tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804005708536841242024-03-14T06:50:38.469+00:00Empire StoresFrom the kit by Sid CookeKath Cryerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113968650589409662noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880400570853684124.post-40528530232559346762018-11-14T21:30:00.000+00:002018-11-14T13:36:07.703+00:00The Top Floor and attic space.As I moved onto the top floor area of this lovely three dimensional property I knew it was always going to pose a little bit of a dilemma for me. The joy of the three dimensional aspect which so attracted me to it, at the same time gives me challenges as I go along. But none that I haven't been able to overcome thus far. <br />
As I was sure that I didn't want the stairs opening up into the larger room, which was how it was originally configured, I needed to be able to make a separate landing and two rooms like on the floor below, so as is usual for me, I set about working out how to do it....<br />
These first few pictures show the original layout with the stairs coming up into one big room with one door leading into a small bedroom.<br />
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As you can see from this next picture I have continued on up with the wallpaper the same as the landing below and laid the electrics for the floor below. </div>
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I've painted the dividing wall</div>
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and made and painted another wall to make the division for the new landing and now smaller sewing room.</div>
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The new layout prior to being glued in position</div>
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This is the view along the landing from the bedroom doorway. </div>
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The bedroom</div>
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Chimmney breast added. I've grooved along the floor to add the wires for the two fires in these rooms</div>
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This smaller room will now become the sewing room</div>
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Here you can see the stairs coming up from the floor below. </div>
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All this landing area had to be decorated, flooring laid and lighting added before I could glue in the dividing wall.</div>
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Skirting board all added now</div>
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Sewing room now wallpapered</div>
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View along the new landing again....</div>
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And from the other end of the landing looking into the bedroom at the end. I love the way this view gives the feeling of it being a real house!</div>
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So now we have the top floor complete! The attic can wait until another day....</div>
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<br />Kath Cryerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113968650589409662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880400570853684124.post-42385583511601433862018-11-14T11:04:00.000+00:002018-11-14T12:11:00.298+00:00Overdue new photos update!It's nice to be able to take some new photographs and give an update so here we are ...<br />
I was so happy to find some beautiful shop fittings awhile ago now but because Blogger no longer supports mobile phones/tablets I've had to find a way around getting my photos onto the laptop! I don't know why they've done this. Why fix something that isn't broken as the saying goes...? I had gotten so used to using my tablet to update as it was so easy and convenient., so this has been such a nuisance. Anyway I've figured it out at last and now have a load of photographs to bring all my blogs up to date!<br />
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This set of photos show the new shop fittings. I'm still not sure which way round to display them and may need another one yet....<br />
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<br />Kath Cryerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113968650589409662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880400570853684124.post-6539628394968932432018-09-24T20:30:00.000+01:002018-09-24T20:30:39.931+01:00An update!I know it has been a long time since I updated this blog and there has been a few changes to my Empire Stores since then. I've also been working on some other projects inbetween times....<br />
After a visiting a lovely couple of fairs I was able to buy a few needed supplies including some beautiful Maggie Sue Dolls and the fittings for the shop! But first I want to show you my beautiful sewing cuboard…<br />
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This sewing cupboard began life as a basic, barewood piece. It was very rough so needed lots of sanding down</div>
