Oh! The Excitement!

I can hardly stand it. I spent the morning putting two coats of gesso on the interior of the cottage. I found out one thing. Watching gesso dry is equally exciting as watching paint dry! Oh well. It had to be done. Needless to say, I don't have a lot to show you. This is it.

So......I guess I owe you a trip to a few wonderful places in mini land.

I went through my list and found a few things that I thought you might like.

This first site is the site of Judee Williamson and Nicole Walton Marble. I took two classes from Judee when I first started. I took one of her early bed classes and one on making wing chairs. They were both invaluable to me. After a while she teamed up with Nicole, who is a wonderful wooden furniture builder. Nicole builds and Judee does the upholstery and bedding. They work well together. Go look at all the photos in their gallery and drool.

http://www.miniature-shops.com/wwm/miniature-beds-custom-orders/custom_order_bed

Next is Whitledge-Burgess. They make wonderful room boxes. My friend Pat has a couple of them. They are more drooling material......By the time you finish with today's sites I guarantee that you will have to mop up your keyboard.

http://whitledge-burgess.com/

This last one I just now ran across. His name is Paul Wells. He's from the UK. I can't say that I was familiar with him before today. His buildings are outstanding! His work is the kind that makes you want to throw your own out and start over. I love his half timber buildings. He does them the way they should be done, from the ground up! http://www.pwmodels.co.uk/

I am going to go now and stare at my half timber until it starts looking like one of his.......I may be a while. I think it's called the "Power of Positive Thinking".......See you tomorrow when I finish staring.