Do you have a fairy Godmother? It seems I do... because MY wish was granted!

"Hey, Colette! Isn't that the chair you were looking for?" said Daphne as the girls were furniture shopping.

Colettes gasped, "Oh it is! A Bouloum chair. I so want one for my MH1." "Try it out" urged Daphne.

"Oh it is dreamy! " said Colette. "May I try it?" asked Daphne.

"I'm sorry, but I'm never getting up" Colette told her best friend.

Thank you to Pinchofpepper who created this chair. Wow you did an incredible job! I tried doing it out of felt and mine looked like a softie... Thank you! This is just exquisite! Mini world friends are just the best!

P.S.  Go here 

http://myrealitty.blogspot.com/2009/11/modern-kitchen_04.html

 to see 3 newer posts I did about pinch in 2009. (I only knew how to upload one picture per blog post at this time...)
And here

http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2481497517845163734&postID=342185074197615511

My that seems like a long time ago.
 CM

Congratulations Winners!

To see the four winners of the 1/12 scale phantom chairs go to http://Myrealitty.blogspot.com/
Thank you everyone who participated! C

OMG LOOK!

Look what pinchofpepper made ME!!!! I am the luckiest girl in the world! Is she good or what! She also said it was a pain so don't even bother begging her for one. It will look SO HOT in my MH1.

Speaking of which I am interviewing Wes Christensen for the Dollhouses Past and Present ezine now. What a mini life!!!! :) C

my current thrill

 I love this old plastic doll furniture. It is 1/12 scale or a little smaller. To me it looks like the seats in a Camero. My best friend in high school had a yellow Camero with a black top. And a big v8 track player in between the seats. I had an MGA convertable... It WAS southern California. Wish I had it now...

           Cool, no. And so reasonable on ebay. Pennies!

 Of course as with many old toys it has what they call in the antique trade..."light teeth marks". I mean these are children's toys. I bet it tasted really good. Probably a younger sibling...

And if you know me, you know I really want a pool for my I house. Look at this Barbie spa. I threw away the styrafoam version I made post haste!

                      Ok so it is blue with glitter...  Well still... C

If I could make things...

Bouloum man chair by Olivier Mourgue

http://www.oliviermourgue.com/

I want this in 1/12 scale for my MH1. I tried to make it out of red felt. Uh..

can't get the perspective right. I may need help... C

Faux Bamboo furniture

This 1/6 scale furniture is hot pink plastic. I sprayed it black. I keep seeing this wild Barbie furniture on ebay for a dollar or two.

Vixievaporous from Flickr turned me on to the phantom chairs. They are a little smaller than 1/6 and are perfect for 1/12 scale. They are used as table decorations or place card holders. Thanks Vixie!  

The lamp is Jonathan Alder sprayed black. I have found that using fabric from clothing is best as the patterns are smaller, so the striped cuhions are from an old jersey blouse.

Before, hot pink. After, black. Funny the 2 chairs are the same size

but the pink one looks bigger. Must be an optical illusion.

 Cheers CM

OMG My camera broke!

shell house by Kotaro Ide from Artechnic

 So last night I made this really cool graphic style pillow to go on this hot pink Barbie couch in faux bamboo which I had spray painted black.

AND when I went to photograph it I found out my camera was broken! The viewfinder was white...

I know in the end this will be good for me forcing me to buy a better camera, but for now I am empty, a lost soul, bereft of expressing myself.

This picture above is a summer/winter house built in Japan to withstand cold and hot weather. It is self contained and beautiful in it's simplicity in the natural setting.

This chaise is by Karim Rashid.
I love its sleek shape. I am tempted to start slicing paper towel rolls to achieve this look in 1/6 scale. Looking at these two oval inspired artifacts makes me feel better. Consider this therapy through design.