The Blackberry Patch
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The Canterbury
Second Floor
The Sitting Room
These 2 rooms were really too small for much, so the furniture is way out of scale to the first floor!
(ok, I was new to this!) The wallpaper is a commercial dollhouse paper. The carpet is a piece
of peach velvet. The rug is from a kit done with markers. The settee, chair, and footstool
are of balsa. The chair was formed by steaming the balsa, and letting it dry while taped
around a tomato paste can! Legs on the settee and footstool are beads. The stove is from
balsa, with a grommet for the pipe. The small rug is done with markers on adia cloth.
The bookcase is from balsa as well. The light in the tower alcove is a cap from a gumball machine trinket.
The other light is Sculptey clay. Items on the sofa table are clay, as well. The book is a scrap
piece of balsa with a cover, and edges painted gold. The sewing basket is a gift from my
daughter.
The Bed Room
Not a good picture at all! The wallpaper is 'big people' paper. Carpet is a piece of blue velvet.
The rug, again, is from a kit done with markers. The bed is balsa, I loved the bead, and could not
resist using it on the headboard, though anyone who sleeps here would probably be annoyed
by it! The bench is from balsa, painted gold, with a velvet cover, and gold trim. The room
divider is cardboard, with pictures from magazines, and gold embossed paper. The desk is gold
painted balsa, with embossed paper. The chair is from gold earrings, with velvet backing.
Not very visible are desk accessories, a feather pen, paper, a picture of a handsome gentleman,
and a flower. The crooked working light fixture is from Sculptey clay.
Well, that completes the tour!
A little note:
This wallpaper is a picture of the blackberry patch at my Mother's
house in Whitmire, S.C.
Picture is courtesy of Tony
Sassaman.
Last Updated Feb. 14, 2000