On the First Day...

... Trish said "Let there be light" and there was light. 

(was that blasphemy?  oh well, probably not the worst thing I've done this week... and it's only Monday)

I spent some time this weekend doing a little demolition on the inside of the house.  No, not with a sledgehammer.  Mostly with my thumbnail.  I don't think my right thumb will ever be the same.  Ow... ouchie... ooowwwwww.  Once I got the original lights out, I touched the wires to the terminals on my new transformer to test them.  To my shock and delight, they all still work!  (heh heh I said "shock"... electrical joke.  hee hee)  Well, I couldn't test the TV because I don't have the proper outlet for that plug (plus I'm thinking about leaving the TV out of the dollhouse anyway, doesn't really fit with the era... color TV and top-flush toilets aren't generally found in the same house) and the hanging Tiffany lamp has a burned out bulb but I put a different bulb in and the fixture itself still works. 

That is really great news because it means I can put temporary lights in the house now and test all the wiring as I'm installing it.  I also read up on how to install the wiring and prep it for hard-wiring lamps without actually having the lamps already.  So that saves me from needing to spend a small fortune to get all the light fixtures I eventually want.  I can get them bits and pieces at a time.  Life is good!

Here's my new wiring kit:

They even sent me a free lamp.  I don't know where I'm going to put that lamp, but I bet I figure it out.  Wanna zoom in on the kit?

Those are the teeny tiniest little brass brads I've ever seen.  I don't have tweezers that small.  Gotta go buy a new tool.  Oh boy is Dan going to have a heyday picking on me about that!  And aren't those the most adorable little itty bitty outlets down at the bottom of the picture?!  Awwww!  And the white thing next to them is a little midget electric tester.  It's so cute!  I can't wait to start laying wire just so I can test it.

I might need to get out more.

In closing, here's a preview of what will be coming in my next post:

1. Pieces of trim that I can't find a home for on the dollhouse... I took all the trim I could identify and glued it back on, and I'm still missing a few things, but these pieces don't fit anywhere from what I can tell  Weird. 
2. Some torn out wallpaper
3. I read a helpful hint on another dollhouse website to keep your Tacky Glue upside down in an old coffee mug so the glue is always at the nozzle.  I don't drink coffee.
4. Yes!  The picture is down!  Saving the frame, probably going to use it again.  The pic?  Not so much.
5. Ripped out old copper tapewire.  Kinda looks like a Christmas bow.  Worst gift wrapping ever... it'll cut your fingers up. 
6. Mystery board.  Mom and I couldn't figure out why it existed.  I think I did.  Stay tuned!