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Steampunk bathroom


GinaH

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Feeling pretty excited with how this steampunk bathroom for my fairy house is turning out. I still have plenty of details left to make - candles, soap, towels, etc. Thinking of some sheer coppery curtains(?) Ceiling will be a mural of an old world map. The odd shape is because it will actually in a turret / tree trunk that is attached to the side of my bashed Westville. Just wanted to share :)

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Gina I wish you'd do a tutorial on how you made your little commode stool.  Either a copper colored silk scarf, or one with all the prints of chains, etc, would make a fun shower curtain; I sometimes find those in thrift stores.

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Commode Tutorial

For the commode: I cut the end off of a travel sized lotion bottle for the bowl. I covered that in foil to mimic the tub, and painted copper. 

I made a smallish base out of air dry clay, when that was dry I came back and added "bulk" by covering it in the tentacles pictured. The original plan was to paint them like octopus tentacles that are often used in steampunk design but liked the way they turned out. 

I cut the seat and lid out of thin balsa wood, lots of sanding, paint and clear coat. If I was doing a modern lid I would have used plastic, but the look I was going for just said "wood" to me. 

The piping was pieced together using plastic rods from the hobby store. I used a tiny hourglass charm in the center, just thought it looked neat. 

Tank was made from balsa and the gear on the front was from the scrapbooking section of my craft store. (I turned the rest of those gears into the mirrors on the wall.) I used the chain from a broken necklace for the pull chain. 

Hope this was helpful! 

Gina :)

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I absolutley adore your stemapunk bathroom! It so spot on!!! Love the battub too, how ever did you achieve that layer on layer effect?

Looking forward to seeing the items in their intended space to!

Hugs

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For the tub I made the shape out of card stock and covered with a base layer of foil.

The panels were double layered foil squares with rolled edges and embossed to look like nail heads. I wanted this tub looked like it was constructed from pieces of scrap metal so I made several panels  in different sizes,  I layered  these  panels over the base, gave it a coat or two of metallic copper paint,  then glazed with dark brown to bring out details. I  topped everything with  clear coat to bring out the look of metal. 

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LOVING how this steampunk diver from Stewart Dollhouse Creations turned out. After agonizing on how to paint her, I finally chose   metallic copper then glazed black, added gear base as a finishing touch. It turned out better then I had hoped :).

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