tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post1910198741732532834..comments2023-12-04T02:50:12.667-06:00Comments on Merriman Park: Dining Room ProgressJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-21139210452880627922012-04-10T15:59:42.103-05:002012-04-10T15:59:42.103-05:00Thanks, Patty! Honey badger --I know, right? I s...Thanks, Patty! Honey badger --I know, right? I still titter every time I see that video! <br /><br />I love your little babies, Patty --they are incredible,'faerie magic!'Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-89647808789225536822012-04-10T13:37:46.293-05:002012-04-10T13:37:46.293-05:00John, The dining room is gorgeous!!! LOL @ Giac......John, The dining room is gorgeous!!! LOL @ Giac....aka HONEY BADGER<br /><br />I love that video.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754484460733910342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-88220783249478017172012-04-07T17:51:48.007-05:002012-04-07T17:51:48.007-05:00Another great idea, Gee, I'm constantly doing ...Another great idea, Gee, I'm constantly doing the same. I'd love to see photos of your dh,do you have a blog or website?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-24285934101947546322012-04-07T16:53:21.605-05:002012-04-07T16:53:21.605-05:00i once bought a lovely piece of seems to be hand c...i once bought a lovely piece of seems to be hand carved wood, about 3 by 4 centimetres in a toko of some sort, people from indonesia were running it.<br />definite..ly going to use it in my dh somewhere.<br />maybe thats an idea of where to look, john, a toko or shop like that?<br />love to search all kind of obscure shops whenever i get the chance in order to find something special for my house.<br />and when i find such a treasure it just makes my week !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-89785930376273053892012-04-06T18:15:44.884-05:002012-04-06T18:15:44.884-05:00Darn it, I really should me more honey badger-like...Darn it, I really should me more honey badger-like in my miniatures thinking, Karin! Thanks for the --er,-- pep-talk...I think?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-55785536704915826582012-04-06T02:35:33.799-05:002012-04-06T02:35:33.799-05:00Another option for a real wood punkah without havi...Another option for a real wood punkah without having to do any carving other than rounding over edges of detail trims with sandpaper so that it takes away the nasty burns and to make them look hand carved instead of made by a nuclear reactor accident.<br /><br />cobble it together from laser cut trims. Use corbels and brackets for the ceiling support and paste other details onto a thin board for the fan itself.Karin Corbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558132883050492387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-36862702513084752502012-04-06T02:13:01.728-05:002012-04-06T02:13:01.728-05:00Honey Badger would never let not knowing how to ca...Honey Badger would never let not knowing how to carve wood stop him from having a shoo-fly if he truly wanted one. And he might well want one to shoo the flies over to him but only if he did not think it way more fun to jump up on the table and eat the flies and the food they landed on. <br /><br />Honey Badger would get some plastic or metal object or embossed paper or even use a raised embossing powder detail made from a stamped impression or some object stamped into Fimo and then he would faux finish it to look like wood. He would be so fearless he would not care if it was a fake.Karin Corbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558132883050492387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-60970105337314619192012-04-05T17:10:23.416-05:002012-04-05T17:10:23.416-05:00Hi again, Gee, and thanks for your thoughtful foll...Hi again, Gee, and thanks for your thoughtful follow-up comments. Funny, your reasoning in your last comment was precisely why I wanted to do a shoo-fly: because nobody else had one! And it would be appropriate to the period of the house. I should have explained this in my post but it seemed to be getting long-winded enough...<br /><br />The main reason I don't want to do the shoo-fly is because I have concerns that when you look at the house in its entirety --all six rooms together-- I fear that it will look unbalanced if the dining room is the only room in the house without a chandelier. <br /><br />The other reason against the shoo-fly is that I don't know how to carve wood. I would have to sub-contract the job, I guess! <br /><br />Thanks again for your input, Gee...I still have not made up my mind 100% so I will weigh your comments carefully.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-20826007076643172462012-04-05T13:46:35.584-05:002012-04-05T13:46:35.584-05:00I have been thinking about the shoo-fly idea over ...I have been thinking about the shoo-fly idea over and over the last couple of days and I was sooo wrong!<br />Though I'm very much a bling-bling person, bling does not always add in the right way to a room.<br />Thinking over miniature houses it came to mind that there appear to be a lot of copy cats, better or worse. so what makes a house outstanding, besides craftmanship and good taste?<br />it is something that makes you remember a house, something extra ordinary.<br />Now, there is not much room for play or thinking out of the box when building a historical house.<br />And most people don't .<br />And just that makes the shoo-fly idea outstanding.<br />I had never seen a shoo-fly before and if that would be the only argument to put it in your house, it would be sufficient for me. <br />So again, I was wrong, I reacted too quick and without thinking it over first.<br />I hope you will reconsider, please do :)<br /><br /><br /><br />GeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-39634695497742220672012-04-03T16:26:51.737-05:002012-04-03T16:26:51.737-05:00Hi Jeffry! You're right about the fan/chandel...Hi Jeffry! You're right about the fan/chandeliers --so I'm pretty sure that I won't do the shoo-fly,, after all. (If I could carve as well as you it might be a different story)!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-7903900057818568332012-04-03T16:12:11.535-05:002012-04-03T16:12:11.535-05:00Hi John,
