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Similar Buildings Made Different By Detail

Shops on a village high street are often very simple shapes. It is the detailing of the finish that sets them apart.
Plain shop front detailed with brick against quoinstones in Lewes UK

Quoins combine with bricks to create details which could be easily copied on a dollhouse or scale building.

Photo ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
This photo illustrates brick and quoin detailing on a simple shopfront. Details like this can be applied to dolls houses and model buildings using paper clay, or stencils and various brick and stone imitating compounds.

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