{"id":22515,"date":"2025-07-23T22:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=22515"},"modified":"2025-07-23T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:55:07","slug":"cassidy-creations-nursery-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=22515","title":{"rendered":"Cassidy Creations nursery musings"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Mansard Victorian’s bathroom finally finished<\/a>, 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.)<\/p>\n

I originally bought an assembled Cassidy Creations nursery to use in this room. This set was finished by Cass Harkins, who used to cut the Cassidy Creations kits for Bauder-Pine. (No relation to the “Cassidy” of Cassidy Creations — that was Bob Cassidy, Pat Bauder’s uncle.) <\/p>\n


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This post<\/a> has more info about the nursery I bought, as well as photos of other pink sets made by Cass.<\/p>\n

More recently, I’ve come across photos of two sets in other colors. This one is from Worthpoint.<\/p>\n

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And this one was posted by Lisa M. Mtz Heitman, owner of the ISO, For Sale & Chit Chat Dollhouse Group on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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According to Cathy Miller-Vaughan, the current owner of Bauder-Pine, the little animals on these pieces are cut from wrapping paper.<\/p>\n

The February 1984 issue of Nutshell News has an article about a 1:12 scale version of the Cassidy Creations nursery. I knew Cassidy Creations sold a firescreen kit in 1:12, but I’d never seen anything else in that scale. <\/p>\n

Here’s what Cathy had to say about it:<\/p>\n

The one inch scale nursery set was one of a few pieces that were offered way back in the 80’s, I think. Pat and Mary [Pat Bauder’s original business partner, before she teamed up with Frank Moroz<\/a>] started in one inch scale in the late 70’s, early 80’s. I’m not sure why Pat eventually moved down to half inch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are a few pics Cathy sent me of the 1:12 nursery. These were also assembled by Cass Harkins, but signed with just her initials. Even without a scale reference, you can tell these are beefier than the half scale versions.<\/p>\n


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A picture in the Nutshell News article shows an elephant rather than a duck. Also, the article mentions that the front of the crib slides down in the 1:12 version. (It doesn’t in the half scale version.)<\/p>\n

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I have an eBay search set up for “Cassidy Creations,” and I had received several notifications about nursery pieces that I ignored because I didn’t need more nursery kits. One day I looked closer and realized they were the 1:12 version! (Yes, I bought them. I have a problem.)<\/p>\n

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Okay, back to the Mansard Victorian. I do love the pink nursery set, but I had two little complaints: it didn’t come with the swan, and the colors feel too bright compared to the other colors I’m using in this house.<\/p>\n

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During one of my late-night “scour the internet for miniatures I don’t need” sessions, I came across a hand-painted nursery set at Miniature Cottage<\/a> that was being sold as individual pieces.<\/p>\n

I bought the swan… but the color didn’t really go with the rest of my Cass Harkins set.<\/p>\n

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But it does kind of go with this wardrobe, painted by Cheryl Hollis, which has a swan motif. <\/p>\n

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Anyway, you probably already know how this ends — I bought the rest of the set. I’ll use these pieces in the Mansard Victorian, and hold onto the Cass Harkins set for a different house (maybe the Bauder-Pine Puritan).<\/p>\n

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I love the paint job, but I admit I’m not a fan of the bright yellow fabric.<\/p>\n

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The pieces are signed “Creations by Marge.” I haven’t been able to find out anything about Marge — please post in the comments if you know who she is.<\/p>\n

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To get started on the nursery room, first I needed to choose wallpaper. I wanted something that would complement the green trim and the wallpaper in the other rooms.<\/p>\n


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Here are a few I pulled out.<\/p>\n

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The paint on the teddy bear pieces goes well with all of these, but the yellow fabric not so much. I have a Cassidy Creations crib that I made myself, with green fabric. I pulled it out to satisfy my curiosity.<\/p>\n

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Hey, this looks nice!<\/p>\n

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I thought about using the green crib with the rest of the teddy bear furniture, but I didn’t want to break up the set. Since I didn’t like the yellow fabric anyway, I decided to replace it. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n

I looked through my stash for fabric that would tie everything together and found two blue Restoration Hardware swatches that looked good.<\/p>\n

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(Full disclosure: This is not the swatch I ended up using, but a slightly darker one. I failed to take a picture before I cut up the lighter one.)<\/p>\n

The canopy cover and changing table pad were easy to remove. The mattress and pillow were not — they were firmly glued in. I broke three of the slats trying to get the mattress out, and a few others were loose.<\/p>\n

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These slats are much skinnier and more delicate than the ones in the kit I assembled, and several of them were crooked. Removing all of them and replacing them seemed preferable to trying to fix the broken ones.<\/p>\n

