The Georgian room phoenix is finally finished, and appears in the American Miniature magazine, issue #230. Single issues can be purchased here; https://www.ashdown.co.uk/shop/index.htm
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The Georgian room phoenix is finally finished, and appears in the American Miniature magazine, issue #230. Single issues can be purchased here; https://www.ashdown.co.uk/shop/index.htm
The bookcase and desk chair came to-day, so testing placement… unless I put the bookcase where the 2 green chairs are instead, it looks a bit “crowded” because the fireplace is wider and deeper than the one I originally had. I did order one of those a few days ago from the UK, it may be a few weeks, but I think I will use that fireplace instead and use this larger one in another room later. I also ordered the overmantle/mirror it had before, but I think I like the one I got when I ordered the larger ornate fireplace- it’s not as wider, a little taller, not as ornate and it’s made of metal instead of resin, and has an actual glass mirror instead of a mirrored plastic sheet. The wider more ornate resin overmantle would probably go better with this fireplace.
The wainscot is not attached to the wall yet and I need to make more, and the trim for the rear door is not painted yet
A couple of alternate layouts tried;
Sadly, the room was 99% finished and even had the glass and frame installed on the front, when a fire in June 2021 at my workplace where I kept it while working on it totally destroyed all 4 buildings and all the contents, including the room.
Now 7-1/2 months later I am working on re-creating it as exact as I can, but with a couple of slight modifications- the 3 chairs made by Bespaq are no longer available- they closed the business, the floo will be cherry instead of alternating walnut and mohogany, the contrast I like all but vanished when the floor was stained. The cornice which was plaster was a real pain in the ass, I’m going to make the cornice from wood moldings which will be much better and the joints a lot easier to hide.
Other than that pretty much everything else will be the same.
Some construction happening now on the replacement;
I took a foot of 3/4″ thick basswood board, cut it in half on edge on the table saw to get two pieces about 1/4″ thick each, and planned them down to 4mm thickness. They will be cut into strips 8, 11 and 19mm wide. I’ll need to make more for the wainscot panels etc but this is enough to get started. I can start making the wainscot sections any time now.
My Georgian study room is progressing towards getting the ceiling finished, I ordered some embossed paper and some 1/8″ quarter round wood strips to finish the ceiling. I have a round ceiling medallion ready to paint, and install after the paper is in, along with the chandelier which will need it’s wiring routed into the ceiling before the paper goes on.
I need to route a path diagonally to the angled wall where there is an open cavity behind it the wires can go down to the bottom and out through.
The quarter round molding will trim all around the inside top edges of the wood beams.
Once I get the ceiling done I can attach the ceiling to the box permanently and then the outside can be trimmed, stained and finished then.
Now that the wainscoting is finished, it’s time to look at the ceiling, so I am experimenting with some wood beams to see how this layout might work, 3 pieces more added would finish that. I used a piece of a 100 year old likely spruce board I had to cut the strips.
Most likely a textured paper with the beams over it
The side table I found came today in the mail, it is missing a small piece of trim and was discounted for it, it was the only one I was able to find in this color finish, maybe it’s been discontinued.
I did some more work on my roombox, the fireplace and overmantle are now installed, the bricks mortared, and the wainscot and filling- on the left side of the fireplace are installed but not visible behind the desk, a similar fill piece is dry fitted on the right side of the fireplace and the wainscot on that side of the room needs to be painted and glued in yet.
I drilled 2 tiny holes into the wall behind the overmantle so I could push a couple of 1/2″ long brass escutcheon pins thru the frame to mechanically hold it to the wall at the top, a dab of PVC-E glue on it’s “feet” secure it to the top of the mantle.
I will be looking for more pieces of furniture and chairs, and a small rug. The ceiling has not yet been decided on.
The pictures were just taped up for the photo and are not permanent just yet.