My first thought was a Jules Verne room. He wrote tons of adventure stories. You could have all sorts of things in the room that the author maybe collected while he was working on his various stories. fish tank and undersea stuff for 20,000 leagues. A bunch of worldly stuff for around the world in 80 days. Pickaxes, ropes and crystals for journey to the center of the earth. Small samples of different flora and fauna for the mysterious island.

Damn, that ghost statue instantly filled me with ideas... I don't blame you for wanting to buy it at the get go.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Right?? She definitely looks like she has a story to tell!

Yes, I canceled a Friday night out, yet again 'cause I didn't feel like going out (introvert problems 😂) at all. Turns out it was a good decision because of this upload, Ara! Cozied-up, AC on full-blast while watching this. 💙

@ArtsyMario

Ай бұрын

Thats fine. Sometimes one doesn't feel like going out. You can always go out another time.😊 Plus watching Bentley House Miniatures is fun.

@chadbassig9801

Ай бұрын

@@ArtsyMario Oh yes! I'd rather stay in bed and watch Bentley House videos. 😁

@heathersparlor

Ай бұрын

I'm literally doing this right now! It is my Friday night. No work tomorrow, and in the background, I am crafting and chilling with the dogs.

@chadbassig9801

Ай бұрын

@@heathersparlor Crafting beats a Night Out, that's for sure! (At least for us, artists/crafters). 💯😁

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

I am all about a cozy night in as well! I am so glad I could be part of yours😊

Your class was so wonderful! You are just as nice in person as you are online!!!! I had so much fun distressing the chair! Thank you!

The organization is A++++

Your firebox room really wants a Poe inspired do up. Maybe "The Tell-tale Heart?" Also, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a great adventure story and would allow a lot of fun opulence along with adventure themed goodies.

@kellysweeney3842

Ай бұрын

Yes and yes and yes and yeeeeessssssss.... 🖤

@paperdoll1982

Ай бұрын

Yes! Great idea

@kelleykudu

Ай бұрын

@@paperdoll1982 I seem to be really good at finding cool things for other people to do...especially if they are hard

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Oooh those are great inspirations! Thank you!

The room box could be "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" I always love you projects and videos.

This was a very inspiring video! So glad to see your perseverance in the midst of everything mentioned in you previous video! Thank for sharing! SO Glad to hear the Show went Well and that 'Your Table" did well!!!

Ooooh, your ghost figure would look insanely good as a Pepper’s Ghost image! It’s a very simple illusion, honestly.

This really inspires me to get my online shop back and running. When I had my physical shop I sold many kits. My kits were mostly DIY home decor signs or seasonal decor kits made from wood. I’d really love to get it going again. Thanks for the inspiration Ara, maybe this is the year.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Yes!! You should definitely get it going again❤️ I love your laser cut flowers that you sent me!

What an awesome display! You’ve really thought of everything. I love how you have it all set up.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 It's taken several years to figure all the parts out and I am sure I will keep changing it too. I am so glad you liked it!

The ghost is spectacular!👻🤍

OMG Ara, I had no idea how much work was involved in doing a display for a dollhouse exhibition. I was exhausted just watching what you had to organise. I am so glad it went well for you. You deserve it. Cheers Robyn ❤😊

How fun! I'm so glad this was a success. Your organization skills amaze me. Well done! Bailey and Stormy did a great job of supervising. A 3D printed typewriter would be cool! Maybe in a vintage style for the adventurer scene? An adventurer would want to document those exciting expeditions. So happy for you! Thank you for taking us along for the ride!

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Oh the typewriter is such a good idea! I have a typewriter design that I think could work really well but I might need to get a blade-cutting machine to cut out the little numbers and letters for the keys. I will start thinking about that! Thank you Rachael❤️

I love watching people work 😊

I really enjoy the vlog style content! Its very interesting to see behind the scenes and your voice and vibe are so soothing.

You are so organized, that is WAUW. Your table looks beautiful and I wish I could come to see everything in real. But I'am very glad you make video's and share everything here. Your ghost is amazing.

It was wonderful to meet you at the show and shop at your booth! Pretty sure my mom got the fireplace room box from you! You’re such a sweet, kind individual. Keep being you lovely lady!

Your display with so detailed and so much work

🎉I wish I could be there for real 🎉

Thanks for sharing this🤗. It's just amazing how much goes into preparing for a Show 😮!!! Looking forward to all you have in store for us 😃🤩❣️

I am always amazed at your organization! Both the prep & your beautiful, professional display. Most of the vendors you showed had beautiful things but their displays lacked your attention to presentation. Watching you prepare for the show, I couldn't help thinking how fortuitous it was that you got your studio reorganization accomplished when you did! I agree that the 'behind-the-scenes vlog was great. As many comments said on your previous up-load, *you* are the reason we follow BHM! (Well, we do love the the minis too) You could cut out paperdolls & we will be here. And for sure, don't worry about those stupid shorts!