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I have another Cassidy Creations crib kit in my stash and could have pilfered the slats from that, but I remembered how hard it was to glue them in straight when I built my crib. I went looking in my stash for preassembled railing pieces that I thought could work. (I last used these on the Craftsman Bungalow’s porch<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

This is railing exactly the right height but there isn’t a good way to install it, since the crib already has a top and bottom rail. Hopefully I’ll remember this if I ever build another Cassidy Creations crib.<\/p>\n

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While I was looking for the railing pieces, I found some 1:24 spindles. These seemed like they’d be sturdy, easier to glue in straight than the ones that come in the kit.<\/p>\n

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The finish has a mottled look, probably achieved with washes. I pulled out a tan paint (Behr Butterscotch Amber) and an off-white paint (Behr Delicate Lace) that seemed complementary.<\/p>\n

Here’s the tan by itself. It “goes,” but it’s obviously darker.<\/p>\n

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Here it is with a wash of the off-white applied on top. That’s closer, but still too dark.<\/p>\n

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Then I tried the off-white first, with a tan wash on top. We have a winner!<\/p>\n

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I painted the spindles, including a few extras in case I cut any too short.<\/p>\n

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In the end I didn’t even need the extras. I cut each of these a little too long, and then sanded the bottom with an emery board to get a tight fit. Then I glued them in with tacky glue.<\/p>\n

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The pin-and-bead knobs at the tops of the posts are supposed to be inserted through the canopy fabric, but they were glued in tight. I cut a piece of stiff scrapbook paper with notches at the corners to accommodate the knobs. <\/p>\n

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This is the lighter swatch I used (here<\/a> on the Restoration Hardware website). These swatches are great for mini projects, and free!<\/p>\n

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I started by covering the bottom (visible from the underside of the canopy).<\/p>\n

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Then I glued a piece on the top that was slightly too large, wrapping the fabric around the long sides, and cut out the notches. The seams will be covered by the canopy frame.<\/p>\n

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I intended to wrap the fabric around the short sides as well, but I accidentally glued the fabric on too close to one edge and didn’t have enough fabric to wrap around. So instead I cut off the fabric right up against the paper.<\/p>\n

Here’s how it looks.<\/p>\n

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For the mattress, I attempted to glue fabric over the existing mattress.<\/p>\n

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Looks very lumpy, and it didn’t fit well because the fabric folded over the edges made the mattress a little too big for the crib. I didn’t take a picture of it in the crib, because I wanted to pull it out and remove the fabric before the glue dried.<\/p>\n

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Instead I made a block from strip wood. I didn’t have anything thick enough, so I glued two pieces of 1″ x 3\/16″ wood together.<\/p>\n

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That’s neater. The “grain” is little crooked, but you won’t be able to see that.<\/p>\n

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Nice!<\/p>\n

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I wouldn’t have bothered with a pillow (don’t want the baby to suffocate), but unfortunately when I removed the yellow pillow, a little paint came off with it. <\/p>\n

Nope, still hate the yellow.<\/p>\n

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This pillow had a pillowcase glued over a little white pillow. I cut off the pillowcase and covered the pillow with my fabric. One corner is wonky, but I didn’t have enough fabric to redo it, so my pillow isn’t perfect. With the crib tucked in the corner of the room, this will be good enough.<\/p>\n

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I like the idea of the little blanket, but still can’t stand the yellow, so I’m not going to use it. Maybe I’ll cross stitch something to go here instead.<\/p>\n

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I had just enough swatch fabric left to cover a piece of cardboard for the changing table.<\/p>\n

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Here’s all the furniture laid out in the room. I really don’t need both of those wardrobes in here.<\/p>\n

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The teddy bear wardrobe looks okay with my other crib, so I’ll probably use these together in my puzzle house<\/a>. (If it’ll fit under the peaked roof, that is… looking at the pictures in that linked post, I’m not sure if it will.)<\/p>\n

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The front edge of the canopy, where I didn’t fold over the fabric, looked a little ragged and you could see a bit of the white edge of the paper showing through. I also wasn’t in love with the lace glued on top of the canopy frame.<\/p>\n

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I pulled off the lace and added some bunting-like trim that I found in my stash. It covers up the messy edge and I think it’s cute.<\/p>\n

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So here’s how the room will be laid out. I can’t decide if the William Clinger rocking chair is a good fit for this room. Maybe if I add a cushion? I could always order another free swatch.<\/p>\n

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And here’s how the newly finished crib looks with the wallpaper I’m going to use. Much better than the yellow would have been.<\/p>\n

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