Emma
I just spent the last hour looking at your blog about Houghton Hall and I have the same reaction as Hadoque, I just fell off of my chair in awe. I love how you shared the construction sequence, and the standard playmobil furnishings and then the Emma-ized furnishings. I absolutely love the grand hall, the staircase, the balconies, your color selections for the rooms. I read with interest your dismantling of the interiors to put up new wall coverings, the dumbwaiter, everything. I love the kitchen as well, the stone enclosed ovens, the laundry room, and the wine cellar. Wow, just think of the parties that could happen in that mansion. I can also imagine a bride on the staircase. Looking forward to more photos. Just out of curiosity, how do you seem to have this seemingly endless supply of mansion pieces and Victorian klickies?
kaethe
Thanks Kaethe, I'm glad some ones enjoyed reading about it. I don't normally bother writing about how I do things. It can be very time consuming writing the blog and taking loads of pictures, I don't know how Karim does it.
Usually I just show the end result but I'm not sure if people realise how much work can go into building a house. I know many of the forum members will, as they build their own but casual visitors might not. I always new this would be a big project and I wanted people to understand how much had gone into it, so my very first online diary as it were.
As to a seemingly endless supply of Mansions, I don't have any, I think I've got one dismantled one in my shed. I have to buy parts as I need them often my projects are held up while I wait for a spares order or finding cheep bits on ebay. I've had to wait for an order to finish the roof on this hall as well as ship parts for my second Spanish galleon.
For example I've had a commission to do a Victorian one story restaurant. As it's a unique build I'll have to buy a house to use for the parts, then when I've got those and sorted out the basic construction I work out whats needed inside. Then it's back to Playmobil for a spares order or hunt around on ebay to buy all the furnishings.
I have a few bits and spares but honestly everyone would be very disappointed to see my playmobil collection as I have very little. My favourite custom figures, a few medieval buildings, some ships and a jungle etc.
