The Blackberry Patch
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The Canterbury
First Floor
The Parlor
The ceiling is circle tiles. The working light fixture
is a green plastic ring, with braid and beads attached.
The curtains look blue in this picture(!) but are actually purple
velvet. The lace inserts are cut
from lace fabric. The sofa and chair are cardboard based,
with a thick felt-like padding, covered in a
silk fabric. The doilies are cut from lace. The pillows,
again, are purple velvet. The wallpaper is 'big
people' paper. The rug is from a kit, done with markers.
The table is made from balsa, stained mahogany.
The windows came with the house, and had white panes. I took
charcoal point paint, and painted
over the white to make it look like lead. The stained glass
effect was done with watered down
metallic paints. The fireplace is made from balsa, scored
and painted to look like brick. The mantel
is Sculptey Clay blended to look like marble. The bowl and
the fruit are clay as well.
The doorknob is a clear faceted glass bead. The pictures beside
the window are cut from a
magazine, the frames are cut from a gold paper doily.
The plant is cut from silk leaves, and is in a copper painted bottle
cap.
From a different angle.
This shows the fireplace in more detail. The mirror is from
a compact, with a Sculptey clay frame.
There was a fire screen, until some little ones decided to play
with the house! I must put
it back on!
The Study
This was my favorite room to do. Probably supposed to be a dining room, but I found it too small for that.
I painted the walls red, then black, then another coat of red. Not very visible in this picture, are panels
with pictures inlaid in the wood, trimmed with gold paint. The wooden valance is balsa stained
mahogany. The curtains are a silky damask fabric, the inserts cut from lace cloth. The floor is balsa,
scored to look like peg boards, then stained light oak. The ceiling is small circle tiles, painted copper.
The working light fixture is from embossed gold paper. The rug is from a kit done with markers.
The chair and table are balsa, stained mahogany. The chair seat is from a leather-look wallpaper
sample. (a great source!) The globe was an earring (!) put on a stacked bead base, with jewelry
wire holding it in place. The clock is an old sweater clasp, with a clock finding glued on.
The tobacco jar, pipe, ashtray, and cup are Sculptey clay. The book is a small piece of
balsa with a cover glued on, and edges painted gold.
The Kitchen
Not very good pics, but taking pictures of a dollhouse is not easy!
The ceiling tile here is the
same as the study. Wallpaper is dollhouse paper. The
floor tiles are dollhouse tiles. The sink
is scored balsa wood, with a small jelly container as a sink.
The drain is part of a dress snap.
Curtains are from lace cloth, hung on a kabob stick. The cupboard'
is from cardboard painted black
with red, green and gold flowers. Rug is done
with markers on adia cloth. The stove, one of
my favorite pieces, is from balsa. The brick hearth and tile
backguard are scored. The tiles
are cut from a magazine ad, glued on, then sprayed with acrylic
spray. The stove is painted
with black paint mixed with silver. The knobs are beads.
The burners are from a paper doily,
painted silver. The stovepipe is a flexible drinking straw.
Stove feet are buttons.
Various kitchen items, the molds over the stove, planter, coffeepot,
cup, and kettle
are clay. The stool is balsa with toothpick legs. The
basket is a gift from my daughter,
the apples are clay. The working light fixture is clay, as
well.
That's it for the first floor!
A little note:
This wallpaper is a picture of blackberries in bloom at my Mother's house in Whitmire, S.C.
Picture is courtesy of Tony Sassaman.
Last Updated Feb. 14, 2000