So today I finally made some pictures of my room, which, I can say with some pride, is pretty much done. I could still give the floor a sanding, and I could hang some more paintings (and fix the one that is hanging at an odd angle in the pictures :P).

And I leave you now with a little October scene, which is also preview of my new project. Because ofcourse I have to clutter our tiny real life home with more miniatures! Tiny things don't count as clutter, right?

Thank you for reading!

I made a very simple design, which would house the turntable on top, a stereoset in the upper sections, and lot's of room for all the records. (In our real house we already have too little room, and my boyfriend has started using my closetspace to stash his collection. Not in the mini house!)

To add a bit of interest, I wanted to make some hairpin legs to go underneath. By the way, the cabinet is again made of thick cardstock, which I stained with a grey copic marker. It made for a nice dusty finish.

For the stereo I printed the front of an eighties sony stereo, similar to one we have in real life, and added some glossy paper on the little screens and a volume button. Some scrap black foamboard had the perfect thickness to be used as a body.

Then by chance I found this old foam cutting mat, which when painted with my all purpose black sharpie had the perfect texture for a pair of speakers. 

I made some matching boxes from my floor veneer, and voila!

And when everything was put together, it looked like this:

For now I'm quite satisfied, but of course the record collection needs constant new supply, as that's my boyfriend's favourite part of the whole roombox. ;)

And now for something different. A while ago I found this little plastic profile in the discount bin of the local model building shop. It's actually quite handy for modern painting frames. It's soft, and easy to cut.

I used the larger end to go over the painting, and the shorter side of the 'L' shape perfectly hides the three layers of the Rothko painting here. The bottom layer is the painting itself, which I covered in a layer of mod podge. Again a great tip from http://fabulouslysmall.blogspot.nl/ I believe. She's truly fabulous! Then the 'glass' layer.

I love the mix of old and new in interiors.

And then some last bits and bobs. These tiny succulents I made from polymer clay. I forgot to put in a coin for scale, but the lower one is about 1 cm tall.

Two electrical sockets, and the headphones because I really wanted to try out the tutorial from the amazing http://minibase.blogspot.nl/, both made with polymer clay. My headphones work with bluetooth, becaause I didn't have anything on hand that could serve as convincing wire. ;) The two paintings were made with the same process as the Rothko above.

That was it! I hope you liked this little post of various things. Now for a nice shelving unit to display everything in my roombox... Next project!

Till the next time,

~Rebecca

I started by taking measurements of the real life model, a Thorens TD 160, and converting everything to one inch scale. I made a little cardboard box with said measurements, and covered it in silver Sharpie. Said Sharpie is now completely empty, a real shame as they are hard to find in The Netherlands :(

And here you can see the original, with the tiny turntable on the record.

That's all for now, I hope you like it!

~Rebecca