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

The Victorian Dolls House

This house was built for me by my Husband in 1983\1984 after he finished it I started to make furniture and dolls to go inside. At this time particularly in Scotland where we live there were no Dollshouse or miniature shops near us so I had to make most, if not everything myself. No internet either. 

I really enjoyed doing it but as you can see the house inside is very basic and not fancy at all. 

I used samples of wallpaper from the B&Q diy store and the attic floor is vinyl contact paper. I have added some bought objects and furniture over the years but the handmade ones are still in there. Lets see what we have in each room.

Starting with the attic rooms

In the back of the room the small cupboard with drawers and the white washstand jug and bowl I made. The blue furniture I bought not long ago.

In this photo you can see the contact paper on the floor

A little sewing area with a treadle machine, the railing for the stairs were made by me

the nursery bedroom, I made the rug with cross stitch and the bedding was hand sewn this bed and drawers were bought on ebay a couple of years ago.

This side of the same room has the original handmade bed, bed covers, wash stand

and small hat I made when the house was built

The main bedroom in the house. Everything in this room is handmade except the dressing table and chair and of course the lady

the same room

Now we have the lounge the chairs, setees, the corner unit and the bird cage and stand were bought items

I made the lady in blue from Fimo and dresses her I also embroidered the rug. The cakes are made from Fimo the man in black suit was bought.

Same room. I made the little boy with fimo and dressed him and the other dolls were all bought. The fireplace was handmade and I made the firescreen with cross-stitch, and the little girl's hat is made from hat straw.

On to the dining room. The handmade items are ...the rug, the fireplace, the dresser, the dining table, vases on the mantlepiece were made with Fimo and are copies of ones that I own. the bowl of fruit, and candlesticks. Bought items are the chairs and the server and the blue vases

All the stairs were handmade

the bottom newel post went missing through the years of being played with by my nieces and nephews

The Study. 

Only a few items in this room were bought the clock, the brass plate, the chair, and the wastebasket which is really a thimble. the small ornaments on the bookcase.

 Everything else the books, the shelving unit, the male doll, the fireplace, the baby grand clock, the shields on the wall, and items on the desk, are all handmade.

The bathroom, handmade items in here are the sink unit the small table towels in the cupboard. All the rest are bought

The Kitchen

 Apart from a few jugs and a couple of porcelain pots everything in the kitchen, including the cook are all handmade

The cross-stitch sampler on the wall and the basket of flowers were also handmade

My intention is to renovate this house when I have finished the Georgian country manor hopefully not too long away.  After 33 years as you can see it's in need of a major update. I have purchased some lights and will be getting more furniture and accessories as the refurbishment goes on.

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