Workshop

Another long period of time without a post.. but I should be back to more regular posts as I now have a dedicated workshop for working on my houses! I have spent this year working on the workshop rather than the miniatures and now it is finally complete!

My log cabin workshop

Lined the inside with breathable liner and Celotex insulation

Covered with plywood and then painted, then put down lino on the floor

I ended up theming the workshop as "Gryffindor Common Room" as I thought of it as a crazy idea and then I couldn't imagine it any other way.

Custom build workbench, recovered chair from charity shop, custom notice board

 

Lighting

"Chocolate Frog"

Some of the houses in place

 It's great to finally have a place to store all my craft materials and the houses together as well as have the space to work on them. It will take me a while to fully unpack everything as some minis are still in boxes from when I moved house last year!

A new year and a new post

It has been almost a year since my last post! That does not mean I have not done any miniature work! I had been meaning to post some pictures of the 12 Grimmauld Place kitchen floor which I completed last summer, but I got distracted by moving house, changing job and going on holiday. I also visited Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, which was amazing! A post to come on that soon! A lot of things were in boxes for a while and all the dollshouses don't have a home yet. Though they hopefully will by the summer! I am looking to fit a log cabin to act as my craft room. Then I will have plenty of space and a spare room for guests too.

So the kitchen floor was made with DAS airdry paperclay. It works really well and is less bitty that creative paperclay, and cheaper/easier to get hold of in the UK.

Using a sculpting tool I marked out a pattern after glueing down the rolled out sections of clay with PVA glue. The floor was then painted with a water wash of different acrylics once dry. I have also added some coving and dado rail which are just thin strips of balsa wood varnished to match the woodwork.

Work has begun on Sirius Black's bedroom as of this week as I have been re-reading Order Of the Phoenix, which has inspired me to work on this again. I have used some fabric from the lining of an old coat to imitate the 'silk' wallpaper described in the books. I will not use real silk as I am a vegetarian and this fabric was free. I pasted it on just like wallpaper and I am pleased with the results.

I had some curtains I bought at a fair which match the walls too. Will need some velcro to hold them in place when the roof is open though as they look a bit wonky!

Hope to share some more work soon!