Old Farmhouse Roombox, part 2

There is something I meant to ask you, my mini friends: How do you handle all the various media? Facebook, Instagram, Blog?

The basic question is, of course, why are we publishing things?

• In the first place, everybody needs a bit of recognition.
• 2ndly, one can share experiences and be inspired by others.
• And then there is the interaction with others because building minis is not exactly someting you do in a team... 😏

 I thought I will make life easier and cancel one of these channels, but it seems that

• Miniature groups and personal friends can only be reached via FB... 
• Instagram is a 'must' because many people changed from FB to this
• And a blog is the place where one can get a bit more detailed than just showing pix

Good and valid reasons to keep going in all the media channels. But maybe you have a clever system as to what info goes where? If so - please share!

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Ok, back to minis!

My room box is coming along. 

The ceramic oven was trial and error process. After talking to Tiny Ceramics, I realized that they did not have corner pieces, only flat tiles. I then made a model with paper covering. It looked nice - but definitely not real enough.

So, I turned to foamed PVC - not quite sure how I could get the glazed look though.

Samples, samples, samples...

In the end, it was simple: I spray painted it with acrylic, then dry brushed the gaps with brown acrylic and allowed a 'used' look by not cleaning it all off the tiles, and finished it with clear gloss.

Chairs: 

The back rest had to be laser cut. But I don't have a local library like Kristine, where this could be done and I only wanted to ask Carol as a last resort. After many phone calls I finally found someone locally who does small jobs like this one 😄

The slanted legs would be an issue - I knew that! So, I had my son do a bit of a cheat and he designed the bottom part so that I could 3d print them ;-). Now I just have to finish the paint job - but I first want to make the table as well.

The master piece of this room box is definitely this walnut cupboard!

Plotting the lock shields did not work - the machine could not handle these 1cm pieces. I was very disappointed. But as I walked out of the hobby shop, I spotted some interesting and very cheap scissors! Another 'yeah'!!! 

key production...

So, this is where I am at now.

I don't like that piece of furniture I made on the left under the window - it doesn't look 'farmy' enough and competes with the cupboard. An old-fashioned chest would probably look better....

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You might have noticed that I had a few new things designed in 3D. Reason for this was not really that I needed them but my son stayed with me for two weeks after his knee operation and was terribly bored and sorry for himself! I grabbed this situation and made him do CAD work for board/lodging, coffee service and the occasional warm meal 😀😀😀 But I think he quite enjoyed it as well, especially designing the beer crate...

Printed in 'Frosted Ultra' and then colored with permanent felt pen the bottles remain translucent

    

Now, I wish you all a great week ahead, sunshine, spring feeling and all!

My bike is already in action again 😊

Marion

Bathroom Provencal

I did finish this a while ago but needed new LEDs. The ones I usually use from Modeltrainsoftware turned out to have a green tint - very strange. The ones from Nalladris look much more natural, especially on photos.

Here a few detail shots:

the tiles are real tiles - love their shine

please note the bathroom key ;-)

.. more to come soon - taking big steps at the moment: it is like a puzzle finally coming together..

marion

Working with Versi Flags Flooring

After all this I am now highly qualified in laying tiles!

And I have to admit that I had to rip out the entrance area again after I messed it up with the grouting... grr. But it was only a question of patience - and having enough spare tiles ;-)

I got them from MinimumWorld and they are great because one side is sandstone and the other slate - so, one has the choice. I opted for sandstone inside.

I drew some lines to help me keep the directions.After trying a number of glues, Pritt stick worked best and was least messy.


Once dry, I did NOT varnish them but spread polyfiller on the entire surface - covering everything with a VERY fine coat.

Just to immediately wipe it off with a damp cloth. Looked as nothing was left ....

... but after 4 minutes it shows that a thin white film remains. Perfect because I wanted a more homogenous look - without this 'whitewash' the floor seemed to busy.

Weights come in handy as well...

I made a test to see what varnishing the floor would do - and it showed that the white did disappear somewhat. So, I left it unvarnished, even though a little shine would have looked great as well. Can't have it all!

Here what it looks when all is dry. In the background under the newspaper hides that great door I got from Pipi Turner! Fitting it without a door frame meant that I had to polyfill around... will show you once I have it perfect.

Take care

Marion