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Things Grace & Jim Made for Customers 2020 - 2023 Grace always likes a challenge. She is willing to take custom orders from her customers. If something isn't already available, be sure to discuss the possibility of having something made to order. If Grace can't do it, or Jim can't do it, she will find someone who can.

Customer Things 2023

After I finished the mansion below, I did a 144 scale house for this customer. When that was completed there were a number of left over kits in both 144 scale and 1:48 scale. So I began making vignettes with the rest of the left over kits, curtains and rugs. Started in July 2023 until currently. Be sure to click on the photos so you can actually see what's in them.
144 scale Queen Anne House	I love the tip Jean Day taught me about using bunka for flowers. It works in 144 scale too!			The interior photos don't do the house justice. I have trouble getting the camera to focus real well in 144 scale. Hope you can get a general idea of what the house looks like.
Queen Anne with lights out	Queen Anne with lights on	Living room. The house rooms are so deep that you can only see the front of the rooms. In the back there is a desk, bookshelves, and cabinets.		Kitchen and dining room. You can only see the dining room but there is a full kitchen behind the dining room.
This is the bedroom. There is a canopy bed in the back, a reading nook in another section as well as dresser, armoire and other cabinets.	This is a lounge I made by dividing the room so that there is a full bathroom behind the lounge. I made the door larger so you can see into the bathroom but the camera wouldn't focus on it. Along with the normal bathroom fixtures it also includes a washer and dryer in the front corner by the door.	Now I'll start with photos of the 144 vignettes. The photos are better because the vignettes are open to the light and you can see the rooms better as they are not deep like the Queen Anne house. I used up all of Nancy's 144 scale kits and then did one 120 scale vignette with some pieces that were too large for 144 scale but too small for 1:48 scale.		I tried to use kits that would compliment each other when I split rooms.
Not all vignettes were split into two rooms.
	This little kitchen is 120 scale. I had to add cabinets and the table and chairs because mostly the left over items were just the appliances and the one hutch.	When I finished with the small scale vignettes, I started on making 1:48 (QS) vignettes. I tried to combine kits to use as many as possible in one vignette to make them more interesting. And I've tried to make each one different from all the others. Kits included some from Normans Creek, Young at Heart, Hart's Desier, and Jean Day. I don't have the name of who made the beds and curtains. I also included some swap items that I've collected over the years. I made all the standing lamps. Stay tuned... more to come.		I tried to use up all the ready made curtains, and special beds in the next few vignettes. 1st
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Hegeler Carus Quarter Scale Mansion Dollhouse Designed by: Leonard Fricke of Dollhouse Designs This project took 300 plus hours to complete, between January to June 2023. The Mansion kit is available from Rose Garden Miniatures but is NOT for beginners. Some of the venders who supplied kits for this project are: Kristy Norman of Norman Creek Miniatures; Jean Day of Jean Day Miniatures; Susan Karatjas of SDK Miniatures; Debbie Young of Young at Heart; Michelle Falshock of Michelle’s Miniatures; Gail Hart of Hart's Desire; Semones Minis; Etchers Miniatures; Needles & Minis; Barbara Ann Meyer of Mini Gems; Evans Designs; Model Builder Supply. I put all the kits together with many thanks for tips/help from all the venders involved. This was a major project and I wanted to give credit where credit was due. I made all the chandeliers in the house and most of the curtains, and filled in some details with swaps that I had received over the years, but not used yet in my own projects. Thank you for all of you who provided swaps to make the details in this house so much better. This one is one of a kind and I hope you will all enjoy the photos. Please click on photos to make them larger.
This is the completed front of the mansion.	Notice the address sign, 2023 Chandler Place. Nancy didn't know she had a street named for her.	Close up of the front stairs. Note the flowers are made from bunka, a tip I got from Jean Day!	Notice the mailbox had the numbers on it. That was fun trying to get them that small.
This is the close up of the left front yard.	You can see the table and chairs better in this angle.	This is the right front yard. Notice the peacock strutting around.	This shows the right porch where there is a table and chairs for eating near the kitchen door.
The overall of the back of the house with no lights on.	The overall of the back of the house with all the lights on!	From the first floor starting on the left side of the house, the kitchen.	Another view of the kitchen and yes, all the cabinets have little plates and glasses in them.
This is the first floor hall. Nancy wanted a bathroom in it but I could only fit in a powder room. The powder room has a vanity sink and toilet with all the accessories needed, soap, towels, & toilet paper. You just can't see them unless you put a dental mirror in there to look behind the door. All of the halls were difficult to photograph because of the white stairs.	We put the dining room on the first floor to be close to the kitchen. Since it was around Easter when I did this room we put Easter cakes and baskets on the buffet.	Close up of the table.	Close up of the buffet
A peek in the window nook. It was very difficult to photograph the window nook areas on all the floors so forgive me for the not as good photos.	Moving on to the second floor is the Peacock Bedroom. It's because of this room that there is a peacock in the front yard.	Here's the lamps lighted but before the lighted chandler was installed	Second floor entry hall. The entry doors are on the second floor instead of the first. I was kind of proud of the chandler in the hall. Hope you can see it.
The living room is also on the second floor.	We used some tiny 144 scale figures for the shelf in the living room.	Again a peek into the window nook which was very difficult to photograph.	Moving to the third floor where the big master bathroom is.
I tried to copy the floral pattern on the tub and bathroom fixtures onto the vanity bring the whole room together.	I was finally able to use one of the curtains that Nancy provided in the third floor hallway. The brown thing on the left wall is a grandfather clock.	This is the third floor bedroom. I put two beds in because Nancy has a thing for beds and has so many.	A peek into the window nook where I put the armoire. Poor girls needed somewhere to put their clothes!
Nancy wanted a TV in her mansion but with the style of furniture in the rest of the house, the TV seemed like it was "from another time." So we made a family lounge with slightly more modern furniture in the fourth floor.	The TV is in the dormer section of the room.	Another angle of the room.	Hard to see all the stuff in this room so yet another angle.
And finally the nursery. There was so much that could go into the nursery that we just kept adding and adding to it.	The nursery before we added all the pull toys. We did have the tiny tea set in there at that point.	Peeking into the window nook where the changing table is. Also notice the teddy bear chandelier.	Before I put the ceiling on, I sneaked a photo of the other wall of the changing area.
This ends the tour of the Hegeler Carus Quarter Scale Mansion. I hope you enjoyed the tour and all the special details that we tried to include in the house. I will only say that the photos do not do it justice. I wish you could all see it in person. In fact, I told Nancy I wished I could keep it but alas she said no. She's waited for a long time for this house to be completed. I tried to make it something special. Hope I succeeded.

