At long last..........

Well, it's taken a while but at last there is some progress with The Tearooms.   There is living accommodation in the roof space of The Tearooms - a sitting room and bedroom - and they're coming along quite well. I just need some accessories before showing you all what I've been up to.

I've had this bed for ages but was unsure as to the look I wanted for it.   I'm not comfortable with terribly frilly beds and wanted something a bit understated.   I also wasn't sure of the colours I wanted until I picked up some fabric at Miniatura in March.

I've used an oak "brush on, buff off" wax for the bed itself and the matress that came with the bed was a bit flat so I've double the thickness of that.   It's all been done with glue and spray starch and I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out.

More soon!

Welcome....

I've been in the garden today as it has actually stopped raining.   The first sun for ages.   I've just cut these peonies from the garden and I thought I would share them with my new followers.   

Thank you for visiting my blog.   It's nice to have you here and I hope you like what you see.

Progress has been a bit slow with the Tea Rooms but I've been revamping the Gift Gallery as I wasn't too happy with the way it looked.   This meant removing all the "stock", giving some of it a makeover, adding some new bits and putting everything back.  It's very tempting to put everything in the same place as it was before and I'm trying to avoid that for a different look so I'll be back some time soon with pictures to let you see what I've been up to.

It might not look a lot...............

Given that I was at a mega Miniature fair at the weekend and have already stated elsewhere that I made loads of purchase, this little offering doesn't look a lot but I can assure you, what's here will let me get on very well with The Tearooms in the coming days.

I need the fabric to dress a bed and make blinds (not sure which one I'll use yet), skirting boards to finish it all off and lovely little pictures for the Gift Gallery from a Belgian exhibitor.

It's unfortunate I forgot to ask the sellers if I could post links to their sites but if anyone would like to know who I purchased anything from, please ask.

I'm stuck.........!

Sometimes I just sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits...........

I feel I must apologise to all my followers here as there hasn't been much activity with The Tearooms of late.   The trouble is..........I'm stuck!   I should be decorating the living quarters in the roof space and I bought a lovely carpet at the York Fair in November.   I've also got a sofa and a chair for the room but I'm really struggling with where to take it all next.   Do I paint the walls or paper, if so, what colour?   Do I match the carpet or do I match the furniture?   

To match the carpet is a tricky one as I need to get to a fair to see paper and fabric in real life.   Too many times I've chosen something on-line, only to find that it's the wrong shade.

The more I look at the room and what I've got so far, the more confused I get.   I've tried walking away from it and concentrating on something else (hence the long gap between posts) but that hasn't worked and I'm no further forward.

Inspiration will present itself in time - it usually does and I'll have a bit of a eureka moment - but I felt I had to post something to explain the lack of progress!

Happy New Year!

A very Happy New Year to all my followers - thank you for making this fun! Irene x

Merry Christmas!

A very Merry Christmas to all my followers and I wish you all you wish yourselves.    Irene X

Yum, yum!

Don't these little cakes look yummy?   They arrived today (hurrah, the post in Scotland is moving again) from France.

I chose these two little cakes from the lovely selection offered by Paris Miniatures.

It was very difficult to decide which little cakes I would have - they are all so mouthwatering.

Thank you Emma - I love them!