Apartment Penthouse #2 - BERNICE - Wallpapered and floored

Hello Everyone!!


This is what the Penthouse apartment 
looks like now. 
The landlady hired handymen to

wallpaper the left side of the room

because the right side is plastered,

(with paper that is).
The landlady is replacing the appliances

also that was in the apartment previously.

I like the charm of the plaster
paper.
The landlady does not want
that paper touched.

The brick on the other side
of the front door is a
welcoming change.

Since no one else lives on this floor
Bernice has found that there is no need
to shut the doors a lot of times because
a door down below bars anyone from
coming up.
Security is good here.

The door used to be non-existent
and (pretended) to open towards
the windows.
Although I very much liked that
arrangement, I had to change
it. 

The landlady was thinking about
building in a closet but it
cost more money than what
she was really wanting to spend. 

A lot of trimming still needs to

be done in this apartment.

The landlady will have the workers

to come back later to finish it.

The landlady has been moving
the appliances around the room
trying to find a place to put the
kitchen.
She finally found the place for them.
In another week the apartment will
be ready to rent out.



The new fireplace has arrived.
It is lovely and white.
The Penthouse is soon to be finished.
Am sure someone will want to rent it.
I hope it is soon!

Thanks for visiting me!

Hopblogger

BEDS - 'PETITE PRINCESS' BEDS

'Petite Princess' beds

 

 

This is a very nice bed.

The beds I bought did not have any of

the nice wood on them that you see here.

Even this one is tearing apart.

Look at the gold edge at the bottom of the

bed - right side.

 

This bed does not have a headboard either.

Even the pillows look better than mine.

 

 

 This one does not look bad.

The bedcover looks nice, but the headboard

is soiled.

 

 

I bought 2

'Petite Princess' beds

on eBay, very cheap.

Of course, mine were in

VERY BAD SHAPE.

But that was what I wanted.

One of my beds did not even

have a headboard like I show here

in this picture.

 

If you are going to tear

them apart like me, then buy the cheapest that

you can find.

 

Some of these ugly stained cheap bed

covers really do smell.

Some of it is rotten, tears easily and will

fall apart.

Remember they were made in the 1960s. 

 

These are the beds that I bought.

The bed on the right had already lost its

gold trim.

No pillows, no headboard.

 

 

 

I turned one bed over so you could see the

plastic base that it was made out of.

The headboard is stained and has a hole in it.

 

Lace on the pillows were not pretty.



 

Thin pieces of foam are the mattresses.

I will see about removing them.

I will also try getting the glue off of the

plastic bases.

Am not sure if I want to use the headboard.

 

The gold rick-rack tore all apart.

The trim was okay.

 

 

I will keep these bedcovers as patterns.

Will not be keeping the bottom lace trim either.

I will finish these beds when I know who will

receive them.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

Conny



TUTORIAL - Make Samantha's Country Apron

Samantha's country apron is very easy to make.

Most, do not know about where to find

these aprons at. 

All you do is cut it out and sew or glue

on ribbon for apron strings.

Also do add fray check on all the raw

edges so it does not ravel.

I do not believe that this apron is around

anymore.

The back of the apron shows where I glued 

on the ribbon.

See these apron kits. Many types are

floating around the net.

Most apron kits have these little

aprons printed on the cloth.

See the picture of the apron and its

parts on the below kit.

This apron is a lucky find - it shows

on the package of what the

apron looks like with its pieces.

All you have to do is cut it out, sew 

or glue it together and 

YOU HAVE A NICE APRON!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hopblogger

Apartment Elizabeth - Elizabeth has moved into her NEW APARTMENT!!

Elizabeth and moved in with the

help of her sisters Melinda and Belinda.

I am sure that furniture will get moved around

again, as I have a lot to fit in here.

Maybe some stuff stays maybe it doesn't.

So far the apartment is airy and spacious.

As you see, Elizabeth stays in the bed.

She is not an invalid - please get up Elizabeth!

Come on in, Come on in!

You do not even have to knock, the front

door is open.

I did change the kitchen from white appliances

to the oak set.

The room needed grounding from all of that

white.

I placed the stove in the middle of the area.

I really like this here, kind of reminds me 

of a little island in a kitchen.

There are 2 ways to walk around it to get

inside the apartment.

But, is this safe with kids??

Probably not.

There is a corner china cabinet that holds a

few dishes now.

If it stays, I hope to fill it.

I wish that I could get a pic of the view from

the stove looking out thru the windows.

I absolutely love windows!!

I made the little white cabinet that sits on top

of the oak corner cabinet.

It is a box that I painted white and edged in

red, then hand painted the

words 'Bread'.

I made this back in 1994 from a pattern in a

library book.

Do not remember the books name.

The white that you see towards the left,

is not glare - I am actually taking this pic thru

the window behind the stove.

Things are being moved in.

I do like the idea of the sink and the refrigerator

being there, but dislike being able

to see the bedroom side.

