grynche Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 when you pause a video because "wait -- isn't that the same sofa that's in Casey's Mid-Century Mod house? Ummm, no, 'cuz Casey's is more of a boomerang shape, and the back is shorter, and there's not as much space between the seat and the back, and the corners .................." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minifan Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Wait, I need to get out more...so you didn't just describe my average Saturday night??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette Smith Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 You watch videos and BBC dramas for the architecture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 You watch videos and BBC dramas for the architecture! hmmm, I've been doing that for years and years. I've found myself noticing furniture in the backgrounds of old movies. oh, Bespaq makes a chair that looks just like that! JBM makes a table just like that! That looks like Aztec's new cabinet! I've been doing the same thing when I look at big coffee table books of old photos of interiors. .....but I don't want to go out...it's too cold...and there's snow....I'm waiting for May. Did you know that Maine has 4 seasons? Summer, Fall, Winter and Mud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntDee Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 [quote name='grazhina' date='Jan 24 2011, 04:15 PM' post='466265' Did you know that Maine has 4 seasons? Summer, Fall, Winter and Mud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 LOL, when I was creating the Agatha Christie house - The Old Rectory, I watched loads of poirot and miss marple dramas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 LOL, when I was creating the Agatha Christie house - The Old Rectory, I watched loads of poirot and miss marple dramas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoalaSam Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I do need to get out more! Only, I've noticed that when I am a passenger, I am scanning all the houses we pass to see how the trim is attached to real homes, what does a real dormer look like? How can I create that in miniature? And the kids ask "Mum, are you listening?" to which I absently minded say "yes, look at the angle of that roof", or "check out the trim on that porch" My poor kids just roll their eyes at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Obsession Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 YAH!!! Sometimes I am scanning the background MORE than following the movie!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julygirl56 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I've watched "Meet Me in St. Louis" with Judy Garland about 50 times. The first time obviously for the movie and music. Then I started watching it to get ideas for my Pierce. I find myself doing that while I watch HGTV. There are so many Victorian houses on a lot of their shows. lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerriMagic Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I've watched all the Harry Potter movies a zillion times over, in order to find the details that really give the WWorld it's 'flavor'. I suspect I could walk Hogwarts blindfolded, and would be very comfortable in the Weasley family home. Zeb thinks I've zapped into the twilight zone, when I'm actually spending those hours looking at clothing, books, utensils, luggage..I want Moggie Manor to adhere as closely to the books and films, as possible. If this is to be my Ongoing Project, I might as well do it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I've started buying dvds just to see the dollhouses. There, I said it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I know I need to get out more. I just contemplated buying a mini crock pot from Ernies that cost more than the my real one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyC Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 what is this "out" place you all are speaking of? :lol: getting out now means going to the market, drug store or craft store.. work doesn't count, i'm stuck in an office with no windows.. i find myself looking at things and imagine shrinking them down to 1/12th scale.. what materials would i use, how would i make it the most realistic possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliving My Childhood Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 My husband and I recently watched "The Lovely Bones". Even though I had read the book (which was traumatizing), I told him I wanted to see the movie (which was merely depressing) anyway. The real truth? I simply wanted to look at the dollhouses made by Stanley Tucci's character. Isn't that warped? Since my workshop is in the garage, I open the door any time I'm out there working. Unless its below freezing (which doesn't happen too often in Atlanta) or nearing 100 (which sadly, DOES happen), I'm out there almost every day doing one thing or another. Even cold or humid fresh air is better than house air any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 When you keep ordering pizzas not because your hungry but because you need more little plastic 'end tables'! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliving My Childhood Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 OMG !!! You are so right about the pizza tables! I bought 6 bottles of Cold-Eze when they went on sale because I wanted the lids (which make pretty cute end tables when painted). I've never taken the medicine in my life but saw the tutorial on the web and had to try it out! I've even purchased a few cheap calculators just to break them apart and see what kind of thingys I can find inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Any time I find an old cell phone/ clock/ whatever lying in a parking lot (or that has bitten the dust here at home) it gets dissected into component parts for "some day". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grynche Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 I actually got "out" today. I rescued a lonely little aluminum measuring cup that needs to have a mini scene in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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