tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post5278320795675588764..comments2024-03-15T17:41:30.914-07:00Comments on Casey's Minis: Up Against a Brick Wall....Caseyminihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16622994881661283282noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-83250845740745606402013-10-17T00:20:42.021-07:002013-10-17T00:20:42.021-07:00OH BTW I put up a photo of the chimney for the tud...OH BTW I put up a photo of the chimney for the tudor we made with Rik Pierce you could do that!<br /><br />http://denisdollhousemania.blogspot.com.au/Denihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17293870760602204714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-20662663727626512172013-10-16T23:46:28.053-07:002013-10-16T23:46:28.053-07:00yes the chimney should be brick!but after watching...yes the chimney should be brick!but after watching Restoration Homes from the UK It all depends what other people have added to it over the years, I think your idea of doing it brick is a good idea as it will just bug the heck out of you if you dont!!<br />I have made the fireplaces quite large in my tudor as I like the inglenooks<br />Its looking good!!!!!<br />Denihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17293870760602204714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-23526773766791524342013-10-16T12:34:17.085-07:002013-10-16T12:34:17.085-07:00Hi Casey! You know that once you get a thought of...Hi Casey! You know that once you get a thought of how something Should be, rather than what it already <br />is, then there will be NO REST until you get it done. I think that your ideas about the fireplace are good ones and the addition of a hearth, brick, rushlight or candlelight and a firebox that is deeper, will all contribute to your eventual Peace of Mind! <br /><br />elizabethelizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-72244321184407040202013-10-16T11:21:48.894-07:002013-10-16T11:21:48.894-07:00LOL! Veronique, I promise not to "fry" ...LOL! Veronique, I promise not to "fry" Tessie. What would I do without her?Caseyminihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622994881661283282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-43745737936286877962013-10-16T11:13:25.894-07:002013-10-16T11:13:25.894-07:00Sharon, I think that you misunderstood. I didn...Sharon, I think that you misunderstood. I didn't see any all plaster chimneys on Tudor cottages when we were in England and haven't found any on the net. I DO like the all brick chimneys and would rather have that look. I am going to keep looking today,but I don't really think that I will find any all plaster chimneys. If I don't, I will feel justified in changing the chimney to brick, even though someone else built the house.Caseyminihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622994881661283282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-86543920141375649152013-10-16T11:11:55.222-07:002013-10-16T11:11:55.222-07:00I think your instincts are right about the chimney...I think your instincts are right about the chimney. Brickwork will look more authentic. Thank you for not frying Tessie! I would miss the bickering between the two of you too much :-)<br />VéroniqueVéronique https://www.blogger.com/profile/04720638085856405622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-8465758630821115622013-10-16T10:48:34.426-07:002013-10-16T10:48:34.426-07:00I can't remember what the chimneys of Tudor st...I can't remember what the chimneys of Tudor style homes looked like when I visited England, but I guess the difference would be true "period" vs. how the exterior might have been altered over the years. <br /><br />I'm with you, Casey. I just don't think an all brick chimney would look as nice against the white exterior. What about bare bricks only as far up as you have bricks on the exterior, then leave it white? What DO you call the "white" on a Tudor house...surely not "stucco". <br /><br />I always think the great thing about miniatures is that you can build them any way that YOU want them to look. If you think brick doesn't look quite right running all the way up the wall, it is probably always going to hurt your mind's eye if you change it...regardless of how appropriate it is. SharonShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264430219949838593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-31528149271564104832013-10-16T10:33:49.992-07:002013-10-16T10:33:49.992-07:00Phylissa, I have decided to make the fireplace dee...Phylissa, I have decided to make the fireplace deeper by building it up on the inside of the house. I tried drilling a hole for the wires and the walls are of some kind of very dense 1/2" thick board, kind of like Masonite. Very hard. I got it drilled, but not easily. I am not even going to try to saw it. As for following what I do on this build, I wouldn't suggest it. Too many headaches involved.Caseyminihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622994881661283282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470571765534816029.post-24282011938930843452013-10-16T09:52:31.844-07:002013-10-16T09:52:31.844-07:00Hi Casey. I love English history and have recently...Hi Casey. I love English history and have recently gotten interested in researching the Medieval and Tudor periods again. I'm doing a scene from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.I have no house to work with yet so for now I'm working on collecting furniture and accessories, of which they did not own a lot of. I was looking at the Crooked Cottage yesterday for ideas on houses near that period.I will definitely be using the bed you made as an example for mine. And if you make the lower floor fireplace a cooking fireplace, I can use that too.<br />I say make the chimney brick, otherwise it will always look wrong to you.<br />PhyllisaPhyllisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946128452419597961noreply@blogger.com