@@BentleyHouseMinis -- I thought it was metal too, and then I saw you holding the fan ... I think I have one of those fans kicking around. I'm in NYC and you have inspired me to use this shelter in place time to start planning the remodeling of the Beacon Hill kit hubby found.
@@Amazing_80 ---- It is always good to watch how-to videos! ... one can always find new techniques or ideas on how to use materials in an unexpected way and later on apply/use/experiment with the technique in your projects. Ara keeps inspiring and instructing miniaturists, helping us grow bolder and be more secure in our own creations. :)
You see! This is why I'm a hoarder. I had that exact fan a long time ago and it broke. I kept looking at it, thinking the pieces were so cool and I could make....something out of them. But I didn't do dollhouses back then and ultimately threw it away. A spiral staircase like that would have looked perfect in Rovers steampunk-esque ship. Those stairs look AMAZING! Well worth all the time you put into them. And they fit in the little world you've built so perfectly. Rope would be cool for the railing. Another idea might be old jewelry chain, especially if the links were large.
I agree a staircase like this would fit right into your project! I imagine they aren't too hard to find if you do want to give it a go ;) Thank you for the kind words and suggestions for the railing!!
@@juliannehannes11 I checked out the plastic fans at DT! I guess I would need to use a good plastic model glue to hold it together. I already bought the wooden fans but I can definitely see giving those a try!
@@AHappyHoarder The thing with the wooden ones is they can be thin and fragile and do need be tripled layered and hardened with modge podge (I prefer them for base boards, cabinet doors, fancy bar carts, partitions) The only con with the plastic ones is cutting them without cracking the plastic, the major pro is super glue loves plastic and it's already hardened and gilded in gold
Too say I am overwhelmed with awe is an understatement. The journey you just took us in was magical. Your staircase blows me away. At is unbelirvable how you mad at looks like metal. The building of your rope holding whachamacalits was fascinating. I was overjoyed for you in the beautiful gifts you received. Incredible Artists Books. Tour Captain will never get any work done. You my Dear are quite the Artist and I am blessed too have found you. Still dreaming in Oklahoma, Barb
Yeah!!!!! You washed them!!!! Now you can use them properly! !! This staircase is amazing. This whole project is turning out to be my favorite thing ever!!!!!
I bought a Greenleaf Pierce Dollhouse kit for my daughter and I. I just added this video to my playlist of ideas, as we want to DIY a LOT of the accessories and such. Thank you!!
For the rope you could use hemp string or twine instead of wool, but perhaps the captain would have a heavy gold silk cord with a tassel...? Love this project of yours & such an excellent staircase. The little books are treasures.
Interesting... perhaps he would! I may have to look at a few options to figure out which works best with the richness of the room. Thank you for the insight!!
This is brilliant! I'm going to be hunting for fans in charity shops once we can go out again. Those offcuts you had spare, would make good decorative panels in other things like cupboard doors too. When you struggled with the basswood, it was because the grain was running across the narrow strip, rather than along it. A way to get round it would be to make the frame of 4 separate pieces joined at the corners, then you can cut each piece so that the grain runs along it. (or, if they were the right thickness, just use pieces of those craft sticks/coffee stirrers. I hoard those, and always pick up a few spares if I'm in McDonald's...)
I definitely saved the offcuts! They could be so many things for sure ;) Great point about the wood grain... I get impatient and I want to cut everything out of 1 panel and it gets me in trouble lol! That's why I like matboard so much... it can take a lot of different shapes in 1 swipe!
Holly cannoli's!!! I have had a wooden fan that I got from the dollar store forever and ever and I had planned on doing this project but put it on the back burner for other projects because I'm still building my creepy house! The fact that you have a tutorial for it just made my happy little day thank you so so much!
I cannot watch this. If I watch it, I will be buying a dollhouse, which I am not in any position to buy, having been temporarily laid off over a month ago! I have so many crafts that I do already, like...all the crafts...and I am a sucker for miniatures! I am going to be satisfied with loving the thumbnail and admiring your creativity! It makes me so happy!!! ❤🙋♀️👍
Stay tuned to next weeks video ;) It's a secret project I am working on for those who want a dollhouse but are not able to get a kit! It might be helpful or at least interesting. I am so glad you enjoyed the video❤
I have had one of these fans for years and never knew what to do with it. What an incredible idea. I’m so glad I didn’t do what I usually do and finally discard something after many years, only to find I need it a week later. Thanks for another fabulous tutorial.
That Always happens to me! Just As Soon as I throw something out, either someone asks if I still have that old___ OR I finally think of something it would have been perfect for‼🐙🐀💕
Amazing! I love this! When you were twirling the steps around before you attached to the circular base I found it mesmerizing...i could watch them twirl for ages lol.
So far the Captains quarters is my most favorite project of yours, with the abandoned coffee shop coming in a close second. This is my favorite project from the captains quarters. Your imagination and talent amazes me.
