The Shopping Sherpa: A batch of baches*

Continuing from yesterday's post, The next-oldest holiday home scene was from November 2011. I struggled to get it to work properly, left it for a couple of days in the hope that inspiration would strike, and then gave up...

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature holiday house lounge, with a small table with a glass of wine and a book next to the sofa.

This fresh green corner, however was a quick build in April 2012.

Corner of a one-twelfth scale modern miniature holiday house with a green fluffy rug, bean bag and a shelf holding towels and books.

In June that year I finally tracked down and bought a Brio bungalow, one of my 'holy grail houses',

I decorated it as an 'original' holiday house near the ski fields.

Vintage three-quarter-inch scale Brio dolls house lounge with a divan with cushions on it.

Vintage three-quarter-inch scale Brio dolls house lounge.

Vintage three-quarter-inch scale Brio dolls house bedroom with Lundby furniture.

And that Boxing Day, I pretended I was in a holiday house down the coast,

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature room setting with breakfast set out on a low bench below a picture of the greek islands.

rather than in chilly and grey Canberra.

A year later, in December 2013, my thoughts turned to holidaying at the coast once again (which is a bit odd as I hate the beach in summer)

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature sunroom in a holiday house, with a Christmas tree in one corner.

...and I ended up building a rather large scene over four days,

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature vintage kitchen dresser with wine and glasses and a platter of seafood laid out.

starting from two pieces of scrapbook paper which turned into the kitchen lino and the feature wall paper

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature dining table with a cream lace cloth and red fold-up chairs set around it.

in what became known as The Seaside Shack (and which I ended up recreating for an exhibition at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery two years later!)

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature window overlooking the beach, with red and white bunting strung across it.

It was over a year before a holiday house scene popped up again, in January 2015.

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature radio in front of a wall of random tiles in shades of blue.

And it was a basic one indeed, inspired by a picture of some random blue tiles I pulled out of a magazine.

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature kitchen cabinet and cafe chair in front of a wall of random tiles in shades of blue.

The blue theme continued in June that year, with another holiday house near the ski fields

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature lounge with a bus destination roll poster and a yellow dipped vase.

(although it looks like the person staying there has other things on their mind than skiing!)

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature lounge with a typewriter sitting on a pallet coffee table.

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature lounge in teal, yellow and black, with a typewriter sitting on a pallet coffee table.

The following month I created another (quite different) ski lodge scene...

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature lounge scene with concrete floor, white panelled walls, white Eames chairs and a red perspex coffee table.

and kept the colour theme going for yet another month as I made some scenes as part of my entry into the ProBlogger/ Virgin Australia Top Travel Tips competition (hotels are sort of holiday houses, aren't they?)

Modern one-tweltfh scale miniature hotel lobby in red, white and black. On the coffee table are a selection of postcards, a glass of wine and a travel magazine.

Modern one-twelfth scale miniature noguchi coffee table with a selection of postcards, a glass of wine and a travel magazine on it.

I'm still quite chuffed that I managed to show each of my travel tips in a miniature setting, but also that each room is themed around a major city somewhere in the world.