At last, a guided tour of the Morning Room

Thank you all for your lovely comments to my last post, especially with regard to the sofa.  They're very much appreciated and (she whispers) I'm about to make another one!

So, on with the tour -

The room measures 16" x 16" x 9" (40.64 x 40.64 x 22.86cms) and is entered from the right hand side.    I decided to have a carpet AND a rug in this room for a change and it may happen again in another room - we shall see.   Stripey paper above the dado rail and Lincrusta below.

In the left-hand niche is a family photo and ornaments from Ottervale China.

The right-hand niche has a couple of glass dishes, a family photo, another ornament from Ottervale China and some books.

The desks on either side of the chimney breast were purchased from Art of Mini

Ta-da, the sofa!   I've had the desk chair in my stash for years and is made of resin.

The finished room complete with chairs re-upholstered in red and gold silk, handmade cushions and kit footstools and tables.

Below shows the fourth wall.

Lighting makes all the difference, doesn't it?

Below are a couple of photos showing a bit more of the detail on either side of the room.

The sewing box below was a Kensington Fair purchase.

Wine, anyone?

So-fa, so good.

Firstly, thank you for the very encouraging comments on my last post.   They are very much appreciated.

Since my last update I have been busy!

The little chaise in the photo below has been in my stash for ages and I thought it would fit very well in the Morning Room.    As it was a barewood piece it got varnished and upholstered.    At the time of finishing it I didn't have the two chairs sited to the left but when it was placed with what I did have, it didn't really do it for me so an alternative had to be found.

I made one!   I know I said last time that I wouldn't be making any more sofas after creating the suite now placed in the Drawing Room but it seemed the only way to get what I wanted and besides it is fun creating it.    Many thanks again to Kris (One Inch Minis) for her excellent tutorials.

Below, you can see my foamboard structure.    The chairs are barewood, waiting to be re-upholstered and were an Etsy purchase.

Ta-da!   This is the sofa in situ with borrowed cushions.    I didn't want to fall into the "brown" trap that I had with the Drawing Room so here, I'm trying for a much lighter, airier feel.   My next task will be to find suitable fabric to recover the chairs.

Les Chinnoiserie fabric has been used for the curtains (shown here on the "fourth" wall).   I doubt very much that the floral display will stay but is fine for the time being.

I'm glad that, at last, I feel progress is being made with this room as I struggled for a while.   Now that the sofa issue has been resolved I'm hoping it wont be so long between posts.

Morning Room Update

Apologies to my followers for the slow progress with this room since I last posted.    Work has been happening in the RL house and my time was taken up with that.    I do however now have something to show you.    It's not much but I'm further along than I was and can now see the room starting to take shape.

You may remember from the previous photos that I had created arched niches on the fireplace wall.   I was happy with that until I had the idea to add decorative trim to the top.   That's when they became square!

I'm working on furniture at the moment and searching for suitable curtain fabric.

I hope to work more on this during the holidays so, until then, I'd like to wish all my followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Playing

Not a lot has been happening in Netherton recently despite finding the long awaited rug shown in the last post.    I still need to add pictures, a few accessories and fill the cabinet.    The problem is I wont know until I see these items that they are what I'm looking for!     So, bearing that in mind, I decided to move on to the Morning Room.     The Morning Room sits to the left on the First Floor and opposite the Study/Library.

The whole room has been given a white basecoat and a false wall has been put in to create niches which will eventually be shelved for ornaments.    The mirror is a laser cut affair that will need "mirror" card to be added and the fireplace needs a brick back.    Wallpaper to ceiling height and embossed panels below are the order of the day.

Entry is by way of the door front right.   This room is solely for the Lady of the house, where she answers correspondence, prepares menus, settles accounts, does a bit sewing/embroidery and plays the piano.    She will also entertain her lady friends here.

Lots to do and lots of planning ahead.   I have a good few pieces for this room already but I love this planning stage.

A small update

Following on from my last post regarding the Drawing Room and the difficulty in finding a suitable rug and the desperate need for a fair, I finally found a floor covering I'm happy with.    Sadly though, no fair.    It was cancelled and there are now no miniature fairs in Scotland - at all.

Said rug is now in place, a couple of pictures up and more will be added, table lamp wired in and cushions in place.   At last I feel this room is going somewhere.   There are still lots of little items to be added but I'd like to think it wont take as long as it has to show you another update.   I'm feeling the love!

New Blog now "live".

Thank you all for your lovely comments on my last post and I am now happy to say that the necessary permission came through to use a couple of images and my new blog - The Silk Weaver's House has now gone "live".

I hope you enjoy what you see.

The Silk Weaver's House

*Copyright - Ben Rea

It's been a while!

                                              Happy New Year, followers.

I hadn't realised that it's been six months since my last post.   That's shocking!   I have been working on The Drawing Room but am hampered by the delay in getting a suitable rug for this room.   The one I want isn't available at the moment and hasn't been available for a while and nothing else I've seen matches up to it.   I then thought "print your own" but that's not feasible as I can't get hold of the fuzzy computer paper any longer - at least not in Scotland!    What I need is a fair.

Having said that, I can show you where I'm at at the moment.    If I ignore the rug issue all I need for this room, to finish it off, are the accessories and to wire in the table lamp.    I'm pleased with the way this is going given that I had no idea initially of where I wanted to go with this.

There is another reason for the delay in progress.......................I have another property!

Not much to show yet but hopefully the new blog will give you some idea of what I'll be doing.   I'm waiting on permission to use a couple of pictures before I can launch this new venture and once I get that (hopefully, fingers crossed) I'll add a link.

This new venture is called The Silk Weaver's House.