Hey, do you think that Elizabeth is pregnant?

Perhaps that is why she is in the bed all the time.

Maybe the doctor said that she needs 

complete bedrest.

This could explain some things.

A white high chair sits near the table - who

may it be for?

May is 2 years old and sits here to eat!

Yum, yum - Chocolate Cake!

From this angle you can see how spacious 

the kitchen area looks.

Could be easy to keep clean.

The rocker is very much needed, cause

Hank gets fussy every now and then.

Hank needs a proper bassinet, but am 

afraid that there is not enough room

for one.

Not sure that I like Elizabeth's pillow

propped up against the back of the kitchen sink.

I made all of the bedding.

My favorite color is chocolate and then

pink.

Even though the matching color to the brown

would be a salmon or a rose,

I felt that the pink would help liven it up.

I had enough of these fabrics to do 

some small window treatments.

The dresser at the foot of the bed as of

yet, has no clothes in it.

I have started putting things inside 

of the armoire.

Elizabeth's slippers are beside the bed.

I keep putting the little pink rug in and out

and also keep moving the rocking chair.

Sometimes Elizabeth rolls over and stares out of

the window when Hank is sleeping.

On top of the armoire is just a plastic little

box that I covered. 

Inside is just some pieces of fabric

to represent baby clothing.

A jewelry box that I made back in 1994 sits on

the top shelf.

I strung a few beads together to 

represent a necklace and put some ribbon

in the box.

The second shelf is a little blue quilt that

I made - for Hank.

And of course there is some little girl

pampers - for May

May's little dress and robe hang on

the armoire.

Yes, Elizabeth has 4 children!

May is 2 years old and sleep with Elizabeth.

There are the bunk beds for the twin girls
Allie and Allison.

New bedding is needed for them.

I had room for a toy/blanket chest under

the windows.

Still room for some more things.

I do love all this room.

Makes me wonder whether or not

if I should put a lot of stuff in this

apartment.

Another pic that shows the kitchen area

and the twin girls bunk beds.

Thanks for stopping by!

Conny

Apartment Elizabeth - ELIZABETH IS MOVING INTO A NEW APARTMENT - Wallpapered and Floored

Located on the 4th floor just under the
Penthouse - this is the 

last apartment to be wallpapered
and floored. 

Each of these apartments are of my own design.
It surely isn't easy trying to make each
apartment different and to make
everything fit in them.

 

Measurements for each apartment.

The width of each apartment is 16 inches deep.

That is going from the very back wall

to the front.
The length is 23.5 inches.
As you see in the

apartment that figure is going from the

left side window to the right side of the

windows.

This scrapbook paper gives an oldappearance to a somewhat dated
apartment.

I used a total of 5 sheets to wallpaper it.

Also the paper is a little thicker.
It still

adhered to the walls with ease.
The bubbles smoothed out

almost instantaneously!
I am going to use scrapbook paper

to wallpaper all of the apartments.
Take a look - it is pretty paper!

 

The scrapbook paper gives a good feeling
to this apartment.

 

 

Cloth floors look wooden and
are very convincing in looking 
like the real thing.

 This fabric was bought back in the 90s.
Easy to measure, cut and glue down.

 

I was looking for a different kind
of arrangement to this apartment.

Am experimenting with where
to place a kitchen.
I turned the kitchen at an angle.

The Refrigerator, stove and sink
were from a part of a larger set.
I turned the corner piece into a
sink area by cutting a big enough hole
in to insert a little plastic butter tub.
This little plastic butter tub,
amazingly I have held onto it
since the 1990s.
I do not think that you can even find
these anymore.
 
I like this arrangement.

But now sure if this kitchen set
will stay in this apartment. 

The lace curtains are from an old

elongated oval doily that had holes.
I hated cutting it up, but really
when they are beat up this
bad, no use to keeping it
around.
Better to do something with the lace
than to throw it out.

The lace was still pretty and a had
a wonderful feel to it.
It has little roses with
a lightly gathered rounded edge.

Yes, clearly the lace curtains
have seen their better days.
But I was able to get a lot of
curtains out of it.
The landlady hang up these curtains
cause she no longer wanted or
needed them in her house.
 Oops I need baseboards,
ceiling and window moldings!
 

 

Workmen have been going in
and out for days.
Sometimes they leave the
door open.
 

Most of my apartments do not
have any corners that can be
used.
This is the first!
 

Yea - you can see my

boo-boo's in the corner.
Moldings will cover them up.

It's okay, because

this apartment building has

been around since the 1700s

Nothings straight or plum.
In fact, the entire building has cracked.
 

It's had many owners and they keep

updating and renovating it.
Frankly the landlady is tired
of it all.
Landlady needs to make some
money from these apartments.

Good thing that the

pipes were enclosed years ago 
before she bought the place.

This is the back side of the apartment.
The lonely window that you see really
faces the front of my dollhouse.
Right now the front of my dollhouse
faces my bedroom wall.
 

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger