Three More Rooms

Today I was able to get the addition set up and all lights working. This part still needs some renovation work, but it's slowly coming together.  It's fun to get the rooms set up to see how much goes into each.  There's still room for more details!

From the bottom up are the new breakfast room, the smoking room and the top floor houses the statuary room. I seem to be missing one of the statues, but hopefully she's in another box still unpacked.

I can't believe how much work and how many hours goes into creating miniature rooms. Alas, it is a labor of love!

I have so many books to line the shelves with
 (that's a job for another day).

It's Coming Together

 After days messing with the lights in the Manor and finally getting them all to work [the fireplace wires in the parlor were shorting the line], I moved on to furnishing the Manor amidst several repairs to things broken in the move and dusting . . . and more dusting. Dusting a dollhouse is more difficult than dusting my real house, which I wish I could say I do often.

At any rate, progress has been made and everything should be on the up and up in a few more days. Then it's on to finishing work on the exterior that I didn't get around to before we moved. And then it will be on to landscaping. My hope is to make a huge tree for the front of the house and perhaps several smaller trees as well. I'd really like to find a fountain, so I'll be on the look out for that.

Anyway, that's it for now. Who knew playing with a dollhouse could be so exhausting?!!

Pennethorne Manor

The Conservatory

Rosemary's Room

The Boudoir

Lemonade in the Gazebo.

Bathroom

Wine Cellar

Parlor

Dining Room.

Main floor hall.

China and Silver room.

It's tea time in the kitchen.

The scullery.

Basement hall and Reginauld's office.

Third floor hall and Chapel.

This Little Light of Mine

 After much finagling and brain storming with dear hubby, we finally found the problem to my lighting woes. In the move, the wires for the fireplace in the parlor crossed and were causing a short in the system. With that repaired, voila! all the lights in Pennethorne Manor are now working! Color me happy!

With that taken care of, it was time for the cleaning crew to step in and give the Manor a good going over, inside and out. They did a pretty good job, but Reginauld will have the final say on that score.

I've ordered castors for the table the Manor sits on to make it easier to move around. They should arrive today. Once they're installed I can go ahead and finally furnish the Manor. The most fun part! I've also ordered a few new pieces because as you know, one is never finished with a dollhouse.

I couldn't resist putting one room together and I chose Rosemary's room. I'd forgotten some of the pieces I had which makes it fun and like a new experience. Anyway, more fun to come!