Return to the cottage

It's been far too long since I have worked on my cottage.  So much has happened since I put the crows on the roof....(and I have lost one since...)  The complete story would be too long and too boring, but the short version is that after 2010 I have moved house again.  I have a new and bigger hobbyroom and after a bit of persuasion by my (new) husband I am trying to find time and interest again in my miniatures.  

My first step on all levels is to do repairs (moving house is never ideal if you have dollshouses) and then finish off some of my projects.

The cottage was nearly finished downstairs, and my lovely witch didn't have a bedroom yet.  After some repairs (the roof corner was one of them) and painting a little table, I am starting upstairs.  The cookpot in the fireplace and the cauldron in the front were damaged when my cottage was on display at a local museum.  I have repaired the cauldron, but can't (yet) find the cookpot.  

The table on the left still needed a coat of paint

And this is what it looks like now

I couldn't find the little mouse after moving house.  It was hiding:

I have also bought a crystal ball since my last update:

I believe I never showed the finished wall shelving:

And this then is going to be the start of the bedroom.  I had this unsightly, cheap piece of furniture.  Normally I don't like to use those, because the are not really to scale and rather ugly, but.... with a bit of sanding and a coat of paint I transformed it for a good-enough piece for the witch's bedroom.