A Candy Pink Staircase!

Honeydukes is painted, and my staircase is pink!



I decided the budget wouldnt allow for the spiral, so I painted the original stairs pastel pink , bought new spindles and newel posts and set to work putting it altogether. I havnt glued them in incase I decide I hate them!









@All the walls were painted with Dulux eggshell. I had to get the paint made up as no tester pots had the colour I wanted which was a dusky mint green. The actual Honeydukes is a darker green but I love this mint colour, I didnt want it so dark, so went with that! So i mixed several together, painted up one unit and took it to Homebase who then scanned my cabinet and the machine cleverly tells you the closest colour which was 'Roulette' . I then bought a Clover green which I smudged into the windows, doors, edging etc to age it more. Dosnt really show up in the pics unfortunatly.

As I bought this shop already decorated in a dark buttermilk colour with the stonework already on, Im unsure as it what to do with this outside part.







Im leaving the stonework, but I have the creamy colour which surrounds the windows and double door and Im unsure as to whether to age it with washes to dirty the perfect paintwork up, or to mask up around my windows etc, and try my hand at some plasterwork, or to paint a dark dirty grey/ green colour......like I say, undecided as always!







Inside it is painted all green, cabinets to match. Im waiting on another single unit for the corner part on the right, and another single is going on the far left wall. I also have a wall mounted shelf unit to go at the bottom of the stairs. The flooring is a cream and black and I love it!







The perspex topped unit is a lovely shape but as soon as I took it out of the box the perspex fell apart so I had to glue it and then it goes cloudy, as it didnt like my glue, oops! Hence why some candies are already covering up those parts. You wont see them but I know its there and its annoying me so in place already are Kerry Fawcett's http://ella-roseminis.blogspot.com/

beautiful balloon displays and Kerry Alexander's http://cherryberryminiatures.blogspot.com/ meringue tower, he he couldnt wait!







Inside the perspex part will be boxes of candies, and on top, stacks of coconut ice, and chocolate and mint fudge. Bowls of jellied snakes, chocolate frogs , giant lollipops, ice creams and much more.





Inside the wall cabinets, lots of jars of candies, and in the back perspex unit, lots of toffees, fudges etc.



The very corner cabinet on the right will be Bertie Botts beans display. Working on that next!



I hanvt got room to put in window displays as I had wanted to do, but I will have a round table with a candy floss display, and upstairs will have a matching table with a giant chocolate fountain . Oh if only it was real!



So still loads to do. But Ive broken the back of the inside lower floor.



Upstairs id like a pinstripe pink and green wallpaper, with whitewashed floorboards, and beautiful laser cut display cabinets showing off all my 'Holiday' halloween and Christmas candies!



Speaking of Christmas Id really like my shops to have a winter theme and would like to snow top them so any advice on the best material for this is appreciated. I have seen Stan from http://greggsminiatureimaginations.blogspot.com/ uses paperclay for his snow, and I really like the thick look he uses on his winter house. But Id like it more sparkly so maybe I can add some shimmer somehow. Ill be adding it to the window and roof tops, and some on the pavement below , but this will Id like a more scattered look of snow so looks like its diminished with customers walking in and out.









The shop signs all have to be done, and again Im no Pro with the PC, but have chosen a pale pink paper and already managed to do the Honeydukes sign in a greeney grey font for the windows, but if I cut it out and it looks terrible ill look for an expert to do it for me !!! I also would like 'Honeydukes ' signs on the bottoms of the cabinets and I will be making little shop bags for customers to take away their goodies!



And so, back to work!



Have fun, all those going to KDF this weekend, either to sell or to buy. Wish I was going and look forward to seeing your show reports on your return!