…the 1:12 abyss looks back at you. And yes, I just co-opted a Nietzsche quote into a blog about miniature world. Cool, eh! So while I am pondering whether to dip my toe further into the abyss and also pondering whether – if in pondering – I am already dipping my toes further into the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘furniture’
When you look into the 1:12 abyss…
Posted in Inspirational, Random Thoughts, tagged Accessories, furniture, hobbies on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Inhabitants relocating…
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, furniture, hobbies, Inhabitants on January 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I went out with my buddy, Mr Grr (the Mr Grr of the comments you may occasionally see), to look for the perfect house inhabitants. We trekked all over town then into another suburb with no joy. So I have had to rely once again on ebay (what a shame ). I am watching more [...]
It’s “Bouquet”, not “Bucket”…
Posted in Random Thoughts, Restoration, tagged Accessories, dollhouse, furniture on January 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As I boldly go through this 1:12 world, where few others dare…I have discovered that you pronouce Bespaq (the Chanel of dollhouse furnitures) as “Bes-park” not “Bes-pak”. This is not a “to-mah-to”/”to-may-to” issue, or a “colour”/”color” issue. Making this mistake is sort of like the difference between pronoucing “Hermes” as “Hermes” rather than “Er-may”, in [...]
Why size does matter
Posted in Random Thoughts, Restoration, tagged Accessories, dollhouse, furniture on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In which we discuss the scale of things to come…
The beginning is the end is the beginning…
Posted in Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dollhouse, furniture, granpa on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Now that you have met my dollhouse, let’s start from the beginning of my journey… In the beginning there was an idea and that idea was “One day I will restore the dollhouse that my grandfather made for me”… The idea floated around, bumping up against other ideas like “I would like to learn to [...]
