Some New Furniture

I've just returned from a mini break and had some time to wander around antique and charity shops.   Here are a few of my miniature finds.

The bookcase and columns are destined for the chateau.  The hoover and fire for the 1950s house and the sideboard, for one of my art deco houses.

Current Project - The Chateau Roof

Previously the house had a paper roof which I removed and replaced with tile effect MDF roof boards.  These come in strips and once cut to size are easy to glue in place and paint.  I painted my roof with grey water-based paint and will distress it by rubbing in a top coat of black paint.

The original roof

The new roof.  Haven't tackled the chimneys yet, that's a job for another day.

My New Purchase - The 1950's House

This is a cute vintage house that I purchased from ebay.  Apparently it was made by a carpenter from plans in the 1960s for his daughter and has recently been brought down from the attic.  I plan to rescue it and make it shine again in 1950s style.  The house is 1/16th scale as are most vintage houses.

\Paper flaking off, door missing.  I love the paper in the downstairs room, so if possible I'd like to save it.

Garage door missing, back door missing and several windows.

 Roof hatch needs replacing and I have one set of railings from some part of the house.

More doors and windows missing.

Overall though, it's beautifully made and I think will be gorgeous when rescued.

The Chateau Salon - Part 3

I've been working on various items for the salon over the last week.  To complete the panelling I've made some dado rails.  For this I used strips of adhesive flooring and covered with self ahesive borders, mine come in packs of three from Poundland.  I then gave them a coat of white chalk paint and top coated with gold.

The borders in progress with some help from the cat.

Borders in place.

I also experimented with making a rug, using a piece of fabric and more sticky borders.  After painting with several coats of cream emulsion, remove the stickies so the original fabric shows through.  It creates a delicate pattern.

I've undercoated the following items of furniture with white chalk paint and then a top coat of emulsion.  (please note that the clock in the final photos is still in undercoating phase).

A Dollshouse Emporium plastic coated piano and stool (not shown).

  

The clock I inherited somewhere along the way.  The chairs are resin and were originally green and brown.

I've added gold detailing to the fireplace.

And this is what the room is starting to look like now.