going so good

First I must say Hi and welcome to Marie, hope you will enjoy my blog.


Had such a great weekend, ever have one of those days where everything you touch goes so well, I did and it lasted 2 days!!!

I added door knobs and letter box to the front door, even was able to fit a key in the inside lock.
I started with the windows, I used clear plastic and drew black criss cross lines on them, and then attached them to the windows, Then using some black material I made this into blinds using a cocktail stick cut to size and again attached these to the windows.

I then turned to the curtains, as I am redoing the house I used the old curtains, I pleated them using my pleater and used a kebab stick cut to size, I had already made and painted the pelmets, so these went onto the windows.

I re varnished the quarry floor, I was then ready to replace the furniture, I made a new dresser and filled this with all the bits I had, made a clothes horse for the wet washing to dry in front of the heater, just generally tidied up.

I then placed all the furniture in place, this I did take a while over, I was constantly changing my mind where to put stuff, eventually I was satisfied, hope you all like the kitchen.

I then turned to the living room, I made a fender out of a bit of metal I had in my stash, this looked quite right, attached it to the fire place, added some ornaments.

tomorrow will show you the rest of the room, I hope that it all goes as well as it has  been doing,  anyway here are the photos, let me know what you think.

showing windows and door furniture

quarry floor

Making progress, I laid the quarry floor then realised I had no grout, so I first varnished the tiles to protect them and used some cement that I had in my shed, mixing a small amount and using a cocktail stick, grouted it, as I had varnished first the cement did not stain the tiles and I was able to wipe them down, I then re varnished twice and you can see the effect, sometimes you have to think outside the box to reach your desired effect, I have also now got all of the windows done,  today I hope to start making the window coverings of black out curtains and criss cross the window panes.

I also made a hat and coat rack ( from my new book) I made a few adaptions as I needed it a bit smaller to fit in with my little house. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow,

back of wall, coat rack.

So pleased yesterday, those who read my blog no my other passion is my veggie garden, I picked runner beans, courgettes, beetroot and swedes, can't wait for my spuds.

So sad the news about Norway, my prayers are with you all.

Well I stripped, rubbed, dressed, painted and wallpapered, I have even laid a real quarry tile floor. even if it is only in miniature I feel I did good, my friend Brenda makes the tiles and she sent me some ages ago I always knew they would come in handy.

I have got a new book    "Thirties & Forties" miniatures in 1-12 scale by Jane Harrop, so good , so many things to make and do, I will hopefully making some of the items in there for my house, I recommend it to anybody, well worth it.

Now waiting for everything to dry, seems to take ages, never mind got a pile of ironing that needs doing shame so better get on to do it.

These show the paint drying, quarry floor, that needs grouting still,

Today I woke up saying " I have survived another year" let me explain, 23 years ago on the 19th July I lost my daughter Leanne, she was just under 4 years old and had a serious condition, during her short life, she was the happiest little baby I had ever seen, throughout all of her treatments she remained smiling, and every year on that day I become selfish and sit and remember, cry and just be with her in spirit, and I always say I have survived another year.

Now I can begin another year and plant that smile on my face and continue to live my life.

So what have I been up to, well I have been carrying on with my Victorian house, started to put furniture in it. I also decorated the lounge, still need to put flooring down and curtains to make, but I could not resist trying out some of the furniture, I was really pleased with the little round cabinet I got from eBay, you can see it in the corner of the room, so now I am waiting for delivery of flooring before I can do any more, so what can i do,

I had been looking at my 40's house, this still needed finishing, but I had been looking at it for some time as I was not completely happy with the decor, so today I stripped it, yes stripped it, and I am going to begin again, I blame the menopause!!!!!
does anyone else do this? my family was so surprised as they thought it was looking good, but it had been niggling me for some time so here I go again,
I will try to put updates on regularly , but I must admit I do not write my blog as much as I should, yes teacher I will try harder.

I have also put on a picture of a pram I have just redone, there is a before and after hope you like it.

so now I am going to start redecorating my little house, see you all later.

I downloaded the pictures in the panel, and then put a frame around it,  I quite like the effect I got

the pictures, I found in magazines, laminated them added a frame, the settee and chairs I recovered and added cushions.
I also made the coal box, the fireplace, I painted white, added gold highlights and found a cherub, I added this to it.

can you see the round cabinet in the corner.

The hall, the stairs are not fixed in yet, I will leave that still last, the book case holds all the books I made I have put bills and paper work in the drawers, there is a  the chair was an old one, I recoved this in black leather

The masters secret book, it says Tom Browns days on the front, it has a few pages and then it is full of his naked victorian woman, just hope the Mistress does'nt see it.!!!

sorry for the side view, house stripped

inside front

pram before

after I got my hands on it, I covered it with red leather, added covers and a naked baby

hung a blanket over the rail

inside the pram, at the bottom I added a tray, which I filled with baby bits.

oops

sorry did not say welcome to my new follower, so Hi and hope you enjoy my blog, unable to see my followers as for some reason they are not showing, will try again later, anyone else having this problem?

photos

Good morning all,
just a few photos as I promised, I still need to do a lot more to the upstairs hallway/library, I have got to make the floor, I may use cardboard cut into strips and stained, will try a bit first to see if I like It, I had brought some paper flooring which I painted with a varnish, but I did not like it, it looked like it was paper, so will be experimenting to see what I can do.

Yes the miniatures won, although I have cleaned out my kitchen cupboards and reorganised some of them, so I feel now that I am justified in working on my minis. well thats my excuse and I am sticking to it.

had a call from the hospital this morning and I am waiting for a echo scan appointment, hopefully that will be allright, I feel I am slowly recovering, still get very tired and have to take it easy, but I do feel a lot better than I did   a few weeks ago, see rambling again.
must stop that, my kids are always telling me that they get confused sometimes when we are talking because i will be talking about one thing and then talk about something else, must be the medication.

well enough here's the photos

upstairs hallway, stairs have not yet been fixed in place,
have got skirting/ coving and floor to do

entrance hall, without the stairs, the trunk still needs filling, and I want to make awalking stick holder
and maybe a few more bits

books made so far, just bits of balsa wood, cut to shape and covered with leather, some of the leather came from old purses and handbags, found very cheap in junk shops

happy weekend

Hi all
hope you have all had a good weekend, I have been busy working on my Victorian House, no pictures yet I'm afraid, will be adding some this coming week, so far I have decorated the upstairs hallway I am going to make this into a small library, so I have been making books from bits of balsa wood and covering them with leather, hence no pictures, me and my detail, hopefully tomorrow I can start to make the floor, we will see, my garden is calling out for attention, how is it when it rains weeds grow quickly, anyway we will see which wins tomorrow morning, with any luck it will be raining and that will make my mind up for me.
see you all soon