A Few More Rocks....

 

And a Little More Fringe...

Well, Dear Readers, It was one of those weekends where RL tasks infringed on the Mini-making time and left me feeling as though Almost nothing got done! But as we know, this Castle building is a slow process, so any progress is worthy of notice! And I hope you won't mind if I show you a picture of the Lord's bedchamber as it looked early in the morning before anything had been done.... the morning light is the best light in this part of my house. As you can see, I had started to construct the window seats on the left side of the hearth, but nothing was painted, and only some of it was glued in place. But the natural light helps make it clear that this corner is really a small alcove off the room. All it needed was the bench seat along the left wall. But since the lower parts would be difficult to paint after the seat was attached, I decided to begin with the painting.

Here you can see I have started by removing all the unattached parts.

And it has become a dark day, so the flash is needed to see anything at all!

This is a slightly closer view.

And in case anyone wondered why I have only painted

 the parts of the "rock" that will be visible,

 it is because the bare wood takes glue

 better than the painted surface,

 so the bond will be stronger when glued!

(Yes, there is some reason to my madness!)

And the next morning, with the Hearth in place... 

and a slightly gloomier morning...

The bench along the wall is in position, but not yet glued.

And here you can see all the benches are painted to look like "rocks"...

 and they are even glued in place! 

(Why wait?!)

A couple more little "rocks" have been added to

 the gap between the stairs and the hearth on the right.

And if you look carefully, you can see I have begun to add the "rocks"

 which will make the vaulted ceiling over the benches on the left.

And here the side wall of the Chamber

 which separates it from the stairs below, 

is also in place, making the nook much more hidden.

When you step back, you can get a better sense of the whole room.

 The whole back wall will really be a series of alcoves in the Tower walls.

And as for the carpet fringe, Dear Readers, it is slow going.

But it, too, is Progress!

Rock by Rock and stitch by stitch, 

I will get it done!