I'M BACK

Hi All

I am finally back, the kitchen is finished and I can get back into my work room,
this is what it looked like

 

as you can see no room for me.

here's the kitchen.

 

this is my dads set and it has been in a cupboard for years, I now have a place for it

some of my blue and white collection

at night I can have all the lights on

my lovely oak spice rack

my shelving unit, painted this myself

new floor, slate laminate boards, with my doggies

 

So now I can get back to working on my projects. I just put a load of minis on Ebay and sold most of them so will need to start making some more.

 

I have started a new shop, this is going to be one around horses and their gear, plus I have a fancy to make a Arabian vintage  costumes, I was looking round the web trying to decide what I would do next and came across these, and loved them, they are so vibrant, have been making sketchers and will see what I come up with.

 

The other project is one I cannot talk about or show you till after August, its something to do with my son's wedding and as they occasionally have a look at my blog, do not want them to know what I am doing.

 

It is such a relief to have every thing back to normal, I do not do mess, I am very tidy and like to have things in their place, so you can imagine how hard is was for me, still not moaning as I am so lucky to have a bespoke kitchen in oak for less than 500.00, you cannot beat that.

 

Well better get off now loads of washing to do and I want to get into my work room. 



 

 

 

 

Getting bored now

Hi All

Yes I am getting bored now, kitchen redo continues, we are up to the tiling stage, my whole house is covered in dust, I cannot get into my workroom, so cannot do minis, I know I am moaning but I want it finished and some kind of order back.
I have been promised it will be finished by Sunday, choosing flooring and paint Saturday,

Its been raining so unable to do much in garden, on the plus side, I have sorted my photos out, my drawers are tidied and sorted, my wardrobe has been sorted and clothes that I no longer wear took to the charity shop, I am getting all those little jobs done that usually get ignored.

Have got some pictures for you, I have been allowed to put my bits in the display cabinets, the drawers are coming hopefully soon, at the end of all this I am going to have a oak bespoke kitchen for cost of 300.00, not bad.

 

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Morning all

Hi All

My kitchen continues, we are now at the decorating stage, tiling today, got to choose paint and now need new flooring, I have a laminate floor that looks like wood, but with the new oak units there is to much wood, so going for laminate that looks like grey slate, really excited, will be boring you with photos soon.

In my mini world, I have not been able to do much this last week as my work room now contains kitchen equipment and work tools, hopefully tomorrow will be able to start something, not sure what my next project will be, I have a shop that I could do or a garden, maybe today I will find inspiration.

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Minis for sale

Hi All

I have uploaded my minis for sale page, if you wish to purchase anything please message me on my email debbiekim49@hotmail.com
I have tried to keep postage low, if I find I get cheaper postage I will refund the difference,
overseas buyers please contact me for postage
I accept PayPal
take a look

Thanks Debbie

Kitchen progress

Hi All
before I start nattering on I must say thank you to my new followers, I hope you enjoy my blog and my miniatures with a hint of real life, feel free to leave a comment,

Right, I am still living in a muddle, but progress is being made, I can at last see what it is going to look like, one side of units are up, the display cabinets will have lights in them, at last I will be able to have my dads tea and coffee set out, it is packed away in a box and unless the queen was to visit it does not see daylight, he died many years ago so it will be lovely to have it on show.

The sink is in and I love my taps, my spice rack was made by Steve, my friend who is doing my kitchen, it is in oak and was a Xmas pressie, I have that many herbs and spices I could fill it twice over, I love it.

I had a yellow feature wall, which is going to be repainted, looking at dark blues, that seems to go really well with oak, it will have the same white tiles, got to buy some more now and I am changing the flooring, but as you can see it is going to be lovely.

I have had to spend a lot of time in my work room, its been the only place I could sit, so I made a couple of kitchen units.

The kitchen unit this was white, I removed the centre drawers, I wanted some where to put vegetable's,  I repainted blue, bashed it to give it a worn look, added some paper that I had in my stash.
I made a draining board, this was just a bit of balsa wood, sanded so it was thin end at one end, put some grooves in it using a pencil, then painted it using a stain varnish. I filled the cupboards with goodies, put crockery in the sink, used liquid filmo which I stained with a touch of brown to make the water look dirty, added some washed crockery to the draining board, some flowers in pots, the paper towel holder was very easy to do, I cut out a small circle in balsa wood, added a bit of doweling and then just cut some real life paper towel and wrapped it around it.


The dresser, was a dark brown colour and had to drawers missing, so I repainted it, bashed it, and then added bits to it, In the centre part, this is where the drawers were missing, I removed the other drawer trimmed of the bits that hold the drawers in place,  this did leave ridges in side, so I cut some card to fit and used paper to decorate the inside, I used the same paper I used for the sink, I made some teal towels, these are just small pieces of fabric, folded and trim added, then I stuck them together in a pile.
from my stash I added all the other bits.
I made the blue and white using wooden beads, I painted them blue, cut some very thin strips of white paper and put these on the pots, added labels, I have Cornish ware and lots of blue and white in my real life, so I just copied what I have. I made a apron and oven gloves and put these on the unit.

For an extra bit I have added a dog and cat with feeding bowls. I am very please with how this came out.

I have having a day off from minis today, having one of my achy days so its better to rest, but I will not sit and do nothing, I have a load of dolls house magazines I have not had a chance to read yet, some paper work to sort out, and I am going to redo my selling page on here.

anyway enough about me, have a look at the photos.

the wall units, drawers still to go in

I love my tap

my oak spice rack