Romantic lighthouse by Kerstin

Welcome!

Today I would like to share a very special inspiration -  a lighthouse not only to customise yourself, but also to assemble yourself. You can paint and decorate it to match your home furnishings. You can use it as table decoration and when adding some lighting it also becomes an atmospheric evening light on every balcony or terrace.

You can find the Assembly instructions here

 

The kit comes as 3 flat pieces, on the plate with the balustrades

 are also spare parts, so please don't get confused.

Used materials

Engraved Lighthouse model

And of course a selection of small maritime parts from Calico Craft Parts

How-to:

first of all I built the tower without balustrades

 and covered the side panels with a crackle medium

then I assembled the balustrades; there are overall 18 pieces (3 x 6)

 the longest go on the lowest floor and the shortest on the top floor

There are two parts which are simply plugged together.

I also covered all these pieces with crackle medium and after drying with white acrylic paint

My lighthouse needed a proper entrance gate

 so I built a door frame out of some leftovers from the plate.

Afterwards the whole lighthouse was painted with a chalk colour.

I chose 'Vintage' Chalky Finish from Americana Decor.

Finally I added the balustrades with two pillars each.

Illumination

 

I was inspired to illuminate the lighthouse so all I did was only take off the top to insert a battery operated tealight. For greater stability I have additionally wrapped the upper part with thin jewellery wire.

And now the decorating began :-)

I recommend the Mini sheets or very small parts, but of course everyone you are free to use whatever pleases you most. 

In the shop you will find a rich selection for each taste and liking.

Some close up's

I hope I could inspire you to try your very own illuminated lighthouse.

I'm very inspired myself and plan to create another tower in Autumn/ Halloween look, 

Let's see if I can realize my imagination.

Wooden shapes used:

MDF Lighthouse Kits - Engraved

Sheet of Mini MDF Window Wood Shapes

Sheet of Mini MDF Wood Birds - Seagulls

Anchor & Rope Outline - MDF Wood Shape

Wild Grass MDF Wood Shape - Style 3

Ships Wheel Style 3 - MDF Wood Shape

Word Elements - Summer & Seaside

Thanks for your visit!

Happy crafting!

Kerstin