This first post is a behind the scenes look at assembling non-opening base cabinets. The marble tops tutorial will follow in its own separate post right after. To get an idea of their assembly, simply start by building boxes out of basswood, I used 1/16in and 3/32in sheets.
Despite the piles of snow and below zero temperatures this spring, my kitchen is starting to feel both bright and sunny. I owe that to the many surprises I received this month which almost all had a hint of yellow.
At last a requested and long promised post. And I'll admit it's a little longer then usual. I did my best to explain everything and tried to find as many of the process images as I could. These cabinets were a first run of trial and error and are not perfect by any means, …
Happy Valentine's Day! I decided to put together a themed scene this week. On display are my new Bespaq dining chairs which I finished upholstering, and lots of other diy projects I finished over the last two weeks.
A mini update friends, I know I've been away from blogging for a few weeks. I've done some minor updates to the kitchen: side paneling, under cabinet trim, and beginning to upholster my new kitchen and dining chairs. Overall everything seems to be mid-project. The one major renovation …
A little Christmas baking has been going on this month. I didn't get as much done mini wise the last few weeks. I had hoped to create a more developed scene. Still, I am very pleased with the clay items I made and my attempt at a tree.
I can finally see the light. ;) It's been many long months but I finally feel like my kitchen project is nearing its completion. Even as I type this my boyfriend is building me a base with wheels to set the house on, which will let me anchor and glue everything down.
My kitchen in real life could never look anything like this. So clean and tidy. HA! I have plans. I am making a gingerbread house and I expect to have full on icing splattered candy covered disaster.
Check back soon as we update.
Let me tell you finding modern miniature hardware wasn't easy. Most ready made drawer pulls are limited to gold, brass and fancy-schmancy designs of eras past. I became increasingly worried that I would be stuck with the generic bent wire shapes for the pulls. Hours of searching later I wa…
Dear email followers, I am going to try moving blogging platforms from Wordpress to Blogger over the next week or so. My domain will stay the same at paperdollminiatures.com and it should all be a relatively seamless transition (Feedly and Bloglovin will continue to work as well). However my email…