Back in the Bathroom

My miniatures have been so neglected this month! January is almost ending and I have little to show you. I finished the garden center bathroom floor. I'm not sure it agrees with the palm tree wallpaper I used?

Now I'm working on the glass block window for the side wall. This is a real challenge but I think I'm going to like it.

This coming weekend I plan to clear off my work table and dry fit the building. I still need to finish the supports for the roof and complete my lighting plan.

Dylan is doing well. My arm is healing. Thinks are looking UP! Thanks for continuing to follow along! There WILL be progress. I promise!

Hope you have a beautiful day!

Floor Number Four

This is my fourth attempt at making the floor for the garden center bathroom. 

This time I took four of the little 1/2 tiles and glued them on a piece of card stock to make a one inch tile. I scanned that tile, then copied and pasted it to Word until I had enough to fill an 8 1/2 inch x 11 inch piece of paper. My floor is 5 x 6 inches so I have extra tiles.

When I printed them out there was a small white border that I cut off. If you look closely you can see that some of the tiles have black edges. They are not consistent around each tile. Does that matter? To me, it does.

I think I will try once again. This time I will use a fine black marker to make sure each edge is black.

I thought I would be finished with this project by now! The sad part is that when the floor is installed in the bathroom and the door is closed no one will be able to see it!

Just call me crazy!

Back To "Normal"

Now that Toby is gone, Henry Cat has taken his place next to Dylan. Dylan loves his kitty.

I'm working on the bathroom floor for the garden center. It is not as easy as I thought it would be. This is my second attempt. Will there be three?

Now that things are getting back to normal around here, I have some time for minis. :D

Hope you have a beautiful day!

Simple Solutions

Yesterday morning Dylan found his sutures and started licking his wound. Not a good thing. The vet did not give me a "cone of shame" for him. I doubt he would have worn it anyway. He is much too proud for that.

My solution was to put his sweater on him. He likes to be warm and now he can't get to his incision. Problem solved.  :D

I am happy to report that Dylan is doing better each day. Last night he walked around the backyard for a few minutes sniffing everything as usual.

My daughter found some Greenies Pill Pockets that Dylan really loves. It is not a problem giving him his medicine now. Even Nugget thinks they are treats so he gets a piece of one too. If you have a dog that doesn't like taking pills these are a great solution!

Lundy from Villa Lagoon Tile emailed me yesterday. She said "of course you can use our tile!"  Thanks Lundy! I'm happily working on my new bathroom floor now. Hope to have it finished soon.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Back to Work, Back to Minis

Dylan is doing well today. He seems comfortable. I have to go back to work today. I can come home at lunchtime to check on him. He will be under the watchful eye of his little brother, Nugget, while I'm gone.

Last night Dylan gave Henry Cat a quick bath. It was so cute to see him doing normal things again. :D

I started working on the Garden Center bathroom floor yesterday. I made one floor with woven paper but wasn't happy with the result. Here I'm trying one of the tile patterns I found at Villa Lagoon Tile.

Sorry for the blurry photo. If you click on the image you can see the details better. The one inch tiles are too large for this room. I think it will be perfect in 1/2 inch size? Each tile has a black border so I will be using black paper for the background. Lots of cutting and pasting to do here!

I haven't asked Lundy for permission to use this tile yet, but she has always been gracious to allow me to copy their wonderful tiles to use for my projects. I will email this photo to her today before I continue, just to be sure it's okay.

Thank you so much for your love and concern over these past few days. I really appreciate your kindness. ♥

Remember the little chair I made for the coffee shop?  The one made with fun foam and wire?  I couldn't find it this morning.

I wandered around looking in trays and boxes of things I have made and collected for the shop. All I could think was, "where is my chair?" I finally found it.

I also found a great tile design for the downstairs floor that matches my chair perfectly!  Here's a peek. :D

I have 12" x 17" floor to make. Lots of little tiles to cut and paste. The design is by Stu Neyland. I am using it with his permission from Villa Lagoon Tile. Thank you!!!

My pool table is waiting for my new Easy Cutter from MicroMark. No sense trying to cut all of those angles with my bandage scissors. Right now, it's in a bag...

The upstairs ceiling is a real challenge. Wiring twelve little LED lights has me a bit intimidated. I hope to find the courage to dive into this project this weekend?

One of these days, ONE of these things will be finished!  Promise.

I see so many of you posting completed projects. Beautiful things. Perfectly made. Me?  I post ideas. Works in progress. Occasionally you may see something DONE.

If you stick around long enough!  :D

Thanks for following my blog!  Welcome new followers and faithful friends too! ❤ 

Finished Kitchen

I took some photos of the kitchen this morning for Lundy at Villa Lagoon Tile. The flooring I made was from their website, used with permission. I love this tile! It was the inspiration for the entire room. :D

Thanks again Lundy for allowing me to use your beautiful tile in my dollhouse!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Kitchen Floor Tile

I found this pretty tile design at Villa Lagoon Tile. They make beautiful real cement tile! Go see all of their gorgeous tiles!

I emailed them last year to ask permission to copy this Savona tile design for my dollhouse. They graciously agreed and here it is! I like this tile so much that I've tried to design my entire little kitchen around it. I love the colors!


The real tile comes in several sizes. I think I will use one inch tiles and not try to cut them up so small. I can't cut a straight line to save my life!

I'm still planning and measuring but this is how they might look in the kitchen.


Casey and Sylvia have done lots of tile work with great success! I'm off to see how they do it. :D

Hope you have a beautiful day!



"All tile designs of Villa Lagoon Tile and tile color combinations in these and in historical tile designs are exclusive to Villa Lagoon Tile and it is strictly prohibited for others to copy them."

Thanks Lundy for allowing me to use your beautiful tile in my dollhouse! :D

Kitchen Inspiration

My inspiration for the beach house kitchen floor is this beautiful design from Villa Lagoon Tile, in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

They make the most wonderful REAL cement tile. This one is my favorite!

Savona Field Tile in Aqua.

I think the colors are perfect! If you look closely you will see a pretty shell border. I plan to cut the prints and make the floor for my kitchen.



I also want to thank Jane Coslick for sharing her Tybee Island Cottages. Jane has the most wonderful eye for style and design!

I love the corner pantry in her Amazing Grace Cottage! I'm going to try to make one for my little kitchen. :D



As you can see I have a LOT of work to do!

Thank you Jane and Lundy for your fabulous ideas!

Making Progress!

The tile is in! I also made some trim like I saw at Country Living.

Not sure what I want to do with the floor yet? I made this little fish design out of seed beads. Thought I might use them as accents on a crushed shell floor?

Maybe I'll put in a hardwood floor and paint it? Or maybe make some larger tiles? Right now I can't figure out how to get my printer to work so I can't print the Villa Lagoon tile I like.

Decisions, decisions. At least you can see I am making some progress!
Blessings,
Kathi