Let's take a look at the Farmhouse bathroom...

 Thank you all so much for your fantastic feedback and ideas regarding La Maisonnette bathroom. 

It was all very helpful and I'm still thinking things over and reading your suggestions again and again. 

Here are some pics of the Farmhouse bathroom. 

It's become one of my favourite rooms, which is funny because I don't care much about real life bathrooms at all. 

Since I last showed you this room (years ago I know!) I've moved the linen cupboard from the hallway - where it could only be seen through a window -  into the bathroom.

Here's the vintage lavabo on the left wall, I've recessed it into the wall just because I wanted some grungy tilework in there. Ha!

I saw a real life bath with an old board across it like that...some things just scream out to be made in miniature.

I'd seen pictures of vintage Hungarian baby baths on the web. I don't know why they're always Hungarian! 

Then when I was on holiday here in New Zealand a couple of summers ago I saw one in an antique shop in a tiny country town.

Of course I had to make a mini one.

That laundry basket is one of the wonkiest things I've ever made. It's very flexible! 

Now those of you who have keen observation skills may have noticed something missing in this bathroom...

'Oh, yes!' I hear you say 'The toilet'...

I must have something against toilets I guess. The loo in here always annoyed me so I just removed it. So far no one has asked where it is. But I'm going to pretend it's under the stairs in the hallway. One day I'll make a door in the hallway and say that's where it is! Problem solved!!!

And for those of you who asked about putting the loo on the other wall in the Maisonnette. 

I have tried it there. It is an option as there's just enough room for it...

but then I thought too much about the pipework. LOL!!!

Decades I ago I lived in a very old building in the city and the loo was outside (fun times!!)...so those of you who suggested that...it's not a bad idea!!!

And those of you who suggested I stop thinking about it, for now that's what I'll do. 

So next weeks blog post - I promise no bathrooms.

Have a fun week!

Let's go visit the Farmhouse!

We'll take a break from posts about La Maisonnette because that little bathroom is driving me NUTS!!!
 I have made some progress on it but it has sorely tried my patience!!

So here, hopefully for your visual pleasure, is a post from the Farmhouse girls room.

Don't ask me why I ever called this the Farmhouse. 

That may have been how it started out all those years ago (this is the third time I've renovated it) but now it seems more like a Chateau!

The chest of drawers is one of my favourite things I've made.

I made it from cardboard - You see I really 'do what I can with what I have'.

It may look like a few random items thrown on the dressing table but it takes quite some thought and time to create just the right things!

The drawers are lined with scrapbooking paper.

One day I'll fill them.

I think this is the prettiest room in the Farmhouse.

I must say I am enjoying blogging again...didn't realise how much I'd missed you all.

Thank you for your comments and feedback, it's all very helpful!

My city is in a 7 day Covid Lockdown this week all due to some fool not following the rules.

However, that gives me time to finish a few things off (hopefully I'll finish that little bathroom) and plan a few more blog posts.

Thanks for stopping by!

A teeny dollhouse for the Farmhouse

This has been a crazy year for me with little time for mini making.

However, I was so inspired by a picture of an antique dollhouse I saw on the internet I just had to make time to do some serious mini making.

The Farmhouse girls bedroom needed a dollhouse.

It was fiddly folks! 

But then most mini making projects are fiddly to say the least!

Fiddly but satisfying.

Built mostly from cardboard.

That roof took three attempts to get right.

A peek inside!

I've painted some tiny metal furniture I had. 

It's a little over sized for the house but I remember my first dollhouse when I was a little girl had over sized furniture.

And I made a teeny tiny version of the dollhouse to go in there.

So the dollhouse dollhouse has a dollhouse! 

So you can see how small it is! And there's the teeny, tiny dollhouse dollhouse dollhouse too.

This is the actual 19th century Swedish antique dollhouse that inspired me so much. 

You can see it here.

I could sit here playing with my little house all day.

but there are more things waiting to be made...

Thank you all for the comments you leave. They really make my day!!

A better bed for the attic room

You may remember from my earlier post about this room (or you may have forgotten because after all it was quite some time ago!) I was never happy with the bed I originally had in here.

 I realised this room was crying out for an iron bed.

 So I played with some wire and beads and exercised some great patience to make a new, old looking bed.

A red velvet chair like this was in a big bag of dollhouse furniture I was lucky enough to find at an op shop!

The style was right but the red velvet and mahogany had to go...

    The chair was transformed with a little paint and fabric.

Finding something tiny enough to use as upholstery nails was a challenge...but you know I enjoy a challenge!

It was my good fortune to find the cutest box of vintage 'Lilliputian' pins at an op shop.

 The bed cover is an exquisite vintage handkerchief. 

I've purposely made the bed look a little lumpy and lived in...it's supposed to be an old bed after all.

Luckily the handkerchief was the perfect size for the bed.

I don't like it when I have to cut vintage handkerchiefs up!

 There's some old paper above the bed.

Time to fill the shelves in this room...

Adding to the Farmhouse Bathroom

It's been a while since I made any progress on the bathroom

Sometimes it can take a long time for inspiration to hit!

I knew I wanted to create a shower over the bathtub but I had no idea what it was going to look like until I saw a picture in an old magazine...

It was a challenge to make but I like a challenge!

My next trick was to make a shabby toilet.

There' a fine line between 'shabby' and 'gross' when it comes to toilets!

I bought the cupboard years ago on my trip to The Netherlands. I just gave it the shabby treatment.

The toilet roll holder was fun to make!

There are still plenty more details to be added.

Well, since I started this post I've added other things...seems like I never get time to finish anything these days.

I made a vintage style laundry hamper...it was a real pain in the neck to make!

It's wonky...won't stand up straight...I filled it with laundry to hide some of it's faults.

Couldn't resist making a tiny onesie to throw in the laundry hamper. 

I might have a go at making a tinier onesie when I find the right fabric...and I'm in the right mood!