The Tudor / Medieval / Jacobean / Queen Anne Dollhouse Project

Over the past week David and I have been working on an n scale model of an English church. We downloaded the plans (which include printable pieces and windows plus really good instructions) from ...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/04/n-scale-church.html

Who knew that micro scale could be so much fun? Here are two of the three buildings on the platform at Grosmont Station.

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/station-buildings-in-n-scale.html

Well, here I am, scratch building a 1:144 mini! Isn't it interesting the paths our lives take us down? :) I'm using sheet styrene molded to look like clapboard, plus tiny windows and doors by T...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/1144-scale-ticket-office.html

My husband and his brother are paneling the ceiling in our real living room ( I wish it could go as quickly as things can in dolls' house scale) so I haven't been able to do much mini-ing. But ...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/some-nice-things-in-post.html

Okay, so this isn't dollhouses, but it is scale modelling. My husband David and I are working on an N gauge railway layout based on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. N gauge varies a little i...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/n-gauge-buildings-from-kits-engine-shed.html

Today is Knitwits and I hope to post some photos of the kids' projects, which are coming along so well. Here's the first bay of the main house this morning - almost done!

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/more-bricks.html

Yes, it takes a long time to apply individual bricks - this is the result of two evenings' work. I'm mixing the excellent brick Versi Slips from Richard Stacey with two other colours home made...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/bricks-coming-along-on-dollhouse-front.html

On Thursday I cut the second door front for the dolls' house, and cut out the window openings. I've decided to go with two windows for each of the rooms, partly because it's more typical of the p...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/second-front-door-on-william-and-mary.html

Here's the bed in situ in the bedroom of the William and Mary House -- I really love how it looks, even before I make and embroider the hangings! The pinkish velvet-covered mattress came with it...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/four-poster-bed-in-william-and-mary.html

Today felt quite a lot like Spring in Nova Scotia -- warm sunlight and a brilliant blue sky almost fooled me into thinking Spring was here already. It made me buy a bunch of tulips at the grocery...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/tulips-full-scale-and-112-four-poster.html

Having heard that English pewter artisan Tony Knott was retiring, I ordered these pieces while I could still get them :) The three tankards are for the Pub, when it gets built (sometime in ...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/tony-knott-pewter-in-miniature.html

Needing stonework waists for my house, I decided to make a band of "stones" out of a thin pine strip. I used a long quoin and marked off the strip into lengths. I incised a v shaped groove to...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/stonework-waist.html

Kris, the settee arrived yesterday, and it's just stunning. I couldn't be happier with it! The Blue and White room is in a bit of an uproar because of the construction going on, but this gi...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/knole-settee-by-kris-compas.html

Darling David, in spite of not feeling very well, helped me put the hinged front of the roof on today! Piano hinge screwed to the front: And with the other side screwed to the ridgepole...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/wahm-roof-on-woo-hoo.html

We had a great day on Thursday! Ruth made some serious headway in finishing her fireplace, and Esther zipped along with her Tudor house - putting in the dividing wall upstairs and making the stai...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/02/knit-wits-make-progress.html

I glued the big chimneys on to the WAMH yesterday -- I still have to do the lead flashing round the base, but they add so much to the look of the building! I do love the extra height of the chim...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/chimneys-on-and-front-of-kitchen-wing.html

So yesterday afternoon I started playing with the sandstone modelling dust from Richard Stacey. It's actual stone dust, which you mix with PVA glue and water. The instructions suggest mixing equ...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/sandstone-modelling-dust-and-starting.html

I just bought some silk gauze and a kit to make an embroidery on a needlepoint stand from Janet Granger , who has a sale going on. If you've ever wanted to start doing 1:12 scale needlepoin...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/janet-grangers-january-sale-is-still-on.html

I'm so excited!  My order from ROMNEY MINIATURES in the UK has arrived at lightening speed and it's just perfect. First of all, I ordered six large chimney pots for the main chimneys on the W...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/chimney-pots-and-sandstone-quoins-from.html

The amazing Kris Compass has done it again. She's created the most perfect Knole settee for me, to live in the blue and white room in the William and Mary House, and I can't wait to see it in per...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/knole-settee-for-william-and-mary-house.html

I'm so pleased with how the roof is progressing. I work at the slating a bit every night! I'll be away from home for the next five days, so I hope to get caught up on some of my neglected posts...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/front-of-roof-coming-along.html

Happy New Year! I've been doing lots of mini things and taking photos but they just haven't made it as far as blog posts :). I'll catch up soon! I wanted to get the ball rolling just by telling...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/much-to-catch-up-on.html

During Camp Mini Ha Ha this year, Jackie Torrens shared two days of our work and celebrations, and her piece on miniatures and miniaturists is being broadcast on CBC tomorrow.   But you can he...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2012/11/camp-mini-ha-ha-featured-on-cbc-radio.html

We had a lavender-making spree today at the October meeting of the Miniature Enthusiasts of the South Shore!  In the course of it, I realized that once this window box for the Camp Mini Ha ...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2012/10/lavender-tutorial-over-at-miniature.html

Last night I finished applying bricks to the main chimneys. A mixture of Richard Stacey's brick slips and bricks made from sandpaper. Today I took the next step to finishing the WAMH, and...

http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2012/10/getting-ready-to-raise-roof-on-wahm.html