Pollyanna's Problem.....

Disorganized.....

It was one of Those weekends, Dear Readers, when very little got accomplished in my mini worlds, and there was really no excuse other than Dithering and perhaps more Daydreaming than Day-doing! I was trying to put a little bit of order into many parts of my life and not feeling successful at most of it. And so as a last moment attempt to feel productive, I decided to (finally) help Pollyanna with her workroom in the attic of The Lovely Old Dollhouse! From the start she knew it would need some attention to make it into a space that could be used for more than storage. And being optimistic, she was sure it would not take very much work! Fortunately for me, she doesn't measure the passing of Time quite the same way that I do.... so it was surely only a short while ago that she began to make her list of what would be needed...

Chief on her list was more work tables 

for all those dollhouses that had suddenly appeared!

But I knew that there were some more serious building "upgrades" 

that needed to happen before any more tables were added! 

To begin with, some of you might remember almost a year ago 

when I re-positioned the walls in the attic area, 

moving them closer to the stairwell 

and giving more room to the rooms on each side.

Because this is a retrofit on the old dollhouse 

and the walls could not be routed into the floor, 

I needed to support them with sturdy bracing at the ceiling and floor.

I had simply moved the bracing from the previous position 

to the new one, as you can see in the picture above, 

but I had not added the bracing along the floor

 at the rear section of each wall.

 

 

I decided that if I got nothing else done, 

I could at least attach that bracing!

It meant clearing out the furniture...

 and doing a lot of fidgety drilling 

and tightening screws in tight corners.... 

I used the last remaining pieces of bracing that I had removed last year... 

that way it matched the bracing already in place. 

I know these braces look large and rough and out of scale.... 

but this is supposed to be an old house with rooms tucked into the attic!

And you might notice the electrical "outlet" there in the back....

 I might have to upgrade the electrical too....

That is the only power coming up to the attic! 

But more on that another time.

Once I had added the wall bracing....

 I decided there was still time to start on the knee walls.

You can see in the above picture that the eaves are so low 

that the space is wasted and the furniture has nothing to lean up against....

The solution is a knee wall at the back of the room.

This is still not attached... I need to decide 

whether to leave access to the space behind 

in case I need to fiddle with the wiring which runs behind it... 

 

 and for the moment works.....!

I think the answer is yes, I do!

But meanwhile, the space is so inviting... 

it is irresistible to try out the new furniture arrangements!

 

Look at how much space there is here 

once the furniture is pushed against the wall!

Pollyanna has been borrowing tables from everywhere she can.....

really just to see what will fit and what is needed...

Of course, she keeps bringing in more projects.....

And while she is busy with arranging her room,

 I am building the knee wall for the bedroom across the hall....

Here you can see it has the same problem with the low eaves....

the furniture can only go so far back....

This wall is also not attached.... 

the electrical issues will have to be addressed first!

Here you can see it with the furniture in place.

It is barely noticeable but it does make a difference!

Oh look! Pollyanna has found another table!

This way she can have space in the middle of the room

 to work on her current project....

I can tell she has lots of ideas....!

Well, Dear Readers, I may be Disorganized....

but I managed to make a little bit of progress

helping Pollyanna with her Problem!