Hambleton Hall

[davidsmum]

Hi all -

Here is the work I have done so far. Cant make my mind up about the figures though :)
It's all accurate to 1880. I've been enjoying the research and have spent probably more time on that than actually working on the house. Still a long way to go though - a dining room, a drawing room.............bedroom................etc. etc.

Hope you enjoy it!

[davidsmum]

This is the most recent work I've done. It took me a year to complete all four levels and it's not quite finished. I still need door knobs and push plates and to make curtains for the windows on the "fourth wall".

[mad-on-miniatures]

Ohhh davidsmum,

This is just so beautiful.............your study looks wonderful.....is that real wood on the walls ?..............Oh I really must do something to mine..........where did you get your info for the period from?


I love the fret work in the hall and the stained window............Just Fab!


mom

[Hannah]

This is really really lovely. You have done such a good job. I too love the fret work in the hall. It really is just great. Please add more pics as you finish it off.

[sharen]

oh my davids mum
your work is brilliant............i love all your detail the coving is that wood coving?..is the wood work in the snug hand made??if not where do you get it from if you dont mind saying...................have you got a pic of the outside of the house and another with the doors open so we can see where the rooms are in the house?.................oh im so nosey :) caught it off m-o-m LOL
i hope when i do my big house it turns out as 1/2 as nice as yours :D
you must be very proud as i would be..............did you buy the fret work in the hall way? if so i would love to know where from i might pinch that idea for montgomery lol.....also the parki flooring is that real wood or paper?.........omg i am nosey lol
look frwd to seeing more pics :D............excellent work davids mum :)

[St.Vale]

Oh wow your house is beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us! I too would like to see the outside if possible, well done

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m, thanks for all your kind compliments. I'm having so much fun doing the house up.

The panelling came from a dolls house shop, the fretwork was purchased online and I made the stained glass window. Well, I rejigged two spare window frames, and painted a ready made panel! There are two lights behind it and it looks great at night.

As for the info, I get it from all over, stately homes, National Trust books, internet, anywhere really.

[davidsmum]

Hi Hannah,

Thanks for the kind compliments. I've just been looking for a couple of photos that show the outside and all the inside. Give me a wee while and I'll put them on

[davidsmum]

Hi Sharen - thanks for all that. I'm glad you like it. The panelling was shop bought. I'm afraid I do it the expensive way (back to that thread now:)) I tend to buy rather than make. I see myself more as a collector - lol.

The flooring is bought in A3 sheets, at a Fair if I remember rightly. I put it on a cereal packet template and stick it down with double sided tape.

Inside and outside photos to follow shortly

[davidsmum]

Hello St Vale

Thanks for your compliments. I'm just about to put another couple of photos up for you guys.
Bear with me a little longer:)

[davidsmum]

Hello, me again!

I've put some more up. The outside, the inside, a more recent close up of a section of the kitchen and the next room to be tackled is the dining room. As you can see - the decorators are in but have gone for a cup of tea:)

[lauraashley]

well davidsmum what can i say WOW ,you have done a great job .its brilliant to see these houses as i,m new to this it really helps,thanks for sharing.
i love the bit of humour with your last few pics .painters gone for a cuppa and the cat eyeing up the mouse!:)
....................lauraashley

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi davidsmum,

Just to reiterate what lauraashley has already said...........WOW, I too like the way you have encorporated some humour into it.................being myself a bit nutty lol:D :D

Thanks for the pictures as it is inspiring to me to get going with my Fern again, although I'm still awaitng lights.

Did you know what period you were going to do it in, before you started, or did it just "grow" into it.........
mom

[Hannah]

This is such a lovely house. You are doing a good job.

[sharen]

hi davids mum
looking at your pics again has made me more determned to do montgomery to perfection if i can with door plates and light switches it will defenatly take me a long time so at the min im just going to keep buying for it all the diy bits as i like to get everythink in before i start...and while im waiting i shall carry on with making bits and lake view....once again its fantastic what you have done :D

[davidsmum]

well davidsmum what can i say WOW ,you have done a great job .its brilliant to see these houses as i,m new to this it really helps,thanks for sharing.
i love the bit of humour with your last few pics .painters gone for a cuppa and the cat eyeing up the mouse!:)
....................lauraashley

Hi Lauraashley

Thanks so much for the compliments. I work away on my own as no-one else I know is interested in this so it's nice for folk to say they like it. I'm glad you find it inspiring. I'm sure you'll develop your own style with your house. Do you have a master plan, or a story worked out? What kind of house do you have again, I can't remember? I keep losing myself in the threads and can't remember which one I'm in. Or if I'm looking to reply to someone, I can't find them!

Please put some pics up of your house as you go, we're all interested in your progress and chivvying you along when you get stuck - lol.

[davidsmum]

hi davids mum
looking at your pics again has made me more determned to do montgomery to perfection if i can with door plates and light switches it will defenatly take me a long time so at the min im just going to keep buying for it all the diy bits as i like to get everythink in before i start...and while im waiting i shall carry on with making bits and lake view....once again its fantastic what you have done :D

Hi Sharen - so glad you like it. Do you have a story to go with Montgomery Hall. I find it useful when I'm buying stuff to be restricted (ie. if it's not the correct period then, no matter how much I like it, I don't buy it) I saw a really sweet little bottle of aspirin once and thought, I like that - then found out that aspirin wasn't around in 1880 so I didn't get it.

I like to buy a few bits before starting to get a feel for it and then I order more while I'm working on it and then when I've put all the bits in near the end, I can then see what I need to complete it. Although I would say it's never going to be complete.

Keep the pics of Montgomery Hall coming - I love looking at everyone's work

[davidsmum]

This is such a lovely house. You are doing a good job.

Hi Hannah,

Thanks for that. I'm having a great time doing it up. I even get a buzz planning things and thinking about it - lol

[davidsmum]

Hi davidsmum,

Just to reiterate what lauraashley has already said...........WOW, I too like the way you have encorporated some humour into it.................being myself a bit nutty lol:D :D

Thanks for the pictures as it is inspiring to me to get going with my Fern again, although I'm still awaitng lights.

Did you know what period you were going to do it in, before you started, or did it just "grow" into it.........
mom

Hi m-o-m,

Thanks very much for all that. The decorator's table and ladder and stuff were the first thing's I bought!

It shouldn't be too long now before you get your lights. Where are they for?

As for the period, well I knew it was going to be Victorian as I am interested in all that. Then the date - I picked that date because it was around that time that they filled their houses with stuff, covered piano legs, covered the mantlepiece, etc but late enough in the period for electricity, the telephone and indoor plumbing to be brand new. That meant I could justify a bathroom and a telephone! Did you know - perforated toiler paper was introduced in 1880. That's the kind of stuff I'm finding out

[lauraashley]

hi davidsmum
i think this forum is great as like you say i dont know anyone who does dolls houses.
my house is the house that is beside my name .it didnt have a name when i bought it but i think i will call it "poterstown"it a place where my granny lived.
my master plan none really but i like the very pretty look.i love laura ashley i have lots of things in my own house(i one i live in)most i have bought in the sales.so i would like a mini laura ashley house .
it took me a while to find my way around these boards but i,m getting the hang of it now.
pictures:mad:i have them all loaded on to the laptop it took me awhile to work it out .but my problem is they are to big in size and i dont know how to size them down but i,ll work out :)
...................................lauraashley

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi davidsmum,

I think you are wonderful going into all the detail like that, it really is commendable of you..........My house, I don't think will be of any particular period, just pretty...........I hope.......although, the Georgian and Victorian period does strike a chord with me, so maybe it might be a crossover of the two..........can you do that?..............who knows,:confused: the main thing is to just enjoy it.............I'm awaiting lights for my living room, study, bedroom and the school room, plus skirting board and coving and Ohhhh so much more..........roll on the NEC.

mom

[Hannah]

Hi Hannah,

Thanks for that. I'm having a great time doing it up. I even get a buzz planning things and thinking about it - lol

Believe me, I have done all the planning too. While I was dry building, I wrote lists and lists of the furniture I wanted, even putting the code and price next to it. Either addicted or OCD, i'm not sure which lol. But yes, there is a buzz with this hobby, and it never goes away.

[davidsmum]

Hi Lauraashley

I like your house! I think it concentrates things if you have a theme, or a story to your house as it helps with purchases and decorating. It saves you running off in different directions and means you buy bits that really mean something. It's also great fun looking for that "special" something.

If you look back in the forum - two or three days, I think - "Sharen" gave me some very good instructions for loading photos. The only thing is, I can't remember which thread it was on:) If you can find it, they're very clear.

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m

I'll bet your list is getting longer and longer for the NEC. Who worked it out to weeks and days? lol

You could combine Georgian and Victorian if your storyline meant that the present (Victorian)occupant of your house inherited it from his great great great (however many!) grandfather along with a whole heap of furniture, then his missus came along and decided to put her stamp on it! See, off I go again :)

[tre]

hi davidsmum.your house has only one word to discribe it WOW loved the fret work and stained glass windows

[davidsmum]

Hi tre

Thanks for that. As I've said before, I'm having such a great time doing this. The only thing is, no one else I know is interested and when I bang on about it I can see them glaze over and switch off. I still need some bits for the hall. My next intention was to crack on with the dining room but I got into or should I say hooked on this forum and was inspired into doing a Christmas Box but couldn't wait 9 months or so - so I'm going to do a conservatory. Pics when it happens.

[tre]

i know that feeling my older daughters (24 and 19) are just the same.all i get is im to old to be playing with dolls houses.but they have put there name on one for when i die.wouldnt mind so much but im only in my early 40s lol

[davidsmum]

My sister's getting mine! She's the only one who really knows what's gone into it and she's arty too so she could carry on where I left off - lol.

The boys would just sell it all on e-bay!

[davidsmum]

Hello again,

I was playing around with the photos and thought you all might like this one! It's an early picture of the Parlour while I was still working on it.

I don't know how he did it but the Font of All Computer Knowledge made it look like an old sepia photo

[Hannah]

This actually looks like a photograph from that period. Very cever.

[davidsmum]

Hi Hannah

Thanks for that. Pity I hadn't flattened the carpet before he took it though!

[sharen]

hi davids mum
the pic looks just like you have taken it from a book tell ya hubby he`s very clever :)

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi davidsmum,

Pictures are great.............looks good insepia.......... just noticed you are all here at night time...........Are you all trying to avoid me........:(

It's lonely in the day time without you all BOOO HOOO:p ............

mom

[St.Vale]

I'm around mom, a little lost not being able to get on with my house

[lauraashley]

hi all
m.o.m i,m here not for long as its so hard with the boys always busy i hop on and off but been a night owl always on at night.
st vale
i know what its like been stuck to the house it cant wreck your head.more the knowing your cant get out.i broke my foot last year and i was housebound for 6 weeks the longest 6 weeks of my life with three young boys hoping on one leg.
anyway i hope your illness settles soon and your out and about.
i love a chat even on the net .

i just had an idea what if i start a thread just for chat so when people come on they can see who is on and chat about whatever .look out for the chat thread
.......................lauraashley:)

[tre]

hi all your pics are great but the one done in sepia is fantastic.makes the house look really old .well done

[sharen]

hi m-o-m
theres no way we would avoid you....maybe every 1 is catching up on housework lol...as ive said in another thread ive been busy making bedding lol..

[amchoor37]

HOUSE WORK,what is that, the only house I like to clean is cleaned with a paintbrush.

Jeanette

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi all,

I did get a bit behind with my house work too............I managed to clean up this morning, before I did the curtain thingy..............:D

mom

[davidsmum]

hi davids mum
the pic looks just like you have taken it from a book tell ya hubby he`s very clever :)

Hi Sharen - I'm not so daft -lol

He can't say a word about the dolls house as computers are his work and his hobby - how expensive is that!!

I like the sepia one myself. I might even talk him into doing another one of a room that's complete. It would be interesting to see how it looked

[davidsmum]

Hi davidsmum,

Pictures are great.............looks good insepia.......... just noticed you are all here at night time...........Are you all trying to avoid me........:(

It's lonely in the day time without you all BOOO HOOO:p ............

mom

Hi m-o-m,

Glad you liked the picture. I'm on at night because I work full time. Different story tomorrow and Sunday though!

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi davidsmum,

Its okay, I was only joking.........:o lol, although I do miss everyone in the day. I thought it may be because of people working.............when you're a stop at home mum, like me, you forget others have a life and go out to work............. I could only wish for a job.........:(

mom

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m,

I did the mum at home thing for eighteen years and thoroughly enjoyed it! If anyone asks what you do just tell them you're "a household management executive"!

[sharen]

hi davids mum
ive been doing the mum at home thing for 26yrs and still goin :eek: i love them to bits but 1 day they might all leave home lol:)

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi all,

I've always worked before having children and found it hard at first when I stopped, ............it's taken a long time to get used to it...........and I've been at home for 14 years now and I do enjoy it .........but now the children are more independant, as the youngest is ten...........I feel I need a little job..............my husband doesn't agree though...........:mad: He says I should stay a kept woman..........LOL :eek:

OOooooooohhh the cheek of him.......LOL:D

I do think though, that you miss and worry more when they have left home..........OOOoooooh I've gone off thread BIG time there ladies :o

mom

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m

How do you get them to leave home?

[St.Vale]

mmm you don't, they decided! Sorry not the answer you were maybe looking for lol

[sharen]

hi st vale i totally agree my sons 26 in march and hes just leaving next wkend....will be locking doors so he cant come back as his room is going to be my dolls rooms lol :D

[davidsmum]

Hi Sharen and St Vale

St Vale - Yes, you're right, it wasn't! lol.

Sharen - My eldest is 26 in April. No sign whatsoever of him leaving - I'll have him here till he's 50! What I could do with his room, though.........!

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi m-o-m

How do you get them to leave home?

Hi davidsmum,

I've only got one thats left home he's 22 next birthday, in April too................well he went into the RAF at sixteen..............he does keep coming back........when he needs his washing doing LOL :D.......but mainly he lives with his girlfriend at her house, with her mum........who I used to be in the same class as at school...........so we all get on great.........:cool:

Sharen,

I used to say, before my son left...........Ooooooh I cant wait till you go in the forces, I'll have a bit of piece and quiet............I cried for three weeks solid and worry constantly.............mind you it's made us very close.........as we used to clash before.

I know I'll be the same when the other two finally go..............don't think it will be just yet though LOL :D

mom

mom

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m and Sharen,

I keep thinking if I threaten them with the thought that they will have to look after us in our old age then they might make a quick getaway.................it's not working boo hoo.

Still, on the other hand, they're quite useful to have around when I can't reach stuff, can't dig deep enough or (like you with your curtain tutorial m-o-m need a spare pair of hands!)

I might just keep them here a wee while longer. They're definitely not interested in the dolls house though!

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi davidsmum,

I know what you mean about the handy bit...........my sons a chef in the RAF..........Ooooooooohhh I thought no more cooking when he comes home on leave.............Oh, he's cooked for me............Cheese on Toast LOL :D

It used to be good at Christmas when he was cooking at his base for the Officers...........we used to get loads of things.......... never had to bake christmas cake or mince pies ...............not any more though :( not now he's attached to the regiment..........BOO HOO

Its all dry ration pack..........no thanks.....the other two boys love it............they make a camp in their bedroom and pretend to be on a mission...........bless.....

mom

[davidsmum]

Here are a couple of pictures of the curtains I was making last weekend.

[Amanda]

This is the most recent work I've done. It took me a year to complete all four levels and it's not quite finished. I still need door knobs and push plates and to make curtains for the windows on the "fourth wall".

Hi DM

You have done so much,:) the freize on the ceiling landings are so pretty, and I have just fallen in love with THE CHAIR:D:D on the top floor, where did you get it?:confused:
Was it difficult to take the carpet round the hallways and up the stairs?

[Amanda]

Hi m-o-m,

I did the mum at home thing for eighteen years and thoroughly enjoyed it! If anyone asks what you do just tell them you're "a household management executive"!

Snap DM, that is what I used to tell people when I was home looking after my four:D

[Amanda]

Ooo, I have just notice I am now a Senior Member, woopee do you get a medal for all the typing? and what do you get called when you have 500 posts!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

Thanks for all that. The chair was from e-bay and the stair carpet................!! That took ages. I carpeted the staircase and made paper templates for the landings. There was a lot of fiddling and trimming to size then I stuck the carpet to the templates, made sure it all lined up and stuck it down. The most tricky bit was the half landing as I had to do it all by feel and with mirrors. By the way, talking about mirrors, a really handy piece of kit to have are dental tools. The tweezers are nice and long for reaching into the backs of rooms and you can use the mirror to look round the sides of chimney breasts to fit cornices.

