The Colonial II 



The track lighting in the kitchen is made from brass tube beads used on hair braids, with a small piece of dowel glued inside, a brass straight pin inserted, bent and stuck into the track strip.


The dining room light is made with crystal beads on gold wire in a cascade design, attached to a large round finding with a bell shaped finding for the ceiling attachment.
The 2nd floor foyer light is made from gold oval shaped beads on gold wire, with a small round finding to the ceiling.


One bedroom light is made flush to the ceiling using a large finding with 4 pearls for the bulbs on gold wire and attached to a small bell finding, with the prongs slightly flared flat to attach to the ceiling.
The hanging light uses tear drop crystal beads inside the bells for bulbs.
These fixtures are easy to make. I had a lighting catalogue that I got at a local lighting store. Just find pictures of fixtures you like and take it with you to the store, you can usually find something close enough to match the picture. They can also be electrified.  I made these with that intention, but did not wire them.


This is the dining room.  The corn plant is made using a small dowel, wrapped with brown florist tape and glued into a large bead.  The leaves are green florist tape, streaked with yellow liquid paper.  The fern on the stand in front of the window is also made from florist tape.  The center piece on the table is made with tiny twigs painted white and red and pine cones from the back yard.
 


The mantle has green foil pipe cleaners shaped into curves.  I found the little xmas bowl in a sale basket for 25 cents, the fruit is nandina berries, again from the yard.
The xmas tree is made from pipe cleaners with red round beads and gold propellar beads glued to the ends of the stems.  I crocheted a chain using gold metalic thread for the garland.
The rug is cross stitched using a full size hooked rug pattern.  I found that 24 count aida cloth done stitch for stitch makes the perfect 1 inch scale when using full scale patterns.
The log basket you see in the foreground is being carried by the man of the house.



More interior pictures on the next page....