catalogue valid from february 2015 - Dee

Catalogue
February 2015
Dee-Daw Designs
FOR UNIQUE, STYLISH & AFFORDABLE MINIATURE COLLECTABLES
CATALOGUE
Contents:
VALID FROM FEBRUARY 2015
3: Kitchen
Welcome to the Dee-Daw Designs
5: Banqueting tables
catalogue, it contains new items and
7: Dining room sets
revised prices, covering most of the
9: Fireplaces
items in the range, please get in touch
10: Smallsorts!
if something you would like is not
11: Club/Study/Games room
shown - I may have one!
12: Writers Corner
13: Music Room
HOW TO ORDER:
To browse this stock list, use the up and down arrows
on the page or scroll down the side of the page you can make the page bigger by increasing the
percentage size or clicking the plus symbol.
At the moment I do not have an online shop so if
you would like to buy something simply email me at
[email protected] and you will be sent
the price including postage (details can vary slightly
as I rarely make two identical items - so if it is
different from the picture in this list, you will be sent
a photo of the item along with the total cost).
If you agree to proceed, you will be then sent a
Paypal invoice, and once paid, your purchase will
be posted. Items can also be paid for by Cheque
or Postal Order (UK CUSTOMERS ONLY) payable to
Dee-Daw Designs. Items will be posted after payment clears, via Royal Mail first Class signed for
service (Or Airmail service for overseas customers).
Any questions please get in touch, via the
contact details on the right.
14: Ladies
15: Domestics
16: Gentlemen
17: Vehicles
19: Bedrooms
22: Featherstone Hall Hotel book
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the Dee-Daw
Designs catalogue
Any questions? get in touch - see
below for contact
details
NEW ITEMS while there are changes
on several pages, usually in price or
description, new pieces of stock
feature on the following pages:
5: Wall table to match banqueting set
Contact Details:
10: Chateau Chic Tea Trolley
Post: Dee-Daw Designs PO.Box 205, Newton,
11: Snooker Scoreboard and bar
Wisbech, PE14 4DP, United Kingdom
Website: www.dee-dawdesigns.com
e-mail: [email protected]
12: Floral Chair to match desk
16: Clarence
20: Cinnabar Bedroom Suite
3 KITCHEN
Blue
Chintz
Wide
Dresser
Blue Chintz Stove
NEW Aqua Blue Chintz kitchen range - all items are
hand painted in a ‘distressed’ pale blue and gold effect,
some also feature applied floral design panels
- all include accessories which are fixed in position.
Blue Chintz
Narrow Dresser
Blue Chintz
Scullery Sink
STOVE DETAIL:
All stoves are
dressed differently
and include many
exclusive and hand
finished accessories
See
‘People’
page for
details of
‘Rose’
STOVE DETAIL:
All stoves have
randomly flickering
electric fires
Blue Chintz
Kitchen Table
Blue Chintz Kitchen Sink
Features a stream of water
coming from the pump into the
sink, and electric lamp. £49
Blue Chintz
Rocking Chair
Blue Chintz Cooks
Desk with chair
MAIN PICTURE ITEMS:
Blue Chintz Scullery Sink
Features a stream of water
coming from the
pump into the
pail. £37
STOVE: An exclusive Dee-Daw creation, with
floral and white tiled effect back wall with offset
shelves. Copper pots and kettle, roast beef with
potatoes in oven dish, oven cloths and tea towels. Randomly flickering electric fire in oven. £59
Features clock, electric
light, preserve jar,
flower arrangements
and bill spike - includes
kitchen chair with hand
painted roses. £44
WIDE DRESSER: with some exclusive Dee-Daw
plates on lace trimmed shelves and dressed
lower shelf with copper pans. £44
NARROW DRESSER: with some exclusive
Dee-Daw plates on lace trimmed shelves and
dressed lower shelf. £39
ROCKING CHAIR: with fixed seat and loose
back cushion. £16
KITCHEN TABLE: with a mixture of flower
arrangements and afternoon tea with cakes.
£39
Blue Chintz
Kitchen chair
with fixed floral seat cushion
and hand painted roses. £8
Green Cooks
Desk with chair
Green Stove
Features tiled effect
surfaces, clock,
light, preserve jar,
and bill spike - includes
kitchen chair with fixed
seat cushion. £44
KITCHEN 4
Green kitchen range - all items are individually
painted, some also feature applied tiled effect panels
- all include accessories which are fixed in position.
STOVE: An exclusive Dee-Daw creation,
with tiled effect back wall and shelf.
Copper pots and kettle, with salmon in
baking tray, oven cloths and tea towels.
