This Queen Anne Mansion was my first foray into the world of 1/144. It was quite the challenge, but I was pleased with the final results. Of course, this one was done before I knew people were crazy enough to furnish these little houses.

And before I became one of those crazy people.

That said, as it was my first 1/144 it will always have a special place in my heart.

The Queen Anne Mansion is a kit by Northeastern Miniatures The house stands a mere four inches tall and is designed as the “doll’s dollhouse” — perfect scale to fit in a 1:12 (standard scale) dollhouse.

Since this was my first construction of the Queen Anne, I didn’t make a lot of changes to the kit. I added a window box on the front, a mailbox, a goodly bit of landscaping, and a potted plant on the front porch, but pretty much everything else you see if “straight out of the box.”

This miniature house is now in a private collection.

This little scene is designed to be used as a centerpiece, mantel decoration, etc. in a 1:12 scene, but it use several items from my 1:144 supplies.

The tree started as one of those cheapy little trees made from twisted wire — sort of like a bottlebrush. I removed the clunky wooden base and I used a variety of landscaping foams to dress it up into a nice looking evergreen. I then decorated it with “crystal snow” — a product I found in the “rubber stamping” section of Michael’s and 0.5mm no-hole beads that I purchased from MiniKitz.

The glass dome and base was purchased from Laura Dubois’ Miniatures and Collectibles. I stained the base with MinWax Golden Oak. I painted the center section white and then covered it with a mixture of white paint and white glue.

I covered the entire gloppy mess with the crystal snow.

The teddy bear and airplane are painted metal miniatures from sdk miniatures. The teddy bear actually comes as a “standing bear”, but I broke off his little legs (owie!) and then glued (Zap CA glue) them back on in the sitting position (prior to painting).

The adorable little rocking horse is a wood product of Virginia’s crazy shapersaw and can be purchased at Virginia’s site, A Sheila’s Shed.

This miniature is now in a private collection.