Tieing Up Loose Ends

Kitchen Lights and Other Little Things....

I can hardly believe it, Dear Readers, but I have Finally completed the Electrical wiring for the Lights in the Folly! The kitchen was the last unlit room, and I had been unable to decide on the lighting that would be needed without a sink in place. But once I had found the right sink, there was no excuse for leaving the lights incomplete! I decided to go with a simple and traditional sconce with a fluted glass, and I attached it with the globe facing downward as it gave much better "task" lighting at the sink.

Here I am testing the new light.....

I was able to mostly hide the wire behind the edge of the "tile" backsplash...

(here I have slid it aside while working on the wiring)

and the part below the chair rail is mostly hidden by the sink....

once I drilled the hole and ran the wire to the underside of the house.

 The other light in the kitchen is the one I acquired over a year ago, 

but did not complete the wiring.... 

It came without a plug... 

and to get the wiring attached properly would mean 

moving The Folly off its foundations.... 

so I could reach the underside to thread wires through the tiny hole.....

and run them up a channel to splice onto the lamp wires.

So I left it undone for over a year!

You can see below the partly moved Folly

and the wires in the "cave" underneath....

And here you can see the kitchen with both the lights on.....

And a view of All the lights on......

And now that the lights are all wired... 

I was able to add the trim to the outer corner on the kitchen side...

which covers the channel where the wires are run from the upstairs...

and that in turn allowed me to Finally glue the chimney in place!

I had finished the bricks Ages ago..... 

but could not attach it until the trim was in place......

which couldn't be attached until the Wiring was done!

Here you can see the whole chimney....

I couldn't attach the upper portion until the lower part was done

so as to be sure they were aligned correctly!

And to think that All this progress 

hinged on getting the right sink!

And speaking of "hinges", Dear Readers......

I have been having more fun with Tiny hinges for the Tree House!

To begin with I cut the doors in the walls 

for the Nursery and the Nanny's Room...

And added the hinges......

(I LOVE hinges!)

And here you can see the doors in place in the Tree House....

This is the Nanny's Room.....

with a door to the Nursery on the left 

and the door to the Hallway on the right.

And here you can see where the hallway runs along the back to the stairs...

(which will be inside the cardboard tube...)

And here you can see the Nursery.

The door on the back wall leads to the hallway and the stairs....

and the door on the right to the Nanny's room.

But the best part is the Bed Alcove that is built onto the "door " to this level....

This is just the rough framework viewed from the outside.....

And the inside.......

Visible when the main door is opened!

And I had to add the window frames.....

For the Bed Alcove.....

And I wanted the windows to be able to open.....

so I added Hinges.....

Teeny Tiny Hinges!

They went on a little bit crooked.....

But this is just a Tree House after all....

So it can be a bit rustic and worn!

I will need to fill the chipped spots.....

And I need to make the "window glass"....

This is really just the beginning!

So while it seemed as though 

Very little got done this week, Dear Readers,

Between the Tiny Hinges, The Lights and the Chimneys...

At least I managed to tie up a bunch of loose ends!