Tuesday 25 February 2014

Working on the Pantry & Staff Room for the Florist Shop.

Hello my dear friends,

Hope everyone is alright and that you have enjoyed your weekend. I have finally settled back at work but still miss being at home. Obviously I have less time on my hands to play with my miniatures but I try to fit in some time for myself. The weather is pretty much the same but Spring is definitely in the air. Today I want to welcome a new follower to my blog. Welcome Dany!

Today I will be sharing with you some more work that I have been making in my Florist Shop. I have finally started with the upper room which will be transformed into a Pantry for the staff. It will also be used to receive clients who need a special order for a special occasion. 

The rooms are quite big and can afford some adaption to them. So the first thing that I wanted to add was two extra walls to make a cubical. Nothing really special but I knew that with some extra feature the room itself will look very different. So first I wanted to have an idea what I was going to add. In a place where you work usually the cubicles can be small with just a toilet and a small sink. I had this modern toilet which I had never used and I knew that it would fit in perfectly. Then I wanted to add a small sink. The only problem was that I didn't find what I wanted for this particular room. So I made the sink and taps myself out of polymer clay. The pipe works is made out of a drinking straw which I painted in a metal color. I am really pleased how it turned out.   

The Sink that I made out of polymerclay 

Inside the cubical
After wall papering the left hand side corner of the room and added a tiled floor paper I have added a front door and an L-shape wall to close the cubical. There are still some accessories that I wish to add to the little cubical. When the wall was fitted I wall papered the rest of the room and added a false door at the back which supposedly leads to the shop downstairs. 

The finished room

The false door leading to the shop downstairs

The little cubical 
I was very happy how it all turned out. Then I started playing around with some pieces of furniture to see how it all fitted in.  Problems always seem to crop up in projects like these. When it happens you have to prepare yourself to actually go around it and solve it. I wanted to fit in a sofa just next to false door, only that I couldn't find one to fit in the space. They where too big, or too classical or too modern. In short words I didn't like what I found, so I ended up once again making my own miniature sofa. I chose a nice pink patterned material that I had for years and it blended in so well.  My dear Scottish friend Maretta had sent me some lovely fairy cushions last Christmas and they fitted in just perfectly with the sofa. To match the sofa I have also made some roman blinds for the window. 

My hand made sofa with the lovely fairy cushions 

Matching roman blinds

The blinds from outside
I was really pleased how they turned out. So far I have added some pieces of furniture but there is still so much that I need to add.

The Pantry / Staff room


And this is how the room looks like so far. Most probably I will still add another piece of furniture and more accessories for sure.

I also wanted to let you know that my 9th downloadable book is available now called  'Love Quotes' 
You can download it from this link Love Quotes








I have also added some new miniature ceramic plates which you can find in my Etsy shop My Miniature World Shop. I have made a pair of Twilight Saga Plates for those Twilight Fans and some classical plates. Please do visit my shop as there are some very interesting pieces. 


 






 






 





So this is all for today. Next time we'll meet I will share with you some more progress on my Florist Shop so do keep tuned.

Take Care and See you soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx



12 comments:

  1. Hi Rebecca! You have been very busy :D! I like your progress on the Florist Shop, what a fantastic idea to create this room above the shop. Your bathroom is wonderful, I like the sink and the taps, nice work of polymer clay.
    The book and the dinner plates are excellent work, they are gorgeous.
    Have a nice day! Hugs, Ilona

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  2. Hi Rebecca! Your little cubicle is excellent! You've done a wonderful job on the sink, it fits in perfectly.
    The furniture is really bringing the room to life and will look great with some accessories. Your sofa is gorgeous! Along with the blinds they add that extra color to the room which looks great.
    I look forward to seeing more soon!
    Kind regards, Brian.

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    1. Thank you so much. I am pleased you like them.

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  3. Rebecca I love your little sink and sofa, they both turned out well are you going to add Posters too since it's a break room (here in America we have to put up work health and safety posters as well as fair wage notices from the government)

    it looks wonderful
    Hugs
    Marisa

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  4. Hi Rebecca, I was wondering where you sourced all your miniature pieces and materials from?

    Do you use eBay?

    Hope to hear from you soon!

    Olivia
    olivia.cappuccini@superherotv.co.uk

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    1. Most of them I make them myself but eBay is a good start

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    2. Most of them I make them myself but eBay is a good start

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