[cinderella]

Hi Davidsmum

I can see how busy you've been sewing the curtains..... they are beautiful :o

My youngest daughter who is now 21 left home for the 2nd time last year.... no room for dolls houses as its only a box room & the computer is now there.

[jeanmtweddle]

Hi davidsmum - your curtains look lovely. Did you follow mom's instructions?

[Amanda]

Hi Cinders

Hope you do not mind me calling you Cinders, children can be so inconsiderate sometimes when you want room for an important hobby they just turn up out of the blue, just had a call from my second son that he and his girlfriend are coming to stay, so will have to put my DH hobby to one side while they are here, mind you when they go out which they will undoubtely do, I will sneak back into my study and do a bit while they are out.

[mad-on-miniatures]

Ooo, I have just notice I am now a Senior Member, woopee do you get a medal for all the typing? and what do you get called when you have 500 posts!!!

Hi Amanda,

No change for 500..........hoping there may be for a 1000 though..........not got far to go..........lol :)

[cinderella]

Hi Amanda

I don't mind cinders at all

Your right about them being inconsiderate..... last weekend my daughter said she would be coming which ment I had to change my plans, but she never arrived.... mind you I did half expect that.

[davidsmum]

Hi davidsmum - your curtains look lovely. Did you follow mom's instructions?

Hello JeanT

I hope I don't sound smug when I say this but no I didn't (sorry m-o-m). I'd made curtains before and just carried on doing what I'd done with previous sets.

[dancenut]

davidsmum

Your curtains look really beautiful - well done!

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hello JeanT

I hope I don't sound smug when I say this but no I didn't (sorry m-o-m). I'd made curtains before and just carried on doing what I'd done with previous sets.

Hi Davidsmum,

No offence taken........... Your curtains look lovely......................it's good to have your own style of creativity............they drape beautifully.......:)

[Amanda]

Hi all

I have blinds for a lot of my rooms because the curtains that I had seen were so awful, but having looked at the ones on Home Sweet Home I am having second thoughts as as you say mom they drape so beautifully

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m and Amanda,

Thanks for that. I think the secret is in the pleater. Once you get the hang (ha ha, sorry!) of that the rest sort of falls into place.

[coodencat]

Hi Groans @ DM that is sooo bad :D:D
The curtains you made are lovely. I have brought a pleater but for future use.
Yes family can be soo inconsiderate wanting to stay so we have to put DH on hold. ( nah love then coming really);)
My two daughters both left quite early as went to uni a distance away to far to commute. Think it is the guys judging from friends that want to stay at home. Maybe cos girls are natural washers/ironers/cleaners where as fellas are not so keen. My friends son is over 50yrs has a girlfriend/who has a house but he prefers to live with mum who does everything for him.
tc carol

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi m-o-m and Amanda,

Thanks for that. I think the secret is in the pleater. Once you get the hang (ha ha, sorry!) of that the rest sort of falls into place.

Hi Davidsmum,

I think its another tutorial time............;)

[Amanda]

Hi MOM
I will second that definitely a tutorial time..........:rolleyes::rolleyes:

[cinderella]

Hi mom

What treat are we in for with your next tutorial:rolleyes:

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m

And what kind of tutorial would that be? lol

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi Davidsmum,

Curtains.........yours hang nicer.......Please......;) :D :p

[cookie]

Hi DM, just been catching up on posts ( been doing real housework before hubby goes on nightshift and I get none done ) love your house it absolutley fabulous, as are the curtains,and yes I agree another tutorial wont go amis. :D

have had a good laugh at all your attempts to get the fledglings to fly the nest, but even when they do they are like boomerangs they keep comming back, I have moved my oldest daughter down to London twice now, 1st time I hired a Luton van and drove down after work with all her stuff (nightmare) arrived at 1am and offloaded, stayed overnight and returned next morning, THREE WEEKS later had to go back and bring her home,2nd time lasted a bit longer but not much ? :rolleyes:now thankfully shes settled down married and living just a couple of miles away.PHEW

cookie

[Gerry]

We moved away from the family home, so our 2 girls have nowhere to return to! Rather desperate measures, though, if you're not planning to move! LOL! Our older daughter lives across the Solent, the younger one is still in Surrey - don't see her very often.

[davidsmum]

Hi Cookie and Gerry

Hubby and I have decided the only thing that's going to get the offspring away is to move to a studio flat in Moffat (a small borders town). They wouldn't like Moffat. They wouldn't like squashing into a studio flat and it's too far from work, and the town, and the mates, etc. etc. Moffat is starting to sound really great!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Davidsmum,

Curtains.........yours hang nicer.......Please......;) :D :p

Nah! I never really know quite what I'm going to do till I get my hands on them. They're all slightly different. Well, no, not really the principals are the same as yours. Exactly the same. It's just the pelmets and stuff that are different really. I make them the same way, use starch to stiffen then pin them into the shape for the tieback and spray them again. Easy peasy - job done!!

[Amanda]

Hi Cookie and Gerry

Hubby and I have decided the only thing that's going to get the offspring away is to move to a studio flat in Moffat (a small borders town). They wouldn't like Moffat. They wouldn't like squashing into a studio flat and it's too far from work, and the town, and the mates, etc. etc. Moffat is starting to sound really great!!
Hi DM

There is a definite attraction when you first think along those lines, but then think again where will you put your DH's, you cannot stop now!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

I know. If they go, I'll get two double rooms. Well, one. Hubby wants to claim the other one. I can still work on all the numerous dolls houses (I plan on having) while he watches plasma tv in his little corner !!

[cookie]

Hi DM, Ok then tutorial on pelmets will do nicely :D and forget about moving to Moffat, wont work just means you will be cramped like sardines when they come back :rolleyes: size doesnt matter when kids need to fly back. I only have two bedroom bungalow and even that didnt put my daughter off comming back to mum along with my grandaughter and all her toys etc.
love all the things youv'e done with the house and conservatory, all you need now is a grandaughter to pass it on to, except mine keeps asking now how long am I intending living :rolleyes:

cookie

[Amanda]

Hi cookie

You will just have to let your granddaughter know that you intend to live a lot longer as you have a lot more houses to get under your belt, but as she gets older you could always rope her in to help with the mini housework!!

[cinderella]

Hi DM

You have to consider your dolls house's & where to put them......:rolleyes: children should fit in with them:D

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi cookie,

I'm sure she loves you really.........my parents took me and my son back, all be it a long time ago now, but I'm always grateful for it.........I'd do the same for my son's........and agree size of house doesn't matter they still come home regardless........my son lives away from home, being in the Forces and hasn't yet got a place of his own........he stays with his girlfriend and her mum.........but he still like to stay the night at home ocassionally......I think more for my benefit than his...........I do miss him when he's away........and he does my head in when he's here........you just can't win can you........lol........:D

[Amanda]

Hi OVO

My youngest son is in the forces too, he has been to Iraq and several other places, but still comes back home, and like you drives me up the wall when he is here, but as soon as he goes well you guessed, I can't stop thinking about him!!!

[Maxie]

Hi davidsmum just adding my voice to say what a brill job you are doing on Hambleton Hall. Especially like the parlour :) Keep up the great work on the rest of the hall. Looking forward to seeing more pictures:D

[cookie]

Hi amanda / MOM Oh daughter is still a mammy's girl she's 42 now and a great daughter, as is my grandaughter ( she has her own DH thanks to nanna ) and would love to help but she is so active in her spare time ice skating/gymnastics etc. and my daughter is always running around as she works for local radio station, but always fits in a visit to mum on sunday.but by her own admission she hasnt got the patients for dolls house but thankfully grandaughter is just like nanna :D

[St.Vale]

You have to plan this carefully girls……two children left here for there own homes….hubby pinched the bigger room for his office, leaving me the box room for my hobby room. Now when the children come up together to stay (they both have partners now) we put a double mattress down in hubby’s office cause you wouldn’t get a double in the box room anyway. So I got the better deal here cause my hobby room stays giggle

[Amanda]

Hi Val

That is so clever of you, of course hubby thinks he got the better side of the deal with the bigger room while you are quietly sniggering in your lovely hobby room!!! I am lucky as I can use at least two other rooms for my hobby but I use my study as all my things are here including my computer so that I can have a go at my house then have a go at the computer, we women are so clever ar'nt we???

