Diorama: Updates

This website has been waiting a very long time for some updates and today I managed to find both the inspiration and the time to do so.

I changed a few things around in my room box. First to receive attention was the walls, I removed the French door wall and replaced it with the wall which was originally on the left side and I added a backdrop behind the window which looks into a workroom. (If you look closely you will see people busily working at their benches.)

Then I replaced the French door wall with a plain grey wall and moved it to the left side, then moved the furniture around until I was happy with the layout.

There is still much to be done . . . more bolts of fabric are needed, along with clothes for the hangers, hats and stands etc., etc. I also need to redesign the packaging for the boutique.

However, the best is yet to come . . . I shall, in the not too distant future, have a façade for my Paris Boutique. My wonderful supplier has recently informed me this is currently underway and sent me a photo of the prototype, which has inspired me to move forward with this diorama.

I can see so many opportunities evolving from this façade, it's such a grand entrance it could become many things . . . however, I'll leave that up to your own imagination for now.

Diorama: Painting the Interior

Finally all the room pieces that needed painting are done. I didn't keep the colour scheme I had pre-selected when Fleur & Ruban was just a figment of my imagination. Instead I chose to go with this sunny gold colour scheme.

Though after adding all the furniture, I thought it somewhat crowded and made the French doors unusable.

This leaves me with two options: (a) I either change the French door wall to a plain one, which means it will be a very light grey and would till work with my colour scheme OR (b) only use some of the furniture when taking photos of the diorama.