Your diningroom looks wonderfull allready...Hi John,<br />Your diningroom looks wonderfull allready....and working with the illustration board is perfect...<br />I just ordered some cornices for my diningroom so I hope to start working on that one pretty soon. <br />Ooh.....and no no chandeliers when you use a fan in that room...it would look weird! But it would be interesting to some fancy carving for such a fan don't you think?jeffryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08920052734082751172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-19914817779857120552012-04-03T15:15:33.039-05:002012-04-03T15:15:33.039-05:00you're welcome, John :) You know and I know yo...you're welcome, John :) You know and I know you don't need me to tell you that!<br />As far as that strange people at the Department Store is concerned: let them talk; they didn't hire you for mediocrity now did they.<br />you can tell them i said so! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-11108884051444357012012-04-02T18:26:25.399-05:002012-04-02T18:26:25.399-05:00Oh, Gee, thank you! I SO needed to hear that afte...Oh, Gee, thank you! I SO needed to hear that after my entire Visual staff at the Department Store where I work in Display was called out on the mat for dressing our mannequins too costume-y!' --essentially saying we have no taste! So THANK YOU!<br /><br />FI DARLING! Just to be clear, the honey badger is what I compared Giac to because he NEVER STOPS! Sculpy Clay not working? Giac don't care, he's BADASS! He don't care: Look at him, he's dropping the Sculpy Clay and picking up a KNIFE and whittling a VICTORIAN SCULPTURE from MEMORY! He is the Honey Badger of Miniaturists! <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for the compliments. I think I am going to ditch the shoo-fly...Or not...I don't know...I need a cocktail....Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-80071773625464002742012-04-02T16:46:22.567-05:002012-04-02T16:46:22.567-05:00Love the room, especially the soft tones in the wa...Love the room, especially the soft tones in the wallpaper.<br />your door surround works out wonderfull too.<br />what i most like in your rooms is the fact that they don't bore me; i get bored easily and most rooms i see are boringgggg.<br />in your rooms the eye wanders all around.<br />that's why i personally would not go for a shoo-fly. i think it would stop the eye from wandering, cos a shoo-fly is quite big.<br />I go with Ray... the more bling the blingier and as there can never be too much bling, i'd go for a chandelier, or several small ones.<br />having said that... <br />i'm a ferm believer in you do as you like, you already have proven to have excellent taste!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-6004553091024922752012-04-02T16:37:04.018-05:002012-04-02T16:37:04.018-05:00OMG I have to go Honey Badger first!!! That is hil...OMG I have to go Honey Badger first!!! That is hilarious I have had my first laugh for the day and it was a good one! I will be showing Jay as soon as he gets up (School Holidays) he will love it!!<br /><br />Now back to the serious stuff,you are a LEGEND not only does it look beautiful but I love how you have explained the proses of using the illustration board. I have left it a little too late for my kitchen (Yay I got my range hood in with you on my mind as you reminded me to make sure I could remove it to change the bulb and i came up with a rather ingenious plan) it's so great to have your tips on the process. You have done an amazing job and i think the spray adhesive thing is a display thing.......putting on all those Decals over the years!!<br />(Honey Badger ) As for the shoo fly I think it would be great as a point of difference, I read a book recently where a young Australian Woman lived in India (sixty lights Gale Jones) and they referenced these operated by servants and I imagined they would really add to the atmosphere.<br /><br />I just adore the wall paper and all the mouldings, just stunning!<br /><br />Well thats it for my epic comment, love your work HB<br /><br />ML Fi xxxxFi.Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149948132909326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-18575973324706915462012-04-02T15:41:59.697-05:002012-04-02T15:41:59.697-05:00Why, Simon, you're merely fashionably late...M...Why, Simon, you're merely fashionably late...Maybe it's the brand of adhesive I use: 3-M Super 77, made right here in Minnesota...I think I'm gonna bale on the shoo-fly: I just can't see the room without a chandelier.<br /><br />Hi Troy! I'd love to see your photos of the shoo-fly, the ones I found were not so hot. I love your cabin --any progress on that fireplace?<br /><br />Hola Sionchi! Usted siempre tiene esos elogios agradables, querida, pero esta vez la traducción volvió que le gusta a mi "araña!" ¿Fue así? Tal vez había una araña en una de las fotos que me perdí ... oh well! Gracias por visitarnos! Abrazos!<br /> <br />I will certainly find you at the show, Sophia, and stop by! I am getting so excited...hope to take one of Ray's workshops, someday!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-11260509960590368062012-04-02T14:25:57.703-05:002012-04-02T14:25:57.703-05:00Hey Buddy. Sorry Im the last one to the party.
