Introducing "La Maison des Grands Rêves"

Hello my friends!

  Thanks to all who offered suggestions for a name for my structure.  Since it is not a "chateau" I thought the name should be something more suited to the kind of building it actually is.   You will recall that I was given this building as a "gift" and the original owner, though not a follower, is reading the blog and watching the progress.  We live in different parts of the country and this is her only way to see the progress.  She
e-mailed me and had a couple of "name" suggestions..........so in honor of her gift I chose one of hers and "tweaked" it a bit..

My structure will now be known as, "La Maison des Grands Rêves", which translated means "The House of Great Dreams".  For those of you who are fluent "French" speakers, I got this French phrasing from my friend in Paris. She offered a more "poetic" version which I thought great, but I decided on this simpler one.  The only problem is that I cannot sort out how to put an "accent" above the first "e" in "Reves".

I also appreciate the comments about the sconces and I knew the pictures were terrible.  A couple of you suggested using the "Macro" setting on my camera and I thought Ok.....(?)....what is that?   Well dontcha know my camera has that! So I took two pictures of the "Sconce" parts and here they are......

These are the candle cups, fluted dishes, leaf arms, and main body, mouse ear top piece

This is the candle body with a removeable bi-pin bulb and the Clare-Bell  shade harp and shade. 

I finished the Library cornice and ceiling and will post that later when I get some good pictures.  I will be moving on to the "Foyer" and "Kitchen" next and don't plan to furnish these spaces until all three are done.

Hope you all are having a great time with your miniatures and keeping warm!   It's 18 degrees Fahrenheit here:-(

Kind wishes from Ray