Bathroom and Hallway

I've been painting and cutting to size the floorboards of the 'masterbedroom' and hallway and

this is what it looks like now:

I only have some floor left and no more floorboards ;) I messed up the bedroom calculation.

I've made some mini-purchases too: a Chrysnbon bathroom set and a bed I already dressed a bit. It still needs some pillows and a bit of paint.

I'm now working on the stairs banisters and I've applied a stucco-look on the bathroom walls. It all has to be painted and there will be a big curtain for some privacy if needed.

;)

groetjes Evelien

projects

I'm planning the dormers and the roof tiles and in between I'm working on the rooms of the first floor. The flooring on the left room is ready and I'm thinking how I want to hide the wiring. I'm trying to design cabinets on the back wall. Out of cardbox to see how it will look and later of course in wood.




















For some variety I'm also crocheting a blanket with granny squares. I've got babysize now, but want to go for at least a throw blanket. No need to get bored ;)

Have a nice weekend!

groetjes Evelien

what's up..

I always want to post more often, but it never happens. I'm just amazed at how often other bloggers have something new to share. How do they do it?!
I can't say that I ever have a day without being creative, but the things I do take so long!

The pillow you see below I've been embroidering in the evenings. It's made for the mother of an ex fellow worker of mine. She gave me lots of embroidery things because she had to quit embroidering because of health problems (I'm so sorry for her!)
To thank her I finished this design she started and turned it into a pillow. I really hope she will like it!



I've also been working on the hallway floor and it's finished! I only need to add the baseboards.


The picture is a little dark. There's a bit of a storm today and it darker outside than usual.
But that's no problem, good weather for making miniatures!

Have a nice day!

groetjes Evelien

a little tired of tiles

Wow, what have I got myself into?? In the last week I've made 557 clay tiles by hand and 66 of them were with a special pattern, pfhew!!

These 2 pictures started the adventure. It's my dream kitchen I found in a magazine a while ago.

I just love the materials and the feel.



After a lot of mathematics I could start with my new pastamachine!!


First rolling the clay, through the machine, on the template and a lot of slicing...



But it's worth it. I still have a lot of work to do (finish sticking the tiles, sanding, grouting and colouring) but at least I can see some progress now.



I also found a very nice blouse in our local charity shop and it was perfect for the sofa I had in mind. This is the sofa so far :

It's the Karlstad sofa from Ikea in 1:12. Just love Ikea, I even worked there for a while on the sofa-department lol!

see you next time!

groetjes evelien

lots of floors

It took some time to draw the floors of the hallway and kitchen, but in the end it will save me lots of time. The hallway is gonna get a herringbone floor and the kitchen will get some terracotta tiles with a nice border:

I’ve started making tiles from Dasclay and it’s fun! I got my pastamaker so now I can start by making very smooth “sheets” of clay and then punch it out with a special (fimo)clay knife.
I made a template to make lots of tiles in once.

When the tiles are dry I’m gonna drypaint them in different shades and finish them of with varnish.

See you!

Groetjes Evelien

We have a floor!

A little tired of making the bricks I decided to put a floor in the livingroom. We got some nice pieces of wood from a dollhouseshop on Wednesday and started sawing little pieces of 15 by 108 mm. I took the measurements from our 1:1 floor. I needed 152 pieces to fill the floor!!



I used the way 1:1 floors are laid. At the end (wallside) you saw a piece of the 15 by 108 mm board to fit in and with the remaining piece you then start the next line. ( I learned this from my boyfriend when he laid our 1:1 floor) After sawing I numbered them so I could paint it and still know where to put it back. Then I glued them to a piece of sheet, so the wiring is still accessible. This is the end result:




Now on to finishing the windows and the livingroom is almost finished!

Have a nice day, xx

evelien

Welcome new followers!!

First Kathi at http://beautifulminiblessings.blogspot.com/ (beautiful mini's and Fiasco is a sweety ;) )
Rosanna at http://lastanzadigiuggiola.blogspot.com/ (just adore your needlework!)
and last but not least Marleen at http://mamamini.punt.nl/ (lots of brocante and great tutorials!)



I'm planning the interior of my dollhouse. I know the outside isn't even finished yet, but a girls got to decorate right? ;)
So I found a great color for the livingroom walls, but it doesn't look good on the MDF although I painted it with gesso first. So now I got some cheap very blue wallpaper (1:1) with a nice small pattern and painted that twice. Much better! Can't wait to see it on the walls!!



I also tried some floors made with "kantenband". I don't know the english word, but it's a wooden-like strip that you iron on the sawside of (for example) a shelf to finish it.

It doesn't work so good, but at least I tried it. The floors will be the same color, but then in real wood.

groetjes Evelien