Running Water

It doesn't matter whether you live in a fancy McMansion or a pioneer log cabin in the woods. Let's face it - running water is a necessity! It is one of the first things on the priority list of every housing project everywhere in the world. And a trunkhouse made for a Fairy Beary Godmother is no different.

Thank goodness the folks who will inhabit this multi-family forest abode have Wayne, the resident handyman/craftsperson. Practically as soon as I had that Chrysnbon Dry Sink kit completed Wayne was working to address the "Dry" part. First, he drilled a hole in the sink for the water to escape through. Then, he installed the drain and pipe system. Don't ask me where the water will drain to - that's Roz's department (though I suspect that she has some magic recapturing system in mind for watering her flowers).

Pot metal drain and pipe purchased on eBay.

It can be handy to be so small!

Sometimes it takes two pipe wrenches for the job!

Once the sink was ready to receive water, Wayne could install the source of it. Again, please contact the "Magic Department" for technical information. 😜

Wayne went with the same pump system that he installed for Goldie and Alice. It is a reliable method, after all, so why reinvent the wheel? Everyone loves the classic, rustic patina! And when your sink already has that "lived in" look, a messy cook is so much more at ease and can concentrate on her cooking.

When it came time for the H2O, Wayne only had to provide the infrastructure. Roz's magic did the rest! A simple piece of plastic packaging, bent at the right angles was the substrate for a UV resin waterfall. 

Add a drip, shine the UV flashlight and keep going until you like the flow rate!

On and off.

Wayne got to be the first one to wash his hands... Looks like I'll need to make some soap!

And then Roz and Rozario got in on the fun! The gang is celebrating being one step closer to moving in!

Thanks to some amazing knowledge and great advice from Betsy and Julia, I knew what a Victorian cook stove and a parlor stove's fire light should look like! Thanks so much, ladies! I'm so grateful for your help! 

For the parlor stove, I added a bottom to the Chrysnbon kit. As it comes, the kit's bottom piece is actually a grate so the light shows through. Both advisers said that for a coal stove (any stove, really) that is a bad sign! It means the bottom is likely rusted through and a very unwelcome event is imminent! We don't want that - especially in a trunkhouse! After installing a solid bottom, I added an extra orange LED bulb in the main compartment to give off better ambiance.

Original kit design with bottom grate.

Light leaked out the bottom before.

With piece of cardstock glued in to block light.

Firelight with one bulb under "coals".

Now with extra orange LED chip light added.
No need for a sweater in the parlor!

For the cook stove, apparently there should not be a great amount of light from the flames coming out the vents, as that is also a bad sign. I am going to leave the cook stove's "fire" as is.

With a couple major tasks completed for Roz's kitchen (and the parlor), it was time to think about food and dish storage. With round walls and a very cozy amount of space, it was prudent to go with open shelving like in Medieval times. I utilized more Sonotube scrap for the back of the units (because it is already curved perfectly), then just added horizontal chipboard shelving at the lengths and depths I needed.

I painted and added trims, then gave them a little aging with an antique linen ink stamp pad. It seems to go on well, then I turn my back and the ink practically disappears. Anyone else have that happen? Maybe it just dries a lot lighter. I'll keep working at it.

I am working on gathering and making all the things Roz will need for a fully functioning kitchen. Luckily, I have many "prototypes" left over from the 3D kitchen item adventure I went on last fall. Hopefully, Roz will like them. She's going to need lots of groceries, too. I hear Rozario eats his weight in food every day! 

Until next time...

xo xo,

Jodi