It's a Dog's Life.....

You guessed it. After the trunk incident yesterday, I felt that I had to do something to make Spike feel a little more appreciated. He now has his bed.

I still had lots of paper towel tube left. I dug out an old jewelry gift box. The lid just happened to be just the right size to go with the tube. I cut the tube to the length of the box, covered the box and the tube piece with fabric to match the chase.....Oops! Of course Tessie noticed. Since Spike is her dog, she reasoned that I really had made the chase for her. And since the chase and doggy bed couldn't possibly fit into her teeny, tiny, little, bitty, cottage I would just have to build Spiderwort Manor for her......

I just ignored her and went on building the bed. I cut a piece of foam core that was just slightly smaller than the box, then padded and covered that with some checker board material that seemed to go with the swirly stuff on the outside. The four corner posts are "Tiny Turnings" painted gold and cut to the right height. I trimmed out the box and canopy with some fancy silk ribbon and put a gold finding on either end. Gold filigree beads were stuck to the bottom for feet. It looks kind of lopsided in the photo. I guess it is the angle. It really is straight.

Spike took to it like a duck to water as soon as it was finished. Tessie has been Ooh-ing and Ah-ing over it.....I think that is just to butter me up.

That was yesterday afternoon. This morning I got up and started putting wood paneling in the secret room of Clockwork Cottage. I am getting there, but it is going to take some time to get it where I want it.

Here's the left side. No. The window is not in place yet. I am going to build and frame that separately and then install.

Eventually I will age this room. If he has been working in secret for a while, I am sure that he doesn't let the housekeeper in to clean up after him. The first thing to be brought up in the dumbwaiter was a bowl of dog food for Beauregard.

It's getting pretty bad when Spike has a fancier bed than Tessie and Beau gets his lunch served up to him before Zar gets his. What is this world coming to? I tell you it's going to the dogs!

See you tomorrow.