Carlas Roombox

I have finished Carla's room box, ready to give her when we see her in a weeks time. I decided that the room needed a rug so I found a nice sized one that fitted the colour scheme.

Then I started adding bits to the furniture that I had made. The cot definitely needed bedding. I thought a nice bit of soft felt would do the trick - and it looks lovely but only when i took close up photos did I see how 'fluffy' it is - not perfect for this scale I guess but to the naked eye it looks just fine.

From above you can see the little pillow too.

Then there is the changing table with some nappies stored on the shelves underneath.

The chest of drawers with all the creams and lotions ready to hand.

A nice bench with some 'fluffy' cushions on.

Here it all is in place. It took me quite some time to decide the best placement. I felt this was the best set up. Here are a few photos from different angles.

I think that she will like it. All the furniture is kits from Judith, as always, at In Some Small Way.

Carlas room and Pickett Hill Bathroom

I wanted to make a special little room for my cousins daughter, Carla. So of course the 1st stop was to sort out a room box from Judith. This is the kit that arrived and it is lovely and just perfect. It is 144th scale. I decided to go for a bit of a vintage feel so I stained all the wood for the room in a dark walnut. Then I downloaded some vintage children's wallpaper from Jennifer's Printables and reduced it to the correct size. Here is the room box built and wallpapered. I need to think through what to do about maybe a nice rug.

And from the top.

Then yesterday I started building the furniture. I have stained it all in a slightly lighter wood stain. There is a changing table and a matching bench. The changing table needs some nappies stacking and a cloth on the top. The bench needs a cushion of some description.

There had to be a cot of course. This needs some bedding added.

And a chest of drawers. This needs some knobs and maybe some extras on top.

Like I said the other day I am trying to finish off lots of the half done things lying around on my craft table. So this afternoon I have finished off Lydia Pickett's Bathroom. It really is a gorgeous kit. I have to admit however that I could not get the marbling technique to work to my satisfaction so I have a cream bathroom suite, which I have to say I am very happy with!

The Sink is made to look like it has been made from a salvaged door.

The toilet is surrounded by shelves made from old shutters.

The bath is surrounded by an old garden trellis.

Being a Betterley design there is of course beautiful artwork for everything right down to the steps leading up to the bath.

The sink 'door' just needs it doorknob but I have put the bathroom into Pickett Hill house just to see and it looks fabulous!

You can just see a peek of Emma bedroom on the floor below. I haven't decided where to put the bits yet and of course there is the door to put in too.

A brief break in the rain meant time to break away from the craft table and give the bunnies a treat. Jasper certainly enjoyed the carrot!

Also there was time to have another wander up in the yard to see what was flowering today and there was plenty! Elliot's poppies that I posted about the other day have all started bursting out and flowering!

Yet more of the HUGE irises are out.

The first hydrangea has flowered now I am keeping my fingers crossed for the others.

And the smaller clematis on the arch into the top yard has now started flowering too.

Absolutely beautiful!