Friday, June 26, 2020

Basement Redo - Again!

So I had a change of plans for the basement - again!  Instead of the cook's bedroom next to the kitchen, it's going to be the scullery.  So the basement will have the wine cellar, stairwell/office, kitchen and scullery.  The sub-basement will include a butler's pantry, stairwell, Reg's room (his room and the butler's pantry may switch, as I'm not sure Victorian decorum allows for men's and ladies rooms to be so close together ;-}), a bathroom, cook's room, and finally Aoife's room.

I'm quite excited by the sub-basement because I've laid out an interesting floor plan that will allow for a hallway to get to the bedrooms.  Hopefully, it will work out in wood how I see it in my mind's eye.  So, while I'm waiting for supplies and for hubby to build the sub-basement, I worked on this today . . .

A console table for the Breakfast Room.  I needed something small to fit in the space next to the wall and still allow ease of movement.  This sweet little table "fit" the bill!  It is by Arjen Spinhoven on Etsy.





I have a few other kits to work on that include roses, a fern and some balcony furniture.  I'm quite daunted by the furniture as it's made out of metal and you need to use epoxy to glue it together.  Then I'll have to paint it.  Hopefully it too will turn out how I picture it in my mind's eye!

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  1. Gorgeous table! And we don't have to say that we frequently change our minds, only that projects develop over time. ;O)

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    1. Thank you Jodi! Yes, so true! But I do tell my hubby that it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind! LOL!

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  2. That is one of the most beautiful little tables I have ever seen. It fits so well in the space and matches so well with everything you have done. Gorgeous! - Marilyn D.

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    1. Thank you Marilyn! It is really pretty and I should post a picture from the top so you can see all the detail. It's really incredible! Arjen's kits are so precise and they go together so easily. They're very fun to work with too!

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  3. What a sweet table. The butler could very probably have a basement room but other servants would be gender segregated in the attic of a large house. As yours is a grand town house it is fine for Cook and others to live elsewhere. I would try to squeeze a small room in for your maid though - you would need at least the butler and the maid to be there 24 hours a day.

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    1. Thank you Marilyn! Yes, that is true. However, since I don't have an attic space large enough to add more rooms (wish I would have thought of rooms for the servants when I was in the building stages) I've decided to add them in a sub-basement which has the Butler's pantry, stairwell, three bedrooms and a bathroom. Scandalous I know!

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