The...Hey Buddy. Sorry Im the last one to the party.<br />The Dining Room looks superb, well done. I LOVE that wallpaper and stripes always look good in a formal room. You certainly seam to have the Gods smiling on you with that spray adhesive, it never works for me LOL<br />The fan sounds like a great idea, I know you'll pull it off wonderfully.<br />Thanks for the long post, I love readsing indepth updates on your progress.<br />Hugs from over here,<br />SimonSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843072284822496590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-77851086921846715042012-04-02T10:18:56.158-05:002012-04-02T10:18:56.158-05:00The room is looking great John. I love the pilast...The room is looking great John. I love the pilasters and the wallpaper. I toured a really great plantation house a while back with a giant fan above the table - It was quite the conversation piece. I will try and post some pictures. I am going to try the mat board method of doing a room in my next house. I am too big to contort myself in the cabin project.. its wearing me out! Great Post as always.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13248343692678031483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-79716799951915477392012-04-02T10:17:50.626-05:002012-04-02T10:17:50.626-05:00Me encanta cuando haces algo nuevo en tu casa, sie...Me encanta cuando haces algo nuevo en tu casa, siempre estoy impaciente por ver tus progresos porque me encanta tu casa y todo tu trabajo. Las paredes te han quedado preciosas, la araña me ha encantado y la puerta has acertado es precioso ese arco que has hecho. BesosSionchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723670708527579726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-47587369987928163382012-04-02T09:53:57.598-05:002012-04-02T09:53:57.598-05:00Totally agree that illustration board is the way t...Totally agree that illustration board is the way to go! This is a trick I learned from Ray Whitledge in his classes and it has saved me countless hours of do-overs. If you don't like what you've done, no harm, no foul--just take it out and start over. Much better than tearing up floors or wallpaper inside the house. Right now we are working on wall panels on illustration board; so much easier to see.MiniLoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12036464719628400715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-8851042901805541512012-04-02T05:25:52.006-05:002012-04-02T05:25:52.006-05:00Thanks for the input, Elga. The whole punkah/shoo...Thanks for the input, Elga. The whole punkah/shoo-fly idea seems to be going over like a lead balloon...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-58748706068992749322012-04-02T01:33:24.496-05:002012-04-02T01:33:24.496-05:00Love the dining room!!!
I think I would go for a ...Love the dining room!!!<br /><br />I think I would go for a chandelier to fit in with the rest of your house, I am sure your servants are quite able to get rid of the flies without the fly-shoo.<br /><br />Have a great week.Elgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639738521849496729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-24156517250913824382012-04-01T18:54:37.941-05:002012-04-01T18:54:37.941-05:00I've got my mojo now, Karin! Each room seems ...I've got my mojo now, Karin! Each room seems to go faster than the last. I just made the hearth and marble surround and it took half the time as my first room!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-571960407792694682012-04-01T18:34:52.189-05:002012-04-01T18:34:52.189-05:00You are moving right along on that project. No one...You are moving right along on that project. No one would believe you are a first timer.Karin Corbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558132883050492387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726627179512343604.post-24154043937691649272012-04-01T15:41:40.540-05:002012-04-01T15:41:40.540-05:00Thanks, Giac! Your opinion means so much to me! ...Thanks, Giac! Your opinion means so much to me! <br /><br />Gosh, I've already had comments from a dog and a honey badger, could an expressed opinion from a certain snowy-white, polar bear be far behind?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792529272804861727noreply@blogger.com