Sunday, April 17, 2016

In their natural habitat

Lily's Lab:  21st Century Potions
Lily is generally in her designated lab space when not being pressed into service as a model.  Right now she's enjoying having both a laptop and a potion brewing setup.  Tucked back against the wall is a first aid kit for any mishaps.  And yes, she realizes that coffee (that small blue cup) and potions do not quite mix.  That said, no one else here quite has the nerve to cut off her coffee supply.

Shepard's Cabin:  Designated Geek Space
Shepard's room got massively refurbished in the last month and a half, starting with the inclusion of the old 1990s school desk and mini Mac.  Eventually, the Mac will work like a real computer, but not yet.  The old acrylic shelves and drawer sets were condensed and reorganized and turned into the hutch setup around the desk (with the aid of a few foam core scraps to make up the height difference between the stack of drawers and the desk).


The hutch setup has the old Blasto (the first Hanar Spectre) comic book, the Lord of the Rings collection (with a model of the One Ring tucked in a drawer), assorted wargaming miniatures, and a mini martini set.  Also included are a hamster (of the miniature giant space variety) and a fish tank (no feeding necessary).  The white shelves were a foam core project meant to replicate IKEA shelving for dolls.  It currently still has 5 empty blocks, but it's only a matter of time...


The empty shelves are dedicated to a set of doll-sized science books that are slowly being made.  There will be 100 total when the set is complete, and the current status is 41/100.  And the other set of tiny books?  The complete 1950s New Basic Readers.

Nellie's Study:  Currently Taken Over by Cats
Nellie's room used to be one of the nicer rooms before several furniture shuffles and decorating sprees.  Sadly, it's been neglected lately and is next on the list for redecorating.  The giant wingback chair, while nice for floor displays and photoshoots, is too big and unwieldily for a shelf display.  It is, however, perfect for the cats.  Her desk has a few scattered school supplies (crayons, pencils, textbooks), but there's no fancy display shelf that all the other rooms have.  That will have to be remedied.

Samantha's Creativity Corner: Full of Curios and Droids
A good part of the space in Sam's room has been taken up by the resident droid and a curio cabinet of odds and ends.  There's also a desk with materials for writing stories or letters or what have you.


The curio cabinet is really rather full of things.  All sorts of things.  There's the Egyptian hand mirror, the Japanese fan, the antique Japanese fan, the music box, kokeshi dolls, a stereoscope, assorted pewter miniatures, assorted books, tarot cards, a few lanterns, an incense burner, etc etc etc.  Just the sort of random curio cabinet you need for 'I need something to write a story about.'

Cauthrien and Nora's Library:  Quiet Elegance
This is the only shared room, but Nora and Cauth are besties who don't mind the cramped space.  This room will always be the library, even if another room (*cough* Shepard's *cough*) has more books.  The majority of the fiction collection (except the Tolkien) are in this room, along with the fancy glass lamp and vase.  And the old clunky phone.  The big green vase will have flowers in it someday.


The bookshelf is so out of space.  There's the collection of Japanese fairy tales, a few Nancy Drew books, the Anne of Green Gables series, a handful of Little Golden Books, some Wizard of Oz books, assorted novels (A Little Princess, Little Women, etc).  The table (formerly a bistro table) also has a card game and a few sci-fi magazines in addition to the aforementioned lamp and phone.

Kana's Parlor:  Pretending to be an Antique Shop
Kana's room is another room with a real theme.  If it were up to her, it would look like a girl's bedroom out of an anime.  Instead, it's a hodgepodge of styles and items, with a few glass bottles and a ship-in-a-bottle on the mantle.  The little gardening-shelf-turned-sideboard has two different tea sets and the fancy candles.  On the cabinet is her laptop and her manga collection.

4 comments:

  1. Sigh! I love your dolls' natural habitats. (The foam core bookshelves look really nice.)

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  2. I love all the little details you put into your doll's rooms - really fantastic work!

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