The Laundry

The work done on the Laundry took place some time ago and was the first room tackled inside the house.   The room is a pretty good size measuring 16" square x 8" high (40.6cms square x 20.3cms high) but because I will never do a house as big as this again I decided I wanted everything in it and so I chose to divide it into two spaces.   (As if I didn't have enough rooms in this house - I still want more!)   One side measures 6.5" wide (16.5cms) and the other - the Laundry - 9.5" wide (24.1cms).

Since that picture was taken, the dividing wall has been moved slightly to the left and is mdf and not foamboard.   The partition comes out from the back wall and ends up in line with the door to the left and the decision was made to stop the wall short rather than have two long skinny rooms.   These spaces could probably have been filled easily enough but this arrangement gives a better feeling of space.

The initial plan was to have a Gun Room to the left of the Laundry but that idea has since been replaced with a Butler's Pantry.  There may yet be one squeezed in elsewhere but for the moment I'm happy with this arrangement as quite a bit of time was spent jumping from one idea to the other before making the final decision although it would be a shame not to have one, wouldn't it?

Having decided on the width of each room, the spaces were then decorated - the Butler's Pantry with good old lining paper and emulsion and the Laundry with a brick finish paper.

The cylindrical item to the left hand side of the Laundry will eventually be the copper.   Can you guess what it was originally?

My "Get Up and Go" got up and went!

I've not blogged here for ages because as the title says "the get up and go" got up and went.  Where?   I've no idea but I think I'm back now and raring to go.   I couldn't even be bothered posting and blogging about the pictures and progress I had already made before starting this blog so there's still lots to see and tell and although I was keeping up to date with the blogs I follow, I'm afraid I haven't been posting there either so...sorry to all of you whom I regularly comment on, you're all doing great things and I'll get back to posting very soon.

This doesn't mean that I'd gone into hibernation but I don't think all this blessed rain has helped any.   Not one ray of sunshine up here for weeks.

Anyway, during this time No 2 son has set up home with his fiance and I now have a good space to store the minis.   NOT the room I'm after (that belongs to No 1 son!) but a step in the right direction nonetheless.   I've started boxing the bits in preparation for the BIG MOVE.    This, in turn, will give me back my Conservatory and Dining Room after 6/7 years.    Long overdue :-)

I've only one photo to show you and this is a wee item I spotted on Sunday at an Antique and Collectors' Fair.   It just so happens I have a birthday coming up soon and a very generous sister accompanied me!   You may recognise it as Queen Mary's Dolls House.   It's made, I think, from some fine bisque and quite fragile and once it's had a bit of a clean it will be given a special place in my temporary mini room - thanks Valerie!