It is always a joy to share my morning coffee with you, especially when your project is as amazing as this was! I am enjoying the Captain's Quarters so much, that I am beginning to feel a bit traitorous to the Addam's Family Mansion...............and the Addam's Family dolls...................and the Abandoned Coffee Shop................and the ....................... oh dear - never ask me to pick a favourite............I'd be dithering for weeks......................
Thanks for telling us where to find those fans. I needed one for an old project and I can't even remember what it was for now. I do have a small dollhouse that is missing a spiral staircase. This is so much more elegant than the clunky wood one it was supposed to have.
Oooh, those fans would be great for so many other things, like grates over heaters. Probably a good idea to have several on hand of those fans... lol Edit: Oh yes you're going to use a rope railing, so perfect for a ship. I should stop commenting and finish the video
Thank -You for an awesome creative project; great video/instructions.Can't wait to see what else you do.Thanx again and May we all stay Healthy and Free
Im starting to binge watch this playlist and the first episode about the preplanning has givin me alot of confidence and inspiration. Im thinking of trying to make a dollhouse for my daughter and her Barbies.
Thankyou. Its going to be a big project. Thankfully Barbie/Matel were kind enough to put her scale (1:6) on the website, so that has saved alot of fumbling with maths.
Thank you so much for this demo, i really enjoyed it. Now i am retired I am using my time to start making 1/12 miniatures which I will start by placing them in a room box and then later connect them into a multi room property although i have no idea of period, style or size yet.i have subscribed to your site so that I can find inspiration. Again thanks, Michael 🥀
Really awesome! Thank you. I will be trying to make mine out of a white plastic fan that has an intricate gold design on it. I got it from the now $1.25, Dollar Tree! It is for a beach house that has a lot of white detail in it!🏖🏘
When you cut the q-tip part, you didn't allow for the width of the step as you were putting them on a support BELOW the step. That's why the steps didn't line up with your markings.
Absolutely brilliant. The stairs definitely look metallic and heavy weighted like metal. The railing is so effective with the combination of beads you chose. I also always love seeing the books that people are sending you. What an amazing treasure you are collecting.
I love your work. You have such a lovely community here, that's because of you. By the way I just love how you put your self in the projects in the last video, so funny so clever.
I WAS going to make my staircase using triangular pieces of wood then my friend, @LittleTreasuresbyNancy TOLD me about your awesome staircase! YAY!!! I've started working on it! This is going to be perfect for my Conservatory turned Dark Academia Library! I'm going to try adding wooden beads to the dowel to space out the steps. And adding little screw eyes to the top of my dowels for the handrail. I have some chain I was thinking about using for the handrail.
Thanks so much for this tutorial, Ara, it it just what I want to create for a dollhouse my hubby found in the stair landing going down to the backyard of our building. It is a Beacon Hill kit that someone started and never finished, so I will be renovating it and I had decided that the bulky stairs had to go and make space for circular stairs, to lighten up the room. Great tutorial and, like Catherine Koehler pointed out, you are giving us miniaholics a 12 step program to create a great set of stairs. 🏰
That staircase is absolutely beautiful! It is just perfection itself! You do such amazing work! I wish I could do such intricate detailed work, but I a tremor in both hands and it just makes it impossible. I also love the books! They are all so beautiful, but especially the Celtic treasure book. Gorgeous!
Just a suggestion from having glued many thin pieces of wood lattice for a project once... those triangular makeup sponges make amazing applicators for glue. Dip a little, then lightly bounce the sponge. Applies an even coat without filling the tiny holes. I got mine at the dollar store.
Heather Tracy: Cover everything in star bond super thin super glue to strengthen everything. Ara: Cover everything in wood glue to strengthen everything. I simply adore how similar, yet completely different you two ladies are. 😊😂
Haha so true! That's funny. There could be a "identitfy the miniaturist by their choice of glue" and you guys would all get it! Heather is on the mend and getting strong each day! I have seen her comment here and there online again!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Have you come across a channel called Nerd Forge yet? If not I highly recommended checking them. They make all kinds of things and the girl has a love of wood glue also. Particularly when it comes to bookbinding. 😏😁😂
@@BentleyHouseMinis Thanks for the update on Heather also. She is the reason that I even started watching miniature videos. Despite the fact that I actually have very little interest in actually making them myself. 🤦♀️🤷♀️😏😁😂
These would also work great as register covers in a Victorian dollhouse. Love the painting technique, really deceives the eye into thinking it’s metal.
Way to go, Ara, you really knocked it out of the park, they look perfect. The metal effect is amazing. I would just make the circular part the same color as the stairs and make it look like its bolted to the floor. He needs a hookah to relax with while he is reading and a box of cigars, lol.
