Catching Up!

I can't believe it's been almost two years since I've worked on Pennethorne Manor.  In that time she's collected quite a bit of dust and grime, and things have fallen off the walls!  I spent the last few nights cleaning and reattaching cabinets and pictures.  I had used museum wax to attach things, but I committed to the placement of things and used a couple dabs of hot glue to permanently attach them.  Hopefully, I won't have the chaos of things falling off the walls in the middle of the night and freaking me out!

I also had to do some finagling with electrics.  It's embarrassing to say, but one of my dogs peed on a couple of my transformers rendering them rusty and unusable.  This is what happens when things are left neglected too long!  Thank goodness I had everything unplugged!  I had one transformer in my stock pile and ordered another one, along with several new lead wires.  For the most part I got everything working again and enjoyed sitting and looking at the manor all lit up again.

And as per form, I'm planning a new addition!  I always felt that the breakfast room was a tad too tight and could be much more grand.  So I'll be ripping off the bay window (very carefully because I want to reuse it) and adding two new rooms.  My idea is to expand the breakfast room and have a little boy's room!  Yes, the Pennethorne's are expecting!  I'm moving the study from the third floor into the new space above the breakfast room that will have a spiral staircase going up to it.  Then the study will become the little boy's room.  You guessed it, more ripping out wallpaper and destruction!  I really should have been a building contractor in real life!

And so with visions of destruction and construction in my mind, I'll leave you with some updated pictures of the basement and sub-basement.  More pictures of the main rooms of the manor to come as I clean them up.  Enjoy!

Pennethorne Manor at night.

Sub-basement hall and office.

Wine Cellar.

Kitchen

Kitchen to the right with the ovens in the alcove.  The door leads to the scullery.

Kitchen left.  The door leads to the hall/office.

The scullery.

Mouse in the scullery!

Basement hall and Reginauld's room.  The stairs lead up to the main hall and dining room.

Basement bathroom.  I made the cabinets and drawers on the back wall.

Edalene and Alyssa's bedroom.  Alyssa still needs some bedding!

Aoife's bedroom.

I'm heading to Canada next week for my 40th High School Reunion, so work will begin in earnest upon my return!  I hope this finds you all doing well!