144 Scale Hart's Desire Classical Colonial House 2023 I did something a little different here because I couldn't get good photos of such small rooms. So I photographed each floor. Hope you can see the detail. Click on the pictures to see larger.
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			I started at the top and worked my way down. The row above is the third floor with a bedroom, bathroom and nursery. The second floor has the dining room, hall and bedroom.
			The first floor has the kitchen hall and Living room. That one lamp won't stay straight. I keep straightening it and it stands for a little while but then goes wonky again. Not sure why. Maybe not on the rug right?

Off scale Bedroom - Bathroom Roombox 2023 This little bathroom from Italy, is between scales. Too large for 144 scale but too small for quarter scale. The bed is also the same, so I made a room box for these two pieces.
Lights not lit	Room box with lights	Wallpaper on outside of room box. Also hidden battery.	Top view of the outside of box

Customer Things 2023

Customer is making a saloon and this is the mirror with all the Whiskey bottles I did for her.

Customer Things 2022
Beidermeire Mirror Kit	Beidermeire Library Table	Made this Mirror table for a customer doing Beauty and the Beast scene	This is the platform bed I made for the Beauty and the Beast roombox	Tiffany Lamps

Customer Things made in 2021
One inch Checks with more to come.	Tweety Bird Checks in one inch	One inch scale credit cards	Every year I join the QS World swap and this year since I was making so many checks, I decided to make tiny QS check books. They have three checks and a check register in the check book that you can actually flip up to see the other checks or inside the check register.
Check Book Refills - Charlie Brown, Micky & Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, & Sylvester the Cat	Check books with covers - Each contains checks with a deposit slip and a check register. The covers are made from leather with a photo of the cartoon character checks inside.

Last part of 2019 and First part of 2020
Hand Painted QS Bathroom set	Filled Bar	drawer with silverware & coasters	She wanted straws in the bar so I had to figure out a way to make it look like there are straws
She wanted a QS toilet bowl scrubber	Bed of Nails: I've made three of these for the Addams Family	Stove for "Vera"	Truck for "Vera"
Customer supplied the truck but we had to take it all apart to convert it into Vera's Truck	We had to change the steering from the US to the European right handed style We even put in the dent on the one side	Top of Vera's truck	Back of Vera's Truck - we had to change to color to match the show truck
Doll Cabinet	Drawer in center and removable bottom panel doors	Maureen's Completed Cabinet	Cobblestone base for flower project.
Maureen's Rats	Downton Abby Doors	Boot stretchers	Bra & Panties, includes set with thong
3D printed Iron Maiden 5" tall	Wedding Room Box	Wedding Room Box window	Reframed from ordinary to elegant
Custom shelves