{"id":5208,"date":"2013-07-14T17:34:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2013-07-31T14:05:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T21:05:56","slug":"little-house-cabin-final-touches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=5208","title":{"rendered":"Little House cabin – final touches"},"content":{"rendered":"

I last worked on the Little House cabin back in November<\/a>, and that’s when I started writing this blog post. But I thought “finishing” the house was imminent, so I wanted to wait until I had some more pictures, and seven months went by. Oops. Anyway, the house might not be 100% finished, but yesterday I put together a few last furniture kits. If a house is ever truly done, this is as close as it’s going to get.<\/p>\n

The last thing I did in November before getting distracted by rowhouse electricity<\/a> was build a shelf for plates next to the fireplace. I couldn’t find illustrations in the Little House books that showed how plates and pots etc. were stored, so I made this up as I went along. I made the shelf out of skinny stick scraps.<\/p>\n

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They’re held together by log scraps.<\/p>\n

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I glued the shelf to the wall above the utensil rack.<\/p>\n

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And here’s how it looks in use. Included on the shelf are two “tin” cups I bought off eBay, that look sort of like Laura’s and Mary’s tin cups in the books, and various other dishes Ma can use for cooking.<\/p>\n

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Fast forward seven months! This nightstand and mirror are Jane Harrop kits I put together this weekend. She has a website<\/a>, but I bought mine from Molly’s House<\/a>. Both of these are from a Shaker bedroom kit that I unfortunately don’t see listed on either of those websites anymore. (Maybe I got the last one?!)<\/p>\n

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The shelf on the bottom of the washstand is crooked. Pa didn’t have a level.<\/p>\n

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Laura’s doll Charlotte was a lucky eBay purchase.<\/p>\n

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This spinning wheel is from a separate Jane Harrop kit<\/a>. I’ve been looking for a half scale spinning wheel for a while so this was an exciting find. The kit went together easily and I recommend it to anyone else who’s desperately searching for a half scale spinning wheel.<\/p>\n

The candle holder on the wall is from the same Shaker bedroom kit as the washstand and mirror. The candle is plastic, maybe Chrysnbon? I got a bunch last year as part of a grab bag at an estate sale. It was originally bright white, so I painted it off white with a black wick to look more realistic, and cut off the bottom to make it more to scale.<\/p>\n

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And here’s an updated shot of the fireplace, which has acquired some new accessories in the past few months. I replaced the hanging pot with a smaller one. (The big one always looked too much like a witch’s cauldron to me.) The bellows is supposedly 1:12 scale but I thought I could get away with it — they need a big bellows to make a big fire, right? <\/p>\n

The “spider” pot with the long handle is made by Olde Mountain Miniatures<\/a>, who make a lot of stuff that would be appropriate in this setting, but only in 1:12 so I had to be careful about the size. I really wanted something with a long handle — don’t want Ma to burn herself making dinner! The copper tub and washboard are also new(ish). I might paint the washboard edges brown to look like wood.<\/p>\n

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Finally, I threw together some pillows for the beds. I hate sewing and did a pretty sloppy job with these, using pinkish thread instead of white since that’s what was at my fingertips. You can see a thread end sticking out of the corner of the pillow on the trundle bed, oops. Maybe someday I’ll put more effort into pillows. Or… maybe not.<\/p>\n

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Someday I’ll landscape this house — I want to build a base with tree stumps and outbuildings and other Little House-like touches. Until then, I’ve posted some more pics of the finished house here<\/a> (you might need to be logged into the Greenleaf forum to view it).<\/p>\n


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