A very lavender update

and it's a lot of lavender!

A bit of a whinge to start with - I really don't like the way Blogger loads photos at the beginning of the post, before the title instead of being able to place them where you want them like you used to be able to do. Though it seems to have solved the problem of the line spacing going to pot when you add photos, so something has improved.   Okay, that's my whinge out of the way.

I've been caught in the 'do a bit and find ten more fiddly bits that need to be done' cycle so the photos don't really show the amount of work that's been put into it. 

First an update on the front wall.  There will be purple flowers added to the vine, and of course there are still the windows to add.  The vine is actually made using leaves from an SDK miniatures clematis kit, and yes, each leaf is added individually to each stem which is also added individually.And yes, there are a lot of leaves and it takes forever.  But I keep doing them lol. The very rustic pots at the front have the beginnings of two lavender plants.  The flowers will be coming soon. There will also be more lavender bushes in the bare areas surrounding the porch.

Then here is the view of the front rooms.  The lounge (living) room on the left will be left just painted, and it needs re-painting.  It's not stuck in yet either.  The coffee table will have to be painted/decorated as well, and I'm envisaging some art work on the walls but I'm not happy with the effect of the white chairs.  What do you think?

So there could be either another two chairs or another lounge (sofa) but covered in another colour - please offer suggestions.  It could be this floral, 

Or this lavender (I've just 'borrowed' the lounge from the breakfast room to demonstrate)

Or something else.  Please, please - ideas.  Norma??? Sharon???anyone????

Dining room, done in floral wallpaper.  Here it is with white furniture, but I think it needs more wood - how about a wooden top to the table or an all-wooden table?  I thought too that a collection of pictures on the wall would be nice, and would also break up the wallpaper.  There is a shelf unit sitting in front of the room - you can see it in the overall photo of the front of the house - that I thought I'd leave in a wood finish, to perhaps go on the wall as well.

The beddroom on the right is done with wallpaper from the Betterleys, the one on left, with wallpaper from Judith Dowden.  The attic needs some bits and pieces in it, but not sure what I'll put there yet.

Rear of house - study on left.  Hallway has been widened, so I can put something there such as a table with a group of photos or objects, flowers etc.  The hall carpet is from Judith Dowden, part of the Dove Point Cottage carpet pack.

Bathroom first floor right, lots of lavender and purple here.  Tiles are printies.

Ground floor rear of house is the kitchen/breakfast room/family room.  The kitchen is kit-bashed from part of a small kitchen and part of a Dove Point kitchen from Judith Dowden plus some wall cabinet kits from elsewhere.  The doors will be added once the cupboards are filled - so far only one has anything in it. The vegetable bin is a kit from BJ Miniatures, the pedal bin and microwave are from Leprechauns' Garden, the cannisters are from Debbie Young (they are resin and I've painted the lids and covered the sides in ribbon) ; there's a coffee maker and toaster too add, which are from a kit of kitchen utensils that I bought but I can't remember where.  I bought the African Violet at the Sydney Fair from Judy Moras. There will be a table and chairs in this room as well, to provide a place for breakfast as well as meal preparation.  That area under the stairs should have a little cupboard in it, but I forgot to put it in there for the photo.  It will probably have a vase of flowers or some collection of items on it if I can find things.

At the other end of the kitchen/family area, the lounge is a Pam Junk sofa that I have kit bashed a little bit to make it look a bit different, the hutch is also a Pam Junk one, the pie cabinet is from BJ Miniatures.  There will be another lounge or chairs in there and I don't know whether the pie cupboard and hutch will both stay, it depends how much room I end up with.  

The little shelves with the tea set on them are left-overs from an extra shop kit I bought in the Debbie Young Town Square series.  They will go on the rear wall, once I have the window frame in position so I know how much room I have left to place them.

So that's where I'm up to so far.  Lots done that doesn't show, as I said, and lots still to do.  We were due to leave on our holidays yesterday, now will be leaving tomorrow instead. I've decided I'll take the cottage with me so perhaps I'll get some done while away.

I'd really appreciate constructive comments please.