Arts & Crafts Roombox

                          

Things are moving forward with
my Arts & Crafts Movement Roombox.
Lets take a peek, but first notice the "Flappy Duck" by the door.
 from Jane Harrop's online class.
It Works too!



Looking down through the skylight of the roombox.
The box will be decorated for the Christmas Season when finished.

A peek in through the front widow lets us see how cozy the room will be.

The fireplace I made from Jane Harrop's instructions

in her book, " Edwardian Era Miniatures in 1:12 Scale".

I changed out the tiles with copper embossing,

used a metal brad as decor, and Island Lava as coal.

   The hatstand is a kit ordered from Jane Harrop.
http://www.janeharrop.co.uk/

Victorian cakestand is a kit from

 McQueenie Miniatures.

 A view with the front taken off the Roombox.

Kits by Jane Harrop are as follow......

Hatstand

Swinging bookstand

Plantstand

Edwardian armchair

Library stairs

Nonworking Floorlight

The fireplace and mirror made from instructions in  .....

Jane Harrop's "Edwardian Era" book.

As you can see Kits from JH are my favourite kits.

Woodbox I made from my love for copperworking.

Bookshelves were boughten.

My Pride... the ship "Mary Rose" model is from my

trip to Miniseum, Denmark this Spring.

Distressing the outer walls and pavement are  next on the "To Finish List".

More to come after I finish this projekt,.

Pat

                                 
                        

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Yesterdays post deleted as I got the measurements wrong and I'm redoing the projects.
Pat

A Work in Progress

This is a roombox that I'm working on for the Craft Retreat in 2013.

We are 25 or so who will be making these roomboxes.

When one is finished with the theme all the boxes  will be decorated for Christmas.

The fireplace & mirror are made from a pattern in Jane Harrop's book " Edwardian Era". The copper work is constructed by using an embossing folder.

The chair, plantstand, revolving book case, library stairs (can't see), floorlamp, hall hat & umbrella stand are made from Jane Harrop's Kits.

Fireshade stand and Victorian kakestand are also made from kits.

I'll come back to this Roombox occationally as the outside and Christmas decorations are finished.

Pat

Time for an update..............

                                                   SEAGULL  COTTAGE

My first finished doll'shouse was a kit from "Real Good Toys" and titled "Country Lane". What a job it was to get all the corners as right angles. Now it is more or less finished and standing on our tea-wagon in the corner of our living her in Norway.

The seagull on the attic window sill was made on commission by Odin.

                                                                                

 

                                    

Pat

                          

Yesterday's Projects

Fog, fog and more fog.The past few days have reminded me of growing up in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Expressions such as " as thick as soup" and "you can cut it with a knife" were common with foggy days. Well, I started with yesterdays projects so to keep on the track............
2011 Christmas 1:12 scale felt stocking for the fireplace. The fillers are a candy cane made with white papered wire and red thread... plastic coloured pins for lollipops... a folded bookcover... flag... and a twisting bell puppet made with felt,toothpick,wooden bead, felt and seedbeads.

A wardrobe trunk for my Seagull Cottage. This was a DIY kit from Jane Harrop's collection. Memmories rolled in while making this kit. My stepgrandfather gave me his military army wardrobe trunk when I was setting off to college in 1959. Natually I had to repaper it with my colours at the time.
The trunk needs more damage done to it to make look like it has earned the stickers from travels.
I seem to require a photographing box by the looks of the quality of the photos and maybe a photo course. Now that is a good idea for my Christmas Wish.
Klem
Pat
The DIY kit was from Jane Harrop. http://janeharrop.co.uk/kits.html

After the Storm

The storm with high winds has finally died down.

Last evening was our dollshouse group meeting. What fun we had making a French Mirror.

Glue, angle cutter, cardstock,wood,metal ribbon and goldpaint were some of the products we used during the evening.

Each one finished a wall mirror 6.5cm. x 9.2cm.

Pat

Single photos

Just thought I'd post a few of the individual photos I have of the articles in the 1:12 scale Roombox.

The chair was a project we made at Club Night. My theme is Steampunk. Steampunk has fasinated me for at least a year now in several of my hobbies including scrapbooking and altered artwork.

While the chair was a fun project, so were the other things in the room. This tray for instance made of wicker weaving and cardboard. The footstol , flowerbox with white geraniums made from a kit and the lovely chair that was another Club Night project. The deskset is in my shop dollshouse.

A metalwork copper woodbox made with Ten Seconds Studio copper, mould & tools. A bedwarmer made from a button,copper tube and watchparts. These slippers were made on course with Solveig Marie i Aug. 2010. A carry-all purse

Boxes

Endtable is decorated with QK ants and a rub-on "Time" under acryl on the top. The Taco lunch was made by Odin. Fireplace made on course with Torhild. Wall decor made with one of Lynne Perrella's stamps, "Temptress". Flowers made from kits and floor mat DM's stoff cut with a TH's sizzix die cutting machine.

The table made out of cardboard and boughten legs for the Java coffee maker and TH's stasj chain hangings. Teddy is a furry pipecleaner.

My steampunk tophat is my latest addition to the Roombox. It now sits by the teddy on the floor. (not in the original photo)

If you look closer at the Roombox itself you will see chairs made out of Bubbly Drink tops and paper woven baskets.

That's it for today.

Pat