I never thought I’d have a need to make a spiral staircase, but I was wrong. My plans are to make a two story mini store/upper apartment inside a 17w, 9d, and 24h lantern. Not really knowing what my design will look like doesn’t deter me from wanting to incorporate a beautiful (metal) spiral staircase in my project. Yours is perfect! Great tutorial.
Fantastic job on the stairs for the Captains Quarter’s. You make everything look so easy and it always looks fabulous in the end. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Stay safe, healthy and stay home.🥰❤️🥰
Here I am again 😉.... This Is AH'MAZING!!! I would so love to be inside your brain for just a day! Lol Would Love to see how your thinking goes when when you decide to start a project or a piece of the project! It's simply one of the most Beautifully, intriguing items I've seen... So far! Mind you this is only the 3rd video I've watched of yous, and as you may figure out, I'm watching these out of order. Sooo, I'm going to have to start at the first one all the way to the end. If only I could stay awake for, oooh maybe 4 days so I could watch them all in one go! Lmbo 😋 Won't happen, but it's fun to dream. 🤪haha Ara, your Talent is just jaw dropping AH'mazing!! I can not thank you enough for posting all of your videos for the world to see! Bless you sweet sweet young lady! ❤ 💚💛💞❣🥰 Your friend Patti P.S. There's sooo much more to say... lol, but I'll stop this already gushing comment. 🤣❤
That turned out really pretty. I think if I was making it, I'd be raiding my cotton yarn rather than my wool, just to avoid the fuzzies that come from using wool or acrylic yarn. Something else that would work well is to take thinner cotton yarns and twist them together just as you would to make ropes from strings. Fascinating construction for ropes/cables etc, because of their countertwist, it makes them very strong and resistant to untwisting. I've been very lucky to see traditional hemp ropes being made at a heritage shipyard on the original machinery they used to do it between the Industrial revolution and 1900s, so for me, there's a nostalgic connection that would make me want to make a more traditional ship rope for such a project.
Great suggestions Rob! And thanks for the bit of backstory behind the ropes. Information like that always helps me make design decisions as I go a long. I will definitely be doing some rope research in the upcoming weeks!
5:28 Good morning 😃! When I know I’m going to have long periods of waiting while working on a project I try to have another project nearby to work on. It needs to be one that just has easy work to do on it. Like something that just needs some painting done on it. That way way I’m not wasting any time.
Bentley House Minis -Yep, we women are great at multitasking! My kids are all grown and my daughters are great multitakers, and my oldest son is also. I think he learned how to do it when he was a stay-at-home dad for three years. It was all new to him but he was really good at it.
@@BentleyHouseMinis Thanks a lot to you for sharing your art and talent ❤ Since last Friday I've been watching your old videos, the whole Addam's saga is just astonishing. And I'm currently watching all your streams- the Fairfield struggles and everything else. Countless hours of great entretaiment. I love what you do and you are such a good teacher. It's a pleasure to watch everything you do with so much passion and love.
The spiral staircase is amazing, once again another great project. The books are intriguing, there are so many clever people out there. I can’t wait for the next project, until next time stay safe.
I love this staircaise. So clever. I want to send you a link to a good video on the Wasa-ship in Sweden . It's on english and only 8 min. It's even a miniature -Wasa on display . Enjoy! Mia
I love your stuff. I use nail files for acrylic nail to do my delicate sanding. They are fairly cheap and can be found at Wmart, Dollar Tree etc. Two-sided they usually have a coarse and a fine side.
Thank you for sharing your process! This took some real problem solving skills! I had to make several mock-ups when I made my stairs for the tree stump I’m working on. This looks fabulous!
The staircase is a work of art Ara! It just looks so authentic; I realise it took you ages but the result is amazing and you should be so proud of what you created.
Watching the recent video for this project I was trying to remember how much of it I saw 'live'. I know I found your channel during COVID (with the cardboard house) and I think this is the one. So, I have seen a lot of it live. I have watched all the previous videos as well. I'm really wanting to make a trip to see it once it's at the museum since I saw most of it being built!
I have always had a fascination for all things miniature. So I can’t get enough of seeing your ideas and progress. It’s a very realistic and handsome staircase. Looks genuinely metallic alright. The miniature books are beautifully crafted and all is very impressive. Do you think modpodging the blades would have strengthened them?
Beautiful, intricate, well executed, stunning - and a real pleasure to watch. The effect of the wood glue coating everything and doming against the surfaces is really effective - it would have possibly worked been completed easier with uv resin, but probably cost a lot more. I love the bronze/gold finish that you eventually achieve. Can't wait to see some aged ropes hanging round the top of it - perhaps you might need to make another set of them to go down through the staircase for the Captain to hold onto, or he could have a serious accident in choppy waters, let alone a storm. As always, highly watchable, and eagerly waited.
Good point! Uv resin probably could have got a similar result faster but it definitely would have cost a little more. I decided to leave the handrails off because the ship is such close quarters maybe he can support himself against the walls ;) Thank you so much!!
