My order from Petite Properties arrived and I'm slowly constructing the Palais. It isn't a normal family house, I've made it into a hotel. The main floor has an eating room, foyer, and lobby. The other two floors have bedrooms and one bathroom. If there's space I'll put in a computer area on one of the landings and maybe a wardrobe for linen storage. I painted and papered most of the rooms in advance using the measurements in the instructions as a guide (74 mm for the room on the right and 60 mm for the hall). I found the images online and resized them but I sort of took a guess at scale. I ran into a bit of trouble as I started gluing things together - I did some clamping while gluing but maybe it wasn't done properly so as I went to the add the floors I discovered that the room dividers were a smidge too high. So I had to shave down the floor tabs and clamp them to position them properly. I also had to cut down the walls in the stairwells, otherwise my hallways would have been larger than expected and I needed to take into account the wallpapered areas. In quarter scale, one or two millimeters off can make a big difference. Here are some stickers and name tags I found at Michaels to decorate the ceilings. I painted the bronze 3D stickers white. (Sorry about the flash, I need to take more time to produce better photos.) Next I'll tackle the roof. I already have most of the front wall finished and there's more mistakes to report there! I'll need to remember a sign for the hotel somewhere.
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I have made some progress on a few of my projects and have been thinking each week that I should blog something. Unfortunately, I didn't get anything truly finished before the end of 2012. And although, it feels like I'm getting close to finishing some houses, the more I consider the finishing touches required, the further from done they appear. Right now, I'm concentrating on completing the birdcage, Jolley's Emporium, and the Yule Tide. At least the Yule Tide is mostly at the furniture and accessories stage. In the meantime, I packed the Hogwarts roombox away and am attempting to tidy my work table (aka, the dining room table. It's a good thing dinner parties happen only once in a blue moon).
Instead of finishing off the Yule Tide (which would make sense) I've mixed things up a bit by starting on Jolley's Emporium. I'll blame it all on the online show, A Mini Miniature Show, when I went a bit crazy and bought from a few different dealers. The bottom floor of Jolley's will have a bakery / tearoom and you can see some of the things I've bought so far. The bakery rack and countertop display are from Petworth Miniatures. The cakes are from Pauline's Minis (here's her blog), Alison Brand (everything on the check square, here's her etsy shop), and Taffy & Me Creations (love cake on the top shelf of the rack, lefthand side).
It would appear that I've been doing more shopping than crafting. I now have 3 quarter scale kits - the Tiny Townhouse from Sue H., a Crooked Stick Lane (without the shoe) from Suzanne & Andrew's Miniatures, and a Yule Tide Christmas Shop from Petite Properties. Oh, and You-Know-Who found a $10 DuraCraft Newberg dollhouse kit on Craigslist. $10! Now, I just need to convince him to put it together for me :P I finished something! Ta da - Casa Batllo
Well, almost finished...one piece needs re-gluing and I'm sort of planning on adding a cardboard support to the inside. There is an estore but I can't see the paper model listed there. Ikea's stock prognosis (in an alternate universe) This past weekend I went on a trip down to Seattle with You-Know-Who. One of the main reasons I was in a rush to drive down was to visit the Ikea and get the Prant boxes for my Hogwarts project. My local Ikea had the larger size, 13x15, but I wanted the smaller size, 10x13 (approx.) which weren't available in Canada. Despite being small and flat-packed they aren't for sale online. I regularly checked the website with it's handy stock prognosis and was pretty confident the 20 pieces wouldn't be sold out by the time I made it down there. THE IKEA WEBSITE LIES. The store computer lies as well, since it also said there was stock but the store salesperson couldn't find them and said the website information is often delayed. By days? By weeks? Luckily, there was an amazing BBQ place nearby or the drive down to Auburn would have been a total waste. (I highly recommend the bread pudding at Famous Dave's BBQ.) Outside Seattle, there is the Dollhouse Cottage. It looks like they hold some interesting workshops there but the store itself didn't really impress me. Three items I did get excited about were quite pricey so I didn't buy them. I'll stick to the stores closer to me with their larger selections. For dollhouse supplies, the mini-holiday wasn't very successful. I do have some reveals, hence the good news. First up, the gothic windows for Hogwarts. The church windows are from Baccraft Miniatures in the UK and the others are from ebay seller amd5758, who I think has stopped selling:( I'll have to figure out what to do with the small ones and if I need more church windows. Below, a quarter scale kit Tiny Townhouse from Sue Herber. I was a bit overwhelmed when I opened it up and looked at the instructions but we'll see how it goes. I'm questioning if this is a good kit to test out quarter scale with, or if I should attempt something a bit more simple first. In any case, I'll be focusing more on the birdcage before moving to the smaller scale. Well, that's the current plan. Next time I'll have to put something like a ruler or penny beside the parts so you can see how small they are. |
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