Debora59

I have always loved the botanical center displays of Applied Imagination.. They used G scale trains, flowers, plants and 1:24 scale buildings constructed to withstand the weather.. my husband has been collecting the trains and track for the past few years. the challenge was to incorporate a design into our yard, One that doesn't interfere with mowing or dogs etc. We moved my 10 x 12 shed to make room. It took me forever to come up with a workable design for the space. It actually wasn't until the building was moved that the whole thing came together.. I ended up purchasing some 1:24 scale buildings fro a G scale person who couldn't find what he wanted for his display and desided to make them. I liked them so much I commissioned him to build a 1:24 scale Chavenage house from the Poldark series.. It took some convincing he thought it would be too big. But I made a sketch of the portion of the house that was important too me with the Floor to ceiling windows and front door. To me it just had to be a recognizable workable model. And that is underway! The Formal Botanical train garden style that I went with is well under way. we had to bring in 21 tons of dirt for the 40 foot bed. The bed has 12 x12 boxes on each end for the train to turn around and a 6 x 16 for stretch in between. I have an 8 foot iron bridge being constructed also. The buildings are LED lighted and the iron Bridge will have solar string lights to highlight the shape. This whole thing has been quite a project! Not to mention gather dwarf plants and shrubs for the landscape. Whew almost there though.

This is a large house 60 in long 24 in deep except Entry hall is angled and becomes 30 in deep.
I wanted to have more dont before I started posting, I have done a mock up with cresent board to see what I think of the lay out.
Will post inspiration pics first.

Gingerbread style doll house, Getting started on Barbie sized refurb.

Working on a 1/6 scale stacking design, with the elements I love from Salisbury house in Des Moines IA, Coheeries Mansion from A Winters Tale movie, Reign series Castle interiors, Skyfall home with the construction principals from my JP Morgan 1/6 scale dollhouse and other dollhouses. I will build the windows my self, since they will be various and large, the largest windows 20in x 15in [some bump out style ] My husband made me promise no construction will begin until my design layout on all floors is complete. Its an ambitious project yet in my mind I am coming up with a simplified method that will be very workable

Miniature Cathedral found in antique store in Iowa, the origin is the 1920s, Chicago. The [unknown as yet ] builder, made 5 landmark buildings, some european as you can see, another that we know of was the Empire state bldg. This might be 1/24 scale I think?
But it is amazing on several levels

I thought I had already seen the most amazing doll houses ever, but this one is over the top!

This is a long needed addition, since even before I got into miniatures. This is a 12 X 18 sunroom style room addition I designed myself. Its basically all windows and doors, the wide doorway is for a 6 ft double opening French door,[ for moving large mini mansions in and out ] The windows on the existing house will become doorways, one will be a 4 ft french door, the other a single solid door. this room solves a lot of problems for us.

handmade Tudor Inn which took 3 men, 4½ years to build. The Inn is built out of solid oak timbers using painstakingly researched Tudor construction techniques.

Dachshunds and Corgis

I am compiling and retrieving images of what I am dreaming of next. My goal is to finish the Chateau, but dont want to loose site of the inspiration