle using a Q-tip and then paint over it.
I assembled the front porch steps, and you can see how they fit together in the pictures. The assembly starts from the bottom of the dollhouse. If you want to paint the steps and risers different colors, make sure to finish those parts before assembly. Since I plan to use one color for all, I assembled the entire set of steps and will finish them later.
Next, I added window shutters to the dollhouses. If you want the shutter trim to be a different color, paint it before laminating it to the shutter backs. Always paint everything before installation.
Finally, I glued the finished shutters onto the dollhouse. Because I had already installed the siding, I didn’t need to cut it around the shutters, resulting in a cleaner finish.