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Kath Cryerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113968650589409662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880400570853684124.post-17978589013893828572016-12-29T14:08:00.001+00:002016-12-29T14:29:40.383+00:00Christmas 2016Hello all. I hope you have all had a lovely Christmastime......I'm afraid I've not touched my minis over the holidays but I did get a little time just beforehand to finish off the downstairs hallway and first floor landing. These are the first two areas to be completed and I'm happy with how they've turned out.<div><br><div>After getting the lighting sorted out and the wallpaper done I got the flooring laid and the cornice and skirting boards fitted. Then it was just a matter of making some curtains for the window on the landing....I needed to do that before the staircase is fitted leading up to the second floor as it won't be accessible after that.</div><div>You can just see a glimpse of this window in the photo here.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7PsBOtOhjEk/WGUY0CpguRI/AAAAAAAAcvc/mIIGAJLjeRo/s640/blogger-image-1225458172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7PsBOtOhjEk/WGUY0CpguRI/AAAAAAAAcvc/mIIGAJLjeRo/s640/blogger-image-1225458172.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The doors aren't glued in yet until the rooms on the other side are decorated. I found a good way of making 'porcelain' door knobs by using nail polish! I'm pleased with how they look and they make a change from having brass ones.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yFyE78G23NY/WGUY3-Ixh8I/AAAAAAAAcvk/eZyazIn3sSM/s640/blogger-image-1979241489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yFyE78G23NY/WGUY3-Ixh8I/AAAAAAAAcvk/eZyazIn3sSM/s640/blogger-image-1979241489.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I need to fit the stair rods and put back all the spindles I knocked off whilst fitting the carpet....but I just wanted to see how it is going to look! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-61hM7FgnnuQ/WGUY18YWmoI/AAAAAAAAcvg/Va_fr63K50g/s640/blogger-image-1569473460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-61hM7FgnnuQ/WGUY18YWmoI/AAAAAAAAcvg/Va_fr63K50g/s640/blogger-image-1569473460.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The downstairs entrance hall is now complete apart from the door which needs gluing once I have decorated the shop area. I'm really happy with it and especially pleased that my working grandfather clock fits just right in there and is the first thing I see when I open the door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At the other side of this landing wall is the kitchen and parlour. I think these are the next two rooms I'm going to be working on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The chimney breasts are fitted in both the kitchen and the parlour and both the fires are wired up.....</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ezp26xRyXm8/WGUdVFyIjbI/AAAAAAAAcv4/HqdL2tpPHo0/s640/blogger-image-2050740451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ezp26xRyXm8/WGUdVFyIjbI/AAAAAAAAcv4/HqdL2tpPHo0/s640/blogger-image-2050740451.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TpHT7eSdrNA/WGUdTR9PNII/AAAAAAAAcv0/lwb6a7PzxYQ/s640/blogger-image-647688845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TpHT7eSdrNA/WGUdTR9PNII/AAAAAAAAcv0/lwb6a7PzxYQ/s640/blogger-image-647688845.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And here we are looking all festive! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-10ICWsuYg7Y/WGUdRoS45xI/AAAAAAAAcvw/Ejd98kUopV0/s640/blogger-image--708622572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-10ICWsuYg7Y/WGUdRoS45xI/AAAAAAAAcvw/Ejd98kUopV0/s640/blogger-image--708622572.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kz0RqGSGg98/WGUdW0p2zQI/AAAAAAAAcv8/oqFG-wSHfDc/s640/blogger-image--1805053368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kz0RqGSGg98/WGUdW0p2zQI/AAAAAAAAcv8/oqFG-wSHfDc/s640/blogger-image--1805053368.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Kath Cryerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113968650589409662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880400570853684124.post-35055268245361723952016-12-05T16:17:00.002+00:002018-09-13T19:43:51.815+01:00Some inside progress!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
At last I've moved indoors but not until after I had done lots of staring and thinking before doing so! I really had to do this to be sure of my work plans so that I get everything done in the right order as I go along. Building, decorating and lighting a 3d building is abit of a mind boggling affair! To work it all out I sat down and wrote a plan of action - where to route the wires for the lighting and which piece of wall can I stuck in and when? Can I lay this flooring now, at which point will I need to glaze that window and add curtains....? etc etc.</div>
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So far so good - the channels for the wires from the shop lights downstairs and for both fires on the first floor</div>
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So I have brought you up to date with my progress so far...</div>
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I'm so excited to be at this stage and I'm really looking forward to starting the interior decorating now but I was determined to finish the outside first so that the house looks nice sitting in the corner of our living room. I have lots of fun times ahead and lots more planning and thinking to do but the wallpapers, cornices and skirting boards and quite a few of the lights have been bought just waiting for me to start!</div>
