The last step for the kitbashed sink cabinet is to add the countertop. I started by cutting 3/16″ x 1″ strip wood to fit on the left and right of the sink. When I put these in the nook to see how they fit, the piece on the left skewed so the right corner is […]
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The kitchen sink cabinet I’m making from two Cassidy Creations Oak Washstand kits has decorative trim under the center cabinets (lined up under the sink). At the bottom of the left and right sides, I’d planned to put a plain piece of wood flush with the front of the cabinet. But this looks weird to […]
Let’s get back to the sink cabinet bashed out of two Cassidy Creations washstands. Here’s where I left off: Normally, the sides of the washstand are made by attaching long skinny pieces to thin rectangles. I had planned to use the thin rectangles for the cabinet doors, but since they’re slightly too long, I decided […]
Back in 2023, I bashed several Cassidy Creations kits into kitchen cabinets for the Mansard Victorian. The lowers and uppers are made from two kitchen cupboard kits, a changing table, and a wardrobe, with a sea captain’s chest for the hood. I have a Cassidy Creations sink in the bump-out. I’m getting ready to hook […]
I posted a picture of my rocking chair on the Half Scale Miniatures Facebook group and got a suggestion to spread out the legs more so the chair wouldn’t look top-heavy. This hadn’t occurred to me, but it seems obvious in hindsight. I wiggled the legs off and removed the stretcher bars, to replace them […]
When I posted about the Mansard Victorian’s nursery, I left off wondering if the William Clinger rocking chair was a good fit for this room. I’ve had my eye on this comfy-looking JBM rocking chair, but it’s expensive. It seemed like it would go well with the nursery furniture, but I didn’t want to buy […]
With the Mansard Victorian’s bathroom finally finished, I can now move on to the rooms on either side of it: a bedroom on the left and a nursery on the right. I started with the nursery because the electrical will be a little less complicated. (But only a little.) I originally bought an assembled Cassidy […]
Immediately after I posted my last entry, I decided I couldn’t live with this awful corner after all and I started thinking about how I could fix it. Turns out it wasn’t that hard. I started by laying the wallpaper/wainscot piece for the right wall (which wasn’t glued in yet) on top of a new […]
Fourteen months after I started the Mansard Victorian’s bathroom by kitbashing Cassidy Creations kits into a linen closet, I’ve finally hit the home stretch with this little room. Something that was holding me up was my indecision over whether I should finish the area behind the bathroom door. The door is set in a false […]
Multiple people have asked me recently what I’m working on mini-wise, and I’ve said I’m working on nothing, and it’s because of Daisy. She’s around 17 months old now (the vet actually adjusted her age a few months younger than we thought she was), and she’s doing well with training, but she still has a […]
I was recently trolling eBay, as I far too frequently do, and came across an auction for a half scale bed and two Windsor chairs for $23 Buy It Now. The bed was meh, but those chairs looked suspiciously like William Clinger chairs. Even if they weren’t, they looked nice enough to take a chance […]
I’ve been working on the Mansard Victorian’s bathroom for way too long. I started it last April when I bashed two Cassidy Creations kits into a linen closet and then dropped off over the summer when Momma’s Kitchen (and a new dog) diverted my attention. In September I got back to it for a little […]
Sometimes instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour, I stay up late scrolling through eBay and Etsy looking for interesting half scale stuff. The best finds are the ones where the seller doesn’t know what they have. Last week I randomly searched Etsy for “1:24 window” because once like two years ago there […]
Today’s post is a mishmash. In the past few weeks I’ve made a few great purchases and I want to show them off. First up, we have the Sugar and Tea canisters that match Momma’s Kitchen! I’m so excited to have found these. I got an email from Diane Siegler, who reads my blog, saying […]
Back in May, I wrote about how I made a false wall and ceiling for the Mansard Victorian’s bathroom. I never posted pics, but I went on to make false walls and ceilings for the bedrooms on either side of the bathroom. The bathroom wall is set in a bit, to make room for the […]
Oops, how is it fall already?! The Mansard Victorian has been sitting neglected all summer, but I’ve finally made a little progress on the bathroom. My excuse for the delay is this little bundle of joy. Her name is Daisy and she was estimated to be 6–9 months old in July. We’ve been working on […]
It’s been a couple of years since I touched the Turret House. I have a tendency to go all-in on a dollhouse for a while, and then put it aside for an even longer while. (Ahem, speaking of which, I’ll have an update on the Mansard Victorian soon…) To refresh your memory, this is an […]
Haven’t been mini-ing much lately, but here’s some progress on Momma’s Kitchen. The walls got a few coats of the yellow paint that came with the kit. I found an off-white on my paint shelf that’s close to the cabinet color, and used it in the area that shows through behind the glass cabinet doors. […]
The Mansard Victorian’s upstairs ceilings look lower than they are, due to a 5/8″ strip underneath the roof trim that hangs down over the top of the rooms. Originally I thought about putting flourette bulbs or LEDs behind that trim piece, since they’d be hidden, but instead decided to take advantage of that space to […]
Last week I was browsing the Miniature Designs website and happened upon this Bauder-Pine pickle crock. Of course, I had to have it for my Mansard Victorian. Shipping was steep for such a tiny thing, so I threw some wallpaper and strip wood in the cart to qualify for free shipping. I reached out to […]
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