The Smallest.....

 

 Pagoda Bed...

Well, I don't know about you, Dear Readers, but I could not possibly fail to Try to make a tiny version of that Amazing (if I do say so myself) elaborate Pagoda Bed that I had made for the Tree House Bedroom all those years ago! Do you Remember it? With the striped mattress and the green velveteen blanket (made from a scrap of cloth from a bridesmaid dress I wore as a child!) and those hand embroidered silk bed curtains that took me a couple of years to complete, and the Pagoda Canopy? You will be glad to know that I had gained some confidence in methods for working in this small a scale... (btw I did the math and it is approximately 1/596th scale or a12th of 1/48th scale!) and so I set forth constructing the bedframe from cardboard (approx. 1/8th inch square) and four posts made from the finest florist wire in my stash (I think it is 36gauge cloth wrapped wire). You can see the beginnings above... gluing the posts one at a time to the cardboard, which I had notched at each corner to hold the wire better. Even the tiniest glue blobs are large at this scale and the more surface they connect with the stronger the join will be. I think the posts are a hair over 1/8th inch tall... 'cause it is hard to measure this small!

 

Here you can see all four posts are glued on... 

and the bed sits fairly level too! 

One of the most challenging parts of working at this scale 

is holding onto the parts as you are working on them!

 

Then I added the head rail.

 It might have been easier if I had tried with cardboard... 

but either way cutting the size just right to fit between the bedposts

 and then to glue it in place between the posts at the right level....!!! 

Harder than it looks!

 But I got it done after several tries where

 the wire "pinged" off into somewheresville... 

never to be seen again! 

But so far so good!

 

Then it got the necessary black paint...

 

Believe me I had to search around a bit to find

 a piece of that green velveteen

 that I had used for the original bed...

(such sentimental attachment...!...)

 and it was a bit challenging to cut a piece

 only 1/8th inch square... but I managed it...

 

And glued it to the bedstead.... 

instant mattress and blanket!

 And Oh so Satisfying to see!

 Real velveteen on this tiny bed!

 (I apologize for the less than perfect photos... 

I was intent on making parts 

and barely remembered to take pictures, 

and it is so hard to make the camera focus on the right items!)

 

And here you can see it with the "pillows" too! 

(I cheated a bit... they are cardstock

 cut to about 1/16th inch long and glued in place.)

 

And then came the real challenge....

 Could I make a"Pagoda" top for this scale?? 

I cut some tiny triangles from paper with the 

base the same as the length of each side

 and the "triangle" taller than the width of the bed

 (and neglected to take any pictures)

 And then I glued each triangle along

 the side of the cardstock base (the same size as the bed)

 which was rather tricky! 

But they "smushed" together just perfectly,

 the glue on the base basically filled the middle 

of the Pagoda and held it all together!

 

Then I glued it to the bedframe! 

Oh my! That was harrowing! 

But it worked!

 

Maybe this is a better angle to see it from?

 

And then it needed to be painted black.... 

 

Isn't this the most adorable little bed??? 

We have to test it in the Nano house....

 

Where we run into the same problem I did with the Original bed... 

I will have to adjust the ceiling

 to accommodate the bed's height!

 A Dome anyone???

 

But this is not finished, Dear Readers!

 Remember those embroidered curtains I mentioned?

 

Well, you know I had to give them a try!

 This is the same silk I used on the original curtains, 

and no I am not going to sew them! 

But I will try to paint a design that resembles the originals....

 

 I wanted to take advantage of the "fringed" edge 

the same way I did with the originals... 

so I painted as small as I could.... 

as close to the fringe as I could... 

 

Which gives me enough to cut in two, 

one curtain for each side of course!

 

Like This! 

Oh Heavens! 

I think it is almost there!

 

Just a little bit of gold glitter detail is needed...! 

There at the base of the Pagoda Canopy... 

 will this do the job?

 

Like This? 

Is it really ready? 

Shall we give it the ultimate test....?

 

A comparison with the Original...? 

Can you see it in there... on the Pagoda Bed itself?

 

How about now? 

Can you see it now? 

Is it good enough?

Oh, my Word, 

I love this tiny bed so much!

 

And of course, we have to see it in The Nano House... 

so challenging to get the lighting and the angle right! 

But, yes, I might have to "dome" the ceiling just a tiny bit

 just as I had to for the Tree House Bedroom!

 

 But Oh Heavens, Dear Readers, 

Is that the Smallest 

Pagoda Bed 

Ever?!