Quarter Scale Coaching Inn

One thing I hadn't initially been thinking about is the big space that was going to be made when I joined the two Butterwick Houses together . I decided rather than do more bedrooms or other living spaces that I should make them storage spaces, and I had a lot of fun with doing them, going so far as to go all the way back through my stash of items and find some items that I didn't think I was going to use anywhere else, to get rid of them, so to speak. It also let me use the giant hutch from Seaside Miniatures that I didn't think would fit anywhere. I don't think I can log up every single piece of furniture but here are some of the big ones: the butcher shop items (which I displayed as a sort of "larder" on the bottom floor) were from Just Quarters ; the butter churn you see above and the open barrels were from Stewart Dollhouse ; other barrels and metal parts were from S&D Models , but the chain, hook, and some other metal items were from Narrow Gau...

I did indeed manage to finish more rooms today! These were the upper floor of my Hobbler's Loft kit (the stables are on the lower floor). On the left is the servants' hall, which is doing several different duties. The big, wonderful Braxton Payne  fireplace with the Herdwick Landscapes spit allows it to serve as a second kitchen (probably needed quite a bit of the time given how many rooms are serving up food!). It's also where the servants eat, but unlike the rest of the fully set tables, I wanted this to look like just two people had sat down to eat, as it's likely they would be in and out in an establishment such as this, perhaps grabbing a bite between stagecoaches. The big swinging arm with tea kettle is also from Herdwick Landscapes, while the kettle itself is from S&D Models . The cauldron is from  Virtual Dollhouse . I believe all of the bread is from Medieval Miniatures on Etsy, but it's also possible a loaf or two is from Stewart Dollh...