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

No 44- Mornington House makes it on Print On the DollsHouse World Magazine

 Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well and that you are having a great week. I can't wait to share with you my progress on my new project The Victorian Miniature Parlour. At the moment I am working on the exterior of the property and building 1:144 scale dolls houses. 

Today I wanted to share with you the article that was featured on January's Issue of the DollsHouse World Uk Magazine.

No 44 Mornington House was featured including my book Designing and Decorating a Period Dolls' House.

For those who are interested in reading the article 'Rebecca shares her mini knowledge in new Book' can click to the link here.

For those who are interested in getting a signed copy of my book with a limited edition miniature book can visit www.myminiatureworld.co 

 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 Victorian Miniature Parlour

 Hello everyone,

How are you all? I hope you are doing well. I still can't believe that we are in mid January and I am very pleased to say that I have started my new project 'The Victorian Miniature Parlour'

The Victorian Miniature Parlour is another shop that will be added to my collection and to my Victorian Regent Street. The Shop is a small kit called Jenny Wren's by the Dolls House Emporium. The shop will be run by our very own miniaturist Lady Adelaide and her apprentice Sophie where she will be selling dolls houses, accessories, other miniatures and a few fine dolls. 

I have already started working on the window front of the shop and on the shop sign.

I have also been working on one of the first micro scale dolls house that eventually will be added to the shop. This one is by Petit Properties.

I also got to wall paper it too and made some tiny furniture for it.

Sophie has been very excited about this small tiny shop.

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

Early Morning with Strawberry Shortcake at My Miniature World.

 Hello everyone,

Here we are again. The start of a new year and now I have started with a new project. Yesterday I had a very early morning at My Miniature World Museum. At 6:30am an interview with Russell Sammut went Live on TVAM Channel.

During the Show my sweet Strawberry Shortcake doll was introduced. Strawberry Shortcake is a very special doll to me. I have had her since I was turning 4 years old. She is the first edition dolls of her kind and marked in 1979. She was my play doll where I created small rooms out of shoe boxes for her and carton furniture. Only God knows how many hours I played with her and her friends. She was the spark of my creativity. 

She is still pretty considering her age. Below is the video clip of the interview. 

I want to thank Russell for visiting and for his interest in my work. 

This is is all for today. I can't wait to share with you the progress of The Victoria Miniature Parlour. Keep tuned for the next updates and latest news.

Take Care and See You Soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx