More than a year ago, now, I came across Petite Properties' Traveller's Rest . I've long had an interest in dollhouse miniatures; I love to look at little things on Etsy, but I'd never actually attempted anything in miniature before. Somehow, though, I knew I needed to do this. I'm a little obsessed with coaching inns -- although it probably wasn't actually so fun to travel in the Georgian era, the romance of it really resonates with me. So I decided I was going to give it a go, and try to turn Traveller's Rest into a coaching inn. Possibly this was completely crazy to take on, given 1:48 is so much smaller than even traditional dollhouse sizes, but what I actually found as I got into it was that as long as I went slow, things (mostly) went okay. It quickly became apparent, though, that ONE 1:48 house wasn't going to be sufficient to hold everything a coaching inn should, and I really wanted to give it some architectural and historic accuracy. I pic
Updated 8/28/2021 with new shops I've noticed: I have been afraid to start on this post because it means going back through SO MANY posts and Pinterest pins and who knows what else, but I also know it's something I can do because I can recall how difficult it was to find items when I was looking to source everything I needed for this project. So this is as complete a list as I can make it, which means it's probably not complete at all...there are certainly shops missing where I just forgot where I got things or purchased one item from an Etsy or eBay store. I hope it will still be helpful to folks, though! Shops are generally listed under the category where I got the most items from but if I got a lot from several categories they are cross-listed. I've also included some web sites that have been on my radar or used for other projects even if I didn't use them for this one. They're noted as such. These are all 1:48 scale or O Scale unless otherwise noted. Please