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 fireplaces and coal grates are from Herdwick Landscapes. The eyeglasses are from the remarkable Signea on Etsy, the sandwich is another Medieval Miniatures item, the candle from LaPetiteMaisonDAmour on Etsy, and the hat was custom made for me by Mini From Italy on Etsy. The satchel is one of a number of metal luggage items I picked up and painted -- at some point I'll try to log them all up and run a post of sites that carry them. Actually at some point it would be a good idea for me to just post ALL the sites I've used. Maybe at the end of the project. I've picked up various lavender plants and I can't remember if this one is from Seaside Miniatures or not. But they're the only ones I can remember presently.

The people staying in the next room are having an affair, I've decided, using this room for a clandestine meeting. 

The bed I picked up somewhere along the way, I know I've seen it on several sites since so I can't remember which it came from. The table and chairs are 3d printed from Shapeways, and the tea and crumpets set are from Desert Minis (I hear she is retiring soon, which is a shame). The chest is from Petworth Miniatures. The woman's boots are from Cynthia Howe Miniatures and the men's are 3d printed from Shapeways. I'm not super happy with the chairs as I started out spray painting them brown and my paint was gudgy. I might order another set if they bug me too much. But I am super chuffed about how the men's top boots came out. The bed pan is actually a railroad stop sign with layers of polyfiller on top, spray painted copper and then the handle painted brown. The little side table by the bed is 3d printed from Shapeways, while the real (it has actual pages!) open book is from Jean Day Miniatures.

The fellow in the next room is fighting a duel tomorrow. 

I am really happy with how the duelling pistols turned out (3d printed from Shapeways and then spray painted gold, filled in with brown paint, and painted with a brown wash) -- I feel like the photos don't do them justice. The trunk was another railway site pickup, the bed and rocking chair are also 3d printed from Shapeways, while this chest is from Mini Etchers. I picked up quite a few ewer and basin kits which have been used in each of the rooms, but the one shown in this room is the only one I can recall the source of (and believe me, I searched!). It's from Stewart Dollhouse. I think others came from Mini Etchers as they also do some 3d printing stuff, but I can't find it on their site now. The corner shelf is from Petite Properties, flask from Stewart Dollhouse, apple from Medieval Miniatures, and book from Kenna Gal on eBay. You can hardly see it, but there's a metal bathtub behind the bed!

The last bedroom is occupied by some militia soldiers who are travelling. 

The pack in front of the bed came in a metal suitcase pack if I recall. The others on the shelf and the bayonets came from a 28mm military site, where I've picked up some things that seem to fit in pretty well (I'll post those in my compendium of links when I track them down!). The book on the shelf (which is from Herdwick) is also from Kenna Gal, and the gloves from Stewart Dollhouse. The flask was part of a 3d printed bunch of things from Shapeways, which I believe I linked from my pub post. The washstand is also from Mini Etchers, while the bed and a trundle bed (which you can hardly if at all see underneath that lovely knit blanket from GA Design Gifts on Etsy) are from Herdwick Landscapes. The Hessian boots are the same 3d printed ones from Shapeways, just painted all black and with threads serving as their tassels.

Oh, and last but not least all of that fantastic historic wallpaper is from Mini Minutia on Etsy. I love their stuff. The one thing I haven't sorted for most of them is candles. The wall sconces I had made up were just too big for the spaces and I've got an idea for alternatives, but I need to order them. Possibly this inn is going to stint on candles to save money, haha!

Whew! That's a lot to try to catalog. It was a lot of work to get them done, too! Putting all of these details in takes a lot of time, but I find it's worth it when the rooms then tell a story, and there's lots of little bits to discover.

I'm still trying to sort what I'm on to next. I only have two structures left to do, so I'm now well over the "hump" so to speak. But it looks like there's an issue with my non-Petite Properties kit. I'm hoping to hear back from the seller, but right now, Humpty Dumpty's parts just don't fit together.