Let There Be Light!...And a Little Art.



Here is a little art work I made from a bead, a piece of aluminum  tubing and a little piece of wood. 



I wish I could find a lamp like this for my own house only one that actually lights up.  This is made from some beads, aluminum tubing and ribbon.  I can't wait to find a good place for these in my mini house.

New Creations



This is my first attempt at creating a mid-mod sofa.  It looks so easy when other people make their own...I suppose it's not bad for a first, but I think my sewing and scaling skills need some refining.



Here we have a little bedroom. Would you sleep here if you were 6" tall?  I made the bed and the pillows/bedding.  The night stands are altered Brinca Dada night stands.  The lamps are from Minimum World in the UK.  The chair is Reac, the turquiose phone is Re-ment and the wallpaper was purchased on Ebay.  I wish they still made this wallpaper in human size!

This is the bed I made.  I just used craft wood and some veneer from some exotic african wood scraps I bought on Ebay.  I'm starting to think I should stick with making un-upholstered furniture.  I think the bed turned out pretty well.  Now, I most certainly understand why mini artisans charge so much for their work...It's very time consuming.

A little Brinca Dada alteration.  I veneered the drawer fronts with the same wood as the bed to make it match and painted the rest white.

My First "Scene"

My $1.25 wood floor.  I bought a set of four bamboo placemats from target and took them apart then cut all the pieces to fit the space.

I did my best to make the roof look like real asphault roofing from mid century modern houses.  I just used "Make it Stone" spray paint.



I still need some kind of handle for the front door and as you can see, there is a lot of construction going on inside.

This is the covered porch underneath the back of the house.  It's my first "scene". It still needs some refining, but not bad for a start. I love these chairs.  When I was a kid our local library had these same kind of chairs.  They were yellow and white and as I remember, very comfy and loads of fun to spin in.






Midcentury Bubble Chairs

I have these great little mid century modern bubble chairs for sale in E-bay for $14.99.  

More Progress

OK, so now I'm nearly done with the outside of my house.  It's actually in two sections right now.  The back of the house has huge windows and they are encased in real aluminum.  The underneath is going to be a place to lounge and have a dip in the hot tub.

The front part of the house has the slanted roof.  I stuccoed it by mixing sand and paint.  I made all the windows and doors myself, frames and all.  The bottom story is "concrete block".

Some of my favorite blogs and web sites:

minimodern.blogspot.com
call-small.blogspot.com
elfminiatures.co.uk
minimodernistas.com
prdminiatures.com
dollshouse.com
theshoppingsherpa.blogspot.com
brincadada.com
alterasworld.blogspot.com

June 13,2011 Progress

I have now made some progress on the new dollhouse.  It's basically assembled, but I don't have the doors/windows readt to install yet.  Here it is...

My husband wants me to put it up for auction on E-Bay to see if we should go into a money making venture...it sounds enticing.  I wonder how well it would do.  I think I will at least get the outside finished first.