Play; Subject matter to be discussed today Sunday, which is after all the day of rest! It start a few days ago discussing Matilda's (16 year old grand daughter) art work with my daughter, she said that Matilda had two projects, one was the making of a patchwork skirt and top and the other was the production of a Disney type house, and she had already found half a house to start the project.
Well I looked and tidied the Georgian dolls house and then thought why don't I start a new house, and looking around eventually decided on a kit call April Cottage. Now this is going to take some time, years in fact but the idea of a project appealed.
Thinking who would live in my cottage and I decided Miss Marple, plus a maid. Now Aril will know this, the kit dollshouse cottages on offer are hardly Allingham type, well unless I want to spend big bucks, but those moss roofed cottages with front gardens overflowing are a particular dream of mine. No Miss Marple lives down South(St.Mary's Mead) with the likes of Midsomer Murder folk who also always live in pretty gentrified cottages and get horribly murdered -so don't go and live in one.
This is the time to wonder about space and building the kit, painting it and then furnishing it, so was my workroom big enough? Just about, I can construct on my desk and use the table that the old house is on. On my desk you see patchworks which will influence the colours.....
I have soft greens and blues in my head, and cream for the cottage but what would Miss Marple have lived with I wonder, and where did she get the money to live in comfortable retirement??
Miss Marple was a blackmailer :)
ReplyDelete;) Brilliant, gives a whole new side to her character. £10,000 and I won't mention that you murdered A, comes of course in one of those large houses where the occupants sit down in splendid sitting rooms...
ReplyDeleteThe trouble with the lovely cottages in the old painting, is that all those thatched roofs with moss were probably leaking and full of birds and mice.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the cottage project it sounds fun
When I was young we lived in a thatched cottage in Essex and the scuffling and running feet in the thatch was a bit scary.
DeleteMiss Marple was undoubtedly a gentleman's daughter and had her money in the 4%s. Plus...all those nephews.
ReplyDeleteYes you are quite right a lot of people lived off inherited money. Not sure the nephews would have contributed but it was a golden time.
DeleteHow gorgeous...lucky you. My project for the spring is to repaint the outside of mine as it's got really tatty over the years.
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The painting is a bit of a worry, but masking tape will come in useful.
DeleteIt has always been a dream of mine to buy a doll's house and furnish it. I thought I had left it too late but I do now have a great grand daughter of one so maybe now would be a good time to begin
ReplyDeleteWell get something easy for your great great grand daughter, and there is plenty of choice for you here....http://www.dollshouse.com/
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely new project to start the new year with. I look forward to seeing your cottage.
ReplyDeleteIt will take a long time Jennie!
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