What.... Another Project...???

Just a Little Diversion.....

Believe It or Not, Dear Readers, my weekend began with Nothing out of the ordinary on the Horizon. I started on the many small steps needed for the re-design of the Attic roof for Hardwick Hall, one of them being attaching the decorative ceiling crown molding trim while the roof was still open and unobstructed. I am using the same pattern wood that I used in the Parlor and the Kitchen, stained the same dark walnut color. And since there were still parts of the kitchen crown molding that had not been cut yet, because I had to complete the hearth inner wall before I could know the proper dimensions to cut... I decided to also work on the hearth and see if I couldn't also attach some of the kitchen molding. I had noticed a small scrap of paper lying around (because we don't throw these away!) that was trimmed from the ceiling "embossed" paper and it reminded me of the kind of trim you see when metal sheets are joined it looked like a row of rivets....

 I thought it would be perfect for the hood on the hearth in the kitchen,

 which I wanted to look like an old copper covered hood....

So I glued some strips in place....

Then I added a coat of iridescent copper paint.....

With the darker gray coat still showing through in places....

Then we have to see what it looks like in the kitchen.....

Yes, I am liking this!

(And you can see one piece of the crown molding has been attached...)

But that is not all... there is a mantelpiece too...

Yes, I know the copper is really shiny here... 

the light is hitting it just right....

Inside the kitchen it is not so garish!

Maybe we need to see how it will look 

with the stove added and the light on.....

I still need to add the bricks to the hearth itself and the chimney back...

but it is starting to look like I imagined it would!

 

I hope you will Believe me Dear Readers

 when I tell you that I Intended to keep working 

on the attic structure and the Belvedere....

But then I Dreamed all night about building Tiny Tiny 

Dollhouse roomboxes in 144th scale!!!

And when I woke up I realized I'd never thought of 

just making a roombox in that scale.... 

And if it was JUST a roombox, how difficult would that be?

Well... I had to give it a try ... just to see....

And as I thought about Where this tiny Roombox would live.... 

I realized it had to be on a shelf somewhere where it could be easily seen....

And what better shelf than one of the shelves beside the fireplace in The Folly?

So I made sure to build it so it would fit.....

And then I realized it would be fun 

if the scene were to "mimic"  The Folly Parlor itself!

 

 

Which meant there would be a fireplace....

So I glued some tiny scraps of wood to a piece of cardboard...

With several layers to make the decorative profile....

I could have used just cardboard, 

but I had some tiny slivers of wood just begging to be used!

Then I painted it to look like a brick fireplace....

And attached it to a "marbled" hearth base......

(sorry the glue is still not dry and rather obvious!)

It still needs quite a few details.... 

like the flames and the logs... and the coals.....!

And here it is inside the roombox....

I will need to build the shelves that flank the hearth....

And the books that go in the shelves....

Because to tell you the Truth, Dear Readers, 

my Dream was all about those Teeny Teeny books 

and how to make the shelves 

and whether it would be a Library or a Bookstore....

So maybe this is just for practice....

 

Just a Tiny Diversion......

Except I had to see if I could make a Tiny Person too....

 

Here you can see the beginnings...

At one-half inch tall she might be a tiny bit large for the scale....

and I have only just started to figure out the costuming....

But I succeeded in making a carpet for the floor!

And while I was test-building the roombox... 

I made a couple of them..... just in case.....

There could be a Library AND a Kitchen..... !

Because, really... they don't take up much space!!!

And I am pretty sure there will have to be more than one Tiny Person!

Oh Dear, WHAT have I gotten myself into???

But just to reassure you... 

The Kitchen Hearth in Hardwick Hall 

has not been abandoned....

And every little bit of Progress Counts!

Because the Roomboxes, Dear Readers,

Are really just a Tiny Diversion!