A Dollshouse for the Dollshouse and a Cupola

Hello again it's been a while since my last post but I have been busy adding some more details to the house, mainly the roof.

 The chimneys were made from wood and the chimney pots were made from Fimo. I have also added a Cupola which I made from extra windows that I had leftover.  Georgian buildings often had Cupolas for extra ventilation but some were purely decorative. I decided to make mine decorative.

First up, the chimneys

Next the Cupola

The base is made from scrap pieces of wood and an old photo frame (the green bit)

 

The roof of the Cupola is made with mount board and painted with Acrylics. The weather vane is metal and was bought from Minimum World

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Next is my very favourite piece for the house. A doll house for the dollshouse. I made it from a kit in 1:144th scale very fiddly indeed but so worth it when you see how small the finished house is.

Let's begin with the kit

The kit comes with very good instructions and is unpainted so you can decorate it to your own taste and is best done before you assemble it

The main carcass is built and now the removable front can be assembled. 

Adding the windows, door, dormer window, and the glazing

The tiny dormer window and one of the glazed pieces are so tiny!

The chimneys are only 1 centimeter 

The front and the roof are done and you can also see the small table that the house sits on. The roof just needs slates and the outside walls of the house need bricks. All done of course with decorative papers

You can get an idea of the scale when you see it beside a small bottle of water

The outside is now complete

I still need to do the flooring probably wooden floors or maybe tiled depending on the type of rooms

The house inside the house......

The furniture for this micro house is minute and also comes in kit form but I might have a go at making some of it myself

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Doll Houses were for adults and were a symbol of wealth, they were also used to illustrate how domestic life should be played out. Dating from the 1600's the "baby house" provided a visual aid for young and often illiterate girls learning household management. While the lady of the house embroidered elaborate dresses for her peg doll self, the serving girl would learn to know her place.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my little mini house, until next time stay safe, and thank you for dropping by.

Vee xx

Ceiling panels and mouldings, chimney breasts

 A further update on the ceiling panels that I have been working on. Above is the first floor stair landing with the panel and ceiling mouldings in place. This is the ceiling where the crystal chandelier will hang. No skirting boards fitted yet as I have to be able to get under the floor covering to install the wires for the lighting so the skirting boards will be one of the last things to be fitted in the house.

This is the ground floor entrance way ceiling panel and the mouldings fitted here too.  There is only half a ceiling here as the staircase is open to the first floor. It's quite difficult to get photos of these areas. as the house is still upside down at the moment, so all the photos have been rotated to view them as if the house was right side up, or I could just have stood on my head lol.

Above is the morning room ceiling panel and chimney breast, mouldings will be a little tricky in the rooms with a chimney breast as I have to mitre the corners around them so they will take a bit more time more updates on that next time.

Above is the Dining room ceiling panel and chimney breast, same applies here these two rooms will be done at the same time.

Below photos showing how the chimney breasts were made.

That's it for today,  hopefully I'll get some time to work on it this week. I still haven't made up the basement yet and won't have time now 'till after our holiday and as usual I will post pics when I do it.  Bye for now.