Showing posts with label miniatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miniatures. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2008

The Pink Bedroom


















You
may recall (if you have been following my hippie house saga) that I made a pink chair and footstool... And now to go with them I have made a bed and floor mat to match.

And as I have been enjoying this project so much and have more 1:24 furniture than I need or know what to do with... I bought the Gothic House at the Reject Shop today - on Clearance for $20. Oh - how could I resist?

Sunday, February 3, 2008

The Orange Bathroom



After scouring the 'dollar stores' I decided that I'd have to make my own bathroom. So out came the polymer clay and using a 'champagne cage' to make the legs I first modeled the basin. The handles are very small faceted beads. Then came the toilet... that was tricky, but after two attempts I achieved something approximating what I had envisaged. The shower is constructed from the plastic from a box of cookies. The back walls were painted orange and the front was left clear. Still work to be done on it - I have to think of what to use as a shower head.

The bathroom will actually be viewed through a doorway -it really is just a little cubbyhole of a room... The wallpaper is gift wrap I got for 50 cents... I spent most of yesterday working on this... oh yeah - and the boring task of painting the ginger bread and railings on the house exterior. Second coats - not even as interesting as laying down the first coat on bare wood where you can see your progress. I still have to put the second coat on the roof... I'd rather watch paint dry. (Sorry, that was rather bad...)

At any rate - I got the scale right... the loo looks just about the right size for Gramps.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Progress is being made!



The 1:24 scale Painted Lady is progressing nicely... I still have some painting to do, and a bit of constructing, as well. I've managed to make the floors look like wood... I still have to add a floor in that section at the right side where there was only stairs. I needed an extra room. I have the stairs painted, but still have to do the landing. I am modifying the roof so it can be removed to see into the attic room a bit better. I reckon I will be finished in another week - barring interruptions.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Before and After....


Well - I got obsessed with 'doing something' with some cheap plastic furniture I found on a card in GoLo... It is nearly perfect 1:24 scale. I am making (yet another) Breakaway box... this time a Hippie Room... and I will probably even keep some of the pink and purple original colours. In the photo is the original pink armchair... and the sofa which has been reupholstered.