I started building the Fairfield after receiving a set of Avon Victorian Memories kitchen furniture as a gift (most of which I’m not actually using in the house!) Since this is my first half scale endeavor, I’m furnishing the Fairfield from scratch. I still have a lot of furniture to buy / make, but here are pictures of some of the first semi-completed rooms.
I intended to use the Avon kitchen in this house, but decided instead on something more modern. (This picture of the kitchen was taken when I was debating putting a window where the door should be. I decided instead to board up the door altogether.)
The cabinets and fridge are from a Town Square set, and the oven is an Acme magnet. The table and chairs are from the Avon kitchen. I’ll be doing a bit of bashing to the kitchen furniture before it’s done. I want to replace the fridge handles and sink faucets with ones that look more realistic. Since I’m using the oven magnet, I didn’t need the oven that came with the Town Square set. I removed the door from the Town Square oven to make shelves for cookbooks. I will cover the stovetop up, maybe with a microwave. I’m also thinking of getting another of these kitchen sets and bashing it to make upper cabinets… or maybe putting up white shelves with pretty dishes on them instead.
I bought Delft tile paper for the kitchen, but the dollhouse shop only had one sheet and it wasn’t big enough. So, I scanned it, did a little color correcting to make the blue darker, and printed it out. I wouldn’t have been satisfied with this in one inch scale (even on the best setting, my printer is not as crisp as a professionally printed design) but in half scale it worked pretty well! I put the Delft paper on the walls with the cabinets, and a blue scrapbook paper that looks like sponge painting on the other walls.
(The wires on the floor are from the sconce in the front entryway. I drilled a hole and ran the wires through the kitchen wall.)
I’m starting to think this table looks a little out of scale in the room. I may replace it with a Cassidy Creations pedestal table.
Emily is a freelance writer, miniaturist, and adventure game enthusiast.
