CUPBOARD LOVE

 So on Thursday, the man delivered my new, to me, cupboard, for the small dolls. I was somewhat concerned that since it was coming from Devon ! Where Wednesday night it had snowed !! That I would receive an email saying it would have to arrive another day but no the email I received say Steve would be with me in 30 minutes and Steve was.

So today, Friday, Paul put it up on the table so I could clean it and look it over and plan. . . .

The front before it was all given a good wash. 

I had waited a week since I bought it for it to be delivered, naturally in that time I'd expected it to have turned into Tardis inside or course it had not.

Now in the time since I bought it and until it arrived , I'd gone from a cupboard for the small dolls on the bottom and middle shelves and my small teddies on the top shelf.

Then  the two doll shelves to be set up as room's and the teddies on the top shelf, now it's here the dolls have taken over the three shelves as room settings ! To that end I had a play with wallpapers. 

I will not stick this to the cupboard as I do not want to be restricted to it's use and also be able to change it all if needed.

The top shelf was quite high and I could not move it so thought it was fixed.

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I had moved the bottom shelf up one in this photo , but the top shelf was very attic like and only the smallest bed looked okay on that shelf.

So I started thinking, does the bottom shelf become a kitchen/ day room? 

Then Paul came back in from the freezing cold garden, where he'd been cutting a big climber back and I told him that the top shelf was fixed !  So he looked and then managed to unwedge it! So I moved it down one and the lower shelf back down one.

Which now makes the top shelf have a gap of 9 inches, the middle 10 1/2 and the bottom 10 inches. 

So decisions will have to be made as to what will go where, will the teddies lose out, will the bathroom fit if the bigger metal bed is at the top? But before I get to that stage. Paul needs to mend the top right hand side where the wooden cornice has gone missing. I need to rearrange half the bedroom, so it can stand on top of a chest of drawers and sort out how I want to fit the paper to the 'walls'.

Since it's too cold out at the moment to be clearing more space in studio, I'll be able to get the bedroom sorted so this can go in place once Paul's fixed the top.

So much to do and so little time until December when a worrying time is coming ! Things/ people not what they seem, under hand dealing, over blown balloons to name but a tiny snippet. . . .

SUNDAY NUMBER THREE

So this Sunday arrived quickly! Only seems yesterday I did last Sundays post! 

The weather's been much brighter but also colder however it appears that we will be getting an early burst of wintery weather this week.

On Saturday it was our little prince, Adam, 4th birthday !! Yes four ! Only seems once again that time is running away with us. He is turning into a sweet enquiring lad who loves Whales and other sea creatures. We were able to go and spend the day with him and help celebrate his birthday which was lovely.

Paul's put the garden to bed, pots of tender plants away and bananas wrapped against the cold weather. He has also been working on a prop for my dolls. 

Shown in the photo with a 16 inch Roche doll, it will also be used by the Sasha's.

 The Sasha's are planning a performance of The Nutcracker around Christmas or the new year.

Plenty of practising is going on.

My new doll cupboard should be arriving this coming week, so once it's up on the wall, I can get started on kitting it out and sorting out the furniture and dolls etc for it. Which will make some room in the new green cupboard for other dolls.

Even with the weather turning colder this week, I need to get into the doll studio this week and make the space to get to granny's shop and the living room and get them ready to start work on this years Christmas tale which will hopefully be a good one. Just a hint that dastardly deeds will be happening, lives could be hanging in the balance. . . .

I will need to find some decent lighting, so the photo's are clear enough to see, but I need to get started to be ready to start posting in late November / early December.

Todays headliner is Libby ( Liberty ) who is wearing her favourite Vintage Sasha dungarees and a lovely warm cardigan by Tricia six T and of course some Rosie Bloom shoes.

On the doll front, no one's left or arrived. But I did sell an outfit. I'll be glad once we get to the end of this week when I'll be taking a break from selling until the new year. 

So that's hopefully that's what's happening around here this week, along with the usual things that need doing.

I will wish you all a happy healthy warm doll filled week ahead.

Dee