ROSE gardening in Maine

Ohhhhhhh Victor
I could NOT get that staircase out of my mind,honestly I dreamed about a staircase like that for so many years and kept admiring them in books/magazines.The workmanship is outstanding ! The oak panels are beautiful.
(BTW in the bathroom I redid this year previous owners painted over mahogany.Again georgeous woodwork .I stripped enough furniture in my life but that task was going to be too much for me at my age) so I painted it again.

Pulling up the rug did not get rid of the cat urine smell,we had to have the floor and stairs stripped and redone.Very dark marks are left but at least that horrid catsmell is gone.Don't get me wrong I am a very big animal lover.Thank god our cat is litter box trained.

Yes it will be my dreamhouse.Thought our other one was until we moved into this one.ALOT has to be done but I have always been a DIY :-)

Here are some pictures of what I have done today.

Close up of top paper..I can see my seam pulled apart a little....it is raspberry color with metallic gold .It is a Baroque Reproduction ,made in Germany.Suppose to look like fabric.

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Co ordinate,same color ,but looks a little different in the first picture.

Just a test to see how things pull together..?

I figured you were going to say that about the carpet. A friend of mine bought a "cat" house besides replacing all the floors had to replace all the sheet rock up to 3'.
It does look like a fabric.

It does look like fabric. The antiques are nice also. Do I see some Nippon? The oil lamp holder on the wall, does it have a date on it?

It's pulling together very nicely, Brigitte! I agree - the paper looks like fabric, and very authentic to the period of the house! Good going! How exciting to see so much progress.......you're humming!! LOL
Louise

Wow!!!! Gorgeous!!!!!

Whew, I'm tired just looking. Great job!!! What inspiration!

DH's college roommate also had to replace drywall up several feet as well as sand-blast the family room addition which was on a cement slab. The house had been shut up for a couple of months before they moved in. They wondered why there was always coffee brewing or the windows were open or candles were burning when the looked at the house. They sued the former owners. Don't know what the settlement was.

If the former owners had taken as much care of the cats as they did to hide the fact there were cats in the house things would have turned out differently for them
I hope the new owners won.
There really isn't anything on the market to cover up such a oder.

And there is NOTHING worse than that smell, well....maybe a house full of smokers. When we were looking for a house if we smelled either one when we opened the door we just turned around, couldn't even stand to walk inside.

Again, beautiful house AND gardens. Looking forward to seeing more progress as time goes by.

Brigette, your work on the house is amazing. Looks wonderful!! My SIL bought an older house and they had to replace all the flooring due to cat urine. Ended up being very expensive but worth it.

Eglantyne where did you get your wallpaper -I have been looking and have not found anything I like.I love that type of wallpaper looks like cloth it would be great for what room I am doing?

Hi ,
I am so sorry I haven't been on DG's for a while because of so many commitments...I don't know if I am coming or going....

But I got this wonderful wallpaper which is made in Germany thru 'Decorate today" under either Victorian or 'Rococco'.II can't remember which search I did.
It comes in different colors.
I liked it that much that I bougth it for our master bathroom which BTW came out GREAT and also in burgundy/gold for the library which I'm still working on...last bookshelf.

Where is Dexter ? hope you're save ...lots of power outage due to the storm,
Brigitte

Was wondering what was going on with you.

Oh ,where should I even begin ? trying to do to many things at the same time and think I can do it but I can't.
Hardly go into DG's lately,once every so often.Waiting for springfever to kick in LOL

Doing alot of things in the house...new grandson..that makes 12 grandkids..holidays and my winter hobby which are Dollhouse miniatures.Right now I am working on 2 roomboxes,one is a grocery store and the other a bakery.I do all of the cakes,vergetables,meat,cheeses etc.etc...great way to spend a cold wintry day here in Maine.
HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone,
Brigitte

Wow 12 grandkids congrats!

Congrats and Happy New Year to you, Brigitte!

Hi Brigitte! Happy New Year! It sounds like you are doing lots of fun things. Would you please post a photo of one of your roomboxes? I'm so fascinated by your making the groceries. I'd love to see those too.

Louise

Jeez, Brigitte, who would know you have even 1 granchild. 12 ?!!? Like Louise I would love to see some pics of your miniatures. Your attention to detail is something to be admired and spark jealousy ^_^

I never found it brigette,I tried to search several avenue's.I am in Dexter,Near Newport Maine.

Hi everyone,
It is past 12 o'clock midnight and I am waiting on a miniature friends reply in Germany...she just got up and I am getting ready to go to bed....crazy world.so while I am waiting while she is walking her dog I thought I check into Dg's real quick.

Ok,so your interested in my miniatures ?..hmmmmmmm let me see I have so much to share.Gosh I am working on a bakery,a grocery store and also startet on a Fabricshop/Yarn,DMC etc.

I will post pictures tomorrow,probably sometimes in the morning ,ok ?
And HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you too,
Brigitte

Hi Brigitte! Nice to hear from you. Happy new Year to you too. Hope it's a great gardening year. Must be nice having miniature friends!^_^ Don't talk too loud to them.

Hi Brigitte! I'm so happy you will be showing us some of your miniature creations...I can't wait to see them! Happy New Year right back atcha!

You can tell Victor stored up a lot of comebacks and just had to get back ......he's in rare form! LOL (Ah yes...so nice to have him back!)

Hi everyone,
at your request :-) I will start out with a few pictures of my grocery store.
The roombox was purchased from Germany and is a antique replica ca.1900.I had it sent unassembled and put it together myself.

As you can see I put the Wallpaper up and installed the very thin real Oak flooring.The bare spot will be under the large cabinet.Didn't want to send away for another sheet.

Just gathering items I had for a long time i.e.working cashregister and hanging brass scale,both made by Bodo Hennig,Germany

Dec.13th 2008 - large Cabinet is painted,same color as our real life library.wallpaper is a exact replica of a victorian wallpaper.
Miniatures opened a whole wide world to me.EVERTHING one finds in real life is made in Dollhouse miniatures.

Dec.19th...the food you can see in the meat and cheese counter I made out of fimo or sclupy or mixed my own to achieve realistic colors.I usually make something and have ie.Poatatoes,savoy cabbage etc.in front of me.Most of these I made about 8 years ago and they held up fine.
Will post closeups as well.

close up of some of the veggie's..crates I made from antique wood,baskets are made from needlepoint canvas,also made by me.

Unfinished meat and cheesecounter.I removed the plexiglass and cut a piece of real glass for the display case.

Lot of work there! Good grief. 1st picture - In the back cab up against the wall, flow blue, blue willow china.. It dont look like Staffordshire? Cant really see it and cant touch it so I am guessing.

I am in total awe. WOW!!! Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship with us.

Incredible! You must have unlimited patience.

Absolutely mind blowing. What incredible attention to detail.

As of now we have our first customer,2 loafs of bread in the basket.

another newer view

Close up of peaches,potatoes etc.

Overhead View.....still much to do but I think it is 3/4 done,still have to put the trim on top and many items to make.
This is the last picture for today...got to do some house work.Tomorrow I will post the Bakery pictures,it is a Christmas bakery.
Have fun looking and if you have any question I will try to answer them for you,
Brigitte

opps.....I forgot to answer...it is not Flow Blue but my husbands collection (3 cabinets ) of Spode 'The Tower pattern"

Thank you all for your compliments :-)...I appreciate it.It is alot of fun and believe me alot cheaper than theraphy ;-)