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Today was a very stressful, tiring day. As you may remember, a couple of weeks ago or so, I was planning on making shelving for my General Store and Post Office.. well I got all the pieces cut, stained and glued together. I was centimeters away from putting them in the shop and, well, they fell apart! :( So that'll be me repairing them tomorrow then!

So not a lot got done today - however, I had 10 mins to make these:

I managed to get the unit stained (thanks to some help from the lovely ladies on The Dolls House Emporium forum). On top of the unit is 2 bloomer loaves - one is a seedy batch, the other a plain white bread. Then there are 4 bread rolls and a loaf of white bread. I have other items, but they are still in the oven :)

And in the middle - my favourite item of all - the jar of smarties! With all the smartie colours. I can't wait to have my shelves finished so these can sit behind the counter!

Also, please allow me to take this oppotunity to introduce you to Malcom the Shop Keeper :)

My very first dolls house project!

I thought I would introduce you to my dolls house, after all it would be rude not to!

First, I'll show you the two dolls house I was bought as a Christmas present from my parents. The houses are two terraced houses - one of a single family house and the other a shop with above rooms. I decided upon buying them that I would make the two into one big family house with the shop.
(The difference in roof colour is not my fault - the man who built them applied the tile paper. I just tell everyone that questions it that the house on the right had a leak and needed a new roof. Just my bit of fun! )

The shop has been many different businesses in the few short months I have owened it. It was orginally a bakery - then a florist, then a dress makers, then a green grocers - but now it is a post office and a post office it shall stay!

Below is the kitchen. I have yet to apply flooring, which I plan to do sometime before the end of next week as I am eager to finish the rest of the house! I also have to fit the stairs, but I shall do that last of all.

What I love the most about this kitchen is the country theme. I live in a country cottage and this kitchen is based on my own home kitchen. I love the cereal boxes on the side and on the table! By the looks of it, the postman came early this morning too!

Now up the stairs from the kitchen and into the living room...

 Yet another unfinished, but started room. This time there is flooring! Again, the stairs need to be fitted. In the cabinet are two Dolls House Emporium plates. One of which is a picture of Grosvenor hall as the month of December, as this was the month I recieved most of the furtniture to go into the dolls house. Below is an Aries plate, a little birthday present from the Dolls House Emporium folk! Thank you :)

And you see those little bits of paper on the coffee table? All 52 playing cards!! You can get those here: http://www.printmini.com/ at my favourite printable mini's website! I spent a whole sunday evening cutting each card out with a craft knife and sticking them to the table with tacky wax!

Unfortunately, I cannot show you the rest of the house as it is not finished, but *fingers crossed* it'll be finished in time for Christmas as I hope to have the family sitting round the table for their Christmas turkey!