Some new furniture, new roombox.

Busy days, I've only managed to read some of the blogs - Elga's chair is gonna be stunning, and I loved the carpet, The Old Maid - your greenhouse is going to be just fabulous! Another inspiration for me -  Natalia's fretwork shelf not to mention beautiful round footstools - I'm still struggling to finish my carpet for a new roombox, such beauty keeps me going!

In my last post I mentioned my Russian site and how it was important for me. It still is, of course, but sometimes I have second thoughts about it. I hate to admit it, but I have to, it's hard keep posting some howtos and pics in progress when you don't get feedback. I love my readers and everything, but there's one day when you want to post something and suddenly you think - "what's the point? who's gonna read it? ", and then the whole idea of the blog in Russian sounds kind of stupid to me. Well, maybe it's just me, besides, I love blogging, love sharing my thoughts, some information that might be useful. Anyway, thank you guys for your comments to my last post (esp. Karin and The Old Maid), I love Blogger, I don't want to leave it or anything, I still haven't decided if there's any need in posting "in progress" stuff (all my jigs seem so obvious to me). Oh, well, we'll see :)

Back to furniture -  I've finished two pieces of furniture for my new roombox. I'm very excited about it! It's a new project I've started with my Mom. I won't go into details by now, you'll see everything very soon. :) The walls and a floor are not ready yet, but here are the finished pieces:

 I've finished the first one some time ago, I've made the pattern for fabric too, it was very easy with textile pens. The fringe on both pieces is self made, macrame in miniature is fun!  I used embroidery color threads.

 Chaise lounge sofa was a bit of challenge, the frame was a bit hard to construct (I mean the back part). I've made several plans in Google Sketchup which helped me a lot!  So now I'm a huge fan of this software.

 I just love the colors!

 And my cat does too!:)

I still need to finish decoration of the sofa, so I'll be back soon!:)))

Art Nouveau roombox.

It's been such a long time since my last post, sooo many things had happened. These two months were very busy, I had no free time at all! I have 1000+ unread messages in my Google Reader, I'll be happy just to look through some of them.
I took part in two exhibitions in Moscow, the first one was "Art of the Doll" ( it was said it was the biggest doll exhibition in the world, hehe) - it was very, hm, unusual event. Lots and lots of beautiful dolls, only 2 or 3 stands with dollshouse miniature, and I was one of them.

On such kind of exhibition people there are for dolls, so some of them saw the miniature for the first time, they were asking if it was some kind of interior decoration or just a toy, why it's so expensive (actually, any price was too high for them :)). So we felt that were at the wrong place in the wrong time. The second exhibition in December was almost the same thing :)

Anyway, it's been fun to meet some very cool miniature enthusiasts who came just to see my furniture and roomboxes, so I can't be ungrateful. For these two events I've made several items.First of all, I've finished my art nouveau roombox, well, for me it's never finished, I just love adding new things from time to time:

 I've changed the mirror, this one is more "art nouveau"-ish to me :) It was very simple to carve it, it's made of mahogany.  I also changed the carpet:

 I've added the painting, and couple more details:

 The room looks very romantic to me, hope you'll like it. I'll show the new great piece of furniture tomorrow and 3 shadowboxes later:)

Art Nouveau Table

Finished this table today.

Again, I used the project from Popular Woodworking mag, also Gustav Stickley's adaptation, though I made some changes - the shelf was supposed to be just the same as the top. I thought that carving the flower would be more interesting and give it more elegant look. Here it is:

I just love this flower.
Also the legs weren't supposed to be carved. Well,  I think the table looks great in the room, I used it for the bird cage.

Bridal chest.

I saw this chest in Popular Woodworking old mag and just loved it, so I decided to make it in inch scale. It's an adaptation of Gustav Stickley piece from 1901. Don't know if I'm using it in my roombox, but I'm pleased with the result.  I used mahogany, basswood and cherry wood for this project.

 I also made a vase and some small stuff for roombox:

Dressing table.

 This time it wasn't my design, I used one from Scale Cabinetmaker mag, but changed it a bit - got rid of the shelf that I didn't like. To be honest, I was puzzled by the drawing in the mag, the aprons on the front and the sides of the table are carved (that's ok), but they are just 1/32 inches thick.To me it's a bit thin:) But I did it anyway, though it's a bit hard to see the actual carving on the photos:)
So, basically, I'm done with the furniture for the roombox, and moving to the final stage.

Bench.

So sorry, I didn't have much time to read all the posts.  Thank you so much for your comments, it means a lot to me.
Yesterday I passed my final exams! Yay, I don't have the words to express my feelings, I'm sooo happy! This will be my second diploma (my second university, omg), and I hope the last one:)
But back to work - I've finished the bench with cabriole legs for the roombox.

I'm pleased with the result - I wanted the bench to look a bit worn. Next on the list - textile for the bed, and couple pieces of furniture.
I hope to post more furniture howtos from now on.:)

I have finally put the roombox walls together.

The window looks like the old real one.:)

Folding screen for art nouveau roombox

Finished! I really love this screen, the roombox will look more art nouveau-ish with it:)  Again my favorite marquetry, this time I tried three colors.

To be honest, I just love the result, though I didn't like the wood I was using.:)


Moving on to rombox itself, and I should think what piece of furniture I need to make next.

I thought that there would be enough space for chaise lounge and a wardrobe,  but when I put the bed and the screen on the roombox floor I realised  - I can make only one or two small things, like nightstand and a table, for example. We'll see!:) I guess I'll make several pieces and then choose.