Randomly flickering electric fire in oven
and electric oil lamp on shelf. £59
Green kitchen sink
With tiled effect splashback and shelf. Dirty
copper pots and cooking trays are on one side,
with clean on the other, other dishes are in
water in the sink. Cleaning items feature in the
base of the unit with an
electric oil lamp on shelf. £49
Green
Kitchen chair
with fixed seat
cushion. £5
Green kitchen dresser
KITCHEN TABLE
with all accessories
shown £34
KITCHEN
DRESSER
includes all accessories shown, but
the selection on
each one is slightly
different. £44
SCULLERY SINK
Features a stream
of water coming
from the pump
into the pail. £37
Green Scullery Sink
See
‘People’
page for chef,
cooks, cleaners
and and other
household
staff
5 BANQUETING
NEW banqueting table range - EXCLUSIVE
to Dee-Daw Designs, an extended
dining table set for 8 guests - ideal for
larger houses.
All have silk seats, with white lace-edged
table cloths. Individual place settings include two pieces of glassware, four pieces
of cutlery and two plates with exclusive
hand-applied designs by Julie Jackson.
NEW ‘White & Gold’ Wall Table
A Roccoco style wall table with mirror
and three light crystal sconce fitting.
The table top is hand painted faux
marble with the mirror and table white
with a hand applied distressed gold
effect.
£29
‘White & Gold’ Buffet
Featuring a pair of yellow and gold
banded plate cake stands to match
the tableware. Also includes an exclusive
white and gold samovar, with two
additional silver gilt pots. Furniture
is white with a hand applied
distressed gold effect.
£39
Tables also feature four exclusive electric
light fittings, tassers, and table centres
with additional table dressings including
salts, condiment trays and pots created by
Julie Jackson
Set names refer to the plate design
and colour of the seat, so ‘one off/
mix and match’ versions can be
made - email for details.
BELOW: All plates, lights and
table decorations are made
exclusively by Julie Jackson
‘White & Gold’ Banqueting table and eight chairs
Featuring yellow and gold banded plates with a floral bouquet
centre. Silver condiments and preserve pots, with gold crystal
topped tassers and table centre. Furniture is white with a hand
applied distressed gold effect, seats are covered in pale gold
silk jacquard. £139
BANQUETING
‘Imperial fruit’ (gold) Banqueting table
6
Featuring the EXCLUSIVE
‘Imperial fruit’ design goldbanded plates with a selection
of fruit centre panels.
The tassers are topped with ‘Imperial
fruit’ plates and the table centre is a
crystal fruit stand holding a selection of
fresh fruits. £129
‘Ironstone’ (red)
Banqueting table
Featuring the EXCLUSIVE
‘Ironstone’ design goldbanded plates. The tassers are
topped with ‘Ironstone’ plates
and the table centre is a
crystal fruit stand holding a
selection of fresh fruits. £129
‘Ironstone’ Buffet
Featuring a pair of ‘Ironstone’ plate cake stands to match the tableware.
Also includes an exclusive silver gilt clock, with two additional electric
lamps. £39
All mentions in descriptions of gold, silver, crystal mahogany etc are to suggest colour
or material effects, and are not meant to infer the items are actually made of them.
7 DINING ROOM
‘Regency Walnut’ Dining set
The delicate chairs are upholstered in a
rich dark salmon silk brocade with olive and
gold accents. This is echoed in the tableware
by the EXCLUSIVE plates in the new ‘Utrecht’
design. Each place setting also has four pieces
of cutlery and two gold lipped glasses.
The table also holds an EXCLUSIVE five arm
electric candalabrum, two tassers with matching plate tops, and a selection of silver/gilt
condiments and crystalware. £89
COMING SOON: Painted Regency Dining Sets with coloured furniture and exclusive plates
‘Regency Walnut’ Dresser
To match the ‘Regency Walnut’ dining table and
chairs. The cabinet doors have a ‘leaded’ effect
and the interior of the cabinet is painted olive
green and filled a selection of decorative plates,
crystal and silverware. £39
DINING ROOM 8
‘Chateau Chic’ Dining set
The chairs are upholstered in a pale green silk
brocade with gold accents. Both the chairs and
table are cream, distressed with gold accents.
Each place setting features EXCLUSIVE plates
and has four pieces of cutlery and two gold lipped
glasses. The table is decorated with crystal and
gilt table centre and serving dishes, with a gilt and
crystal condiments set on a tray. £74
‘Chateau Chic’
Dresser
To match the ‘Chateau
Chic’ dining table and
chairs. Hand painted
in cream and green,
distressed with gold
accents and applied
decorative panels.
Each one is filled with
a selection of decorative plates, crystal and
tableware. £39
‘Chateau Chic’
Dining set
‘Imperial Fruit’ Walnut Buffet
‘Imperial Fruit’ Walnut Buffet
To match dining set - dressed with
EXCLUSIVE Dee-Daw china, and Glass/
gilt effect table decorations with fruit,
and two candalabra £34
‘Imperial Fruit’
Walnut Dining set
Imperial Fruit Dining set also
available in mahogany
‘Chateau Chic’
Dresser with
‘leaded’ doors
To match the ‘Chateau
Chic’ dining table and
chairs. Hand painted
in cream and green,
distressed with gold
accents and applied
decorative panels.
