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Upstairs bedrooms

So as I mentioned in my last post, I went on a huge offensive over the weekend to try to finish up the four upstairs bedrooms in Butterwick, and I succeeded! The first thing to mention about the bedrooms is that I split the top of my Butterwicks by adding dividers, which made for four cozy bedrooms up top rather than two giant ones. This felt more right for an inn where people would often just be staying overnight. All of the rooms are fairly masculine -- it wouldn't be as common for women to be traveling by themselves, and I thought these rooms would be more often occupied by men. The first room is meant to be one that might be preferred by someone in trade. Although the rooms are mostly geared for a one-night stopover, this one might be used for longer by someone who had business in the area. It's got a table, bed, chair, writing slope and desk from Petworth Miniatures . The picture frames for all of the rooms are also from Petworth, while all of the fir...

Completing the ballroom

I went on a major offensive this weekend trying to get the bedrooms of my Butterwick Houses done, and I did! But it's going to take some time to write up the details for those and I realized that I still haven't posted on completing the ballroom. It's simpler than many of the other rooms as it needs a lot of space in the middle for dancing. On one end are two Petworth Miniatures chairs, and a plant stand I picked up somewhere along the way, which is serving as a little side table to hold another Mini From Italy fan. The vases are actually lamp bases from SJS Originals on Etsy, with some Stewart Dollhouse roses inside and embroidery thread as the greenery. I'm pretty chuffed with how those turned out as I think it's my best tiny painting to date. The fireplace is from Victoria Miniland and boy those are a pain to paint. I think I tried spray paint first and it just wouldn't get into the detailed bits so I had to use regular paint (somewhere around here I h...