With the arrival of my chosen wallpaper and flooring papers yesterday, I have finally started the preparation of the shop box by painting the outside of the ‘building’. The shop itself is a 1:12th scale flat pack MDF Room Box Shop Kit with a white shop front purchased from the Beautifully Handmade ebay shop. OnceContinue reading “Preparing the shop box – part 1: Exterior”
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Fresh from the oven…
You walk into the bakery, the air is filled with the smells of fresh bread and warm pastry. There is a counter full of golden savoury pies, pasties and sausage rolls and sweet iced treats, biscuits and cakes. Which to choose? My choices were easy… freshly baked pasties and pies And a light and fluffyContinue reading “Fresh from the oven…”
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Have you had your 5-a-day?
An essential part of any Victorian grocery store would have been fruits & vegetables. I want my doll-sized green grocery section to offer a fairly authentic selection of produce so I thought I should do a bit of research to see what most Victorian grocers had to offer. According to Michael Mosley: There were plentyContinue reading “Have you had your 5-a-day?”
It’s a Wonder the Victorians Survived … — A Reader’s Reflections
… Not to mention that they built bridges, railways and an Empire! Last Saturday I fell foul of a dodgy fowl and spent the next few hours feeling extremely sorry for myself battling a bout of food poisoning … and it got me thinking! In the course of researching for my Severn Family Saga, I […]Continue reading “It’s a Wonder the Victorians Survived … — A Reader’s Reflections”
Home is where the heart is…
After years of admiring traditional doll’s houses, I finally bought one of my own. I chose a 6 room medium sized design called Radcliff House which was produced by Dolls House Direct. It is 72 cm (H) x 75cm x 44cm (D). I liked the Victorian design and the size seemed manageable. It came inContinue reading “Home is where the heart is…”
Looking for design inspiration… visiting a living Victorian town.
A few months ago we took our boys to visit Beamish Museum in County Durham, England. This is not your typical museum with artefacts locked away in glass cases. It is an entire town that you can walk around. They have transported real period buildings from their original locations, rebuilt them brick-by-brick and furnished themContinue reading “Looking for design inspiration… visiting a living Victorian town.”
Lindsay & Sons General Store 