Being a little impetuous, I've decided, much to poor Ric's chagrin, to take up model making.....again....albeit not plastic ships and planes. I am now waiting to join the ranks of the miniature world....As I write this, Ric's making fun of me....saying I need an alarm system and a subway stop so people can get to it....but I am now waiting for my Gloucester Front Opening Dollhouse from Greenleaf....and have made copious sketches for it's improvement.
We live in NYC, so finding the right house was a bit difficult. I wanted something grand but not ridiculously so and it had to be a front opening house, because turning it back and forth is not an option....as it is, I have NO idea where it's going to live, but it will find it's place once it arrives. As in real life, every door is in the wrong place and the stairs need to be moved, and the facade should look dandy once the front has rusticated stone on the ground floor and four pilasters above....Brick or stucco...I'm thinking stucco, like london houses...painted white..balustrade and maybe a balcony at the parlor floor...there are only six rooms,so forget a kitchen, it's a city house anyway, they'll eat out..maybe a tented room ala Malmaison upstairs and I'm thinking a Tudor or Jacobean bedroom with grissaille painted walls....but I want lots of modern art....will have to commission Ric to make some...
The box that will be the house..have to give it a name....Ric says Bestopia or Ricistan....I'm thinking...NO.
Sketches of what I'm thinking it should do...now after the house is built, I'll have to find furniture...in all honesty, I've already bought a few items and will have to ferret out others..or maybe make them...when will I find the time?
The entrance hall, have to think how I'm going to situate the stairs...trying to make it seem as if it's larger than it is....
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