Oh, hooray!!!!  I found out that my blog is one of the finalists in the 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards in the Best Miniature Blog category.  I am so flattered and thrilled!  :D  Thank you for the nomination! Voting ends on March 21st, so pleas… more »

I love the Bagnall clock in the parlor, but the kitchen was jealous so I had to find another kit.  :D  I ended up with the Banjo wall clock from Cynthia Howe Miniatures.  It's a graceful kit with wonderful details. I started by sanding most of the lase… more »

I now have one half of the Navajo rug completed, plus a little bit more.  I'm at 102 hours of work, so the total stitching time should be around 204 hours.  :D And, a little cutie break.  Hickory Dickory Dock.  Sydney is hydrating so he can successfu… more »

I spent my day off from work for Presidents' Day awaiting the delivery of a new mattress for my real life bed and putting together the bay window drapery in the Heritage.  The mattress is super comfy, by the way.  :D With the drapery pleated, I needed… more »

Thank you to everyone who offered their suggestions for the bay window curtains from my previous post.  A friend on another forum pointed out that it really set the stage for the kitchen table and chairs.  That was what I was missing.  With the plain wi… more »

After installing the pelmet and curtains for the casement window, I worked on the curtains for the double working window. These are a much better length than the casement window curtains, but I still plan to leave the short ones as is.  :D I love… more »

Other than a rolling shade and some paper curtain mockups, I've never made window treatments.  I decided to give it a go for the Heritage. A great resource in general is the book The Design Directory of Window Treatments by Jackie Von Tobel.  It's a bo… more »

Continuing work on the Bagnall clock.  After the stain dried, I used antiquing medium to fill in the more obvious portions of uneven stain and then sealed the wood with two thin coats of Delta Ceramcoat satin varnish.  It brought out the beauty of the w… more »

I plan to make some polymer clay food somewhere down the line, but when I saw this beautiful basket from Hungarian Miniatures on etsy I just knew it would be perfect for the Heritage. You would not believe the amount of detail!  Bözse makes beautiful… more »

I finished the preliminary assembly of the Bagnall clock by adding the turned posts and toppers. In the last post, Marlene mentioned making the kit a working clock, but I hadn't even thought to do that since I liked the face that came with the kit. … more »

You might recall the House of Miniatures dining table and the Art of Mini Lilje chairs started out as sage green, which didn't work, and then were covered with sunflower yellow.  Since these are meant to be old chairs, likely repainted over the years, I… more »

Just a quick post tonight since I am catching up on some other things.  :D I tried out the red bulb and resin coals for the Phoenix parlor hob grate.  I love the way it brings out the detailing in the fireplace, but I will probably paint the bulb to to… more »

My original thought for heating the Heritage beyond the parlor fireplace was to place painted radiators in the rooms.  Even though the rooms are somewhat spacious, radiators do take up a decent amount of space.  Then I ran into this fantastic tutorial b… more »

With the parlor floor and wallpaper in place, I can now trim the pocket door.  I started by finishing the threshold between the parlor and the kitchen.  I used the same flooring as the parlor, figuring it would matter more to have a clean finish from th… more »

I glued the front door in place, making sure it was level and centered in relation to the portico.  I then added the supplied interior trim, painted Vintage White by Folk Art.  I used spackling to fill in any gaps and touched up the paint.  To finish… more »

I've reached the center of the Navajo rug and a bit beyond!  :D I again set it up with the Bespaq chair, books and wallpaper to see it in perspective. This is 94.5 hours of work. more »

I am a huge fan of House of Miniatures kits because they can become anything you want - traditional or modern.  I stumbled upon the Bagnall clock when I was searching for other House of Miniatures kits and started stalking eBay for a good price.  This i… more »

I decided to set up the Navajo rug with some of my handmade books and the new Bespaq chair I recently acquired, just to see.  I think it looks marvelous!  The pairing is somewhat eclectic, but that's rather the reason I like it.  :D The paper is Gold… more »

I used pieces of leftover bristol paper to make a template of the area inside the marquetry border. I started with the entryway even though it is the smaller of the two open areas because I wanted the herringbone pattern to be centered here.  Furnish… more »

After completing the plain wood border, I added the marquetry border. I really love the way this floor is turning out.  :D It frames the hearth so well. I'll be using plain wood flooring to finish the threshhold between the parlor and kitchen. more »

I accidentally got some glue on the herringbone wood surface when I was gluing it to the bristol paper backing.  I sanded the area lightly and got a wonderful sheen.  So, I decided to sand the entire surface of the herringbone and plain wood sheets in t… more »

The Houseworks double working window I installed in the kitchen came with pre-cut trim, so I painted and used those pieces as is.  There were a few gaps, so I filled and painted just as I did for the baseboards.  The flowers are by Michelle of Little Ra… more »

There was one more lamp to wire before I could finish the wallpaper in the parlor: the Chrysolite table lamp, which is the only Chrysolite light fixture I bought that wasn't a kit.  I used my usual method for table lamps; I made a wall outlet.  :D  The… more »

Gaye at My Small Obsession has featured Baxter Pointe Villa as the February 2012 Dollhouse of the Month!  :D  I'm so thrilled and honored! Be sure to have a look around her site.  There is a lot of eye candy and some great trash to treasure tutorials… more »

The Chrysolite sconces had non-replaceable bulbs that I decided to swap out for replaceable ones.  At first, I thought I would have to use candle sockets with thick wires, but I did some research and discovered and Cir-Kit Concepts makes candle sockets… more »