Mark Llobrera

Emmy’s Miniature Study Model

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A miniature model of a study lined with bookshelves stuffed with lifelike books. A working chandelier lights up the space.

Em and I started working on this miniature study/library model project way back in early 2023. We’d make some furniture, glue together some books, and then several weeks would pass before we picked it up again.

A miniature bookshelf.
The first bookcase
A father and daughter put together miniature furniture from a kit.
Furniture assembly
A collection of miniature bookshelves.
Ready for books

After we put together the big furniture pieces (which included upholstering the red wingback chair) we spent a long time making books. The majority were box-like “books by the foot”-type illusions, but some had pages that you could flip through.

A young woman paints the floor of a model.
Prepping walls
A partially-painted model floor
A young woman poses with a partially-assembled model’s walls.

The other major hurdle was wiring up the chandelier. It took us several months to strip tiny wire, connect it, wrap sections in heat-shrink tubing, hook it up to a battery switch, and mount it to the ceiling…and in the end only two of the four bulbs would turn on (:sad-trombone:).

A young woman puts miniature furniture into place.
Assembling
A fully-assembled miniature study.
Testing the light
A fully-assembled miniature study.

In the model, as in real life, we had more books than available shelving.

A partially-assembled miniature study.
Arranging the corner
A fully-assembled miniature study, lit up.
A father and daughter smile in front of their completed model.
Team Tiny Library

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