[lauraashley]

i think i.ve picked the wrong hobby .my younest is 3 so noboby is flying away from this nest for a very long time .to be honest i,m finding it very hard to get anytime to work on my house woith the young lads.st.vale oh how i would love a hobbyroom .if i ever come into money i,ll extent out from my untilly room and made a hobby room i,ll love to have a room where i could leave my sewing machine out all the time.ah a girl can dream.

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi OVO

My youngest son is in the forces too, he has been to Iraq and several other places, but still comes back home, and like you drives me up the wall when he is here, but as soon as he goes well you guessed, I can't stop thinking about him!!!

Hi Amanda,

Same here........he's in Oman at the moment..........he likes it there though, says, it's a bit of a jolly, a chance to top up his tan........... his words not mine.........it's not a war zone thankfully though........so I don't panic too much..........although the last time he went there, he came back with two broken ribs due to a car acciddet in the desert..........he wasn't driving, but the land cruiser they were in......... hit a sand kerb and rolled..........I don't know which is wosre sometimes.........war zone or not..........:rolleyes:

[St.Vale]

Yes men are blind aren’t they!! Lol He hasn’t thought at all cause my PC is in my study and I do have an area there for another house if I wanted but I’ll drop that one on him at a later date when/if I see something else I want lol.

[Amanda]

Hi lauraashley

You could alway move the bits in the utility outside, and use the utility room as a hobby room or get your hubby to build you a workshop in the garden!!! then you can leave the children in the house for hubby to look after!!!! and spend some nice quiet time in your hobby room!!!

[mad-on-miniatures]

i think i.ve picked the wrong hobby .my younest is 3 so noboby is flying away from this nest for a very long time .to be honest i,m finding it very hard to get anytime to work on my house woith the young lads.st.vale oh how i would love a hobbyroom .if i ever come into money i,ll extent out from my untilly room and made a hobby room i,ll love to have a room where i could leave my sewing machine out all the time.ah a girl can dream.

Hi ALura,

Know where you are coming from too.......we're going a way for the weekend.........so all my stuff has been put away.........including my sewing machine........:rolleyes:

[mad-on-miniatures]

Yes men are blind aren’t they!! Lol He hasn’t thought at all cause my PC is in my study and I do have an area there for another house if I wanted but I’ll drop that one on him at a later date when/if I see something else I want lol.

Hi St VAle,

I like your thinking.......I'd love an additional room..........just for hobbies.......:rolleyes:

[Amanda]

Hi Amanda,

Same here........he's in Oman at the moment..........he likes it there though, says, it's a bit of a jolly, a chance to top up his tan........... his words not mine.........it's not a war zone thankfully though........so I don't panic too much..........although the last time he went there, he came back with two broken ribs due to a car acciddet in the desert..........he wasn't driving, but the land cruiser they were in......... hit a sand kerb and rolled..........I don't know which is wosre sometimes.........war zone or not..........:rolleyes:

Hi OVO

My son was at his base in Germany, on his bike in the mountains and came off the bike just the way boys do [he is only 28]:rolleyes: and broke his elbow, had to walk for two miles :oafter retrieving his bike which had gone down an enbankment and was taken to hospital where he had to have pins put in the elbow!!! :eek:Not a scratch on him from Iraq!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi DM, Ok then tutorial on pelmets will do nicely :D and forget about moving to Moffat, wont work just means you will be cramped like sardines when they come back :rolleyes: size doesnt matter when kids need to fly back. I only have two bedroom bungalow and even that didnt put my daughter off comming back to mum along with my grandaughter and all her toys etc.
love all the things youv'e done with the house and conservatory, all you need now is a grandaughter to pass it on to, except mine keeps asking now how long am I intending living :rolleyes:

cookie

Hi cookie

I missed this earlier. That's the trouble with working during the day, so much to catch up on at night! Grandchildren! I'm not in any hurry for any of those :eek: For all I say about nudging the boys out, they're not bad really. They can be useful on occasions for stuff that's too high for me or too heavy!! Moving to Moffat has become a standing joke in our house as hubby is from Dumfries and knows the surrounding area well.

As for the curtains and pelmets. To be honest, I do struggle with them. I sort of know what effect I want but have to think long and hard on how to achieve it in miniature and how to get it to look good as well. I'm not sure where I'm going with the house next. Will have to think about that. Drawing Room or Dining Room?

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi OVO

My son was at his base in Germany, on his bike in the mountains and came off the bike just the way boys do [he is only 28]:rolleyes: and broke his elbow, had to walk for two miles :oafter retrieving his bike which had gone down an enbankment and was taken to hospital where he had to have pins put in the elbow!!! Not a scratch on him from Iraq!!!

I know I'm deviating off thread here and I apologise ...................but yes boys will be boys, (mines 21)........the same when my son in Afghan, he came home safe........thankfully so though,........ as I'm sure you were......I know some are not so lucky.................Anyway..........back to thread again.....:)

Davidsmum,
Your curtains are really good, did you say you pinned them in place........I've seen them done this way too in the Sue Heaser book.......I've never done them this way, maybe I'll have a practice and then do another tutorial..........depending on how they turn out.........:eek:

[WhatAWally]

Hello davidsmum,

Phewie! It took me ages to read all this thread! lol.

Just wanted to say, I love your pictures, your house looks ever so nice. And I've picked up two great tips too: 1, using the dental tools for hard-to-reach areas, to see what you're doing. That's a fab tip that I'll be remembering! And 2, the photo your hubby took and then turned Sepia, that really looks great.

... I'll be doing that too :D I want to get a nice victorian-looking photo album and use it to document my progress with my first house. I'll take all the pics and convert them to Sepia so they look 'antique' ... I'm going to start that tonight before I do any decorating or anything else to the house.

Won't that be lovely to keep and look back on in years to come, when no doubt I'll be on my 5th/6th house?!!

Claire x

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi Claire and Davidsmum,

You've just given me an idea too........I'mgoing to put in my bridal shop....... a photo album of all the weddings that my old lady has attended........all done in sepia........using genuine photos of wedding photos of my family and friends..........;) Thank you both ..........:)

[WhatAWally]

Mom, that will look gorgeous! What a lovely idea.

Mom... I've been having a look around the site... are there any pictures anywhere of any of your houses? I'd love to see them if there is... x

[WhatAWally]

... Ahh, just found them hehe! Your Bridal Shop looks absolutely FAB! I'm soooo jealous, you clever thing! It's so nice to see other people's projects, full of inspiration :)

[davidsmum]

Hi m-o-m

Hope you had a good holiday. I must have missed this posting re pinning curtains the first time round. Makes me wonder what else I've missed! I use a piece of polystyrene, tweak them into shape, put in loads of pins and blast them with starch.

I'm pleased too that you liked the sepia photo.

[davidsmum]

Hi Claire,

Sorry to take so long to respond to your post about my dh but I must have missed this first time round. It takes ages, doesn't it, to catch up with it all?

I'm glad you liked what I'm doing and the sepia photos. An album keeping a record of your progress is a great idea. I've got photos on the computer but there's loads and loads. I get carried away. I can't decide on what's the best view so I take left hand side, right hand side, centrally placed photos, photos showing different details, photos showing close ups of items I'm particularly pleased with.......the list goes on and on. It's fun though and I like looking back to the very first ones of me doing the dry build. It all seems like ages ago.

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi m-o-m

Hope you had a good holiday. I must have missed this posting re pinning curtains the first time round. Makes me wonder what else I've missed! I use a piece of polystyrene, tweak them into shape, put in loads of pins and blast them with starch.

I'm pleased too that you liked the sepia photo.

Hi davidsmum,
I know what you mean .........lol.....:D Only been a way for the weekend and it will take me the week to catch up..........:D

I'll have a go making curtains this way.........the way they drape doing it this way, looks very real .........;)

[Winston's Mum]

Hi Davids Mum your house Hambeton Hall is lovely, looks sooooooooooo good, how are you getting on with it, sorry took me so long to find it but am catching up on all the photos of people i ve been chatting too, the house looks magnificent you are doing lovely job, your curtains look so real, keep up the pictures lol:D

[tigers mum]

wow, what a fantastic house, you have made it look so realistic its great, im new on here and still trying to work my way through it all but what i have seen so far is so good and really makes me want to get on with my house but having 3 children aged 15, 6 and 2 i dont have alot of time to get anything done and as soon as i get my bits ready one of the children will want to help:eek: so its taking me a long time to get anywhere! be great when they all at school full time so i can have all day to sit and play!! i keep reading about these wonderful curtains but cant find them, please help:o

[Winston's Mum]

Hi TM think they under accessories will have a look and get back to you they are so good she makes it look easy, bet you can wait until next your be rid of 2 lol

[Amanda]

Hi all -

Here is the work I have done so far. Cant make my mind up about the figures though :)
It's all accurate to 1880. I've been enjoying the research and have spent probably more time on that than actually working on the house. Still a long way to go though - a dining room, a drawing room.............bedroom................etc. etc.

Hope you enjoy it!

Hi DM

Just been going back over some pictures today, I was in sore need of a picture fix :D noticed your pannelling in the study could you tell me where you got it from, also your wood flooring in the hallways:D

[Winston's Mum]

Hi MOM wheres your curtain making tutorial help cant find it Tigers Mum wants a look lol

[Amanda]

Hi WM

Go into search thread and type in Dolls house curtain instructions that should bring up MoM's tutorial, good luck they are brilliant instructions by the way

[tigers mum]

thanks amanda, found them with your instuctions. i see why everyone is on about them they are great. ill have to have another go at making some, i bought a pleater about a year ago but i couldnt do it, i will try the hair spray next time as i used starch and it just didnt work. i usually buy my curtains from ebay and they look just like the one that have been made on here so if i can do it i will have more money to spend on other minis!!:D

[grandma]

Hi all -

Here is the work I have done so far. Cant make my mind up about the figures though :)
It's all accurate to 1880. I've been enjoying the research and have spent probably more time on that than actually working on the house. Still a long way to go though - a dining room, a drawing room.............bedroom................etc. etc.

Hope you enjoy it!

It looks beautiful, like you I also enjoyed the research bit when doing my 40's house.

[davidsmum]

Hi Winston's Mum

Oh, thank you for your kind words. Work has stopped at the moment - workies on a go slow! I'm collecting "stuff" at the moment. Just need the light fittings and then I can crack on. I recently got the wallpaper and already have some furniture. It's all in the head just now.

[davidsmum]

Hi Tigers Mum,

Thanks for your praise! I can imagine how difficult it must be trying to deal with this hobby and little people at the same time. There's so much to attract them. My little people are now big people and stay well out the way - lol I hope you managed to track down the curtain tutorial. It's very good and very easy to follow.

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

The panelling was from The Miniature Scene, York and the hall flooring is fibreglass - bought at a fair. Does that help?

[Amanda]

Hi DM

Thank you for that, I would not have thought the floor was fibreglass it looks so good, hope you have a great time at the weekend with your visit to QM dolls house, just don't try putting it in your handbag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi grandma

Thanks for that. I have become quite obsessive about getting the period exactly right, I'm so into it now. The only thing I have done that deviates from it a bit is the hallway. I know it wouldn't have been as bright but I figured it was only a tiny space and to make all the woodwork dark, well, no-one would have been able to see any of the detail like the visiting cards, the parcel, etc. I've not done much on it recently but that will soon change!!

[Amanda]

Hi DM

You sound as if you are getting really fired up for another room setting session!!!!! don't forget those pictures when you do

[davidsmum]

Hi DM

Thank you for that, I would not have thought the floor was fibreglass it looks so good, hope you have a great time at the weekend with your visit to QM dolls house, just don't try putting it in your handbag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Amanda,

I've been trying to pack the case! Stuff in - stuff out. It's not a big case and it's only three days but................phew! I think I've managed it now. That's why it's taken me so long to get on the forum.

Saturday's the day for the DH. I'm itching to see it! I'll report back to everyone on Monday.

[Amanda]

Hi DM

What have you got for hubby to do while you spend a few hours looking at the DH!!!!!!!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi DM

What have you got for hubby to do while you spend a few hours looking at the DH!!!!!!!!!

Hi Amanda,

You'll love this..................! He's not going :D:D I'm going with a chum - hee hee!! It's a girl thing. We're also going to the Theatre on Saturday night - Hairspray and doing touristy stuff in between. Oh, and maybe a little bit shopping as well!

[Amanda]

Hi DM

A girl after my own heart, with her head screwed on, nothing like a girly weekend, ENJOY to the full bend that plastic well!!!!! have fun

[coodencat]

Hi DM Have a great time on your weekend away, and be good cough cough if you can. Have heard "aboot " you Scot's lasses let loose. ......;)
Just seen in our local coach office there is a trip to Windsor will think about it when get your verdict.:)
Just had another browse around your house I never get tired of that is soo lovely especially the woodwork.:D and the glass window.
tc carol

[davidsmum]

Hi again

I thought I'd post a few pics (to give m-o-m her fix!!):

[coodencat]

Hi Dm I give up what you do is amazing I could never ever have a house/items as good as that. Am a pale shade of green and going greener by the minute :o
tc carol

[davidsmum]

Hi Coodencat

Thanks for that. I'll certainly report back on Monday with all the info on QM's DH. I can't wait.

[davidsmum]

Hi Dm I give up what you do is amazing I could never ever have a house/items as good as that. Am a pale shade of green and going greener by the minute :o
tc carol


Hi Coodencat

I must be honest here, I don't make - I buy and put together :) The only items I make are the curtains. I enjoy the decorating side of it all but I never see myself going down the fimo route!

[coodencat]

Hi Dm I apreciate that but is how you arrange things your homework of sufing/staring certainly pays off.
Plus I think you have a nack of knowing how things will work together.
tc carol

[davidsmum]

Hi Coodencat

That's very nice of you to say so! I just love a good old fiddle!!

[Amanda]

Hi DM

WoW these are amazing those tables look so realistic, well done, that is what I call detail!!!!

[cookie]

Hi DM, just had a bit of a catch up today as I wasnt on yesterday, love the new pics, tables are so realistic, I had another look back at your house also and noticed you have the same paper that I originally came on here to ask about as I was short of a tiny piece to finish and couldnt get any more, can I ask where you got it from, its the gold criss-cross one. hope you have a fab week-end, when you see QMH can you take particular notice of the stairs in the main hall of the house, better still stick them in your bag :D I have been trying to plan a reproductuction of a similar style into my house working from the picture link on here but its hard work.:(


cookie

[Winston's Mum]

Hi DM the pictures were great, the tables good i buy things like that too, but your eye for detail is really good, have a nice weekend away i ve never seen that dolls house and i used to go to windsor a lot as my dad had a boat on the river, they would never let me go in as there was always queues:(ps it was years before my addiction lol

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi again

I thought I'd post a few pics (to give m-o-m her fix!!):

HI DM,

WOWEEE, these are SOooo good.........that table is fantastic..........I have to agree with all........so much detail..........thanks for the piccies.........my DH fix is sorted for today......:D

[jeanmtweddle]

Hi DM - love the pictures. Hope you have a great weekend - I would love to go and see Hairspray. Look forward to your report back on Monday.

[amchoor37]

Your tables are looking lovely, have a lovely weekend.

[twirl]

They are brilliant, well done. You are so clever !:cool:

[megimoops]

wow, what a house, it is great,

I am new today, and was told to look at your house, as I am trying to do victorian about 1880-90
so that I can have lights,

A work of art, I am lost for words, it as all been said, so very very nice

megimoops

[lauraashley]

hi dm
wow you have class.i loved your pic,s when i saw the first table i just tought of my granny it was just like hers when she was making and baking .apart from the open book or scales as all the recipes where in he head and her measuring method was a cup.

[davidsmum]

Hi Cookie,

Thanks for that. The wallpaper is called The Gathering in Green. You can get it from: https://www.jennifersofwalsall.co.uk/store/ but if it is only a small piece, I'll check what I've got left and you're more than welcome to it if it's of any help.

I didn't get your posting till I got back so wasn't aware I had to study the staircase!! Sorry. I'm sure one of the DH mags has a picture of a staircase not dis-similar. I'll check shortly and get back to you with the Issue No. It's probably better to study.

[davidsmum]

Hello Jean,

I had a great time. QM's DH was well worth a visit, in fact the whole of Windsor was. Good value too! (Praise indeed coming from a canny Scot!) If anyone gets the chance to see Hairspray I would recommend it. Altogether a fab night out in Shaftsbury Avenue and people watching afterwards. I must say though, London is a different planet!!

[jeanmtweddle]

Hi DM - glad you enjoyed your trip

[Amanda]

Hi DM

Now you know why I love Scotland so much, I was born and raised in London so maybe I am from a different planet too!!!!!

[davidsmum]

wow, what a house, it is great,

I am new today, and was told to look at your house, as I am trying to do victorian about 1880-90
so that I can have lights,

A work of art, I am lost for words, it as all been said, so very very nice

megimoops

Hi megimoops

Thanks for that. I'm doing 1880. I'm very strict about that and research is done to the point of obsession! A lot of "staring" is done as well and that can tell you what feels and looks right. Invest in some books and visit NT properties (oh, and keep the guide books as they are good references). It's amazing what info you'll pick up on the way like, perforated toilet paper was introduced in 1880 but aspirin wasn't around!

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

Ha ha! I didn't know that - well, I wouldn't would I? It is so very different from Edinburgh, especially late at night. The only thing I could compare the centre of London late at night with, was Firework Night at the end of the Festival. Trafalgar Square was heaving with folk and even allowing for the fact that it was 11.30pm on a Saturday night, Edinburgh isn't like that. On arriving back (11pm Sunday night) it struck me how open the centre of Edinburgh is and quite quiet. I think I'll just stay here!!

[cookie]

Hi Cookie,

Thanks for that. The wallpaper is called The Gathering in Green. You can get it from: https://www.jennifersofwalsall.co.uk/store/ but if it is only a small piece, I'll check what I've got left and you're more than welcome to it if it's of any help.

I didn't get your posting till I got back so wasn't aware I had to study the staircase!! Sorry. I'm sure one of the DH mags has a picture of a staircase not dis-similar. I'll check shortly and get back to you with the Issue No. It's probably better to study.

Hi DM. glad to hear you had a great girly week-end, I would love to see QM house it looks amazing. that wallpaper you said the name is gathering in the green? the one I have has gold diamond lines on white background which I thought looked like the one in your dining room but by the sound of that title yours is different. I did get a piece of the same paper from someone but sadly it was the silver one, I am now contemplating trying to go over the silver with a gold pen as the area missing the paper isnt in an obvious place. so unless I hit lucky thats what I will do.

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[davidsmum]

Hi Cookie,

Yes, the Gathering in green. Its a pale mustardy background with sort of pale greeny mustard diamond shapes on it and a terracotta colour diamond thing in the centre.

[davidsmum]

Hi DM, just had a bit of a catch up today as I wasnt on yesterday, love the new pics, tables are so realistic, I had another look back at your house also and noticed you have the same paper that I originally came on here to ask about as I was short of a tiny piece to finish and couldnt get any more, can I ask where you got it from, its the gold criss-cross one. hope you have a fab week-end, when you see QMH can you take particular notice of the stairs in the main hall of the house, better still stick them in your bag :D I have been trying to plan a reproductuction of a similar style into my house working from the picture link on here but its hard work.:(


cookie

Hi Cookie,

I found that mag I was referring to: Dolls House World - Issue 175 - Be My Guest Article Page 6 onwards. Check out the staircase!

[cookie]

Hi DM, thanks for the info, I will have to see if I can get a hold of a copy as I dont get the magazine myself.
re wallpaper, must be different to the one I have, mine is just plain white background with gold criss cross lines on it. just looks like it in your picture.thanks anyway.

cookie

[davidsmum]

Hi cookie,

You're welcome.

[Amanda]

Hi DM

I knew I had seen a chair like the one I found at Kensington, you have one very similar in the attice at Hambleton Hall, and do I spy a stags head just like mine behind the chair, they do say great minds think alike, we obviously both have great taste!!!!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

Yes, the chair's the same and the stag's head is actually a fridge magnet!

[davidsmum]

Hello all,

I've been working on Hambleton Hall today (and the Tea Shoppe!). I've made a template and covered it with flooring for the Drawing Room. This is now under two gardening books to flatten it. The walls have been prepared ready for papering and I've sent off for a fire, a hearth, a chandelier and a pair of wall sconces. Hopefully these will be with me soon.

I've also added a small basin to the back wall of the kitchen as I realised there wasn't any facility for the staff to wash their hands unless they continually went into the scullery so I did that today too.

I've shown a picture of the fire surround I have for the Drawing Room. I hope you can see the detail on it as it's really quite something.

[Dolly donut]

sadlt i cannot see any detail on the fireplace :( but the kitchen looks very nice, good thinking for the sink, and very thoughtful for your staff :D

[davidsmum]

Hi Dollydonut

You're right about the detail! Bit woolly, isn't it? I'll have another go once I figure out where I went wrong and post another one - hopefully better.

[coodencat]

Hi DM Oh you have been working hard behind the scenes. The room looks lovely you should be well pleased .
Wash basin I would never have thought of that, spect that was health and safety :( I bet you cannot wait for the postie now. Is it still raining how is it called Bonnie Scotland if it always rains ;)
tc carol
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/wifey2709/HippoDance.gif
life is not a rehearsal so enjoy each day.

[Dolly donut]

Hi Dollydonut

You're right about the detail! Bit woolly, isn't it? I'll have another go once I figure out where I went wrong and post another one - hopefully better.

try taking the piccie from an angle so the lens is facing across it but slightly higher, that should then pic up the shadows and hopefully highlighting the detail

[davidsmum]

Hi Coodencat

Thanks for that. I've not really touched HH for a while really so thought I'd better get started again.

Weather update - it was sunny today but blowy and it rained a bit as well. Chilly now though. Fort William in July? Bring a cardie!!

[coodencat]

HI Dm ok have packed "southwester" wellies already now have added cardi.:D
tc carol

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/wifey2709/HippoDance.gif
life is not a rehearsal so enjoy each day.

[Irene's sister]

Hullo DM,

your camera must be drunk like mine.

[davidsmum]

Hi Dollydonut

Thanks for that. I'll go and try it now.

[Irene's sister]

O DM,

you are now a Venerated Chatter Box Member. Congratulations on your worthy status.
And just remember, you're still washing up when you come down on Thursday night.

Bow to the Master.

[Winston's Mum]

Hi DM thanks for piccies the kitchen looks good that sink is lovely very posh i must say. Well done, also is that a mousetrap on the floor ha ha super...!!!!

[davidsmum]

Hello all,

I've redone the fireplace photo to show the detail. Hopefully, and I thank dollydonut for her instructions, it has come out better this time.

I think that's better.

[davidsmum]

Hi Winston's Mum

Thanks for that. My son thought the sink was a urinal and the wee thing you thought was a mousetrap is actually a broken egg!. The mousetrap's in the scullery.

I must do something about my photography technique so you can all see the detail!

[Winston's Mum]

wow thats lovely, what fire are you having in there, you could pick out that moulding with rub n buff just rub it over the embossing it brings it out lovely, where is that fireplace going please?

[Winston's Mum]

Hi Winston's Mum

Thanks for that. My son thought the sink was a urinal and the wee thing you thought was a mousetrap is actually a broken egg!. The mousetrap's in the scullery.

I must do something about my photography technique so you can all see the detail!ha ha those sinks do look like urinals ha ha sorry about the mouse trap i just thought it was, David Bailley got nothing to worry about ha ha sorry lol:rolleyes:

[davidsmum]

Hi Winston's Mum

The surround is for the Drawing Room. Got the furniture, got the wallpaper, and I've just ordered a fire and hearth today. Actually I'm waiting on 2/3 parcels so things should start coming together a bit quicker and yes, David Bailley's job is quite safe!!

[Amanda]

Hi DM
http://th117.photobucket.com/albums/o42/catiemouse/Congratulations/th_congratulations-1.gif (http://photobucket.com/image/congratulations/catiemouse/Congratulations/congratulations-1.gif?o=5) this might make the washing up on Thursday more bearable, sisters eh!!!!!!


Congrats on your status, or have I already said that somewhere else???scratches head,???, anyway your sink in the kitchen is lovely adds the right feel and they cannot be wasting time in the scullery chattering instead of working with all them up stairs waiting for their food, whatever next!!!!!

The fireplace is lovely, will look good when you have it in place with the grate, look forward to seeing your progress

Have you got an adjustment on your camera marked ISO means you can take pics of light objects without it coming out too white, you get a crisper image

[coodencat]

Hi Dm I like the little bells I brought some on my northern visit to do the same thing. Did you make the wall bracket for hanging them on ?
Hmm urinal nah is much to pretty for fellas ;) Can I ask where you got it from DM ?
tc carol
Ps sorry forgot congrats DM
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/wifey2709/HippoDance.gif
life is not a rehearsal so enjoy each day.

[Winston's Mum]

Hi Davids Mum forgot to say [IMG]http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/chrisseysmi/Congratulations.jpg on your new staus well done.

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

Have you got an adjustment on your camera marked ISO

Hold on, I'll have a look..........................only got little symbols. Seemingly the flower is for close up so I've done it again! Yippee! It's worked. Thanks Amanda.

[Irene's sister]

Oo-err DM,

looks like your camera has sobered up with Amanda's hangover cure. I like your fireplace. You can bring it over on Thursday and see if it fits into my room...

[Dolly donut]

oooh thats beautiful will be a magnificent feature

[Amanda]

Hi DM

That is absolutely beautiful, so much detail, is it made of plaster, if so I would keep it clear of IS you never know what might happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dolly donut]

Have you got an adjustment on your camera marked ISO means you can take pics of light objects without it coming out too white, you get a crisper image


oh thats what thats for :confused:

thanks amanda,

[Amanda]

Hi Dolly

You are most welcome

[Winston's Mum]

thanks Amanda will check out my camera now! als DM that is really lovely, lovelier than the last photo ha ha right i am off to do my flowers now i know how lol

[davidsmum]

Hi WM

Hopefully, now that I'm armed with that knowledge, my pics will be better. Good luck with the flowers!

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

IS and very small items made from plaster? You have a point there - I think I'll hang on to it - lol

[Irene's sister]

Ahem DM.

the plaster pillar arrived yesterday and I'm not even going to take it out of it's wrapping.

[Amanda]

Hi IS

And look at your new status Chatterbox Wannebe!!! well done

[davidsmum]

Hi IS

Let's hope it's the right one, then!!!

[Irene's sister]

Plaster shmaster,

of course it's the same one. There was still enough of the old one left to match it up.
Oh, and when you come down on Thursday, bring your sandwiches with you.
And my US parcel might have arrived by then. Unless it's still in it's time warp.

[Amanda]

Hi IS

What are you two like, I thought DM was coming down to yours for dinner!!!!

[Irene's sister]

Hullo Amanda,

err, yes, I have been a bit harsh. DM will be pampered like a venerated one.

[Irene's sister]

Hullo again Amanda,

yes indeedy, I am a Chatterbox Wannabe. DM, I am climbing the ranks of greatness.

[Amanda]

Hi IS

You will be wearing ermine and pearls next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cinderella]

Hi DM

I like the fire guard with the washing on it, does the scullery have somewhere to do the washing :D

[davidsmum]

Hi Cinderella,

Yes, there's a mangle, a sink, a copper, a wash dolly all in the scullery. Now that I know how to take sharper close up photos - I'll show you ! Just a minute.......................

That's it, done.

[Winston's Mum]

oh its lovely, looks good with the light on, well done.

[Dolly donut]

omg that looks fantastic !!!! wow thats really brilliant, it looks sooo real

[Amanda]

Hi DM

That room has so much atmosphere, just perfect

[davidsmum]

Hi Winston's Mum

Thanks. I had to unplug the house to decorate and it was fingers crossed that everything worked OK when I plugged it all back in! Just glad it's OK. Nothing makes me madder than those little light plugs!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Dollydonut and Amanda,

Thanks very much for that. I couldn't remember if I'd posted pictures of the scullery way back when I started on the forum. Still not sure about those figures though.

[coodencat]

Hi Dm you really have excelled with this as Amanda says the atmosphere is just right.
I do like the little fire in the background to, and the flooring . Everything goes so well together . Even the light looks a little dimmed just right for a basement. Poor little scullery maid has a lot to do lol
I bet a whole "lorra" staring went into that. ;)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/wifey2709/HippoDance.gif
life is not a rehearsal so enjoy each day.

[davidsmum]

Hi Coodencat

Yup, a lorra lorra staring! I'm finding HH a lot easier to do than the Tea Shoppe. Still struggling a bit with that one especially the kitchen. More staring, I think!

[amchoor37]

DM it is looking really great, you put so much detail in to every room with out going over the top and making it look to busy, I felt like I was in that room and I could feel the atmosphere in there.
As for the ladies they look just great.

[wombat]

oh wow, that is an amazing room!!! can i ask...where did you get your hanging pheasent, rabbit and ham?? i saw some of these in the beyond the dolls house display and would love some in my larder i'm going to do. they just look so good!!!

[DeeGee]

Oh I like that... and I love the plate rack above the sink... brill.:)

[fragg1es]

wow again, it looks amazing. Well done :)

[cinderella]

Hi DM

The picture of the scullery is very effective, I find that some photos turn out clear & others are very blurred.

[lauraashley]

hi dm
loved the scullery lots of detail .:o

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

Thanks, I'm pleased you like it. The ham and pheasant were bought at a fair quite some time ago and I got the rabbit from e-bay, again ages ago. You should be able to find a rabbit if you go to DH miniatures (e-bay) then "hand made items". That's where I found mine. Someone else on the forum got a gutted rabbit recently from e-bay but I can't remember who it was. You shouldn't have any difficulty getting the ham and pheasant either. Hope that helps. I'm keen to follow your progress with Preston Manor. How long now before you get it?

[wombat]

as long as nothing goes drastically wrong (ie car break down or something in the big house going bang)i should be ordering a new house 2 weeks today! i'm not getting preston manor now. i was laying in bed thinking (its the only place quiet nough here) and although i have the room and its a gorgeous house and a great price at the moment i thought about he kind of detail i'd like to achieve and i think on a big big house like that it would be so much more expensive than i can justify spending at the moment. i'm hoping this will be a life long hooby so there is no doubt i will get it in the future but for my next house it just isn't the one.


i have however chosen thehouse i'm getting and its Rutland Grange. still big but not obsene!! enough scope to do what i want and a fair amount of rooms and also i totally love the windows on it!! i've seen windowns like it on buildings before and always thought they looked great.

i'm going to be getting the house , basement and plinth for it and i sooooo can't wait. hubb has even helped me work out how to move the room around so that it goes in the best place possible!! (bless him)

[Dolly donut]

just had a look at it, it is a very nice looking house, bet your very excited......fingers crossed nothing drastic happens and you can get it

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat,

Rutland Grange will give you all the space for what you want to do including the cold store/larder. Moving furniture? I've done that too! In fact, I've just bought a piece of furniture to sit the Tea Shoppe on - not a work storage cabinet, a piece of furniture - lol What we'll do to get what we want!! Fingers crossed that nothing happens in the meantime that'll eat into the funds. What a fab two weeks you've got ahead of you, all that planning and scheming and research!!

[wombat]

oh i couldn't agree more!! i'm already on ebay buyingf ood to go in the larder!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

Ha ha! Hope you get your rabbit, ham and pheasant then!

[wombat]

i got a ham and black pudding but no pheasent or rabbit. was a cute hung duck but bidding got a bit high nd a lovely spit roast pig!!not sore where i'd put that so left it in ebay!!

[Amanda]

HI Vicky

Oh lovely a new house, and one you know you will enjoy doing but with Preston to come in the future, lovely that hubby has been helping to work out the best place for it, look forward to seeing this

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

Never mind, there's plenty time. Better luck next time. Are there likely to be any fairs in your area in the near future?

[wombat]

there is one in october in the town i live and i spotted there is another one at kensington in december which i'm def going to get to!! other than the one here in eastbourne they are all miles away!! i'll keep looking though!

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

That's handy, having one in your own town. Something to look forward to. Are you likely to get to the NEC in October?

[wombat]

nec is about a Hi Wombat

That's handy, having one in your own town. Something to look forward to. Are you likely to get to the NEC in October?

yeah its also in the hotel where we had our wedding reception so be nice to go to that one.

the nec is about a 4 hour drive from here so i'm not sure about that one as its a long drive. i may have to wait for kensington to visit a big fair unless i can find a coach company doing trips to the nec (at least then i coud sleep the whole way)!!!

[St.Vale]

Hiya Vicky

It certainly takes time to choose the house you want, look forward to you getting it and seeing what you do with it!

