{"id":83217,"date":"2013-11-25T05:18:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T10:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=83217"},"modified":"2013-11-25T05:18:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T10:18:46","slug":"check-out-grammas-tolkien-inspired-garage-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/11\/25\/83217-check-out-grammas-tolkien-inspired-garage-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out grammas Tolkien inspired garage roof"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"?????????????????????????\"Our one and only grammaboodawg shared her latest Tolkien project with us, which came about after raccoons chewed a hole in her garage roof. \u00a0”\u00a0I wanted to share my latest project.\u00a0 I repaired and reshingled my garage roof over the past couple of months.\u00a0 It’s still a work in progress… to be continued this coming Spring; but I had to show you!\u00a0My neighbours just don’t understand \ud83d\ude09 ”<\/p>\n

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Kelvarhin:\u00a0<\/strong>What made you decide to decorate your garage with Tolkien designs?<\/p>\n

grammaboodawg:<\/strong>\u00a0I seem to always being looking for chances to include Middle-earth images and cues that I can enjoy everyday. When it popped in my head to try it with a hodgepodge of shingles I gathered… I just figured I’d go for it.
\nOriginally I hadn’t planned on doing the re-shingling until next year, and then it would have all been charcoal black. I planned to buy shingles during the winter a few bundles at a time. All I planned to do now was to fix a huge hole in the corner of the roof where raccoons had chewed through. But I found the damage and condition of the roof was more extensive than I thought and had to be fixed before Winter. So shingling wasn’t something I thought about doing until much later.<\/p>\n

\"garageIt’s pretty expensive to re-shingle. I already had a few dark green ones from when I re-shingled my house about 5 years ago. I found some light green square shingles, bought 4 damaged bundles at 75% off in 4 different colors and finished with all charcoal black. That left me with a collection of 7 different colors, textures and shapes to work with. Dark green, charcoal black, pale green, light grey, light brown, medium brown, and textured green. I knew it was going to look horrible, but I had to get that roof covered now!<\/p>\n

I was originally just going to do a patchwork pattern over the whole roof (BORING), but then I wondered what else I could do with them? That’s when the image of a hobbit hole with a green door came into my head! I love Hobbiton and how all those hobbit holes pop out of every hill. I did a quick sketch with ideas of what to do with the different colors and was surprised when I suddenly knew it would work! So it was all pretty organic and unexpected. It took on a life of its own and never would have happened if those nasty raccoons hadn’t attacked my garage roof!<\/p>\n

Kelvarhin:<\/strong>\u00a0When did you start it?<\/p>\n

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grammaboodawg:<\/strong>\u00a0I started repairing the roof in mid September and started shingling the hobbit-hole environ a week later.<\/p>\n

Kelvarhin:<\/strong>\u00a0How did you decide what images you would use?<\/p>\n

grammaboodawg:<\/strong>\u00a0I knew I wanted a hobbit hole, so I started with that. \u00a0I used the pale green square shingles for the front, dark green for the door, bushes and grass; medium brown for the trim on the door\/windows, chimney, path to the door, and tree trunks; light brown became the road that goes ever on from one end of the garage to the other. \u00a0The light grey became a silver lake (representing Valinor’s rain that turned to silver glass). \u00a0Charcoal black is the background for all. \u00a0I was stuck on what to do with the textured green, but suddenly realized it would be a perfect Party Tree, so I added that!<\/p>\n

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Kelvarhin:<\/strong>\u00a0How long has it taken to make?<\/p>\n

grammaboodawg:<\/strong>\u00a0After repairing the roof, I worked on shingling weekends and after work on weekdays for about 4 weeks. \u00a0It took about 3 weeks to do the environ and almost a week to do the other side of the roof in all charcoal black. \u00a0It’s unfinished, though. \u00a0I’m doing more to it when it warms up in the Spring.<\/p>\n

Kelvarhin:<\/strong>\u00a0What materials have you used?<\/p>\n

grammaboodawg:<\/strong>\u00a0Except for some roofing sealant and a wooden post knob that became a door knob, it’s all shingles and nails.<\/p>\n

\"garageKelvarhin:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have any other Tolkien designs planned or already in place?<\/p>\n

grammaboodawg:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes. \u00a0I already put Tolkien’s monogram or symbol on the roof of my house after re-shingling that. \u00a0I’m going to add more elements and details to my hobbity environ in the Spring. \u00a0During this Winter, I’m going to make a shingle red dragon that will go on the blank space by the Party Tree and maybe a wizard and a hobbit or two. \u00a0The dragon will be the only thing I’ll have to spray paint to get the right color.<\/p>\n

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