Dollar Tree Houses

Dollar Tree and many other places make little building like this one.  It sold for $1.25 plus tax.  It is made out of resin, but sometimes these are make out of plastic or ceramic.  The paint job looks okay from a distance but up close it is pretty bad.  These are much like the little Christmas buildings but now they are being made for Easter / spring time, and sometimes for summer also.  So no snow!

I purchased three of these and decided to repaint one.  The original is tan and the repainted is pink, on the left.  I tried to use similar colors so they would fit in the same sort of village.  Mostly I touched up places that were not painted, such as around the door and windows.  I also painted the windows black to give depth.  I think the repainted version looks much better and rather a lot different.

You can see from this side view that painting the windows makes a huge difference.

 I also darkened the grass a little.  So far the I have done nothing to the other two buildings but it's on the to do list.  By having the same building in different colors you can use them in the same town and they don't look so identical.  I also think by repainting the foliage and flowers differently you could make a bigger difference on these buildings, maybe even flocking the ground cover.