Here's the very little what I have done today:
The table is bought one, I just painted it to resemble mahogany and I found excellent paint for it - brown Waco glass paint. I didn't have to sand the table at all and the paint leaves a really nice shiny, even surface and dries really fast :) Beside it is an antique birdcage, from the looks of it for a really big bird :D Hope that the person who it's going to likes it - antique, birdcage - ringing any bells for someone ;) And if you (a hint more - N.) recognize yourself, you can stuck it to the very furthest corner in your new project :D
I've been figuring out the lighting for the Toscana house - burned 2 fuses and noticed that the bathroom light doesn't work anymore so probably more soldering to be done. As I really don't want to do all the lighting myself (althoug diy ones seem to work much better than the bought ones) I've been surfing in the internet to find some nice lights. And yes, have found many, but the prices...
I'm stuck with the Toscana house before I have most of the lights before I can do the floor for the second floor. Needed are 2 table lights, 1 wall light and 1 ceiling light and before the roof can go up I need still 2 more ceiling lights.
I was going through my building materials and thank goodness I have enough wood for the Toscana houses floors. I have also these nice real sandstone tiles and I'm going to use them in the Poe houses kitchen. I'm probably going to do the Poe/Orchid as a mirror image and will leave the other end without windows as I want a fireplace and chimney to the house. The stairs are also a small question as if I do the house as a mirror image, the stairs would come up in the front of the bay window so I might have to use different kind of stairs than the ones supplied in the kit.
Weekend is going to be busy as my son has big ice-hockey tournament and I'm there working so hope that I get some minies done.
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Great cage Ira! Good luck for your son on the hokey tournament!Poe's house sounds so interesting!:)
VastaaPoistaMe encanta la jaula, es preciosa.
VastaaPoistaCon un pajarito dentro de mucho color, quedara genial.
Suerte para tu hijo en el hockey!!!
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The table and birdcage looks lovely!
VastaaPoistaI wish your son good luck on the hockey tournament!!
Could it be for me Ira!!??? I was looking at it thinking how much I love it and then I saw your little note - oh I do so hope it's for me!! It would be fantastic in the boutique brocante :)
VastaaPoistaWhat a clever idea to use glass paint! I'm going to remember that!
Could it? Yes it could be you Norma :D Good that you like it :) The planes should be flying normally soon so I get your package to the post :)
VastaaPoistaGood tip Ira, hope you get a chance to watch your boy play as well as working.
VastaaPoistaRegards,
Janice
I love the cage, it's fabulous! Really rustic looking. :o))
VastaaPoistaWish your son lots of good luck! I love ice hockey myself, too bad the UK isn't really an ice hockey playing nation. :o(
Michelle xx
Hey Ira great work theres an award for you on my blog
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Hi Ira, love the cage :o))Just one thing: are you sure you want to have wooden floor in your Tuscany house? real floors in Toscana are made in "cotto", earthware tiles cooked in oven and then polished with linen oil and bee wax.It's wonderful, warm, cozy and ver resistant to soil and stains. Perfect if you are a farmer in Chianti shire. I know cause my family had a house there. Have fun anyway and excuse me for the remark Rosana
VastaaPoistaGreat stuff! That's a super tip about the glass paint, thanks :)
VastaaPoistaThe cage is really nice, pleasant to read that you are full of ideas. I wish your son good luck
VastaaPoistagroetjes Ingrid
Good job on the little table it just looks like mahogany and the cage is lovely and rustic. Lucky Norma! Sounds like you have a busy weekend ahead!
VastaaPoistaLove that birdcage! I am sure Norma won't stick it in a forgotten corner. It is wonderfully built! :) Well done Ira :)
VastaaPoistaI didn't know Rosanna's family is in Tuscany. Precious input. Decisions, decisions. Flooring is always so tricky? Speaking of stones, I love tamarind and gobble them like nobody's business. Have you seen tamarind seed? They look like the most beautiful stones. So now I have a box for those which I spit out waiting for the right floor .LOL
Thank you all :) Rosanna - yes I know that the floors are tiles, but (blushing) me and my hurry - the living room already has the wooden floor as I didn't have any tiles and wanted to do the floor... I'll have to play that the lady living there is from abroad and has done some renovating :D
VastaaPoistaSans - Haven't actually seen, I have to check if they have tamarinds in the super market and buy one :)
I'll be doing the announcements on the tournament and I fear it a bit as there's a team from Latvia and Russia and I'm sure that I'll have some problems with the pronanciation :D And I need to learn all the penalties in English.
Ira I love the birdcage! Maybe you could use it as a diy hanging lamp for the Tuscany house, since you are looking around for lights! I have seen it as a lamp in 1:1 and it's very beautiful, so I am considering of using it in my mediterranean dollshouse...;-)
VastaaPoistaOh no Anthoula, please don't encourage Ira to use the birdcage as a lamp!! I am hoping that she is sending it to me for my antique shop!! ;)
VastaaPoistaSorry Norma...I didn't know it...;-))
VastaaPoistaNo worries Norma, it's coming :) But Anthoula, thanks for the idea, I might do a smaller one for the house :)
VastaaPoistaIra
Thanks for the tip about the glass paint. I'm wondering if it would work for other things as well...perhaps using black or red glass paints for the Chinese lacquer look? Oooh, my mind is racing with ideas. Thanks again!
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