You're welcome for the welcome -- okay, stopping now, it's getting silly *g*
Yours sounds lovely :-) I love the idea of a vintage house, but they're as expensive as hell over here unless you're really lucky, or unless they're so beat up it'd be the work of a lifetime to restore them. And as for vintage furniture, fuhgeddaboudit :-(
Hee! It's the making things by hand aspect that appeals to me most as well (though I have bought some things on the principle that I know my limitations *g*), mostly because they're unique. I find the mass produced stuff often disappointing (too coarse, wrong colour, yadda) so I'd rather have something original that wasn't perfect. Plus mine is (will be!) a modern house and decent modern furniture is hard to find. Although it's the best of both worlds really: when I'm looking for designs for furniture, I try to go IKEA because it's funky and modern, but there's nothing to stop me having 'period' pieces as well on the principle that most homes aren't show homes :-)
And now's the time for a small confession: my house, currently, is a pile of pieces on top of the wardrobe. I got the house and then got distracted over getting together the small things ::blush:: The main thing that's stopping me from building it is trying to decide whether to light it or not. The decision has to be made this summer! Because I really need the house to store the bits in now. Which way have you jumped with yours? I'd like to see pics if you have any, of your house and of the things you've made!
Making dolls seems really tricky :-( They seem to be largely cast rather than modelled and that's not easy. There are some out there to buy, but I haven't found my guys yet. It's a pity the action figures are quite so large scale - and I doubt if they'd ever put out 1:12 ones :-( I'd be so there if they did! *g*
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Yours sounds lovely :-) I love the idea of a vintage house, but they're as expensive as hell over here unless you're really lucky, or unless they're so beat up it'd be the work of a lifetime to restore them. And as for vintage furniture, fuhgeddaboudit :-(
Hee! It's the making things by hand aspect that appeals to me most as well (though I have bought some things on the principle that I know my limitations *g*), mostly because they're unique. I find the mass produced stuff often disappointing (too coarse, wrong colour, yadda) so I'd rather have something original that wasn't perfect. Plus mine is (will be!) a modern house and decent modern furniture is hard to find. Although it's the best of both worlds really: when I'm looking for designs for furniture, I try to go IKEA because it's funky and modern, but there's nothing to stop me having 'period' pieces as well on the principle that most homes aren't show homes :-)
And now's the time for a small confession: my house, currently, is a pile of pieces on top of the wardrobe. I got the house and then got distracted over getting together the small things ::blush:: The main thing that's stopping me from building it is trying to decide whether to light it or not. The decision has to be made this summer! Because I really need the house to store the bits in now. Which way have you jumped with yours? I'd like to see pics if you have any, of your house and of the things you've made!
Making dolls seems really tricky :-( They seem to be largely cast rather than modelled and that's not easy. There are some out there to buy, but I haven't found my guys yet. It's a pity the action figures are quite so large scale - and I doubt if they'd ever put out 1:12 ones :-( I'd be so there if they did! *g*