A Plant Named Audrey

OMG! I'm having way too much fun with BellaDonna's Apothecary. The ideas keep on coming! Yesterday dear hubby printed bookshelves for the corner of the apothecary (books to follow!) and a plant named Audrey. I had it in my mind to have a man eating plant and when I was browsing MakerWorld, I found it! If you don't know, Audrey is the plant from the movie Little Shop of Horrors. If I can find it on Netflex or Amazon, I think I'll watch it today.

Even though the apothecary is done is black and silver, I'm going to paint Audrey in bright metallic colors. I think that's going to be fun! Stay tuned as the fun continues!

Miss Bertie

Introducing Miss Bertie! She was made by Lilli of Lilli's Littles. Miss Bertie will be the new resident in Bellamere Cottage. More storyline to come!

The First Lights

 Well I did it, the first lights in the mansion are done. I started in the basement because those rooms were pretty much finished and they're going to be on their own transformer as the basement is separate from the house.

Only 9 more rooms to go!

Hitting a Lull

  . . . or a hiatus, roadblock, or hitting a brick wall. Progress on the mansion came to a screeching halt. I think I burned my brain out with all the ideas streaming forth which sent me into a bit of a freeze. I'm also waiting on dear hubby to print the fireplace for BellaDonna's apothecary and chimney walls for the outside to hide all the wiring.

At any rate, I'm starting to feel the itch again and hope to start on the wiring today, after I get the ceilings papered. The basement is pretty much done, so I'm going to start with the lighting here. And then it's onwards and upwards . . .

BellaDonna's Apothecary

The basement. The door on the right leads to BellaDonna's Apothecary.

The kitchen.

Main floor hall.

The Parlor.

Second floor hall with the spiral staircase to the attic.

The bedroom.

Destruction But in a Good Way

Before I can move forward with lighting and wallpaper, I had to do some destruction. All the doors I ordered have been delivered and I set about installing them in the cottage. This involved enlarging the door openings which required a lot of muscle. I wish I thought about this before putting the cottage together, but alas, I didn't. I don't care for the doors that come with the kit as they're rather unappealing.

Now that the openings are ready for the new doors, I have one more problem. They are thicker than the 1/8 plywood that the cottage is made from, so I'm going to install some foam board around each opening to allow the door trim to fit properly against the wall. I also had to reorient the door opening on the bedroom door so that it opened against the wall instead of into the room. Then I can finally get on to the good stuff.

I'm glad I thought about this before installing the wallpaper. That could have been a disaster! Dear hubby also redid the hole for the spiral staircase as I wanted to change it's position to the back (or front depending on your point of view) of the cottage to give more room at the front (again depending on your point of view). Anyway now that's done, I'm hoping all the destruction is at an end and I can move forward.

I'm taking a little bit more time to make sure I've thought of everything. I'm a full steam ahead kind of gal . . . which gets me into a lot of trouble! LOL!

French doors to the parlor.

Main Hall and 2nd floor hall featuring the spiral staircase.

Door to bedroom.

The door I had to reorient so that it opens towards the windows.

Doors to the kitchen and bathroom/closet.

I just love a realistic door!

This door used to open the other way. I took it apart and reoriented the opening.