It's a Small World

I've hardly ever mentioned my Dolls House here since I got it back to Orkney, although that was largely because there wasn't a great deal to say. My original plan had been to visit shops and browse  miniature fairs on our various trips south and furnish it slowly with things I picked out, having seen them first. This was because I made a mistake ordering fireplaces on-line when the house was being constructed and bought the wrong sort and I didn't want to make the same mistake again.

Covid put paid to any thoughts of miniature fairs and as far as I can ascertain there are no shops selling dolls house furniture in Scotland at all. I find this surprising, but the one I did find details of on-line proved to have closed down when we finally had a chance to visit it. 

 A good friend in American bought me some furniture for Christmas from her local miniatures shop and that was really almost all I had, and recently I realised that I could leave the place empty until a mythical 'one day ' when somehow I was going to have a huge choice of shops and fairs, or I could bite the bullet and actually get some stuff! So I got some stuff and the result is that I now have two rooms almost complete. 

Here is the maid and cooks bedroom. 

This is complete apart from a few more accessories 

And this is the library/study of the gentleman of the house. This is an illustration of yet another of the perils of ordering on-line. I was so fixated on ensuring I got the best price from the several firms who sell these things that I didn't double check the finish on the chair and ordered a walnut one rather than a mahogany one by mistake. D'uh. However I will replace it with a mahogany one in due course and the walnut one can go elsewhere. I still need a wing chair and a small table for this room, plus again, accessories, but I'm pleased with it so far. I think my fave piece here is the map chest ( left wall behind door) because I hadn't thought about getting one, loved it when I saw it from an independent small seller, and it only cost me £4.00 which was a bargain. And I have even found somewhere where I can buy miniature maps to put in the drawers! 

Clearer  view I think if you click on the photos to enlarge them.