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The curve on the wall was a bit of a challenge but I'm pleased with how it's turned out.</div>
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The pillars were quite fiddly.....</div>
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My Phoenix Kitchener range is one such thing! I know it will look lovely in the kitchen.<br />
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Using oddments of wood I've made a chimney breast for it making sure it was a good fit</div>
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Here's how it looked in place on the chimney breast</div>
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Whilst there a friend and I saw a wonderful house with a very realistic roof and when we asked the gentleman whose house it was, he said he'd done it using sticky back vinyl floor tiles from the well known diy shop! Well I just had to have a look so off I popped and sure enough there were some tiles that would just do the job! Slate grey!<br>
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I needed a steady hand - no coffee!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--9yFk_Eqqb0/V_S0bbDt2iI/AAAAAAAAbc8/-SQ6nRTQJeQ/s640/blogger-image-817794143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--9yFk_Eqqb0/V_S0bbDt2iI/AAAAAAAAbc8/-SQ6nRTQJeQ/s640/blogger-image-817794143.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The doors were no problem as I could take them off!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kmIb1dLWFPw/V_S0XJgtrvI/AAAAAAAAbcw/MrKDwmk1-E8/s640/blogger-image-1722459650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kmIb1dLWFPw/V_S0XJgtrvI/AAAAAAAAbcw/MrKDwmk1-E8/s640/blogger-image-1722459650.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Outside painting completed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m_ApTkqNnbA/V_S0VzTPxCI/AAAAAAAAbcs/vpRkF5eMIsI/s640/blogger-image--1550822024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m_ApTkqNnbA/V_S0VzTPxCI/AAAAAAAAbcs/vpRkF5eMIsI/s640/blogger-image--1550822024.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zwiu61vWl8Q/V_S0gKgXA6I/AAAAAAAAbdI/vcNl4QZ6G_Q/s640/blogger-image--644595055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zwiu61vWl8Q/V_S0gKgXA6I/AAAAAAAAbdI/vcNl4QZ6G_Q/s640/blogger-image--644595055.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Kath Cryerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113968650589409662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880400570853684124.post-21225000141805964162016-10-03T21:20:00.001+01:002016-10-04T21:00:51.501+01:00A surprise new project!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Although I bought this new dollshouse earlier in the year I've only just begun my blog for it so please excuse the flurry of posts as I attempt to bring you up to date....</div>
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I have no idea what kind of retail premises it is going to be and as yet the poor shop remains nameless but I am nevertheless so excited about this one. I have always loved this property but thought I would never be able to afford it, although in all honesty I can say it was not at all a planned buy! I just happened to be having a look through Ebay one day and came across it and I couldn't quite believe that it was for sale at such a reasonable price and not only that it was located only along the road from where I live! I tell myself it must have been meant for me - so here we are.</div>
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One of the things that I love about Empire Stores is the 3d aspect and of course all the lovely architectural details which the Sid Cooke range of Dollshouse all have. This house has doors and windows on all three sides and is supplied on a turntable for all round viewing. I plan to have this house in our living room where it will have pride of place and the space to view it from all angles. It is going to look beautiful when lit up on an evening but that is a long way ahead yet.....</div>
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The shop area is a good size and includes a trades men's entrance as well as a private, gated entrance at the other side. Spacious shop windows on two sides offer plenty of display and with four rooms, two staircases and landings and a loft space, the living accommodation above provides lots of scope. I love the little side footpath and have a couple of ideas for that little area.</div>
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As you can see the house has been built already and I'm quite happy about that as having built my Jubilee House from the kit I know it will have been a challenging one to make up. The only disadvantage of decorating a ready built house are the problems you face in getting to some of the inaccessible bits and in the case of this one painting around mouldings which have already been glue in position ie. The windowsills etc. Yes I can foresee a few challenges ahead but I know it will be worth it. </div>
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