The Lafayette, interior

This picture hangs in the bathroom. The painting is from Ebay. The frame I made using skinny sticks, a paper doily, and a gold leaf pen.

The towel shelf I made from tongue depressors. The dark green bath mat is one that I knitted with chenille yarn.

The bigger picture of the bathroom. This room is the closest to being done. There's still a few details I need to add, but for the most part, it's done.

The living room. The church on the wall is one I cross-stitched years ago - it needs some sort of frame. The living room rug was in my mother's collection. I made the window seat cushion from fabric, batting, and foam core. The other pillows are all from Ebay.

The kitchen. I made the chandelier from a triple fishing hook and some vintage beads, hung by chain maille from a button. There are magnets made from tiny stickers on the fridge; one is holding a tiny newspaper ad, in homage to my father, who was the King of Newspaper Clippings. There is a case of Diet Pepsi on the fridge, because I like Diet Pepsi.

I used felt for the stair treads. And, the rat will not live here. He will be moving to the haunted Fairfield, which is my next project.

It occurred to me that the kitchen lacked cupboard space. I picked up the  shelves in the corner on E-bay, and added dishes. More items will be added, and more wall decoration will be added, too. Probably a mat in front of the sink, and I will get or make a dish drainer.

I just realized I didn't post a pic of the bedroom, though you can see a corner of it by the bathroom. I'll post that tonight.

The Lafayette, renovated

The front of the Lafayette. I used sheets of moss as the grass, first making gentle hills by shaping and gluing styrofoam to the plywood. I took little rocks and glued them into a path. I made the adirondack chairs and tea cart from a kit.

The potted flowers were made with wooden pots painted terra cotta, filled with glue, and pieces of plastic and silk flowers.

The back of the Lafayette. The tiny tool box sitting in front of the house is not part of this house; it's just set there til I figure out which house gets the workshop. Or the workshop will be a stand-alone. Either way, it's pretty far down the project list.

Tea cart, with potted plant and extra pots. The wheels of the tea cart are made from vintage buttons - the wooden kit wheels fell apart when I tried to punch them out of the sheet.

I added the window boxes. I used tongue depressers to make the boxes. I glued florists foam to pieces of foam core board, then glued the flowers and leaves into the foam. This way I can easily change the flowers if I want.

The butterfly wind chime was a kit from a lot of minis on Ebay. Pretty easy to assemble, and looks lovely (I think). I bent a jewelry head pin into a hook shape to hang it.

This wind chime I made from jewelry findings, using the butterfly chime as a model.

Door step - rock path. I crocheted the welcomemat from hemp. The mailbox was all silver, and I painted it. It is not yet glued in.

I made the trellis from skinny sticks, and wrapped plastic foliage and paper roses around the sticks.

Floral shrub.

The landscaping was fun.