Clay obsession leads to miniature obsession

And so it goes...messing around with clay and miniature food has rekindled my love of miniatures. Years ago I built a couple of dollhouses from kits, but having no place to display them I eventually gave them away with most of the furnishings.  I kept a few pieces and some do dads and I've had this stuff in my craft closet for years. Now I've decided it's time to use my craft stuff, rather than saving it for some time in the future when I 'need' it. So I'm making room boxes.

First a little history - here are pics of the old dollhouses:

 

The Blue House

 

The Cottage

 

 

The master bedroom of the Blue House.

 

 

The kitchen of the Blue House

 

 

The kitchen of the Cottage

 



 

The bedroom of the Cottage with handmade quilt.

 

The interesting thing about the Cottage is that I had planned to write a story in which the heroine lived in this very Cottage.

 

Here's my current project - a living room/sewing room combo - in the early stages:

 

The furniture is placed just to give me an idea - I've completed the couch and the tables. Now it's time to add all the minute details and then display it on a shelf. I bought a lot of wooden pieces at A.C. Moore today, so I plan to make some more furniture for my next project. I want to do a bedroom and a kitchen. I could have spent some money on pre-made furniture but after looking at it closely I decided it has no real charm. I much prefer the handmade items now - and don't have any desire to just plop expensive pre-made items into a room no matter how realistic they may appear.

More to come.