The Library

Joan Potter Thomas

I wrote about all of the books I’ve made for the Mouse House in a previous post, so now I’d like to share where the majority of them will be displayed: the library. Here’s a picture of the room fairly empty:

The library with working lights and the bookshelf I made to hold LOTS of books!

And here are pictures of the library as it looks now:

The Mouse House library.
The library with the Scrabble board set up on the ottoman I made. Note the game pieces I used as feet.
I constructed the lamp in the corner with various parts I found in my studio, and made the throw and pillow with a scrap of upholstery fabric I had in my stash.

I made the desk calendar with an image from the internet and made tiny envelopes and stamps out of scrap paper. I also made the pencil by carving a toothpick and adding the appropriate paint colors.
Here’s a close-up of the pencil for perspective. P.S. My hands pretty much always look like this.
I found silhouettes of mice on the internet and resized them so they would fit these frames.

I am really happy with how this room is coming together. Stay tuned as I’m sure I’ll be tweaking it over the next few months!

The final photo with my can for scale.

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