How Much is Too Much?
Dear Readers, I have been working on the Salon of the Tiny Tree House and find myself wanting to take EVERY idea to it's Extreme, following naturally the philosophy that if I love it a Little bit, I will Love More even More! This is translating into not wanting to stop with the Embellishment of Every surface in True Rococo Fashion. In the Beginning I thought I might just leave the floor uncovered because there was such a lovely patterned marquetry printed surface that I thought it would be a shame to cover it up. But then I thought I might be able to find a piece of patterned cloth small enough.....
To Maybe resemble just a little bit an elegant carpet.... perhaps it is an Aubusson? And because it doesn't cover the entire floor... we can still see the lovely patterned marquetry!
And then I got started on the Furniture for the Salon....
here you can see the settee in it's rough framework...
And of course, there must be an armchair to go with the settee, and a side chair too....
But before I show you their evolution...
I must show you what I did to the Fireplace!
I forgot to take pictures of all the fiddly little steps...
but you can see here below the transformed mantle....
I painted more marble and added the oval and gilt accents,
as well as the andirons and the flames....
Here below you can see the fire being tested.....
before I decided to add the embellishments to the Mantlepiece....
I LOVE the realism of the glowing fire!!!
Back to the chairs.... they each got several coats of antique gold paint (after the primer coat)
And then the upholstery! I have had this fabric for Ages.....
and found a piece of the pattern that looks lovely on such a small piece....
And then the seat.... carefully aligning the pattern!!!
It is SO Small!!
But the Chairs are even smaller!!!
And the arm chair too!
And here they are being tested in the Salon.....
But I could NOT leave them as is, Dear Readers..... I wanted MORE!
So I started the VERY Time consuming process of adding a gold "braid" trim around the edges of all the upholstery..... which you can see below if you look closely.....!
Was it necessary? Would ANYBODY ever notice if it wasn't there?
And That is not all I have Adorned in the past few days.....
I have added Embellishments to the mirror...
Do you not remember me promising to Tone It DOWN a Bit?
Well, I added some sconce arms from metal scrolls and jewelry findings....
I know it is hard to see in this picture.....
And then I added some broken bits of "crystal" from iridescent "snowflakes"!
And I did paint it all the same Antique gold to unify the pieces....
but did I "Tone it Down"????
I think I Jazzed it up!
I could not even leave the STAIRS alone!
They are barely visible as they go up behind a wall on the right....
but they had to have "marble" treads
To go with the Marble hearth.....
And speaking of "Marbles" I have found another one of my Lost Marbles!
It is now the Window in the Alcove on the other side of the room.....
But before I could glue it in place...
I HAD to Paint the Alcove to resemble an Arbor in the Garden...
And what is an Arbor with out a Blossoming Rose?
The Marble makes Such a Beautiful Oriel Window!
Even though you can barely see it at all when the Alcove wall is in place...
And I Am going to make a smaller Settee for the Alcove.... that matches....
I have become SO Obsessed with this Tiny Scale...
that I am Alarmed...SHOCKED with the comparison...
to the normal 1:12 Dollhouse scale...
Do You recognize this? The Still unfinished Floor of the Castle Great Hall?
It seeme that the Wizard has been doing some Conjuring Experiments...
and has summoned chairs of the Future.....?
In Miniature!!!
And Belle has Never seen Anything Like it!
"Can you make these bigger?" she wonders....
They would be so comfortable to sit in ....
and the fabric is more beautiful than anything she has ever seen!
The Wizard is thinking he may have to do a Memory erasing charm on Belle...
Chairs like these are still four Centuries in the Future!
Well, Never mind.....
The Tiny Tree House has me Enchanted Too....
And now that the Marble stairs are attached and leading upward,
I am already planning the NEXT floor in my mind.....!
Even though there are still quite a few details to complete in the Salon......
Not the least of which will be the Ceiling itself.... and a Chandelier?
And Certainly I need a Statue for the Niche....
And can you tell I will probably be thinking of More ways to Adorn it all?
Most Likely I will be showing No Restraint at All!
