Waiting for two of my brain cells to find each other

I tool to the needle and now have miniature back massage by hollyhock!

Very bulky blooms, ideal for a massage

All covered in blooms

“Manning” the phone

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Two-way traffic space

Downstairs hallway

Planned in is a small corner just to the left of the front door, just where the removable house section breaks away.  It’s a semi landing at the foot of the stairs where the phone plus table and chair, various loose boots/shoes and coat pegs need to lurk.

Phone and boot space

Hall hat/coat stand on other side of the hallway

I’ve played around, bought in, re-measured and re-planned but not found a satisfying combo of chair and table for the corner shape and still  leave breathing space for the imaginary folk to get up and down the stairs without climbing on the furniture.

Build one of them?

Well, I can’t build a chair but I’ve had a go at a sort of deco looking table affair attempting to blend with the hall stand across the hallway.

Shaping and shelving for the back of the phone table

First it needed a carpet preferably a non-fitting runner/rug.
Cut strip from a flock material marked out with biro stripes

There should be a light at the foot of the stair but this one, friendly as it is, is far too large I reckon

The shaped desk with shelves for notebook and address/phone book, pencils. paper and envelopes

Trying out a rather large wall decoration – too far into the corner really

Much better with the narrower one

Closer look at

Pencils and envelopes and room for telephone. There’s a vintage green one on its way which I hope is not too large for the space

And the landing itself has lots of room left for two figures to shimmy past each other there now.

The space with the narrow hanging but still got too large a wall light – I’m working on it …

 

Paraphernalia

Shrunk in the wash possibly?

Another running around week but got time to try out my first go at painting metal items.  Ideal job when you’ve only got so long to spare as each layer/coat needs a fair time to dry satisfactorily.  Still seems to come out feeling sticky.

Mixed results but ‘useable’ I think 😉

Though bought cream and green pans and enamel ware, fancied doing the bread bin and scales in the white with dark blue trim
Went for a worn look to go with the bought enamel items which have wear and tear built in too.