Book nookery....

Following on from my book nook post yesterday I have an update. 

No of course I haven't started it yet... that's crazy talk! Anyone who's been following this blog for some time will be well aware that I can't start it until I've done some pre-planning, list making and the like.

However, when I revisited the online details I discovered that there is a veritable cornucopia of delights which show the completed contents in detail.  To be honest, I just looked at the picture on the box and thought "that's the very one for me" and clicked on the BUY button with no scruples at all. I've also had a more thorough look at the instructions booklet which also contains loads of photos.

So... here are some of which I was completely unaware until this morning.

Having bought the kit purely on the premise of the frontage, with its festoons of wisteria and pretty flower boxes,  I love that the sides are also home to windows, postbox, signs etc.  In this view you can see the tiny fairy lights strung across the ceiling beams and there's even a working light on the front.  Love the little ares of moss and lichen on the outside too. 

But the wonderment doesn't stop there... there's lots going on INSIDE the front, with lights in the bay and some lovely little window displays.  The shop door and windows on the left even open although I'm not looking forward to those tiny hinges. 

I also didn't realise that were was an area partitioned off from the shop with a chair and desk which is a little workshop, with pots of paint, brushes and assorted toymaking parphernalia.  There's even a wee cup of tea on the desk!  Brilliant!!  

In the shop there are literally hundreds of pieces, including several doll's houses for doll's houses... my absolute favourite.  I'd assumed that they would be printed facades but no.... several of them have FULLY FURNISHED rooms!!!  Plus of course there's a tiny toy theatre and if I can shoehorn it in I'll add my own little Punch & Judy theatre too.   As you may be able to tell, I am completely blown away by the detail, from what was a complete impulse buy  and for which I didn't have particularly high hopes in terms of quality and detail. 

That's Little Red Riding Hood's cottage at the front, plus there's a Three Bears General Store,  Town Teahouse, Fairy Market and LOADS more.  Not to mention all the toys, books and dolls house furniture and accessories, plus rolls of wallpaper and boxes of kits.  I'm going to keep a tally of all the individual pieces but it must run into the hundreds.

It's definitely a long term project.  I though I might be able to do it in a few weeks but now that I know the scope of it I realise it will take several months.  However it's all broken down into easily manageable chunks for each millimetre of shop space, so as long as I stick to the instructions and work methodically, I'm sure it will be fine.  I'm also already thinking of how I can improve on it and upgrade it.

Now... far be it from me to put temptation in the way of any of you, but I've had emails from a few people asking where I bought it so here you go.  Don't say I didn't warn you.

Fairy Tale Shop

It's shipped from the US and it did take several weeks to arrive here in the UK, but of course the Christmas post will have slowed delivery.  I was a bit worried that I'd fall foul of import duty but amazingly I wasn't charged.  Also, if you are tempted, visit the link and you should get a pop-up code for a 15% discount.  I wasn't even charged for shipping, which may have been a glitch as I thought it would amount to $20+ 

So, if any of you fancy it, do let me know and we can have a communal group effort... what could possibly go wrong? 

Update.... just found a wee video too. 

Fairy Tale Shop Video