Just a Little Ho Hum.....

Adding the Trimmings.....

After all the Excitement of the Teeny-Tiny books last week, Dear Readers, I have to confess that the furnishings for the next room in the Secret Christmas House seemed a bit unexciting to me. Maybe I was just getting so used to the wonders of the tiny furniture in all it's perfect details, that making another tiny chair or bedside table just wasn't very challenging! Okay, the beautiful Sleigh bed did present some challenges, but really went together very easily! The furnishings for this room are the Sleigh Bed, the tall Victorian Dresser, two bedside tables and the wing chair. Certainly a lovely matching bedroom set!

Here you can see them all assembled prior to staining them.

Here the wooden pieces are painted the brown color 

recommended in the kit instructions.

 The chair will need to be painted as the other wing chairs

 with Many Many coats of paint until it looks "plush"!

Here they are varnished 

and the bed mattress and covers have been added......

and the mirror in the dresser too!

Here the bedside "lamps" made from 

beads supplied in the kit have been added, 

and the pillows on the bed.

Oh, and a lovely red pillow on the bed too!

But is that All?

Well, let's see how they look inside the room....

Hmmm.... it just looks a bit plain to me!

The only "decoration" that is still to be added

 is supposed to be a couple of wrapped "gifts"

one on the dresser and a couple behind the chair. 

Oh, and the chair will have a pillow 

and a "throw" draped over the arm.

Even with those details, 

I think it a teeny bit of a Yawn.

Well, I tell you, Dear Readers, I couldn't leave it so bare!

To begin with, I thought the dresser should have 

a small tray with some perfumes and lotions on it.....

Oh dear, my lighting is not very good... 

You can probably barely see them!

Here, maybe this is a little better.....

I made the "mirrored tray" by cutting an oval out of the corner

 scrap left over from the mirror provided in the kit.

Then I added the tiniest beads I could find in my old collection....

Here... can you see it now?

(Go ahead and poke the pictures to enlarge them!)

I think this is much more fun than just a wrapped gift...

And I just can't imagine a Lady's dresser without these bottles!

And while I was adding tiny beads....

I thought the bedside table should have an old alarm clock....

Can you even see it there!

Does it even look like an alarm clock?

Well, I am pretending it does!

Perhaps we should test them inside the room....

I think they add a wonderful layer of "realism"!

And since I have been thinking so much about teeny-tiny books...

Well, I had to make one for the other bedside table!

Because, surely the Lady of the house might like to read in bed.

But truly, Dear Readers, I could not leave the bed alone either....

because I could not imagine that all the rush of preparing for Christmas 

wouldn't leave the bed covered in wrapping paper and partly wrapped gifts.....

I had to make some scissors out of wire....

Can you see them there?

I know... they are really Huge!

(perhaps they are the kitchen shears!)

And I had to add some thread for ribbon draped on the floor.....

And then we need to see how it looks in the room....

Can you see it at all?

Oh and the unfinished chair too....

Just imagine a lacy throw over the chair

(when it is painted)

and a few wrapped gifts hidden in the corner behind the chair....

And who knows.... maybe even a footstool and some slippers....

Or a shopping bag with gifts inside....!

As you can see, Dear Readers, 

this room was just a little too Ho-hum, 

So I have been adding all the little trimmings!