Old and New Projects

I'm winding down on the Thornhill  - it needs to find its new location in my home. Once set up in the new location, I can begin filling it with all the wonderful furniture and accessories I've acquired over the last several years!

On 2 older dollhouses I have to build dust covers for them - between dust and the cats, they have seen moments of battle. On my Bed & Breakfast (Seaside Villa model) I found out today I can use roof ridge molding I have in stock. It will be glued to the underside of finishing strips on the house at the base. The plexiglass will slide under the eaves, and the roof should keep it from falling.

It will also nicely adhere to the underside of the middle support roof sections and if need be, I can paint a side strip black and attach to the roof vertically beyond the opening of the roof.

Bed & Breakfast:

Thornhill Design Resources and Notes

Keeping track of colors, sources, how-to's is something I'm not very good at so rather than keep a paper notebook, I'm going to post here.

Wallpapers

• 2nd floor guest bedroom - Itsy Bitsy Mini - Bird Toile 704A
• Bath - Itsy Bitsy Mini - Rose Toile 656
• Man's Study - Itsy Bitsy Mini - Wildlife Collage 302B
• 2nd floor Hall - Itsy Bitsy Mini - French Kitchen 590A
• 3rd Floor bedroom - Itsy Bitsy Mini - Curtain Toile 710A
• Kitchen 'tile'  and overlay is World Model (2 1/8w x 2 5/8h)

Flooring

• Wood - 3/8" Cherry strips from S.H. Goode & Sons 
• Kitchen & Dining room tile - Le miniature di Eurosia terracotta
• Foyer hall 1st and 2nd floor - Brodnax parquet
• Sun room/Conservatory - Lawbre tile adobe
• Bathroom - cut tile

Built-in items

• Kitchen cabinets - M&R Miniatures
• Fireplace Living Room
• Fireplace Man's study - Braxton Payne
• Fireplace back wall Man's Study - Lawbre AE925 - Wall Panel

Furniture

Bespaq

JBM

DeCava Interiors
BB Miniatures

Paint/Finishes

• Living Room/Hall - color wash - Ceramacoat Antique White base, wash of McCloskey (Valspar) Raw Umber Glaze
• Dining room
• Kitchen
• Master Bedroom
• Exterior - spackle and color wash
• Kitchen cabinets - Folkart Teddy Bear Tan 419, and a color wash or Burnt Umber color wash from 
• Kitchen counter - Fleckstone
• Chimney - DecoArt Sandstone Light Brown
• Foundation  - Duncan Granite Stone - Sand

Interior decorating to do

I need to make window treatments for:

• Living Room
• Dining Room
• Master Bedroom
• Guest Bedroom

I found this great tutorial on making draperies - http://studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca/2013/10/bed-curtains-tutorial.html and I think I will give it a whirl.

I'm going to have to go through all my stock of fabric and see what pops out...finally get to use some of them!

I've been thinking about the palladian windows.  I think perhaps simple side draperies on brass rods that don't cover the windows, and hang just below the arch portion. Living room may be downplayed, blending with the walls. Maybe yellow with blue?




I think the Dining room needs some pop though - maybe a dark burgundy/dark red small print. That should bring out the adobe tiles and the red check. 

Second floor guest room - I've toyed with the idea of a bed canopy, semicircular at the top and draping out over the sides of the daybed. I'm thinking either a toile or the monkey fabric. Window treatment could be swags or draperies.




Master bedroom - this one is still flexible. Probably a silk, draperies that puddle on the floor.

Exterior work

The shingles are done, quoins are on, the chimneys are on!

I have 2 upper dormer walls to finish with texture - visible from the sides of the house.

I'm still thinking about some sort of crown/dentil molding at the top peak on the front. 

Remaining things to do on Thornhill

Back a few years ago I had a list - updating it more now. Getting pretty close to complete!

First Floor

• Kitchen baseboards, doorway to dining room

Third Floor

• Finish painting inside roof of peak/gable

Exterior

• Dormer dentil 
• texture for side of dormers

Kitchen Cabinet Makeover

For a few years I've been postponing completing the kitchen in my Thornhill. I have struggled with the cabinet colors and the wall colors, and what tile to put in for a back splash. So the last several days I was researching and playing around with back splashes, and then while I thought I was getting close yesterday, I was still wavering. Late last night I had another twist on it, that was one step better.

But today I finally figured out that it was the cabinets that I was not really happy with. Out came paint, color wash, etc, and back to googling. Later today, it hit me. Yep, that aha moment. It came to me as I recalled an armoire and chairs that I bought that were customized by Maribeth Leidinger Inch by Inch), and I was going to put them in the kitchen too. Bingo! Back to pulling out paint, and I found a base paint that is a really nice match. Folkart Teddy Bear Tan 419 is the base paint, and then antiqued it with Burnt Umber color wash.

I really love the results, and can't wait to coordinate with my back splash ideas and get it all put together!

Before, along with the armoire that inspired me.

Here's after the first coat.

And the antiqued version, next to the armoire that was my inspiration.

Here's the room now, with counter tops, wallpaper, and island.

2015 Miniature Finds Placed in House

I finally got all my furniture back out and placed it in the Thornhill, along with my recent finds from the Bishop Show and the Estate sale.

Here's the JBM tapestry chair I purchased at the show.

Here's the 3rd floor bedroom - with the cabinet and needlepoint I purchased from the estate sale

And in the game room, the JBM leather tufted chair and the Bespaq leather chair I got from New England Miniatures.

The dining room has the newly replaced Bespaq chairs (due to disintegrated foam), and the custom built stained brown corner cabinet I snagged at the estate sale.

The bath has a shelf bought at that estate sale, and needlepoint rug I got at the Bishop show. 

In the man's study, the Rocco chair and stool I got from New England Miniatures are tucked in by the fireplace, and a rifle/gun waiting for a rack on order.

This chest is from BB Miniatures - hand painted - she does beautiful work.

I got 2 of these palm trees from the Bishop show - they are Bill Lankford. They are placed in Lawbre urns.

Here's a Jeanetta Kendall  cane, and a waste basket. I've been filling up the bookcases with books etc.