Curiouser and Curiouser

After the weirdness of yesterday, we woke up feeling much restored and enjoyed a breakfast of tea and cake. But now we seem grown to alarming proportions, for we find the items surrounding us are suddenly tiny.

This amazing miniature spyglass actually works (!)

 Esty seller FunckyDollhouse has a huge range of miniature paintings in their shop, including a great selection of Alice in Wonderland pictures.

Much to our delight, we have discovered a miniature tea party set up in the dining room. All items come from Miniature Living except where otherwise indicated.

 Chairs and dining table from Miniature Living.

This delicious selection of cakes is from Dollhouse Kitchen (where you will find all manner of tasty looking things.)

Tea-time treats from Miniature Living.

Tea set, cutlery and topiaries from Miniature Living.

And a tiny top hat from The Dolls House Emporium.

Shut Up (Like a Telescope)

Having drunk from a mysterious bottle we found lying around somewhere, we now discover that everything around us is absolutely vast! Logically, we can draw only one conclusion from this - we must have shrunk! (Really, we can't think of any other explanation.)

 We thought a nice cup of tea might settle our nerves.

 Or that a game of cards might be relaxing.

 Or perhaps a game of chess.

 We attempted to write a letter of complaint to the council, but couldn't manipulate the pen satisfactorily.

So we tried a pencil instead.

But we kept making mistakes.

 We now don't know what to do, so we have decided to brush our teeth, go to bed and hope that everything is back to normal by tomorrow.



Night night x

Remember rebmemeR

The fourth of November is celebrated by Alice fans as Looking Glass Day. It is the day that Alice took a trip through a mirror and found herself in that backward land, playing a life-sized game of chess.

We in Wonderland House think that, to maximise our chances of finding a way into Looking Glass World, a genuine antique Victorian overmantle mirror is something of a necessity. So we've done a bit of window shopping. (Click pictures to enlarge)

Antique gilt pier mirror

 Victorian Walnut Overmantel Mirror

Giltwood & Composition Picture

 1) Antique Gilded Mirror 2) Antique 19th Century Large Gilt Mirror

3) Large Antique Victorian Timber Gilt Framed Mirror 4) Early Victorian Gilt Mirror

The backgrounds to our mirrors are by William Morris, Victorian artist and craftsman (amongst other things.) He is very famous for his wallpaper designs. Have a look at some of his designs, he's pretty amazing.

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A Heap of Sticks and Leaves

Alice's fall down the rabbit hole culminates in her landing in a pile of dry leaves, so when we saw this Turn the Season rug on WHATtheCOOL we knew it was a must-have.

Made by YLdesign, this reversible rug is designed so that you can change the seasonal feel in your home on a whim. Autumn or spring, the choice is yours.

If you'd rather have something more traditional looking, Next offers a nice selection of leaf design rugs. We like the Green Leaves Rug. (But we really only mention it as an excuse to draw your attention to the Green Glamour Cushion which we love. All right, so it's not a rug, and it's not leafy, but isn't it fabulous?)

We imagine the rug at the foot of the stairs, but recommend putting it on a non slip mat (as we don't want you careening into the rabbit hutch.)

Tea Lights II

You may remember Gregory Bonasera's teacup lights from a previous post, well we've encountered more lighting which utilises a similar motif. Original BTC make these bone china lamps in Stoke on Trent - a city in England famous for, in fact synonymous with, the manufacture of pottery.

From their website:

The Tea Range

A whimsical, quirky collection of teacup and teapot shaped pendants and table lights ideally suited to kitchens and dining rooms, inspired by the 1930’s tableware once produced in Original BTC’s Stoke-on-Trent factory.

We can see we're going to have to get in touch with our electrician to make space in the dining room for a dangling teapot to sit in between our dangling teacups...

via WHATtheCOOL

White Rabbits!

There is a superstition which says that if the first words you utter on the first day of the month are "white rabbits" then you will have good luck for the whole of the month. So, in an attempt to attract some good fortune, we have accumulated a selection of white rabbits for your approval.

This white rabbit lamp is delightful and an elegant way to bring a little extra light into a room.

We absolutely love this colourful faux suede cushion, designed by Catalina Estrada. With its realistic bird, flower and rabbit elements, the kaleidoscopic treatment of the design makes it gratifyingly abstract.

Also elegant, and imbued with a touch of humour, we think this animal vase would make a stylish addition to your home.

This rabbit dish is very tempting, particularly when filled with sweets, and would look good placed next to the vase or lamp.

Now, bear with us on this one. We think that this little rabbit hutch would make a very quirky hall stand. You could use it to display your Wonderlandian treasures or simply to store your gloves and scarves. It would be a great surreal touch in your home and would let your guests know that they may have just stumbled into somewhere extraordinary...

A little more sensible (and a lot more discrete) the running rabbit wall clock would also give your entrance hall a Wonderlandish air, while simultaneously having a very homely feel.

Another item suitable for your hallway is this rabbit mirror. (It would look terrific hanging above your rabbit hutch hall stand.)

And we simply could not resist sharing this spectacular White Rabbit doll with you.

Exquisitely made and detailed, this R. John Wright doll is one of a limited edition of 500. We adore it and are very impressed by how closely it follows not only Tenniel's original illustrations, but his original coloured version of this picture, made for Lewis Carroll's Nursery Alice - a version of the book made for the under-fives. Here's how Carroll describes the White Rabbit in that book:

"Hasn’t it got pretty pink eyes (I think all White Rabbits have pink eyes);  and pink ears;  and a nice brown coat;  and you can just see its red pocket-handkerchief peeping out of its coat pocket:  and,  what with its blue neck-tie and its yellow waistcoat,  it really is very nicely dressed."

Wonderful. And if we had the $1,100 it costs, it would be very hard to resist.