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Part 3: Making the Bed & Breakfast

The next major part of Miriam’s display is a bed & breakfast, which connects directly to the neighborhood. She started out by cutting 4 boards for the base of the display with the Industrial Hot Knife: 3 layers of EPS foam and a top layer of pink XPS foam for better details and a cleaner look.

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Once the base boards were cut out, she glued them together with Foam Fusion.

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Next, she added another XPS foam layer for the bed & breakfast village piece to sit on.

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After that, she took her 3-Inch Hot Knife and carved cobblestone pathways around the central fountain.

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To make the sides consistent with the rest of the display, she used her Sculpting Tool to carve faux stone ridges and details, then painted them and the cobblestone paths with a black wash, a couple shades of gray, and a little dry brushing of brown.