Showing posts with label servants hall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label servants hall. Show all posts

Thursday 18 November 2021

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





Tuesday 31 March 2020

Upholstered furniture, servants hall and the 4 poster bed.....

Hi again, I've been keeping busy this last few weeks and managed to get quite a lot done. Below is a pic of a setee and chairs that were mahogany coloured and covered in a cotton fabric, not very Georgian in appearance so I set about changing them. Fisrt off I removed the fabric which left a really messy covering of hardened glue so I sanded it back painted an undercoat and then used the liquid gold leaf paint. I made sponge padding and upholstered them with silk brocade in cream and gold. Now they fit the Georgian theme perfectly.

Stripped and broken

Old covering
 undercoat                                                                                                                  pattern
 


 New soffa

 
 Charlotte's new furniture ready for the morning room

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 Now for the servant's hall a new table and benches, chair and a Queen Anne style dresser where most of the silver ware and candle sticks were kept. Still loads to put in here including a fire.




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Now onto the bed.  I really wanted a very lush and opulent 4 poster bed for the ladies bedroom and managed to get this one for a good price. Not the colour I had in mind or the material but no matter I set about changing that right away. 

I put it in the room to see where I would place it and was disapointed to see that it was too close to the chandelier, it didn't matter how I placed it the chandelier got in the way. So I decided to have a half canopy instead. I've been working on it for 3 days and you can see the results below.

This is the bed as I bought it and the chandelier is hitting off the canopy it could only go on either side of the light and that's not where I had planned to put it



I had to remove the original canopy and make a new half one in it's place, reduced the height of the front posts and I painted the bed white. You can also see in the pic the silk material I used in the pleater, this handy device  pleats very small for minitures. It looks red but it's actually cerise pink and gold.



 Pleated vallance attached and the first stage of the silk brocade bed cover


 Headboard and pillow added and more lace on the cover



pleated satin ribbon added round the edges 


side drapes made from same silk brocade


canopy decorated and side drapes added... nearly there...


view from the back



So whats missing ?......



Cushions.....



The finished 4 poster bed with half canopy and not interfiering with the chandelier 




I am really pleased with the way it turned out and I have saved myself ( and William lol) a few pounds. To buy a fully dressed 4 poster bed on the specialist miniature sites ranges from £80 up to £120 and sometimes more. This bed cost me all in, £25 and I love it more 'cause I made it.....

Thanks for popping in I hope you like the latest makes and buys for the house. it's coming on a ton.

Till next time

Veronica x