[Winston's Mum]

Hi Vicky, the Rutland Grange, my sister in law has that one it is lovely, still big mind, but am sure you will do it up lovely with all your ideas, so well done and not too long await now lol

[amchoor37]

It's really exciting when someone get's a new house, I feel like we are all getting it and it's a share house.

[coodencat]

Hi WB Yes we are very short of DHF in the area have heard there is one at Epsom some time in Sept I think.
The one in Eastbourne is in a hotel on the front have been there many years ago BDHA (before DHA) and it is very small but it was worth a visit. It may have improved over the years.
tc carol

[wombat]

Hi WB Yes we are very short of DHF in the area have heard there is one at Epsom some time in Sept I think.
The one in Eastbourne is in a hotel on the front have been there many years ago BDHA (before DHA) and it is very small but it was worth a visit. It may have improved over the years.
tc carol


i know the hotel well, we had our wedding reception there last year. even if its small i think i'll go just to wander around the hotel again and remeniss (s?)

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

I don't know if they do coach trips to the NEC specifically but I'm sure you could get a coach going to Birmingham. It would possibly just be a question of timing. Amanda and I are coming down from the frozen North (!) and it would be good to meet up with you.

[Winston's Mum]

It's really exciting when someone get's a new house, I feel like we are all getting it and it's a share house.Hi Amchoor i agree with you, i get really excited when some ones getting a house, i am glad i still get that thrill its nice, we are def DHA's ha ha ha:rolleyes:

[davidsmum]

Hi everyone,

I haven't done anything to HH for some time now as I'm decorating the real house. I have been shopping though! I thought I'd post a pic of some bits as a taster.

[Amanda]

Hi DM

WOW where do you find things like those, they are great, love the whole lot, gorgeous colour on the sofa and chair, beautiful mirror, lovely chandelier, that table is very Grand and the picture is lovely too, WELL DONE, so looking forward to seeing them insitu

[Winston's Mum]

Hi DM ect from me too, do tell all, hee hee.

[cinderella]

Hi DM

They are all beautiful...........will they be going in the same room & if so which one :rolleyes:

[davidsmum]

Hi Cinderella,

The bits are for the Drawing Room in HH. I have everything I need to get started now, everything that is except the time! The furniture I've had for some time, the mirror, table and painting I got from e-bay and the chandelier is my piece de resistance! There are wall lights to match and it cost an arm and a leg (artisan made) but I think it's worth it to have one or two really fabby pieces in that room.

[mad-on-miniatures]

Hi Dm,

I've only just caught up with this thread.......Wow your scullery and kitchen are great .......I like the idea of a hand sink.....that's very different.......and the picture with the other items are great too.......I like the picture of the oil painting.......it looks expensive.....:D

[DeeGee]

I love the colour of the chair and sofa... the picture is great... is it going above a fire place? Also the chanderlier "looks" like it cost a fortune... wow.:)

[davidsmum]

Hi everyone,

I've already posted these pics but didn't want to comandeer Wombat's thread so here they are again - where they should be! I'm scuppered at the moment as I can't get on - waiting on a lamp which means I can't fix the chimney breast cos I've got wiring to go behind it and can't get the cornices and skirtings done cos the chimney breast isn't fixed - problems, problems. I have papered the Salon though. (I decided that was grander than "Drawing Room").

[coodencat]

Hi DM Hope you are enjoying your hols.
I have just had another look at your first pics the rooms look so elegant. The new items you have brought are lovely.
tc carol
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s248/swedane/Icons/shy.gif

[davidsmum]

Hi Coodencat

Thanks for that. Yes, holidays are good. We were off again to another Nat Trust property this afternoon. It's only 10 miles from home but we've never been there before. I managed to pick up one or two ideas as well. Pouring with rain here now.

[Winston's Mum]

Hey DM you were quick thought youd be gone hours and hours, was it any good.

[davidsmum]

Hi Winston's Mum

Yes, it was only 10 miles away and to think, we've never been before. It's the ancestral home of Tam Dalyell MP and I didn't know that either! The guide was very good and really knew her stuff.

[Amanda]

Hi DM

Love that wallpaper it is gorgeous, really looking forward to seeing you get ahead with your Salon then your Victorian http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/hamandap/th_suze_emile_vernon_floral_hat_image1.jpg can have a quite sojourn in there, it really is vexing when one cannot get on with something [see now I have gone all Victorian]!!!!

[davidsmum]

Greetings Amanda,

How true, how true! One simply does not know where to go next with one's project. This standstill is really most upsetting and I do believe it will have an extremely adverse effect on the whole household - lol

[Winston's Mum]

Hi Winston's Mum

Yes, it was only 10 miles away and to think, we've never been before. It's the ancestral home of Tam Dalyell MP and I didn't know that either! The guide was very good and really knew her stuff.
Thats was good it was near to you, at least you had a few hours out, cos you couldnt get on anyway. Cant wait to see more of the room the wallpaper is fabby X

[Amanda]

Hi DM

Well one could always take to having a large Sherry to while away the time, or you could of course see about painting your hubby's toenails and entering him in the Twinkle Toes Competition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bet that bought you back down with a bump!!!!!!! ha ha ha

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

It would have to be Madeira, m'dear!

I'd better check out the competition, I must have missed that one!

[Amanda]

Hi DM

Have a look on Emporium Island that is where the present Mr Twinkle Toes is showing off his tootsies

Madeira it is then, would Madam DM like a small glass or a large glass pray tell!!!!!!!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Amanda,

It would definitely have to be a glass of larger proportions - I'm off to visit my mother now!!

[davidsmum]

Morning all,

Well, I've stopped before I've started! Today was the day that HH finally got off the ground again after much staring and planning and shopping. I've papered the walls and laid the floor. Right, I thought, what's next. Lighting. I have two candelabra for a console table that have bi-pin candle bulbs (packaged seperately). One set of bulbs went in fine. No problems. The first one on the second fitting went in fine too. Did the last one? No it did not! One of the wires snapped! Had to get back on line to order more. Another hold up.

I'm sitting here fizzing away but I'm sure if I go and look at the thing again there's bound to be something I can get on with (I've just been given my breakfast by the way - a coffee and a tea cake!!). Cig and stare next. I'll report back on progress when I've calmed down - hee hee.

[wombat]

aw poor you!! that is such a pain when i wire snaps!! i did that on southover when i moved the house but forgot the plugs were tucked into a drawer on its unit to keep them tidy, low and behold as i moved the house the wire snapped, and of course it was way to short to be fixed so had to buy a whole new light grrrr. i am waiting for items to come before i can get on with the rest of the tower which is a pain as i really want to get the roof on.

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

There is something I can do, so I'll away and do it now. It might make you laugh!

[wombat]

hehe i'll look forward to seeing what it is you are away doing then!!! i'm not doing anything this morning on any of the properties in the house as got to take sam for a hospital app later (nothing wrong with him, just have to check his growth cos of medication he takes) and when i get back i might do something...just not sure what yet!! have done all the food shopping online today for the first time so i haven't even got to go a tackle tesco which has put me in a great mood for the day!!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

Brilliant move! I've been having my shopping delivered ever since I started working full time. Well worth the delivery money, I can tell you. I've not been disappointed yet.

[davidsmum]

Right, this is where we're at -

The 6" workies are away for lunch.

[wombat]

oh cool, i'm glad its worth doing! i don't work full time i just can't be bothered to drag the kids round the supermarket or listen to other peopples screaming kids in the middle of summer holiday melt down!!haha i'm much more patient at other times of the year of course and usually screaming kids don't bother me but in the middle of summer i cannot be doing with it!! don't i sound a bitch!!haha

[Winston's Mum]

Hi i too am waiting a delivery of tiles for my Bistro and cant get on until they come, fed up waiting for them too, so i am planning on decorating the inside doors of Springwood what you all call the 4th wall cos i do like it when you open them they look nice with the curtains on and splashes of wall paper and skirting good luck DM room is looking very busy!!

[davidsmum]

Hi Wombat

No! Another annoying thing is men pushing trolleys with their elbows! I can understand where you're coming from.

[St.Vale]

Aaawww DM, that must be so annoying, ok read on further now lol, love the dust sheets, the paint, the cuppa..................brilliant!!! that room is looking good!!

Vicky, I do my shopping online, have done for years now, sitting here waiting for mine now!!