Hello followers.  I hope you are all well and cracking on with your minis - making better progress than me, probably! As said in the title, this is the home straight for Netherton.   I have been working on this property since my first post here on 12th January 2012 and I have enjoyed every minute of it. Progress has now been made on the final two rooms, The Servants' Bedroom and Linen/Sewing Room, in tandem which has taken me a bit longer but they're finally (almost) finished with just a few more accessories to add and I'm hoping that will be taken care of if I can get to the ne ..read more

  Hello everyone and Happy New Year!   A bit late, I know, but I've finally finished the Gentleman's Bedroom.   Thank you for your lovely comments on my last post - they encouraged me to crack on and finally finish this room.     The very first post for this property (I've just checked) was January 2012.   Can you believe that?   If I'd had a child then, it would be all set for Secondary now!   All the more reason now to get the final two rooms dealt with, but first some pictures of the completed room. The completed room ..read more

I'm back!   Thank you followers for sticking with me.    I can't really explain why I didn't have the motivation to update my blogs but here I am with Bedroom progress.    It's taken a wee while to decide what colours I wanted to go with and my instinctive 'go to' colours are on the "beige,cream, gold" theme which can end up looking too "samey" hence the navy blue in this room. There's still a bit of finishing off to be done, all of which will be slotted in soon once I find the time to get round to it - fitted in between Christmas shopping - and I'll p ..read more

Hello everyone.   No, I haven't gone away or stopped with the minis.    I was actually quite shocked to see I hadn't posted anything here for almost two years!    For a while, I lost the impetus then I got into gardening but did do some work with the above room although I didn't post about it. I now have pictures to show you which I hope you'll enjoy.    The room is 16 inches square by 9.5 inches high (40.64cms square x 24.13cms high).    To add some interest there is a false wall at the back where I was able to create a small display space.&nb ..read more

Before going into the details of the "wee idea" - I had been doing some online shopping for said idea and sometimes, when you're shopping for something specific you see another something?    Well, I just had to purchase this other something that was totally unrelated to the project but had to have it nonetheless! Meet Eric and his sidekick! We've had Eric for a good few years and when I spotted mini Eric, well..............he had to be added to the shopping list, didn't he? So, the "wee idea".     Quite some time ago I purchased three display boxes for the walls in ..read more

Something "small" this time for posting under Small & Stately. While browsing a miniature Facebook group that I'm a member of, a fellow miniaturist recently posted her progress with a very nice jigsaw.    I had completely forgotten about jigsaws and it's years since I'd done one. The jigsaw in question was a Queen Mary's Dolls House cross section.   I was impressed so hunted around and got one.   I also got a slightly smaller one, 1,000 pieces, called Upstairs Downstairs.   The plan being, given the subject matter of both jigsaws, is to mount and f ..read more

Well, at last (now that the paint issue has been resolved) I have finally finished The Study.   It's a decent sized space measuring 16" x 16" x 91/2" (40.64 x 40.64 x 24.13 cms). Here's a wee reminder of what it looked like the last time I posted. As mentioned previously, the owner of this space has a very keen interest in all things Egyptian hence the two figures on either side of his fireplace.    There is also a small framed camel rug on the chimney breast. His black suite was made by me as were the cushions In the corner,  but missing from the above photo, th ..read more

Thank you for all your lovely comments to my previous post and a very warm welcome to anyone who is new to the blog.    It's lovely to have you here and I hope you like what you see. Quite some time ago I purchased a barewood cabinet but didn't really have anywhere suitable for it.   I just bought it because I liked it.   It lived in the stash for some time until recently and I now have the perfect place for it - the Gentleman's Study in Netherton. I think it's a EuroMinis piece and offers lots of possibilities. The first job was to get it varnished.    Un ..read more

Unfortunately, there is still no progress with the paint required to deal with the lower part of the wall in the Drawing Room.   I have hunted high and low, in shops and online for a colour that will match the stripey paper in this room.   So.……...I am going to have a go at mixing my own.   This is not my forte!   I've never mixed paint before but my sister has.    She managed to crack the colour but has only created a very small amount.    Given the number of sample pots and tubes of paint I have in my stash there must be what I need to mix what I need ..read more

When I was trying to come up with a name for this blog at it's inception I wanted it to include any smaller project I embarked on alongside the Netherton project - hence "Small & Stately".   I'm afraid there hasn't been much "Small" lately but now...………….yes, there is a small project happening. We have little people in our family now and they are of an age where they now "get" Christmas.   So, I thought it was about time I embarked on a Christmas Room Box, something I've been itching to do for years.    Probably more for me than them!! I've always liked a particular Dolls House Emporiu ..read more