The floor of the upper room in my Large VERO house has always charmed me...it is a black and brown checkered linoleum and has such a strong vintage vibe. This room is intended as a bath, and I actually spent months scraping and re-wallpapering it (you can see the before and after in this post). The green cascading stripe design is from a roll of vintage 1:1 scale papers and they do work well. You might not be able to see it in this scene, but there is also a green tile on one of the walls. I tend to hide most of it in scenes because there are tears and holes, so that's how I ended up using my Brio Mobilia desk set.
The lovely vintage German lamp was purchased from my blogging buddy Amy of Amy's Miniatures and Smalls. I've had it for some time, and this is the first time I have used it. The base consists of two stacked oval pieces of wood and the curved neck of the lamp swivels so that the shade can be positioned as needed.
The yellow and gold vase is actually a bead from a local store, The Place to Bead.
It was labeled "vintage German," and I just loved the shape and color. This helped guide the yellow and blue color scheme in the desk area. See that blue package of vanilla wafer cookies by Re-ment? I just bought a 1:1 bag for some hungry little folk in my house. I would do a "big and small" photo, but I don't think I can equal the talent in the Re-ment Addicts Group on Flickr -- check out their big and small photos here. And here is Fishmo's take on the big and small wafers -- genius!
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| Photo by Fishmo |
A postscript: the reality of making scenes...and not cleaning up!
Credits: Couch is VERO; lamp is vintage German; desk set is Brio Mobilia; chair is Reac; stone elephant sculpture was purchased at an estate sale for $2.50; plant is from Lolly's; pillow is by minimodernistas. Accessories are Re-ment, handmade by The Shopping Sherpa, beads from The Place to Bead, AG Minis, Mighty World, Three Blind Mice dollhouse show, Petite Princess, and Bandai.
The time it took me: 50 minutes
awesome! i love the reality check picture. you should see my workspace.......my husband looks at it and sighs...
ReplyDeleteI really like that vintage tile and wallpaper. Nice to see someone else hides the mess when taking photos. ;D My entire real life house looks like this!
ReplyDeleteThat yellow chair really livens up the desk, great combination! Love the clock on the top shelf too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Minni Kitchen! I had a feeling that the messy picture would resonate with some folks out there!
ReplyDeleteHi Kathi! Glad you like the papers, and yes, it is quite necessary for me to hide the mess. And, yes, there is a real resemblance to my own house!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lirael! I'm totally grooving on lemon yellow lately. The Bandai clock is so much fun to use, love it!
ReplyDeleteFantástico! Me gusta muchísimo ese toque de amarillo, le da mucha vida y alegría.
ReplyDeleteThe reality post had me laugh out loud. Yeah, I know that look. And, I need to get some of those Brio sets. I always miss out on them.
ReplyDeleteGracias, Maru! Me encanta el amarillo, así ... voy a tratar de usar el color más en otras escenas :)
ReplyDeleteHey, MC! I know, the reality is real scary. The mess mocks me from all my houses! Totally dig the Brio; want more myself!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool!!! I'm just getting things together to start doing this... Yours is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marva! Enjoy your new mini addiction ;)
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