Darcy's Kitchen
In the interests of NOT GOING (more) INSANE, with the addition of tea towels and oven mitts, I am now declaring this diorama-in-progress complete! Alas, photographing it is still not so easily done (primarily due to its size and configuration, nor is lighting it particularly simple. But I am still really well pleased with how it turned out.
I customised the My First Kenmore 1:6 scale kitchen playset thusly: repainted all the cupboard doors white, raised it .5" off the floor, added 2nd "sink"piece to add counterspace, added blue & white tile backsplash, and balsa & contact paper countertops to match the breakfast bar. Painted the bottoms of the pieces either silver to match the appliances, or white to match the doors. The microwave door had a screen of black net added to the inside, to simulate a real microwave. If I'd had my druthers, I'd also have painted the inside of the stove grey with a speckle pattern, but I decided that way lies madness.
The breakfast bar was commissioned by Bruce Dawson on etsy, who primarily makes dollhouse scale pieces. He also made the folding stepstool.
The fridge is a Tyco "KItchen Littles" piece I believe from circa 2006. It lights up inside! I chose it primarily because while the exterior of the Kenmore fridge is lovely, the inside is just too plain and lacks detail. The Kenmore fridge may eventually be repurposed into a pantry.
The miniatures came from all over creation. Most are Re-ment, however a number were handmade printable miniatures by me (the Krispy Kreme box and Lucky Charms box) and others, as well as dollhosue scale minis, bits of Hallmark ornaments, and anything I could lay my hands on, really.
The red Kitchenaid stand mixer began life as an ACME magnet which I customised. The Roswell and COffee Diva "tin" signs are magnets. The fire extinguisher is a novelty lighter. The 10 gal rubbish bin is in fact a Mentos gum container I customised. The wall art was printed out and mounted on foamcore. The photos on the fridge were printed out on photo paper and then sealed with spray enamel--however, even so, they show major signs of wear.
The "floor" is just shelf paper, meant to show a poured resin floor. The walls are matte board, and the pillers are gift boxes.
Darcy's Kitchen
In the interests of NOT GOING (more) INSANE, with the addition of tea towels and oven mitts, I am now declaring this diorama-in-progress complete! Alas, photographing it is still not so easily done (primarily due to its size and configuration, nor is lighting it particularly simple. But I am still really well pleased with how it turned out.
I customised the My First Kenmore 1:6 scale kitchen playset thusly: repainted all the cupboard doors white, raised it .5" off the floor, added 2nd "sink"piece to add counterspace, added blue & white tile backsplash, and balsa & contact paper countertops to match the breakfast bar. Painted the bottoms of the pieces either silver to match the appliances, or white to match the doors. The microwave door had a screen of black net added to the inside, to simulate a real microwave. If I'd had my druthers, I'd also have painted the inside of the stove grey with a speckle pattern, but I decided that way lies madness.
The breakfast bar was commissioned by Bruce Dawson on etsy, who primarily makes dollhouse scale pieces. He also made the folding stepstool.
The fridge is a Tyco "KItchen Littles" piece I believe from circa 2006. It lights up inside! I chose it primarily because while the exterior of the Kenmore fridge is lovely, the inside is just too plain and lacks detail. The Kenmore fridge may eventually be repurposed into a pantry.
The miniatures came from all over creation. Most are Re-ment, however a number were handmade printable miniatures by me (the Krispy Kreme box and Lucky Charms box) and others, as well as dollhosue scale minis, bits of Hallmark ornaments, and anything I could lay my hands on, really.
The red Kitchenaid stand mixer began life as an ACME magnet which I customised. The Roswell and COffee Diva "tin" signs are magnets. The fire extinguisher is a novelty lighter. The 10 gal rubbish bin is in fact a Mentos gum container I customised. The wall art was printed out and mounted on foamcore. The photos on the fridge were printed out on photo paper and then sealed with spray enamel--however, even so, they show major signs of wear.
The "floor" is just shelf paper, meant to show a poured resin floor. The walls are matte board, and the pillers are gift boxes.