Each one is filled
with a selection of
decorative plates,
and gilt tableware.
£44
See
‘People’
page for
butlers, maids,
waiters and other
household
staff
‘Imperial Fruit’ Walnut Dining set
Dressed with an EXCLUSIVE Dee-Daw ‘Imperial fruit’
china design, with Glass/gilt effect table decorations with
fruit arrangement in the table centrepiece. Gold lipped
real glasses (two per setting - flute and goblet). £69
9 FIREPLACES
EXCLUSIVE FIREPLACES - some
made, as well as decorated by
Julie Jackson. All include exclusive
ornaments and clocks, fenders and fire
irons (when used) which are fixed in
position. All feature lighted fires and all
(except the mahogany fireplace) have
exclusive light fittings. The ‘Pompadour’
‘Europa’ ‘Adam’ and ‘Blenheim’ fireplaces
are cast resin, and the ‘Mahogany tiled’
and ‘Portland’ are painted wood.
‘EUROPA’ Fireplace
EXCLUSIVE - constructed
by Dee-Daw Designs.
Warm Pink and Gilt
fireplace with matching
hand painted china and
crystal effect ornaments
featuring a large portrait
(on varnished canvas) of
Europa. £79
‘PORTLAND’
Fireplace
Wooden fireplace painted
to look like pale grey
flecked Portland stone.
£59
NEW ‘BLENHEIM’ Fireplace
‘POMPADOUR’ Fireplace
hand-painted fireplace in jade, white and gold, with
matching ornaments and large portrait (on varnished
canvas) of Madame De Pompadour mistress of King
Louis XV. £74
EXCLUSIVE - constructed by Dee-Daw Designs.
cream and gilt fireplace with hand painted ornaments
and clock and crystal effect vases with a (real glass)
mirror overmantle. £74
‘MAHOGANY TILED’
Fireplace
Tiled fire surround, with
domed clock and crystal
gilt ornaments £49
NEW ‘ADAM’
Fireplace
Robert adam style fireplace with exclusive clock ,
lamps and fireguard £54
SMALLSORTS! 10
TABLE TOP
BIRDCAGE
with
feathered
canary,
food
dish and
water
bottle
£19
WORKING
CLOCK
Matches the Chateau
Chic range, in cream
with decorative
panels & gilt details
(Also available in
cream and green)
£39
COCKATOO
COLUMN
sulphur crested
cockatoos on a
branched gilded
stand with food
dish, and
hanging bell
£19
WORKING
CLOCK
walnut finish, with floral marquetry style
panels with ebony and gilt details £39
WORKING
CLOCK
Mahogany finish, with marquetry style
panels and gilt details £39
ACCESSORY SETS
NEW CHATEAU
CHIC BLUE
(Right) Clock, two
ornaments and two
electric lamps £24
(Middle) Table
silver - 5 pieces £19
(Bottom) Table
Crystal - 6 pieces £19
MAHOGANY
CAKES
DRINKS
& CIGARS
SERVING
TROLLIES
COCKATOO
CAGE
with cockatoos on
wooden branches, food
dish, and water bottle £19
Available in Mahogany £29 or
NEW CHATEAU CHIC BLUE £34 both set
with cakes, plates, silver teaset on tray, and plate of
sandwiches - also available set with drinks and cigars £29
TROLLEY
11 CLUB/STUDY/
CORNER BAR Complete
with box of cigars, and selection
of bottles and glasses £44
GAMES ROOM
A selection of items ideal for a library bar
in a large house, a gentlemans study in
a smaller house and a ‘man cave’ in any
house!
MIRROR
BAR
Complete with electric
lamp, trophies, box of
cigars, soda siphon, and
selection of bottles and
glasses £69
NEW
SNOOKER
BAR
EXCLUSIVE
A new piece
combining
a snooker
scoreboard,
cue rack and
ball store
with a bar
cabinet.
£39
WALNUT BAR
Complete with trophies,
box of cigars, and
selection of bottles
and glasses £79
CARD
TABLE
SNOOKER
SET
includes, table with game
in progress, and two
players £69
especially suited to a
gentleman’s needs.
featuring a box of cigars, wines, spirits, glasses
and pipe with spills (also available with silver
teaset, cakes and sandwiches) £29
CIGAR TROLLEY
CHESS
TABLE
with ‘Staunton’ shaped
chess pieces, wine glass
and spectacles. £24
with card game,
poker chips, wine glasses,
used ashtray and
spectacles.
£24
WRITERS CORNER 12
BURR WALNUT
FLIP FRONT DESK
Holding a working light, framed
photograph, clock and selection of
correspondence, magnifying
glass and inkwell
set. £42
FLORAL DESK
Holding a working
light, flower vase,
clock and selection
of correspondance,
magnifying glass
and inkwell set.
