Welcome
This web site was created for the purpose of sharing the
project the MSAT Micro Minis List is currently working on. It is an ambitious project, indeed, but one
which the list has embraced with enthusiasm and hopeful expectations. But it was not always so.
When Anita McNary-Haynes first suggested to the List
working on a micro adaptation of Brooke Tucker’s Golden Christmas Room as a
group project most of the members thought it was way beyond the reach of any
but the most experienced micro miniaturist.
For one thing the complexity of the room--although it is absolutely
beautiful--is a bit daunting to anyone who has not been fortunate enough to
participate in one of famed Artisan Brooke
Tucker’s classes. But Anita
insisted that it was doable … if we just thought of the project as boxes within
boxes. Once she put it that way, we
started thinking that maybe it could be done!
To encourage us and help us in our new endeavor, Anita
set about adapting the design. Since
certain changes were necessary to suit the smaller scale and the 144th
scale version varies a tiny bit from the original plan, Anita called her
version White Christmas Room.
Then she built a prototype of the project and, as she worked, she shared
the experience with the group by chronicling her progress with wonderful
close-up, step-by-step photos of her roombox.
Here is a compilation of the instructions and photos, so you can build
your own White Christmas Room.
Enjoy the project!
It will help greatly if you have Brooke’s Golden
Christmas Room book, published by Kalmbach. It can be found at miniature and bookstores everywhere. If you have difficulty finding it, you can
always get in touch with the publisher by clicking on the link for Dollhouse
Miniatures Magazine, or visiting any of the other online merchants listed
below.
The Art Of Finishing 144th Houses Like A Professional
Anita McNary-Haynes has written a very thorough workbook on micro dollhouse building, which is available at her web site. It is full of tips and information from choosing a kit, to building, finishing, decorating, and landscaping it. It is a must for anyone interested in this scale!
An adaptation of the Golden Christmas Room is also a
project for the Quarter Connection List.
You can find the instructions and step-by-step photographs at our fellow
micro miniaturist Sandy Dohrman’s site.
The ¼” scale version is called the Christmas
Memories Room.
Want to see more of Brooke Tucker’s creations? Purchase her Golden Christmas Room
book? Order Anita’s workbook on
finishing 144th houses? See
photos of the Quarter Connection project?
Just click on the links below and they will take you there!
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Last revised: January 2002