The Shop

Well, the shop is well on its way now. I still have a TON of merchandise to make up for it yet. I really like the direction it's headed though. Now I just have to get the shopkeeper.

The kitchen

Kitchens are always my favorite room to do and this one was no exception. I don't know that I'm completely done with it yet, but it's well on it's way. I want to put a wall hanging pot rack above the oak sideboard next to the sink and maybe another picture or two on the walls.

The bathroom...so far

This is my stopping point with the bathroom right now. I have a bunch of little projects left to do for it to give it a more "lived in" look.

The upstairs hallway

Here's the hallway outside of the bedroom on the second floor. It's not telling me it's done yet, so one of these days I'll have to figure out what needs to be done.

The Stitch-n-Time Livingroom

This is the cozy livingroom over the shop. I still don't know if I like the mirror over the fireplace; I may replace it with a painting. Other than that, I think the room is pretty much finished. I'm debating on whether to reupholster the sofa because I almost feel as if the fabric on it is too "country-ish". I'd like to find a cream colored mini damask or something along those lines I think, and then add colored pillows.

The Stitch-n-Time Bedroom

I've finished the bedroom over the Stitch-n-Time shop. It was actually finished long before I took these photos, but the room kept speaking to me; telling me it wasn't finished. It took me a few weeks to realize that it was missing something. A closet. So, I took everything back out including the carpeting and cut a hole in the rear wall. Then, I built and finished the inside of a box with wallpaper and shelving and glued it to the back wall after putting on a door. NOW the room is finished. I may add a couple of nick-nack shelves to the side walls once I run across those perfect nick-nacks.

The bed below is the Reutter Porcelain metal bed with the brass adornments taken off the headboard and footboard. In their place I glued on round crystal beads. The duvet and pillows were made by me, and the afghan was made by a friend of mine a couple of years ago.

Some exterior work on Stitch-n-Time

I just can't get a decent picture to save my life! Such a glare! Anyhoo, the below pictures are of the store front. It's kind of hard to tell, but I used clear Gallery Glass paint on the insides of the windows, around the edges, to give the windows a frosted accent. I also frosted the arched window over the door.

The bottom two photos show the two signs. I used my woodburner with an extra fine tip to burn the letters into the wood and then I stained them. I'm pretty excited about how they turned out. (odd how the lights look 'orange' in the photos tho...hmm).

Two handmade quilts

These two 1:12 scale quilts will be going inside the Stitch-n-Time shop as part of the merchandise sold. They were really easy to make and I'm very pleased with how they turned out.

The finished Stitch-n-Time shop

The shop area is now ready for Danielle to inspect and also ready for her to decide what types of fixtures she will require for her quilting/yarn shop; thus, the empty spaces where the floor and wall meet.

Day Three - Ready for Danielle's Inspection

Danielle is ready to visit her future home and place of business; the interior renovations are nearly complete. The photo below is the kitchen with the stove and sink as the usual built-in features. You'll also notice the staircase behind the stove alcove is in. The kitchen is complete.



Here is the completed livingroom. With the 8" ceilings, Danielle wasn't sure if she wanted the builder to put in crown moulding because it might make the rooms appear even shorter. She has decided to leave this aspect out for now. The fireplace was 'borrowed' from another project that won't be completed in the foreseeable future.

Here the completed bathroom; with the usual features that come with a home; all ready for Danielle's personal touches. I just love the slate floor tiles with this wall paper!

This is Danielle's bedroom and the top floor hallway; both finished.

More Stitch-n-Time

Well, I'm done for the day. Time to give the old back a rest.

The photo below shows the cavity behind the kitchen wall that will house the 2nd floor staircase. The door you see is the actual entry door to the residence over the shop. The first floor staircase will lead right from the shop directly to the stoop. I had to cut a corner of the door off so that the second floor staircase would meet cleanly against the third floor landing. Now, keep in mind...once the second floor stairs are in, you won't even see any of this because it will be covered up. It would have been easy to cheat and not put near as much detail into this area. But I wanted realism and besides, Danielle will see it every day and it needs to be finished for her.


This next photo is of the livingroom. I can see, after looking at this picture, that I'm going to have to rid the right wall of some air bubbles but that will be easy. The big, bare wall section at the rear is where the fireplace is going. As you can see, the electrical system has been put in place and the structure is 'hot'; per se. I'm looking forward to putting in the lights once I have the ceilings done.

Next is the kitchen showing the stove alcove; behind which will be the staircase to the top floor.

This is a more direct shot of the stove alcove. I've had a Victorian grille on hand for a couple of years now and I finally found a use for part of it. Pots, pans, and various other items will go on the shelving.

The beginnings of Stitch-n-Time

Ok, so I don't know about you but when I'm in a months long slump, it takes a special project to get me out of it. For most of the summer this year I've had no desire whatsoever to "mini". Then, I was given the opportunity to start a new project; as if I really needed one but you know how it goes. Thus, "Stitch-n-Time" was created in my mind and is now becoming a reality. I've always wanted to do a quilting/sewing/yarn shop and I am now turning the Magpies kit from Dollshouse Emporium into one. Above the shop will be the shopkeepers quarters, and her name is Danielle. I will introduce you to her in due course. For now, here are the first few photos of my endeavors thus far.

This first photo is of the top floor. Of course I had to 'bash' it a bit by adding a second wall and adding the doorways. The room closest to the camera is the hallway, then the middle room is the bedroom and the far room is the bathroom. Danielle, the shopkeeper, had a real tough time picking out just the perfect wall papers.

This is the overall shot of the structure. The bottom floor is the shop, the second floor is the livingroom and kitchen of the residence, and the top floor is the hall, bedroom and bathroom of the residence.

This photo shows more of my bashing. I've moved the location of the second floor staircase to the same side of the structure as the first floor staircase.

This is the bathroom of the residence. The wall is at angle just to show the doorway I cut into it. The dark patch of MDF at the back of the bathroom floor is where the original second floor staircase came up to the top floor. This meant that the second floor stairs would have taken up one of the three available walls of the livingroom. Uh uh. I need all three walls, so simply moved the staircase elsewhere.