£44
NEW FLORAL
CHAIR
Matching the floral
desk and upholstered in a floral
fabric with cream
braid £8
FLORAL
DESK
OFFICE ‘DUCKS’
DESK
Walnut finish with
GENTLEMANS
DESK
See
marquetry style
‘People’ panels. Visitor side features
page for Albert
a bookcase with duck trophies.
GENTLEMANS DESK
sitting with letter
The leather effect top holds a selection of stationery
The leather effect top holds a selection
and envelope
and correspondance with clock, working electric lamp,
of stationery and correspondance with
ready for any
magnifying glass and inkwell set. £42
clock, working electric lamp, magnifying
desk!
glass and inkwell set. £39
13 MUSIC
FRENCH HORN
PLAYER fixed on
chair in playing
position £42
PIANIST fixed in
position on gold
stool £39
VIOLINIST
fixed in position
£42
DOUBLE
BASS PLAYER
fixed standing
in position
£44
UPRIGHT PIANO
OBOE
PLAYER
fixed on
chair in
playing
position
£42
brass inlay effect with marquetry
style panels, candle holders, and
sheet music £24
MUSIC STAND with
sheet music £9
TRUMPETER
£42
HARP & STOOL
£19
CREAM PIANO
GREEN GRAND PIANO
With stool, molded key
board and strung interior.
Decorated with gilt
roccoco scrolls and hand
painted gold highlights with
18th century scene inside
the lid and on the matching
stool. £39
CELLO PLAYER
fixed in position on
chair £44
GOLD HARPSICHORD
With stool,
moulded keyboard
and strung interior.
Decorated with 18th
Century style
garden scene and
gold details £39
With stool and painted effect panels,
gilt details, moulded keyboard and
strung interior £44
VIOLIN, CHAIR &
MUSIC STAND £19
MARILYN ON
THE PHONE
Gorgeous doll
dressed in gold,
with glass of red
wine in one hand
and the phone in
the other
£79
LADY CAMILLE
FEATHERSTONE
A very grand
dame - off to visit
Downton abbey
in her finest black
outfit complete
with stuffed bird
on her hat!
£64
MARGOT THE
RETIRED OPERA DIVA
LADIES 14
A drama queen who loves
all the attention she still
attracts! Dressed in pink
and gold with cream lace
stole and
masses of pearls
and diamonds.
Margot is not
fixed to her
chair
and the
chair is not
included.
£79
(Marilyn is
fixed on the
telephone table)
LADY CAMILLE
FEATHERSTONE
MADAM RUBY
A scarlet woman dressed in
scarlet lace - with glass of red
wine in one hand and a cigarette in the other, she is ready
for anything! (She is not fixed
on her chaise and the chaise is
not included) £89
SPECIAL EDITION
instead of her
ususal all black
outfit, this Lady
Camille has a
stunning Ivory and
black lace dress
with matching
hat. £64
REBECCA
A porcelain lady
who sits (fixed)
in her chair,
admiring the
jewels in the
box on her knee
£44
15 DOMESTICS
COOK IN
RED DRESS
available with
either a pan in
her hand or tray
of cakes.
£59
ROSE THE
FLORIST
Made to go with
the Chintz kitchen
range, Rose holds
huge bunch of
flowers and a pair
of scissors
£59
MAID WITH
CAKES
COOK IN
GREEN DRESS
available with a
bucket of water in
one hand a scrubbing brush in the
other and a pile of
fresh linen under
one arm!
£59
JIM THE
DELIVERY
MAN
with groceries,
straw hat &
matching
apron
£39
MAID WITH
DRINKS
Elsie the sour
maid from
Featherstone
Hall Hotel, with
a tray set for
afternoon
tea.
£59
MAX THE
MECHANIC
Great in any
garage, Max will
also work well in
any scene with
something that
needs repairing!
(Comes with
toolbox)
£59
Elsie ‘s twin
sister with a
tray of drinks
for the gentlemen
in the library!
£59
PARKER
from Featherstone
Hall Hotel, with
a tray set for
afternoon tea
or drinks in
the library.
£59
ALBERT
(GREY/GOLD)
Made to add life to
any desk scene,
Albert is fixed in his
chair and holds a
letter and stamped
envelope.
£39
GEORGE
ALBERT
(BLACK/WINE)
NEW
CLARENCE
GENTLEMAN 16
In grey with a purple
brocade waistcoat, he
sits in a William IV library
chair with brass castors
and deep purple upholstery, reading a newspaper with his reading
glasses. He is fixed to
the chair
£44
An alternative to the
Grey/Gold Albert,
this one has a black
suit and wine
waistcoat.
£39
is inspecting the small print of
his newspaper in detail! £39
EDWARD
RONSON
is getting ready for a night at
the opera, and comes with
chair, mirror and accessories.
£39
from Featherstone Hall is
taking a
break with a
magazine he
found. Ronson
is fixed in his
chair.
£44
RALF
is thinking over
the lastest
world news.
Ralf is fixed in his
chair. £44
WALTER
in grey with gold tie,
cumberbund and
watch chain, he
sits in a leather
effect armchair
with newspaper,
glasses and brandy!
He is fixed to
the chair
£44
17 VEHICLES
1903 ROLLS ROYCE
RESTORATION PROJECT
comes complete with Max the
mechanic, toolbox, bucket, oil
can and loose wheels! Cast
metal car with the bonnet fixed
open to show the engine.
(Max has bendable knees).
£129
1903
ROLLS ROYCE
Includes driver and
passenger, picnic
hamper and dog!
(all fixed in position)
Cast metal car,
bonnet opens to
show engine.
£129
VEHICLES 18
1903
MODEL ‘A’ FORD
‘Driving Miss Daisy’
comes with driver and
passenger (fixed in
position). Cast metal car.
£129
1913 Model ‘T’ Ford shown
here outside Featherstone
Hall being unpacked by
James the valet (available
separately £39). Cast metal
car, bonnet opens to show
engine. £119
SOLD - OTHER
TRUCKS COMING
SOON
MODEL ‘T’ FORD
DELIVERY TRUCK
Jackson and Co. delivery truck with Jim the delivery driver.
Dressed for grocery deliveries and includes all the items
fixed on and in the back of the truck. Cast metal truck,
bonnet opens to show engine. £129
19 BEDROOMS
All bedroom sets on the following
pages include the accessories
shown in the pictures - including
electric bedside lamps.
All furniture decorations are
exclusive and created and
applied by Julie Jackson.
Sets are made in small numbers
and each run is slightly different
from the last - so accessories
may vary from the picture (if
something ordered is different
from the catalogue picture, you
will be sent a photo to explain
the difference before continuing
with the order).
SCARLET DUCHESS
BEDROOM SUITE
BLUE DUCHESS
BEDROOM SUITE
Gold furniture with applied
18th century style tapestry style panels. Includes
bed, with scarlet and gold
silk brocade bed cover and
silk sheets, wardrobe, two
bedside tables with electric
lamps, and dresser with mirror and bocade covered stool
(The Duchess bedroom
is also available in blue shown on the left)
£79
BEDROOMS 20
MARCUS IN BED
BEDROOM SUITE
Bed has padded head and foot board, and includes
marcus reading a newspaper and breakfast tray,
two bedside tables, electric lamps, washstand with
accessories fixed in position and wardrobe £89
NEW CINNEBAR BEDROOM SUITE
This bedroom was inspired by carved chinese lacquerware, and is
dark red in colour. The bed, wardrobe and dresser all feature 3D
panels of cherry blossom flowers, and the bed has a stunning quilt of
vintage chinese brocade with vivid turquoise sheets.
The bedroom suite
includes: bed,
dresser, two bedside
tables and wardrobe
plus two electric
lights. £79
21 BEDROOMS
‘CREAM CHINTZ’
BEDROOM SUITE
features floral panels with handpainted
accents. Includes bed, two bedside
tables, electric lamps, dresser with flower
arrangement and crystal ornaments and
wardrobe £74
‘SPODE’ BEDROOM SUITE
This suite was inspired by the stunning blue and white fabric in the
style of antique ‘Willow Pattern’ plates. The bed has padded head and
foot board, two bedside tables with decorated tops, electric lamps,
dresser with ornaments and wardrobe £74
‘LUXOR’
BEDROOM SUITE
‘WHITE CHINTZ’
BEDROOM SUITE
WHITE CHINTZ BEDROOM SUITE features floral panels with handpainted
accents. Includes bed, two bedside tables, electric lamps, dresser with flower arrangement and crystal ornaments and wardrobe £74
with ancient egyptain style decorative panels. Includes bed with matching
bedcover, two bedside tables, electric tiffany style lamps, dresser with statue
and ornaments and wardrobe £74
22
BOOK
LIMITED FIRST EDITION BOOK
(signed copies available at no extra cost)
ONLY £19.99 +P&P
The Featherstone Hall Hotel, is a Georgian
mansion which has been converted into
a country house hotel in the Edwardian
era, and was created to celebrate the
200th issue of Dolls House & Miniature
Scene magazine. This book contains all of
the room-by-room monthly magazine articles,
including all of the mini projects, tips and
advice - plus a new chapters on the changes
and repairs made after the last article was
published - including the decoration of the
interior of the front door panels.
CLICK AND BUY TODAY!
Buy The Featherstone Hall Hotel book online
from the Dee-Daw Designs website.
Simply click onto the Dee-Daw Shop tab, and
again below it on the Featherstone Hall book tab.
The page is set up to process online payments
via Paypal to include postage costs for
worldwide posting.
RS
DOOR INTERIO
- to fabulous!
Although I had never built a dolls house before, I had
created several room boxes for DH&MS and I thought
‘How difficult can a whole house be?’ – In theory it would
just be a series of boxes – how wrong I was!
Because of this, I want to set out not only how I achieved
the end result, but most importantly the mistakes along the
way. There are a lot of people who are new to miniatures
and are a bit intimidated and confused. So this house is
for all the other first timers out there, don’t be afraid of
making mistakes, just jump in with both feet!
Which House?
The first decision to make was which house? As a
novice builder, I decided to ask advice from a friend
with decades of building experience, Patsy Jennett, who
also happens to run my local dolls house shop. She
recommended the Barbara’s Mouldings range, and we
looked at the Cottesmore house, which has a lot of flexible,
good sized rooms. Another bonus point with the Barbara’s
Mouldings kits, according to Patsy, is that they are
precision made and go together beautifully.
of the
RIGHT: The top
covered
half circle was
strip
first, then a single
the front
wrapped around
to conceal the edges,
by
all held in position
elasic bands.
-A New Challenge
RS
DOOR INTERIO
FROM FLATPACK
a priority,
door interiors are
good saying the
It’s all well and
didn’t have a clue
to it, I found I really
but when it came
what to do!
I felt like
first house, and
that this was my
years ago,
two
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over
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How do you go
I therefore acquired both the Cottesmore House and
basement, kits and set about the grand assembly (I have to
confess at this point that the house would never have come
into existance without my very helpful hubby!)
The only real problem we had with the assembly was
the instructions which came with it. Patsy was right that
the kit was beautifully engineered, but some beautifully
engineered instructions would have made it even better!
At times I had to simply
suspend the following
of instructions. What I
realised, only too late in
the construction, is that the
instructions were for assembling the house, and do not
take into account that it will
be decorated!
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do you decorate
ng, comes how
to the
And before interesti
shown attached
doors would be
up and
it? Obvioulsy the
on should line
e the room decorati
And of
house, therefor
onto the house.
doors from closing
had more
not prohibit the
the song goes I
need lights. As
I did my usual
course I would
doubt
in
when
answers - but
questions than
with both feet!
to the house and
and jumped in
the doors up next
I started by holding
TOILE ROOm
TOILE ROOm
Pre-emptive
Decorating!
Something else I learned
too late, is that experienced
house builders will do a
certain amount of
‘pre-emptive’ painting
and decorating during the
assembly process to cut out
some tricky bits later.
For example: I had
already assembled and inserted the house windows before a chance remark by Patsy,
led me to remove them all, to paint around the inside of the
frames and leave them out until I had decorated the outside
the outside of the house!
LEFT: I really did remove
the dormer windows with
a hammer to decorate
them, and apply the tile
sheet to the roof!
BELOW LEFT: Paint
about 10mm around the
inside of windows, to save
fiddly touch ups later.
And biggest mistake of all – the dormer roof windows.
I had already (following the instructions) glued the
assembled dormers to the roof when I realised that - a) it
would have been easier to paint the insides of the dormers,
and decorate the outside BEFORE attaching them and b) I could not cover the roof in the textured tile finish sheet
I had bought, with the dormers in place. There was no way
around it, I used a small persuader (hammer) and with a
sharp sideways knock managed to remove the dormers.
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Morning
After...
rning Aft
er...
- A New Challenge
door panels
LEFT: The two
treatbefore the window
ments were added.
goodness I
ABOVE: Thank
piece of the
had kept a spare
- it has
dining room coving
ued. It
since been discontin
so I had
was a bit warped,
hold it in
to nail it down to
glue set.
position while the
I
go across the doors.
the floors would
put in the
marking on where
the rooms and
out the width of
then measured
.
vertical room dividers
when placing
that I realised that
position
It was at this point
the
how
, I had not planned
front of
the room dividers
windows on the
relation to the
its
would work in
been shown with
house had never
.
the house. As the
noticed the problem
on, I had never
when
undecorated doors
to my attention
brought rudely
Room
However, it was
for the Lemon
the room partition
I was very lucky,
I discovered that
frame.
onto the window
just encroached
I used to
RIGHT: The photo
wallpaper
created the extra
panel.
for the Toile Room
LEFT:
ABOVE AND FAR
a complete
The doors were
and what is
blank canvas,
a clue
more I didn’t have
them!
what to do with
lucky not
LEFT: I was very
octagonal
to have another
, when
roof window moment
out the
I started to plan
can see
room panels. You
the door
on
my pencil lines
just
show the partition
frame.
