The Miniature Dutch Baby House Cabinet

 Hello Everyone,

How are you? I hope you are all way. I am very excited to share with you my latest works. I have been working on my latest project which is the The Victorian Miniature Parlour. This is a small shop that sells dolls houses, furniture, accessories and dolls. 

On my previous post I shared that I would be adding a Dutch Baby House Cabinet which I consider it to be the Wow Factor of the room. I have to say it took me a few weeks to complete but the end results are spectacular. 

After completing the exterior of the cabinet it was time to decorate in the interior.

The Exterior of the Dutch Baby House Cabinet

It took me several days to down scale wall paper and flooring for each room. I added interior doors to the side wall wall papers inline with the central hallway as there were no openings to the rooms. I also added decorative papers to the interior of the cabinet doors. I made it a point that the wallpapers are in pastel colour scheme but match.

The interior of the Dutch Baby House Cabinet

Then the tricky part came. Electricity! It was not a joke wiring the tiny thing with led lights and  jewellery for chandeliers.  Every ceiling was wired and lit and I have to say I wasn't expecting it to work or turn out even better than what I hoped for.

Adding lighting to the Cabinet

I made the tiny furniture pieces and painted them. The furniture is 1:144 scale.  Printed tiny painting to decorate the rooms and made tiny flower pots with tiny beads.

The Complete Miniature Dutch Baby House Cabinet

Furnished rooms

Every room was decorated individually. Apart of the hallways, you will find a sitting room, a dining room, a study room, the main bedroom, a little girl's bedroom and the bathroom. 

The Sitting room

The Dinning Room 

The Study

The Main Bedroom 

The Little Girl's Bedroom

The Bathroom

The Hallways

Adding the Dutch Baby House Cabinet to the Shop was a very special moment. Even if the shop is not even close to completion, it made me fell very happy and excited.

Here is also a short video that I took of the Dutch Baby House Cabinet.

Today I also wanted to introduce you to the lovely lady who will be running the Shop. Meet Ms. Julie Motague. A prodigy to the Miniaturist Lady Adelaide. By now you all know The Miniaturist in my Regent Street however I will be sharing their story line some other time. 

Miss Julie Motague

I hope you like what I have done so far. I can't wait to share with you more of my progress on this lovely project that I have really close to my heart. So this is all for today, make sure to keep tuned for the next updates and latest news.

Take Care and See You Soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

The Start of the Interior of The Victorian Miniature Parlour

Hello Everyone,

How are you? I hope you are all well. I have started working on the interior of the first room which will be the shop itself.

I started by painting the staircase. Once that was done, I papered the walls, ceiling and flooring of the room.

I think the shop will eventually look lovely once all the dollshouses and accessories are in place. I wanted something to give the shop the wow factor. I just couldn't figure out what to do considering that the room is quite small and not spacious. 

I remembered that a few years ago I had purchased this miniature Dutch Baby Cabinet. I really didn't know what to do with it or I never had any purpose for it, but now I know that this would be a statement piece in the shop. 

I started off by decorating the exterior of the cabinet and adding pieces to make it more unique. As for the interior, I still have lots to do considering that I have six micro scale rooms to do.

This is all for today. I hope you like what I have done so far. Make sure to keep tuned for the next updates and latest news.

Take Care and See You Soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

Completing the Exterior of the Victorian Miniature Parlour.

 Hello Everyone,

I hope you are doing well and having a great start to your week. A new week brings fresh opportunities, new challenges, and the chance to share the progress on my project the Victorian Miniature Parlour.

Working on the roof can be challenging, but I truly enjoy the process. I start by tiling both the roof and the dormer window, carefully ensuring everything is aligned. Though cutting the wood can sometimes become tedious, the satisfaction of seeing it all come together makes it worthwhile.

Once the tiles are set and fully dried, I paint them in a grey slate colour to achieve a natural, weathered look. To enhance the realism, I add strips of aluminium foil along the edges to mimic the appearance of lead flashing.

Next, I moved on to the roof, installing the battens and securing the aluminium around the edges for the lead flashing. I made sure to leave enough space between the roof battens to accommodate the chimney stack, ensuring a precise and seamless fit.

Once the battens were in place, I weathered the entire roof using earthy tones, adding depth and a natural, aged appearance.

As soon as I determine the placement of the fireplace inside the building, I will install the chimney stack. I always ensure that my chimneys align perfectly with the fireplaces below for a realistic and cohesive design.

Here’s how my Victorian Miniature Parlour project is coming along so far. Every detail is starting to take shape, and I’m excited to see it all come together as I add the final touches.

To wrap things up, this is where my project stands at the moment. There's still more work to be done, but I’m excited about it's progress. I hope you like what I’ve done so far. Stay tuned for the next update as I continue bringing this miniature world to life!

Take Care and See You Soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

Miniature 1:144 scale houses for The Victorian Miniature Parlour

 Hello Everyone,

How are you, I hope you all having a great week. I have been quite busy with the new project. While working on the exterior of The Victorian Miniature Parlour which will be part of my Victorina Street of Shops. I have building the micro scale house that will be fitting inside the miniature shop.

As you might all know The Victorina Miniature Parlour is going to be a shop with dolls houses, room boxes and accessories. These are 1:144 scale as basically they are dolls houses in a 1:12 scale house. 

So far I have built dolls houses from the Petite Properties Collection. I have to say I totally love them. Their kits are easy to assemble

 

My first kit was the little French shop which so far I have also managed to decorate the inside

Then I started working on the others, but so far I haven't decorated inside yet.

This is what I have been doing so far. I hope you like the little buildings. I can't wait to share with you my progress on this project. Make sure to keep tuned for the next updates and latest news.

Take care and  See You Soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

Work in Progress: The Exterior of The Victorian Miniature Parlour.

 Hello Everyone,

How are you all? I hope you all had a great weekend. I have been a bit under the weather in last couple of days after travelling to both Scotland and Sicily in less than a week. Change of the weather tends to do that to me. So between resting and doing a few shores, I got to work a bit more on the exterior of The Victorian Miniature Parlour.

The exterior of this new shop took me a while to complete as there is a few stages to go through but the end results always puts a big smile on my face. 

I started off by bricking off the wall exteriors which takes a few hours to finish off. 

Once dried, I built the two room dolls house. The ground floor will be turned into the dolls house miniature shop and the upper room will be more of a display and workshop.

I shaded the brick work to make it more realistic in various natural stone colours. 

The outside pavement was also paved and shaded.

The front of the shop was fixed in place and I continued weathering the building.

Now I will continue with the tiling of the roof and chimney. I am really excited about this. I hope you like what I have done so far. 

This is all for today. Make sure to keep tuned for the next updates and latest news.

Take Care and See You Soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx