The Sky's The Limit

The Gigantic Chandelier and the Too Tiny Table

Dear Readers, before I show you the Promised Chandelier, I want to show you the Tiny Little Demi-lune Table I made! It stands next to the stairway and has a faux marble top and gilded legs. It wasn't tall enough at first... so I added some beads for feet, thinking I could paint them gold and no-one would know... but I like the way they add a touch of sparkle to the toes of the table.... so I have left them unpainted. You may also notice that I added two "Cameo" portraits to the walls. These are jewelry pieces from that Miniatures Store.... and I think they are Perfect for the walls in this room and besides they are the only items small enough to fit these tiny spaces! I personally LOVE the way the black and white one sits over the colorful chair, and the Coral one sits over the Black marble table!
Another small detail I have added that can barely be seen in the finished room is the window in the stairway.... just visible through the door on the right.

Here below you can see the leaded paned window in place.....

 I Know... it is hardly visible... but it lets light into the stairway.... 

and I Love knowing it is there!

As for the Chandelier, Dear Readers, no matter how I tried, it ended up being a Bit Large for the scale of this room! It is one and one quarter inches across and one and one and one half inches tall! That makes for Quite a Large chandelier in the quarter inch scale! Here you can see my beginnings....

I am building it around one of the tiny LED lights..... using a jewelry finding for the arms.... stacked with some decorative beads.... and very fine opalescent beads strung on very fine brass wire for the "crystal" ropes..... which all pass through a jeweled bead at the top.

Here you can see the partially assembled pieces.... along with some of the failed attempts....! I just couldn't come up with small enough parts and still have a fancy chandelier..... so it is a bit large for the scale! You can also see the beads I used for the candles on the plate to the right.....!

And here you can see one of the candles attached to the arm .....(on the right side).... and I have even used my favorite Teeny glitter pieces for "flames" on the candles!!!! In the right angle of light they glow as if they are actually burning! Of course, it is nearly impossible to photograph the glow properly..... Can you see the glow on the candle in this picture below????

Or maybe you can see it in this picture.... 

with ALL the candle flames added......!

The REAL test comes with trying to fit it into the room and getting the wires connected..... 

before the ceiling is even completed....

As you can see, it is a bit large... it hangs down too low.... I will have to raise the ceiling up a bit.... but I was thinking of doing that anyway! As for seeing the candles sparkle.... I may have to add an ambient light that shines onto them but is hidden from view..... Is that Cheating???
But before we can build the Ceiling, I must complete the decorative trim at the top of the walls, which is topped with a section of gilded Coving...

You can see the top view  looking down in this picture.... 

yes the angles ARE all irregular!!! 

(What was I thinking?!!)

And here is the same view looking up.....

My mitering is NOT Perfect..... 

but it is close enough for me!

And another view......

As you can see, I have added all the baseboard trims as well....

To build the semi-domed ceiling, I had to make a map of the room...

like a dress pattern which I could use to cut out the cardboard.... which looked like this....

The concept is no different than sewing a dress and making "darts" to round the shape of the cloth... 

But here I am cutting away the extra material in thin wedges and gluing the sides together....

And lots of tape on the back side for added strength......

Here it is being tested for fit on the room.....

(By now all the walls are glued in place!!!)

And here you can see the view looking up..... 

before the painting begins......!

I think it Fits!!!

Oh, and Nobody guessed I would paint the sky and clouds on the ceiling?????

(This is just the start.....)

And can we do a test run with the chandelier... Please???

Hmmmm... it is a trifle dark....

Maybe we should TRY the extra ambient light?

Like that!

Or is it too much?

I think I like it..... 

but the ceiling is Barely visible......

Can we at LEAST see the candles sparkle a little bit...?

Yeah, LIKE THAT!!! (Sorry for the blurry pic!)

There's still so much that needs to be done......

But for Now.......

The Sky's the limit!!!