ABOVE:
Picture caption,
clips the window
HOW TO: GET A MAN INTO
thisBED!
is how I did something
table. Her hat is hanging on the mirror frame - again
table. Her
anotherhat
detail
to show
difference in lifestyle from the
is hang
ing onthe
another detai
the mirro
rSarah
l to In
suite below.
the Duchess suite,
look
likeDuke’s
a handSuite,
written
framewould
After trying a man lying on thetobed
in the
show
- againhave her
the diffe
suite below
. Inher
I decided to go a step further ...note mcommy non velit
maid put
away (andrence
have in
thelifest
room
put it somethehat
Duch
yletofrom
ess suite,
maid put
the
Sarah
her hat
where).
Here
in the
room above,
it balances
on the mirror HOW TO: GET
auguerostie min
would have
away
(and
I started the bed
dressingsABO
in my
usual
making
A MAN
VE:
where). Here
her
have
Pictuway
INTO BED
re caption,
room
in the
until ready
to be
used again.the
(See
the to
‘How
panel to
After folded
room
thisfor
!
put itto’some
sheet fabric
and covering
trying astrips
is valances
until ready
above, it
how
man of
I did
balances
lying on the
be used
I decidthe
maketoyour
own).again
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on the mirro
top half
in the
same
fabric. I some
madething
two
tobed
ed mattress
look
to go a step
make your
in the
. (See the
like
r
a
Duke
hand
furth
own)
’s Suite
writt,en
The dressing
table is simply ‘How
dressed
reflect the fact
er ready
.
and was then
add the man.
...note to
BELOW:
to’topane
I startepillows,
mcom
l to
The dress
Chloe’s dress
my non velit
d the bed
ingdressing
BELOW:
Chloe’s
that iting
is not
‘home’
one. Her cosmetics and toiletries
dress
tablea is
table conta
augu
folded strips
simply
erost
that it is not
in my
I stripped
downings
a ready
made
doll
that all he was
ins a rathe
ieso
dress to
usua
min
of sheet
l way
r a rather
table contains
are ina a‘hom
leather
vanity case. Aed
pair reflec
of cologne
bottles
makibow
showy leopa
e’ one.
the mattr
ng tie and
t the fact
c for
are in a leath
wearing
afabri
white
shirt.
I removed
Her cosm
valan
ess top was
rd
ces and his
half in the
etics
er from
vanit
vanitybeads),
showy print
leopard
print
(made
on the
table
a small jewel pillows,opened
andwith
cover
y vanity
case which
toilet
same
case. Aare
ingcollar
shirt collar
slightly
glued
the
(made from
ries
and wasthe
fabric.and
was just
pair of colog
I made two
then ready
case which
was just
boxbead
(golds),painted
metal casting),
jewellery
ne bottles(more beads
irresistable
are on the
to the
addupstanding
box (gold
I strippeddown flat (rather than
the man. Edwardian dress
!
table with
painted meta chain
down
irresistable!
with aabrush,
comb and scissors.
small jewe
a ready
shirt
style)
to make
it look more like a night shirt. (1)
l castinlinks)
and diam and diamante
wearing was
made
l
g), jewellery
doll
ante chain
so that all
a white shirt.
(mor
links) with
he was sitting
opened the
I remo
I bent
man
90 degree
a brush, comb e beads
vedinto
shirtthe soft-bodied
hisabow
r sligh
and scissors.
down flat positioncolla
tly and
(with
his legs
out glued
flat in fronttieofand
him). To keep
(rath than
the collar
the upsta
shirt style)him toerthis
while
him bent over I took a
ndingI had
to make it position,
Edwa
rdian dress
look more
his abottom.
(2)
like
I bent the scalpel and cut across
1
night shirt.
soft-bodied
(1)
man into
position (with
This
two wires
down his legs which
a 90running
degree sittin
hisrevealed
legs out flat
him to this I cut
in
with
wire
snips.
Its
important
to
front of him). gcut these as
position,
while I had
scalpel and otherwise
Tohe
keep
withhim
his bent
bottom cut)
will not sit
cut acros (even
over I took
s his botto
a
m. (2)
This revea upright. (3)
led two wires
I cut with
runn
that done Iing
glued
himhisin position nestled between
down
wireWith
snips
legs whic
. Its impo
otherwise
h
rtant to cut
thewith
two pillows.
(even
these as
his bottom
upright. (3)
cut) he will
not
I made a quilt, again following
mysitusual bed dressing
With that
done routine, using a rectangle of pale blue silk brocade,
the two pillow I glued him in posit
ion nestledhem at the foot end of the
s.finished with a turned-under
between
bed, and strips of fringed braid along
the floor edges
I made a
quilt, again
quilt.ing
Along the top edge I glued on a turned
routine, using of thefollow
my usual
bedWith
underngle
strip
sheet fabric.
the
dress
finished with a recta
of of
ingquilt and top sheet
pale
blue silk
a turne
d-under
assembly
complete
I spraybroca
gluedde,the back and wrapped
bed, and
hem at the
strips of fring
foot tucking
end of the
it over
man in the
bed,
him in as I applied
edthe
of the quilt.
braid
along the
Along the
floor
top quilt. The spray
the glued
glueedge
wass repositionable durunder strip
of sheet fabri edge I glued on a
ing thisc.process
I couldturne
workdthe quilt over the body,
assembly
With thesoquilt
complete
and
I spray
top sheet
it over the
and
onceglued
dry it froze the
shape
perfectly.
the back
man in the
and wrap
bed,
the glued
ped
quilt.
him in
With thetucki
manngfixed
in position,
as I appliI cut several sheets of
ing this proce The spray glue was
them
together,edcreased them to look
repos
ss so I newspaper,
itiona
could work glued
and once
ble
durtheglued
dry it froze used and then
into the man’s hands. (4)
quilt them
over the
the shape
body,
perfectly.
With the man
fixed in posit
newspape
ion, I cut
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r, glued them
several sheet
used and
together,
s of
then glued
creased them
them into
to look
the man’s
hands. (4)
4
! (see
window moment
an octagonal roof
it could have been
s).
panels grey to
Flatpack to Fabulou
between the room
panels.
I painted the spaces
decorating the
the house and started
coving
match the rest of
wallpaper and
too many bits of
I had bought far
of leftovers to
load
box
a
and so had
first time around,
several of the wall
a good thing because
raid. Which was
been discontinued.
taking
coverings had
a problem, was
could have been
depth
One thing that
surface and the
height of the floor
the panels
into account the
had simply made
the house. If I
shut. So
of the coving in
would not have
doors
the
to
d out size
to the measure
the skirting boards
ments to raise
measure
in the
my
and
d
I adjusted
I shortene
floorboards, and
to
sit on top of the
ends of the coving
the
angled
sorts
case of the deeper
of the house.
that
Room.
Toile
inside
the
slip
in
was the cotton
had a
The biggest problem
curtains, but I
the
making
it when
I had run out of
the chest of drawers
mad) plan! I removed
,
cunning (if not
of fabric showing
the largest area
) and took a
from the wall with
in the process!
of the legs off
im(breaking one
with the digital
to do a lot of playing
right. Once
photo of it. I had
the colour just
op, before getting
age in Photosh
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ABOVE: Chloe’s father has had enough of the kids - you
can imagine what he thinks when he see’s she is still getting dressed and her husband is still in bed!
HOW TO: MAKE A HAT
1. The hat was made by covering a doughnut shape,
a strip (the height of the crown and long enough to be
Chloe sits at the matching chair, and just as I did for her
made into a tube) and a circle of card (the top of the
husband in the bed, I bent her at 90 degrees and cut the
crown) in blue satin.
joint between bottom and legs (It took a couple of times
2. I stuck an organza frill to the underside of the
to finally cut the wire to stop her springing back upright),
doughnut, and cut an ‘X’ in the centre (so that it
once this was done I glued her dress to her bottom, then
would hang up).
ABOVE:
her to the chair (I have found that if you don’t, the
3. The crown was glued to the brim and a strip of
Chloe’s glued
father has
can imag
stick
to the chair and can ‘flap’ about).
matching braid added to the crown. This was followed
had
enou
ine whatdoll may not
gh of the
he thinks
kids
ting dress
touch
a mirror
in -her
by the circle into the top of the crown.
youhand, through which
when
hewas
ed and her The final
see’s she
is
husb
still
getshe canand
see is
herstill
father
standing at the
doorway - although
4. It was finished with a spray of marabou feathers
in bed!
HOW
Chloe sits
she can already hear him berating her husband for stillTO: MAKE
and
a white plastic bird painted pale blue.
A HAT
at the matc
1. The hat
hing
husband in
was made
in bed!
chair, and
by covering
the bed, being
just as I did
a strip (the
I
bent
a doughnut
joint betw
her at 90
for her
height of
een botto
shape,
degrees and
the crown
made into
m and legs
and long
cut the
to finally
a tube) and
(It took a
enough to
cut the wire
a circle of
crown) in
couple of
be
to stop her
card (the
once this
times
blue satin
top of the
springing
was done
.
2.
I
back
stuck
I
glued
upright),
an organ
glued her
her dress
za frill to
to the chair
to her botto
doughnut,
the underside
(I have found
m, then
doll may
and cut an
of the
not stick
that if you
‘X’ in the
would hang
to the chair
don’t, the
centre (so
The final
up).
1
and can ‘flap
that it
touch was
3.
The
’
abou
crown was
a mirror in
t).
she can see
glued to the
her hand,
her father
matching
through whic
brim and
standing
she can alrea
braid
a
at
adde
h
strip
the doorw
d to the crow
of
dy hear him
by the circle
ay - altho
n. This was
being in bed!
berating her
ugh
into the top
followed
husband for
of the crow
4. It was
finished with
still
n.
a spray of
and a white
marabou
plastic bird
feathers
painted pale
blue.
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