So informative! Thank you so much! It turned out fantastic and will be a great addition to the captain's quarters. This would be good for ANY miniature (at the proper scale of course). hehe forever and ever and ever and EVER! I know the feeling. I have that love/hate thing going with the egg box carton floors and walls I love/hate to do. Love the effect, hate the process. Although some tedious things are just so satisfying to do.... Like adding moss to projects... I just love it....
I love watching your videos, I joined a little late to the Captains Quarters fun. Been catching up on all the crafting fun & trying to follow the story line, watching them out of order as I didn't realize there was a whole play list with all related videos together. I'm pretty much caught up with what is currently available with this project & have thoroughly enjoyed it. I plan to do a similar project but "Barbie" sized and you've given so many ideas.
I was thinking that the rope was likely to be a red velvet, like you see in the old movie houses. Love the work you did on the stairs. And you are right about ducking your head, and lifting your legs. The hatch are usually (I think) 6-8 inches off deck so you have to be careful that is why they call them Shin Busters. Thanks for the video.
This is wonderful! I'm tempted to take out the spiral staircase in the first house I restored and "fix it" with some of your techniques. Thank you! It looks amazing.
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I showed my husband the end result, and he said, "Is that metal?" so I think you succeeded.
Whoo hoo! That's awesome!
@@BentleyHouseMinis -- I thought it was metal too, and then I saw you holding the fan ... I think I have one of those fans kicking around. I'm in NYC and you have inspired me to use this shelter in place time to start planning the remodeling of the Beacon Hill kit hubby found.
Definitely looks like it!
@@luvsdvds me too till I read "Faux metal" then I was lik I have to watch this lol. I'm not even making steps. 😂
@@Amazing_80 ---- It is always good to watch how-to videos! ... one can always find new techniques or ideas on how to use materials in an unexpected way and later on apply/use/experiment with the technique in your projects. Ara keeps inspiring and instructing miniaturists, helping us grow bolder and be more secure in our own creations. :)
You see! This is why I'm a hoarder. I had that exact fan a long time ago and it broke. I kept looking at it, thinking the pieces were so cool and I could make....something out of them. But I didn't do dollhouses back then and ultimately threw it away. A spiral staircase like that would have looked perfect in Rovers steampunk-esque ship.
Those stairs look AMAZING! Well worth all the time you put into them. And they fit in the little world you've built so perfectly. Rope would be cool for the railing. Another idea might be old jewelry chain, especially if the links were large.
I agree a staircase like this would fit right into your project! I imagine they aren't too hard to find if you do want to give it a go ;) Thank you for the kind words and suggestions for the railing!!
They sell them at the dollar tree
DUH! A Happy Hoarder HERE! And I am making a staircase like this for my Real Good Toys Alison, Jr Haunted Dollhouse!
@@juliannehannes11 I checked out the plastic fans at DT! I guess I would need to use a good plastic model glue to hold it together. I already bought the wooden fans but I can definitely see giving those a try!
@@AHappyHoarder The thing with the wooden ones is they can be thin and fragile and do need be tripled layered and hardened with modge podge (I prefer them for base boards, cabinet doors, fancy bar carts, partitions)
The only con with the plastic ones is cutting them without cracking the plastic, the major pro is super glue loves plastic and it's already hardened and gilded in gold
This project really made me realize how tedious doll house crafting is. You did a Fantastic job.
Too say I am overwhelmed with awe is an understatement. The journey you just took us in was magical. Your staircase blows me away. At is unbelirvable how you mad at looks like metal. The building of your rope holding whachamacalits was fascinating. I was overjoyed for you in the beautiful gifts you received. Incredible Artists Books. Tour Captain will never get any work done. You my Dear are quite the Artist and I am blessed too have found you. Still dreaming in Oklahoma, Barb
And still makinking many errors. Sorry.
Yeah!!!!! You washed them!!!! Now you can use them properly! !! This staircase is amazing. This whole project is turning out to be my favorite thing ever!!!!!
Haha! Yes it's nice because now I feel like they have doubled and I have 2 weights instead of 1 box of weights ;) Thank you!
WOW! Those books are FANTASTIC!!!
Everything is miniature, except the coffee. I approve
Wow wow wow! The stairs, banisters, and WOW! THE BOOKS! Everything is just incredible!
Super talented! Not only does it inspire me, but I’m super impressed with your ingenuity! 😎
I bought a Greenleaf Pierce Dollhouse kit for my daughter and I. I just added this video to my playlist of ideas, as we want to DIY a LOT of the accessories and such. Thank you!!
I just love how the captain's quarters is turning out ☺☺☺
Thank you! I am having a lot of fun with it!!
For the rope you could use hemp string or twine instead of wool, but perhaps the captain would have a heavy gold silk cord with a tassel...? Love this project of yours & such an excellent staircase. The little books are treasures.
Interesting... perhaps he would! I may have to look at a few options to figure out which works best with the richness of the room. Thank you for the insight!!
If you go this route you could get wired cord so you could shape it
This is brilliant! I'm going to be hunting for fans in charity shops once we can go out again. Those offcuts you had spare, would make good decorative panels in other things like cupboard doors too.
When you struggled with the basswood, it was because the grain was running across the narrow strip, rather than along it. A way to get round it would be to make the frame of 4 separate pieces joined at the corners, then you can cut each piece so that the grain runs along it. (or, if they were the right thickness, just use pieces of those craft sticks/coffee stirrers. I hoard those, and always pick up a few spares if I'm in McDonald's...)
I definitely saved the offcuts! They could be so many things for sure ;) Great point about the wood grain... I get impatient and I want to cut everything out of 1 panel and it gets me in trouble lol! That's why I like matboard so much... it can take a lot of different shapes in 1 swipe!
Holly cannoli's!!! I have had a wooden fan that I got from the dollar store forever and ever and I had planned on doing this project but put it on the back burner for other projects because I'm still building my creepy house! The fact that you have a tutorial for it just made my happy little day thank you so so much!
Wonderful! I love to hear that my videos will be helpful! And yay for creepy houses as well ;)
This is absolutely gorgeous!!! Great work. Thanks for sharing. Love your humor!
All the books were so awesome!
Beautiful and incredible. You are truly gifted 💜
I cannot watch this. If I watch it, I will be buying a dollhouse, which I am not in any position to buy, having been temporarily laid off over a month ago! I have so many crafts that I do already, like...all the crafts...and I am a sucker for miniatures!
I am going to be satisfied with loving the thumbnail and admiring your creativity! It makes me so happy!!! ❤🙋♀️👍
Stay tuned to next weeks video ;) It's a secret project I am working on for those who want a dollhouse but are not able to get a kit! It might be helpful or at least interesting. I am so glad you enjoyed the video❤
I LOVE it when you go "rogue" and make it up as you go along, it's almost always better than the others! You are SO talented!
Aww thank you Joni😊❤
Great job.Its amazingly beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Very much appreciated.
I have had one of these fans for years and never knew what to do with it. What an incredible idea. I’m so glad I didn’t do what I usually do and finally discard something after many years, only to find I need it a week later. Thanks for another fabulous tutorial.
That Always happens to me! Just As Soon as I throw something out, either someone asks if I still have that old___ OR I finally think of something it would have been perfect for‼🐙🐀💕
Amazing! I love this! When you were twirling the steps around before you attached to the circular base I found it mesmerizing...i could watch them twirl for ages lol.
I know what you mean! I twirled them around and played with them for a while before a had to glue them down... they aren't as fun glued down lol!
Wow! Absolutely mesmerizing!
Looks like metal. And thanks for showing and explaining well how you painted.
So far the Captains quarters is my most favorite project of yours, with the abandoned coffee shop coming in a close second. This is my favorite project from the captains quarters. Your imagination and talent amazes me.
Loved this tutorial; Thank-You!🥳😄😘
I love those books you received and that staircase is so gorgeous!! I'm wanting to make it!!!
Whoop! Caught the A&M sweatshirt at the end! Gig ‘em!
Haha yep!! Gig 'em!!👍
It is always a joy to share my morning coffee with you, especially when your project is as amazing as this was! I am enjoying the Captain's Quarters so much, that I am beginning to feel a bit traitorous to the Addam's Family Mansion...............and the Addam's Family dolls...................and the Abandoned Coffee Shop................and the ....................... oh dear - never ask me to pick a favourite............I'd be dithering for weeks......................
Amazingly beautiful 😍 Thanks for sharing 👍 I appreciate it very much. 👍
Thanks for telling us where to find those fans. I needed one for an old project and I can't even remember what it was for now. I do have a small dollhouse that is missing a spiral staircase. This is so much more elegant than the clunky wood one it was supposed to have.
Oooh, those fans would be great for so many other things, like grates over heaters. Probably a good idea to have several on hand of those fans... lol
Edit: Oh yes you're going to use a rope railing, so perfect for a ship. I should stop commenting and finish the video
Definitely! I have on fan leftover and I am so glad after this project... They may start showing up everywhere lol! So glad you liked the staircase!
I am so glad I found you...newsubcriber...love miniatures...thank you so. Much!
I am so glad you are here! Welcome to the channel!
Thank -You for an awesome creative project; great video/instructions.Can't wait to see what else you do.Thanx again and May we all stay Healthy and Free
"My name is Catherine, and I'm a Miniaholic"....did anyone else notice that this was a 12 step program? :-)
Catherine Koehler 🤣🤣🤣
I don't think you're going to be able to recover here lol 😄😄
Possibly in more ways than you realize.......
@@BentleyHouseMinis -- Right you are, Ara, if anything this is an enabling group that encourages us to create more and more minis! 📐📏✂📕🧰
Hi Catherine
Im starting to binge watch this playlist and the first episode about the preplanning has givin me alot of confidence and inspiration.
Im thinking of trying to make a dollhouse for my daughter and her Barbies.
I am so glad to hear that Ashleigh! The planning process definitely can alleviate a lot of guessing and make things run smoother ;) Happy building!
Thankyou. Its going to be a big project. Thankfully Barbie/Matel were kind enough to put her scale (1:6) on the website, so that has saved alot of fumbling with maths.
Your extremely talented loved the stair case color and design
Thank you Elaina❤
I thoroughly admire and am in awe of your thought processes and inspirations.
im not an artist but ive been obsessed with your videos lately and i really wanna start the hobby
Thank you!! Definitely go for it!
That looks spectacular
Those stairs are the best steps ever, you have lots of patience, and Wow, that’s it
Thank you so much Paloma!
Thank you so much for this demo, i really enjoyed it. Now i am retired I am using my time to start making 1/12 miniatures which I will start by placing them in a room box and then later connect them into a multi room property although i have no idea of period, style or size yet.i have subscribed to your site so that I can find inspiration. Again thanks, Michael 🥀
Really awesome! Thank you. I will be trying to make mine out of a white plastic fan that has an intricate gold design on it. I got it from the now $1.25, Dollar Tree! It is for a beach house that has a lot of white detail in it!🏖🏘
When you cut the q-tip part, you didn't allow for the width of the step as you were putting them on a support BELOW the step. That's why the steps didn't line up with your markings.
came here to say this but figured someone had already done so. 🥰
Absolutely brilliant. The stairs definitely look metallic and heavy weighted like metal. The railing is so effective with the combination of beads you chose. I also always love seeing the books that people are sending you. What an amazing treasure you are collecting.
Thank you so much! I agree about the books... they are may favorite part of the project and something I will treasure forever!
I love your work. You have such a lovely community here, that's because of you. By the way I just love how you put your self in the projects in the last video, so funny so clever.
I WAS going to make my staircase using triangular pieces of wood then my friend, @LittleTreasuresbyNancy TOLD me about your awesome staircase! YAY!!! I've started working on it! This is going to be perfect for my Conservatory turned Dark Academia Library! I'm going to try adding wooden beads to the dowel to space out the steps. And adding little screw eyes to the top of my dowels for the handrail. I have some chain I was thinking about using for the handrail.
I saw a mini desk the other day with a mini ship being built on the top. I immediately thought of your captains collection room.
Was it life size or a miniature? Either way it sounds wonderful!
Bentley House Minis it was a miniature scene. Don’t remember the site though.
Well that is just fabulous! You are awesome and do awesome work. I would suggest 3mm silk cording for the rope. I can’t wait to see it all finished!
Thank you for the suggestion Jan! I will be doing some rope research ;)
Absolutely fantastic. You rocked this!
Thank you Nancy!
Wow ! fantastic video and tutorial. Thank you very much for sharing. Your work and talent is impressive. 👏🏻👍🏻😃
Thanks so much for this tutorial, Ara, it it just what I want to create for a dollhouse my hubby found in the stair landing going down to the backyard of our building. It is a Beacon Hill kit that someone started and never finished, so I will be renovating it and I had decided that the bulky stairs had to go and make space for circular stairs, to lighten up the room. Great tutorial and, like Catherine Koehler pointed out, you are giving us miniaholics a 12 step program to create a great set of stairs. 🏰
Haha! I am ashamed to admit how long it took me to get Catherines pun lol! I am so glad this will be helpful for your project!!!
That staircase is absolutely beautiful! It is just perfection itself! You do such amazing work! I wish I could do such intricate detailed work, but I a tremor in both hands and it just makes it impossible.
I also love the books! They are all so beautiful, but especially the Celtic treasure book. Gorgeous!
Thank you so much for posting this, this is exactly what I was looking for!
Just a suggestion from having glued many thin pieces of wood lattice for a project once... those triangular makeup sponges make amazing applicators for glue. Dip a little, then lightly bounce the sponge. Applies an even coat without filling the tiny holes. I got mine at the dollar store.
Great tip! Thank you for that... the toothpick was taking forever! lol!
Heather Tracy: Cover everything in star bond super thin super glue to strengthen everything.
Ara: Cover everything in wood glue to strengthen everything.
I simply adore how similar, yet completely different you two ladies are. 😊😂
Chris Sea Does anyone know how Heather is doing? Haven’t seen anything from her lately, last I saw she said she wasn’t feeling well.
@@FolkFaninMA Sorry last thing I heard from her was probably the same thing you did. 🥺😔
Haha so true! That's funny. There could be a "identitfy the miniaturist by their choice of glue" and you guys would all get it! Heather is on the mend and getting strong each day! I have seen her comment here and there online again!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Have you come across a channel called Nerd Forge yet? If not I highly recommended checking them. They make all kinds of things and the girl has a love of wood glue also. Particularly when it comes to bookbinding. 😏😁😂
@@BentleyHouseMinis Thanks for the update on Heather also. She is the reason that I even started watching miniature videos. Despite the fact that I actually have very little interest in actually making them myself. 🤦♀️🤷♀️😏😁😂
Love, love stairs! You are SO imaginative!! The mini books are also amazing!!!
These would also work great as register covers in a Victorian dollhouse. Love the painting technique, really deceives the eye into thinking it’s metal.
oh that's a great idea!
Way to go, Ara, you really knocked it out of the park, they look perfect. The metal effect is amazing. I would just make the circular part the same color as the stairs and make it look like its bolted to the floor. He needs a hookah to relax with while he is reading and a box of cigars, lol.
Thank you! And good suggestion for the base. The Addams have a hookah... maybe they will lend it to the Captain!! ;)
This is AMAZING I always wanted this type of steps. Wow thanks for this video
You're so welcome my friend!💖
@@BentleyHouseMinis Ur so Talented and such an amazing person. I'm looking at all the new videos I missed. I have so much catching up to do
So much beautiful!!!!
I never thought I’d have a need to make a spiral staircase, but I was wrong. My plans are to make a two story mini store/upper apartment inside a 17w, 9d, and 24h lantern. Not really knowing what my design will look like doesn’t deter me from wanting to incorporate a beautiful (metal) spiral staircase in my project. Yours is perfect! Great tutorial.
Yay! I am so glad it will be a useful tutorial for you!
simply stunning work! you are so patient! loving every minute of watching you! tfs luv and hugs Pammie x x
Thank you Pammie!
This staircase is AMAZING!! 💗💗💗💗
Fantastic job on the stairs for the Captains Quarter’s. You make everything look so easy and it always looks fabulous in the end. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Stay safe, healthy and stay home.🥰❤️🥰
Thank you my friend! You stay safe as well😊❤❤
Here I am again 😉.... This Is AH'MAZING!!! I would so love to be inside your brain for just a day! Lol Would Love to see how your thinking goes when when you decide to start a project or a piece of the project! It's simply one of the most Beautifully, intriguing items I've seen... So far! Mind you this is only the 3rd video I've watched of yous, and as you may figure out, I'm watching these out of order. Sooo, I'm going to have to start at the first one all the way to the end. If only I could stay awake for, oooh maybe 4 days so I could watch them all in one go! Lmbo 😋 Won't happen, but it's fun to dream. 🤪haha
Ara, your Talent is just jaw dropping AH'mazing!! I can not thank you enough for posting all of your videos for the world to see! Bless you sweet sweet young lady! ❤ 💚💛💞❣🥰
Your friend Patti
P.S. There's sooo much more to say... lol, but I'll stop this already gushing comment. 🤣❤
That turned out really pretty. I think if I was making it, I'd be raiding my cotton yarn rather than my wool, just to avoid the fuzzies that come from using wool or acrylic yarn. Something else that would work well is to take thinner cotton yarns and twist them together just as you would to make ropes from strings. Fascinating construction for ropes/cables etc, because of their countertwist, it makes them very strong and resistant to untwisting. I've been very lucky to see traditional hemp ropes being made at a heritage shipyard on the original machinery they used to do it between the Industrial revolution and 1900s, so for me, there's a nostalgic connection that would make me want to make a more traditional ship rope for such a project.
Great suggestions Rob! And thanks for the bit of backstory behind the ropes. Information like that always helps me make design decisions as I go a long. I will definitely be doing some rope research in the upcoming weeks!
5:28 Good morning 😃! When I know I’m going to have long periods of waiting while working on a project I try to have another project nearby to work on. It needs to be one that just has easy work to do on it. Like something that just needs some painting done on it. That way way I’m not wasting any time.
Great idea! I did laundry and dishes during some of the dry times too ;)
Bentley House Minis -Yep, we women are great at multitasking! My kids are all grown and my daughters are great multitakers, and my oldest son is also. I think he learned how to do it when he was a stay-at-home dad for three years. It was all new to him but he was really good at it.
This creation of yours is one of the most astonishing. It really looks that it is made of metal. Amazing! ❤
Thank you so much Paola!😊
@@BentleyHouseMinis Thanks a lot to you for sharing your art and talent ❤
Since last Friday I've been watching your old videos, the whole Addam's saga is just astonishing. And I'm currently watching all your streams- the Fairfield struggles and everything else. Countless hours of great entretaiment.
I love what you do and you are such a good teacher. It's a pleasure to watch everything you do with so much passion and love.
The spiral staircase is amazing, once again another great project. The books are intriguing, there are so many clever people out there.
I can’t wait for the next project, until next time stay safe.
Thank you Paula! I agree and that's why I feel so blessed to own each and every book!
I love this staircaise. So clever. I want to send you a link to a good video on the Wasa-ship in Sweden . It's on english and only 8 min. It's even a miniature -Wasa on display . Enjoy! Mia
I love your stuff. I use nail files for acrylic nail to do my delicate sanding. They are fairly cheap and can be found at Wmart, Dollar Tree etc. Two-sided they usually have a coarse and a fine side.
Beautiful!
The stairs are inspiring and the books are fabulous! Well done. Your channel is grand.
What a great idea! I ordered some fancy fans myself. I think they'll make great decorative window shutters for my fantasy town.
Aloha ! Pure genius. Thank you.
Gorgeous.
This looks like the staircase from Casper the friendly ghost!
Thank you for sharing your process! This took some real problem solving skills! I had to make several mock-ups when I made my stairs for the tree stump I’m working on.
This looks fabulous!
Thank you so much! These would be great for a stump!
Ara, how wonderful this project is. You have amazing ideas. Thank you for sharing them with us x
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Very informative and entertaining. Can't wait until we can visit again and I can see this in person. Great job sweetie!!
Thank you❤❤
The staircase is a work of art Ara! It just looks so authentic; I realise it took you ages but the result is amazing and you should be so proud of what you created.
Thank you Hazel💖💖
WOW...that is all. Just WOW.
I just received my fans and I'm excited to start mine
Watching the recent video for this project I was trying to remember how much of it I saw 'live'. I know I found your channel during COVID (with the cardboard house) and I think this is the one. So, I have seen a lot of it live. I have watched all the previous videos as well. I'm really wanting to make a trip to see it once it's at the museum since I saw most of it being built!
I have always had a fascination for all things miniature. So I can’t get enough of seeing your ideas and progress. It’s a very realistic and handsome staircase. Looks genuinely metallic alright. The miniature books are beautifully crafted and all is very impressive.
Do you think modpodging the blades would have strengthened them?
Beautiful, intricate, well executed, stunning - and a real pleasure to watch. The effect of the wood glue coating everything and doming against the surfaces is really effective - it would have possibly worked been completed easier with uv resin, but probably cost a lot more. I love the bronze/gold finish that you eventually achieve. Can't wait to see some aged ropes hanging round the top of it - perhaps you might need to make another set of them to go down through the staircase for the Captain to hold onto, or he could have a serious accident in choppy waters, let alone a storm. As always, highly watchable, and eagerly waited.
Good point! Uv resin probably could have got a similar result faster but it definitely would have cost a little more. I decided to leave the handrails off because the ship is such close quarters maybe he can support himself against the walls ;) Thank you so much!!
So informative! Thank you so much! It turned out fantastic and will be a great addition to the captain's quarters. This would be good for ANY miniature (at the proper scale of course). hehe forever and ever and ever and EVER! I know the feeling. I have that love/hate thing going with the egg box carton floors and walls I love/hate to do. Love the effect, hate the process. Although some tedious things are just so satisfying to do.... Like adding moss to projects... I just love it....
Definitely! Its usually those processes that feel like the take "forever" that turn out the best ;) lol!
Abstract beautiful!!!
Hemp rope is whats used on ships. Love it
Thanks for the info! I will do some research ;)
This was absolutely incredible!! I must have said "WOW" a hundred times!! The steps came out fantastic, they really look like metal!! Great job!!
Thank you so much!!😊
I love watching your videos, I joined a little late to the Captains Quarters fun. Been catching up on all the crafting fun & trying to follow the story line, watching them out of order as I didn't realize there was a whole play list with all related videos together. I'm pretty much caught up with what is currently available with this project & have thoroughly enjoyed it. I plan to do a similar project but "Barbie" sized and you've given so many ideas.
Oh Ara, you have outdone yourself on this project!!!! Just absolutely stunning!!!!
Thank you my friend! I am so glad you like it!
The scrap pieces of the fan would make nice straight stairs or faux air vents.
This staircase is awesome! It definitely looks like metal. Thank you!
Thank you Karen! So glad you like it!
You are so amazingly talented. I love all the projects you are doing and have done...thank you so much for sharing! I have learned so much from you.
Tu fais vraiment de la magie ! C'est extraordinaire.
I was thinking that the rope was likely to be a red velvet, like you see in the old movie houses. Love the work you did on the stairs. And you are right about ducking your head, and lifting your legs. The hatch are usually (I think) 6-8 inches off deck so you have to be careful that is why they call them Shin Busters. Thanks for the video.
Red would be great to match the bed covers ;) I will have to experiment! And thanks for confirming my head space suspiscions👍
This is wonderful! I'm tempted to take out the spiral staircase in the first house I restored and "fix it" with some of your techniques. Thank you! It looks amazing.
Thank you Rachael! I am glad the techniques will be helpful if you decided to try it out!
I love the look of the aged gold.
Thank you Erin!
Wow amazing work keep it up love the details
Thank you so much😊
So creative. Wonderful idea share! :)