Another World Entirely...
You May remember, Dear Readers, that the little Dressing Room was an After thought in the design of this Tree House. And so I have given it only a Little bit of thought! But as I was adding the final details of painting to the walls of the bedroom and preparing to Begin gluing them in place...... I realized that the wall behind the bed that is shared with the Dressing Room would need to be painted on the Dressing Room side before anything could be glued in place! Here below you can see an overhead view of the two rooms....
The Dressing Room is that Very small odd shape on the far right.....
And while we are looking at the walls...
let me show you the completed paintings....
You may be wondering what was added from the last time you saw these walls...
well, just the tiniest details on a few of the plants and some butterflies !
I dare you to find them!
It is the right side wall, with the door into the Dressing Room
which needs to be painted on Both sides....
But before I show you that, I thought you might like to see these walls in relation to my regular 1:12 scale dollhouse.... In the Chinoiserie Bedroom of The Lovely Old Dollhouse which I painted several years ago... Reaching into the already constructed room of my childhood dollhouse to paint on the walls in place! (I tell you this so you will not think my painting on the larger walls was sloppy or not detailed enough...!)
And another view of the whole room of the 1:12 scale house....
And a close up of the Fireplaces.....
I thought it would be fun to see them together before the little walls
are permanently glued into the Tree House!
So it was time to paint the Dressing Room wall and I needed to decide what I was going to paint!
I could have continued the Chinoiserie decor on into the Dressing Room... but I thought it would seem redundant and ho-hum to do that! You may have realized by now that I am not the sort of decorator who makes all the rooms "compatible" with each other. I like to take each room as a World unto itself and see where we end up! And for the Dressing Room I was really just thinking about Roses....
And Roses like to climb on an Arbor.... and maybe a wall...
Then I Swear to you that my paintbrush took over and the next thing I knew...
I had painted this....
Can you see where the arbor goes over the door?
And then it needed some background....
And of course, I forgot to take pictures for a while...
This process required a Lot of testing the walls in place...
And Anna Maria even came by to see the progress....
I thought someone said "Roses".... she said as she left....
So I Finally started the Roses!!!
First the Pink... I think they are "Constance Spry"....
And then the Red.... "Blaze" I am sure!
I apologize for the glare on the paintings...
as usual it is difficult to photograph them well....
And we must keep testing the placement....
And more plantings to keep the Roses company....
A little topiary shrub and an Urn with a peony...
to carry the theme from the Chinoiserie on the other side of the wall ....
And one more topiary....
even though it will be hidden behind the furnishings....
And then we must see them in place....
I Truly don't know How we got here, Dear Readers......
There is an Entirely different World on the other side of the Wall!!!
