I now have a new fireplace for the library, because
the previous one was moved to the salon
I find this fireplace very cozy, and it looks lovely next to the bookshelves
On this blog, you’ll find everything about dollhouses and miniatures. Op dit blog vind je alles over poppenhuizen en miniaturen.
I now have a new fireplace for the library, because
the previous one was moved to the salon
I find this fireplace very cozy, and it looks lovely next to the bookshelves
I had marbled the mantelpiece for the dollhouse
bathroom, but I wasn’t satisfied with it
Now I have painted it a solid gray and then varnished it,
so it will match the bathroom floor nicely
I made a mantelpiece for the open fireplace in the salon of the dollhouse
I wanted, so I’ve now used the library’s
fireplace for the salon instead
Opening cut for the open fireplace
All parts have been cut
Fireplace ready to be glued into the mantelpiece
The surround has been wallpapered and whitewashed,
and the fireplace has been glued into the mantelpiece
I bought “antique” radiators for all the rooms in
my dollhouse that don’t have a fireplace
In 1819, the first hot water system in homes was installed
in London by Jean Frédéric de Chabannes
The hot water boiler was combined with a kitchen stove
In France, the first homes were equipped
with hot water systems starting from 1840
In 1838, the first building in the Netherlands,
the residence of Adriaan van der Hoop in Amsterdam
was fitted with a hot water system
It was only after 1850 that the use of artificial heating
in homes and public buildings began to be considered on a larger scale
The various boilers were primarily fueled with coal
I marbled the mantelpiece for the dollhouse library
and painted the decorations gold
Then I varnished it twice with water-based gloss varnish
I made the wall behind the mantelpiece from thick
cardboard and covered it with brick-patterned paper
I rubbed the back wall with ash to create
the black “soot” that forms when wood burns
I copied the fireplace plate from Google,
reduced its size, cut it out, and glued it onto cardboard
Now I still need to make a surround in
which the mantelpiece will fit
I enjoyed recreating my own pot stove in 1:12 scale
I used a piece of an empty aluminum foil roll for it,
since a paper towel roll is too wide
I then wrapped it with black cardboard, cut a circle for the base,
and a ring that fits around the tube,
letting the whole thing dry thoroughly
Afterwards, I painted three beads with zinc-colored
paint and glued them under the stove
I cut a strip of cardboard to be placed between the base and the ring
Here, I glued a small piece of cardboard on it as the ash drawer
A palette bead was attached with a pin glued through it
The knob for the ash drawer was painted zinc-colored
I cut it to size and glued it onto the ash drawer,
as you can see in the photo
I cut the little window from a piece of corrugated cardboard
Then I painted the whole thing with black enamel paint
I found the lid for the pot stove in a “junk box” at a friend’s house
My large pot stove sits on a tray, so I had
to make one for the small stove as well
I cut a large circle from cardboard and glued
a smaller circle on top of it
I threaded a piece of wire through a piece of scoubidou
cord and glued it to the edge of the cardboard
Then I painted the whole thing black
The top flap was made from a piece of cardboard
I cut a small piece from four sandwich bag closures and glued it on
I painted the whole piece black and glued a
zinc-colored bead on as a knob
The silver trim above the little window is
also a piece of a sandwich bag closure,
cut to shape and painted zinc-colored