Furniture, curtains odds and ends and new occupants and lights

Hello again, a few updates since my last post. Firstly I have a couple of new little people to add to the house. 

 Meet Edward the man of the house, clothed in Regency style and very handsome. 

Jacket cut out and ready to sew

All he needs now is a top hat...... another make for another day

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The beautiful Emily, the younger cousin of Charlotte the lady of the Manor.  Emily is visiting for afternoon tea 😀

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Simon the new Gardener.....

The young Butler, James learning his trade polishing the Silver in the servant's hall while the Head Butler gets all the easy jobs 😢

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Curtain making for the windows on the large front doors

Pleated and ready to go

making the pelmets before covering with material

Charlotte's bedroom curtains

The Morning room curtains

Lilac curtains for the upper hallway....and to the right the Silver bathroom curtains

below them are the green Dining room curtains and the white lace ones are the stair curtains

Made some cushions with leftover material, something to keep my hands busy while watching the tv

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Back to playing with Fimo again and made some food for the pantry and more doll components

Cheese

head and shoulder plate for doll

a few we bottles, salt holder, mortar and pestal, edam, cheddar, Silverside, Ham x2

garlic, onions, and tiny blotters for the study which cost a fortune in the miniature shops

meat

garlic and onions

a rope of garlic

A few additions to the pantry now. 

A new shelving unit for the floor (left side) more wine at the back ( a good household always has lots of wine 😂😂😂)

Garlic hanging from the shelf, a large white ceramic canister with a yellow one under the table, and a basket of onions on the top. The mice are having a good feast with the potatoes 😲

new for the laundry room a clothes horse, scrubbing board ( you can just see it to the left in the sink), and a new wringer

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New furniture in the Morning room.  A gold and mahogany settee and chair with foot stool and young Emily arrives for afternoon tea.

 In the study, we have some large size books and a glass whisky decanter and glasses on the small table

A lovely red rug for the Music room

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Thinking ahead to next year when hopefully I will get started with the renovation of the Victorian house, my miniatures shop had a 40% off all battery lights so I bought ceiling lights and wall lights to get me started.

 The Victorian house has never been properly wired as it was made over 30 years ago and I couldn't get lights then, so instead of wiring it up like the Georgian house I decided it would be much easier for me to light it with battery lights. Hopefully, I've made the right choice but that will become clear next year when I get started on it.

2 wall lights 1 ceiling light

3 more ceiling lights

Only one more to show you and that is the new cupboard Hubby got for Dalton Manor.

 I needed something a bit higher to sit the house on so that I had easier access to the basement area and we found this kitchen island on wheels which is just perfect. I can store more underneath and move it around easily.

That's all I have this time, so thank you for popping into my blog and I hope you enjoyed this update for Dalton Manor

Take care everyone

Dalton Manor... Bathroom, Music room, Rugs, the Dining room and a new sofa

I've been trying to keep busy while we have all been staying at home and have managed to get quite a few things done in the house. Grab a cuppa it's quite a long post,  Enjoy.....

 The bathroom or " bathing room" as it was called then, has been causing me some sleepless nights.😩

Mainly because it has to have an antique look and it's very dificult to source the right style in the dolls house shops, everything is either Victorian or too modern. I did however manage to find a free standing bath that has a Georgian look and I also have a WC with a high cistern. Plumbed bathrooms and running water were only found in the most affluent houses in those days and usually they were very grand and highly decorative. I still have to decorate the walls but I have some ideas floatng round my head as to how it will look

the bath before and after painting

WC before and after






















I have added a glass cabinet for toiletries and towells which has also been painted white at the moment but that might change depending on the decor I choose

Quite a lot to do yet in the bathroom but I'm looking forward to decorationg it and filling it up with lots of little extras. I havent decided on a colour yet. It will have collums and a vanity unit. I have made the taps for the bath as they normally came up from the floor and you just can't buy that kind of thing.

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The Music room

A decision had to be made between having an Artist studio or a Music room and due to the fact I got the whole contents of the room in the sale the Music room won.

 As you can see it's mahogany and as I prefer either gold on white which was very popular in Georgian homes or Walnut finish,  I will be changing it and it will be completely different when it's finished.

As you can see there are quite a few pieces including a large sofa which as you will see further down the post I painted and recovered to make another sofa for the morning room.

Just had to have a grand piano....

The decor has to be finished yet , another little rug. All the rugs are woven and made in Turkey

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The Dining Room

Since the last post showing this room I changed the decor slightly and I'm happier with the way it looks now. I also purchased a bare wood Chippendale table and chairs which I have now stained to resemble a Walnut finish. The seat cushions are still cream but I might change them later on. Also today I bought a Server table for the Dining room and have also stained that. I have still to atatch the tiny handles to the drawer fronts, you can see them in the video.

Bare wood table and chairs before being stained

after being stained. the chairs also have arms to make them carvers but I haven't attached them yet

the Server before staining

after being stained

The Dining room now with changed decor and furniture

I also bought a few rugs this week 

Still need a fire, curtains and accessories for the room and that will finish it off

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The Morning room

The new sofa for the Morning room before and after painting and then I recovered it using one of Hubby's ties ( I did ask him before taking the scissors to it 😅 )

Think I might add a few touches of gold to the sofa and the coffee table

Love my new rug too it is a perfect match to the room💙

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Another female doll the same as Charlottle so I removed her wig and changed her hair to make her a little sister or a cousin maybe

I don't have a name for her yet
















making the ringlettes

 She is more of a red auburn colour, she has still to be dressed 

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Next up is a wardrobe for Charlotte's bedroom. Again it was bare wood and I painted it white then decoupaged the panels with burgandy pattered paper. I still need a dressing table for this room but can'y find one that I like might just have to set about making one

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Entrance hall

A new addition to the entrance hall is a little statue of a lady with flowers 3inches high and a table which as you can see obviously is  just too dark and will be painted

Also this week I bought 2 Japanese Imari vases but only 1 arrived I contacted the shop and they are sending the other one. When it arrives they will be placed as a pair somewhere in the house. The detail in these little vases is lovely they are only 1and half inches high I love them

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I hope you enjoyed the update and I will keep you posted with the progress of the Bathroom and the remaining top floor rooms as I do them. Hopefully by the end of all this Covid stuff and we can finally be out and meeting friends again I can arrange for a we night to view the house. In the meantime thanks for your visit and keep safe everyone.

Vera x