1930's Glam Townhouse - Top Floor..

Originally, the top floor of the 1930's Glam Townhouse was going to be garret-like, shabby and rundown.  It was going to be Miriam Smith's large room and art studio.  In my haste to get the house done, I decided to go with the more traditional approach, a bedroom for Miriam and a bedroom for Miriam's daughter, Constance.  Miriam is supposedly a widow.

Miriam's room...

The lamp on the dressing table is my first attempt at a handmade lamp...

 A love letter on Miriam's dressing table (a secret love?).

Miriam's daughter, Constance's room...(Constance looks more like the unwed Eveline than the supposedly widowed Miriam.)

 These rooms were done in haste and I will probably go back to them sometime.  But for now it is time to put the 1930's Glam Townhouse to bed.

I hope you've enjoyed the tour!

1930s Glam Townhouse - Bedroom...

This room was my favorite room to work on, more Hollywood Regency than Art Deco.  I got my inspiration from the bedroom set in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day which is a fun movie to watch...

The glass tiles are from Home Depot (oops one light is out!)...

 I had intended to have a lot more glamourous dresses in the closet but I quickly came to find that miniature clothing is not my forte...

The fabric that I used fro the wall and bedspread was from a favorite dress of mine that had become a bit snug!

The wall was simple to create.  I pinned the fabric and batting to graph paper and sewed along the graph lines...

 Gone with the Wind was a favorite movie and book of mine when I was a teenager.  The nightstands are part of light sculpture from the dollar store...

The curtains from the same materials.  I didn't keep track of the grain sometimes it is going horizontal and sometimes vertical...

Glam 1930's Townhouse - Living Room

This was a fun room to work on.  I loved picking out the artwork for the walls.  Various artists from that were popular in the thirties. 

The coffee table was a splurge at the last miniature show I attended.  It is from the amazing Peter Tucker.  It was very hard to pick just one thing from his work.

I am not very patient when it comes to measuring as you can see from the cockeyed molding!

The molding was inspired (or should I say copied)  by the grand hall in New Upstairs Downstairs Series...

I love the bar cart with it's mini working casters!  I ordered the Reutter whiskey serving set from New England miniatures to round out what I already had.  (The soda water bottle is much better than the one I tried to make!)

Mini invitations for the very popular Eveline...

There is always a party in progress at Lyons House...

1930's Glam Townhouse - Kitchen...

1930s Glam Townhouse - Foyer

Welcome to Lyons House.  If you remember from this post, (which was over a year ago!)  Lyons House is the home of Eveline Bay.  Eveline is glamorous 1930's starlet.  The studio promotes her as the daughter of a wealthy industrialist but she is actually a small town girl with big city dreams from the mid-west.

The door is answered by Miriam Smith, Eveline's housekeeper/personal assistant (she is Lucinda an Emanjay doll that I got at Minidolls.com)...

The foyer...

 Evening guests?...

Some mail waiting on the sideboard...

The kitchen will be the next stop on the tour...

1930's Glam Townhouse Final Touches...

I've been working away on the final touches of the 1930's Glam Townhouse.  At least final for now.  I'm ready to move on. So the next few days I'll be giving you a mini tour.  Stay tuned.

And just because another little mini that has been keeping us busy....

I've been away so long....

Busy with work and kids and not much time for anything else.  I've been buzzing through the miniature blog world trying to catch up with everybody.  So many inspiring projects to see.  I was really missing working on my dollhouses.

Last week, I cleaned up my work space and have been working on finishing all the little details of the 1930's glam townhouse.  Here is the bar cart for the living area.  It was fun to put together.  The cart itself was a kit.  The little casters actually work.  Such fun!  

Hope to make more time for miniatures and exploring the miniature blog world.  Hopefully you'll see more from me soon!

Where was I?...

After fall cleaning the Daydream Cottage and working on the Halloween House, I turned back to the 1930's Glam  Townhouse.

I pulled out all the things I've been accumulating and did a rough setup.  

The vanity...

 The coffee table...

The bed...

Eveline Bay in her evening gown...

There were a lot of failed attempts at bias cut gowns.  She'll have to live with this one until I've had a little more practice.

The windows...

The Facade...

I'm inspired to get this finished.  I haven't even touched the fourth floor attic space.  I'm ready to move on to new adventures....

Good Sam Show - San Jose

Some things I picked up at the Good Sam Show last weekend in San Jose. 

Pumkins made out of some kind of dried berry...

From a second hand dealer.  It was fun to peruse her stand...

 From the same dealer for the 1930's Glam Townhouse...

I broke the vase right after taking this picture!

A light from Ray Storey.  I bought this right when I entered the show.  I thought it would look great in the the Queen Anne Row House...

 My other big purchase.  A table from Peter Tucker for the 1930 glam townhouse.  I've been wanting to buy something from him since the show last year...

Bottles also from Ray Storey.  Except the one on the far right. I can't remember who I bought this from but she had lovely glasswork and flowers.

The show was so inspiring.  From all the wonderful artists selling their wares to the artists who displayed some great work.  Its fun to be a miniaturist!