I Received An Award!

Casey sent me this award. Thank you Casey!

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1. Display the image of the prize and publish the rules.

2. Post the link of who won the prize

3. Give 10 blogs dream to which award the prize.

4. Notice blogs listed.Thanks for this one too.

I am going to cheat on this one and just send it to 7.

1. http://creatingdollhouseminiatures.blogspot.com/
2. Doreen at http://doreensminiatures.blogspot.com/
3. Julie at http://bearcabinminiatures.blogspot.com/
4. http://fluffybricks.blogspot.com/
5. Debbie at http://debbiestinytreasures.blogspot.com/
6. Robin at http://dollhouseminis.blogspot.com/

7. Rachel at http://miniaturesbyrachel.blogspot.com/

Halloween Pillow

I won a miniature pillow from Julie at http://bearcabinminiatures.blogspot.com/! She has the cutest things and she was running a contest to win a needlepoint pillow with a Halloween motif. I am so excited and will post a picture when it arrives. Check out her site.

Things have been really busy these past few days and I haven’t had the time to complete the room boxes for my parents. I only have left the veneer on the outside. I did get two of the pieces on for my father’s room box and it looks good. I can’t wait to get the last piece of his on and finish the job for my mother’s. I am getting very excited for them to receive them and can't wait for Christmas.

98% Finished

The only thing left is the outside of the room boxes to cover the wires from the lights. I am really happy with the results and I hope my parents like them.

First my mother's. This room box features a piano on top of an oriental carpet and a window with a meadow scene outside. I really like the light on the ceiling. I put a great Federal style ceiling medallion which my husband had to help me with to allow the lighting fixture to place flat against. There was a great detail in the center, but to put the light there would not work, so he flattened it with a dremel.

The one for my father features two pictures that are on his latest CD, which I talked about before. You can see them in the picture. I took this one without the flash as it showed the lighting better. The walls are tan which I did because I wanted a more masculine look to the room.

In both pictures you can hopefully see the music scores on the piano bench and peeking up out of the file cabinet drawer. I searched a while to find the graphics for these covers, and since they are behind "glass" no one will know they do not open.

Well that's it. The wood panels on the top and sides will cover the wires from the lighting.

Getting Closer

I am really pleased how this is coming along. I have the baseboard and the cornice molding to along with putting the lights together. I think that I may also get a plant or something to fill the corner, but I think the placement of the furniture works. You can't really tell by this picture, but the walls are a tan color and work with the floor stain. The two pictures are the ones that were used on my father's CD cover; the one of the left is Chopin and the one on the right is my father when he was young. It is one of his first publicity pictures.

The room for my mother is also coming along. I don't have the pictures temporarily placed in this picture, but I like the placement of the furniture. The walls are a pale pink to go with the window treatment I am working. Again, the baseboard, cornice molding, and lighting need to be done to complete.

Moving Along

Things are moving along for the roomboxes. I painted the ceilings and arranged the furniture so I could get an idea of where things are going. Today I painted the walls. I found that the sample jars of paint that you can get at Home Depot are great for this. They are around $3 each and you can get any color you want.

Here are the rooms with the furniture arranged for placement. The first on is the one for my father, the second fo rmy mother.

I completed the outside of the roomboxes and am starting work on the inside. I received some of the furniture, including the two pianos that I was having a hard time finding. So I was playing around with the placement and determining if there was any other furniture I needed.

First my mother's room: As you can see, I postioned the window where it will be and put the floor in place to see how it will look. I also got the chandelier but that wasn't staying up with the temporary gum for the test fit. It's a 5 light fixture and should do well for lighting the whole box.

My father's roombox: I found I need some other pieces. I am going to put a desk under the computer. As you can see I put something in there just to place the computer, but

it is not the piece I want to us. I am also going to put a fireplace, and I hope to light that fireplace so that it gives more light in the room. I read in a dollhouse lighting manual that you need at least 3 bulbs to get enough to light with the furniture there. The floor lamp is only one bulb, so I need to add to it if I am going to fit that quota.

I also worked on the floor for his roombox today. I my big dollhouse, I took basewood, scored it, and stained it, and I am going to do the same here. It worked out really well for the other rooms, so I thought I would use the same process here.

The Start

So the boxes came in a few days ago. After looking at the instructions I realized it was relatively simple to construct and put them together. They are on their sides drying and I am looking forward to getting them moving along. I ordered some of the things to go into the boxes, except the pianos because the place where I normally get things for my miniatures has them on backorder until November. That would be in time, but I don't want to wait that long. So now I have to do a search for them while working to get the rest completed. The kit came with the moulding for the front and the plexiglass for the final assembly. Now to pick up the paints and start with the base.