Ok love the Ghost lady.💖 Thanks Ara this brought back memories of doing things with our Girl Scout troops. Great to hear that things went well for you class and your business.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌹

Hi Ayra. I am not normally into ghosts, but that miniature ghost you purchased is simply gorgeous.

I love how organized you are!! You are absolutely amazing!! I enjoy your videos. Hope all is well with the kiddos!!

The abandoned chair class was so awesome! I can't wait to see what you teach next year. I loved getting to meet you and shop at your table! And thank you again for your very kind gifts for my best friend's daughter. We are working on her kits together and it is so fun!

It looks like a great show! And thanks for the extended footage of Stann Greg’s houses. I want to see them in person some day

It's so funny to me! I taught dozens and dozens of classes over the years. I dreamed of being half as organized as you. And yet even toward the end I still dumped my work bench into a box just before the class. Arrived 5 minutes before the start and dumped the box on a table and winged the class to rave reviews. I just needed the pressure and madness to really preform!

@d.d.d.a.a.a.n.n.n

Ай бұрын

I do the same as you despite attempting to organize as much as possible before classes I’m teaching. Would love to be as organized as Ara

Showed my work daughter the display section and showed her all the kits I have bought. Her response was holy shit!😂😂😂😂😂

I enjoyed this! I'm excited about the fireplace room box!

I really luv how organized you are…awesome products too!

Thanks for the video showing all your ideas on setting up for the show. ❤

really appreciate you sharing all of this, your videos help to calm my anxiety and I cannot thank you enough

Fun video! For the roombox idea; a kabinet of curiosities would be awesome! With maybe some miniature skulls or animals on strong water? Eggs, precious stones and such. ^^

I love the kit display rooms! Brilliant showcase

I love studio vlogs. I love to see what my favorite artists are working on behind the scenes. And watching you prep for this show this year and the one you did last year really makes me want to take a trip out to Texas (I’m in NY).

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

I am so glad to hear you like studio vlogs! I like them too and find them so relaxing. I also enjoy hearing other creators ideas on how to make their businesses work. And you should definitely take the trip out some time if you can!

Awesome Ara you're well Organized and Think of Everything I Always Enjoy All your Videos...Hello to your Fur Babies 💖💖💖💖

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you Pamela! I will pass on the 'hello'!

Love the chair and the way you are so organised I need a lesson in just that.

This was soooo satisfying to watch. Thank you for sharing.

i was so happy i got to meet you at the miniature showcase!! they really didn't give you a whole lot of traffic room by your table (and all the bodies in there made it really warm), but i loved seeing everyone's art

Your organizational skills and attention to detail are really impressive, and obviously valued by your customers and would-be customers! What a great show! Thanks for the mini-tour! Glad it was a successful event for you as a seller, too! An adventurer’s room? That’s a fabulous concept! There is a marvelous adventure series of books for middle readers called “The Land of Stories.” It would be such a fun and wide-open inspiration for an adventurer’s room! Whatever you decide and do will be incredible, for sure! Kathleen

You put so much love and care into everything you do. I enjoyed this peek behind the scenes.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you😊

Can't wait for Beetlegust!!! Lisa

I LOVE these studio vlogs. And as a currently working projectionist, I LOVE that you made a miniature projector kit! I'm gonna have to order one of those soon!

Your organisation skills are so impressive. Can't wait for Beetlegust! 😊

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you Elaine! I am excited for it too!

You are such a great organizer and I hope when I grow up I can be as organized as you are. It’s funny I have a spot for everything in my craft room but when I can’t find something, I can call my husband to come help look for whatever I am looking for at the time and it’s not until we find it that I realize it is definitely in the last place I left it. 😂😂 Great job at the miniature show and sale. I hope next year is even better for you. I hope your business grows and grows Ara, it couldn’t happen to a nicer person. 🤗❤️

I enjoyed this video so much, thank you Ara.😊

Wow that is a lot of work to get ready for a show and a class! I really enjoyed talking to you at the show, and love the items I bought from you (1:24 Attic Table, and a set of plant pots). I am hopeful that next year I will be able to take your class.

Your firebox room - way back in the day (late 90s at least) Walt Disney World in Orlando had “Pleasure Island” an evening entertainment venue with discos (lots of different themes), line dancing, restaurants etc and they had an Adventurers’ Club. It was styled like a late Victorian/Edwardian era club for British explorers returning from darkest Africa (source of the Nile type of thing) or the depths of the Amazon. There were mounted animal heads and this being Disney some of them moved and talked back. The club contained different rooms such as the library. I remember spending a very enjoyable evening waiting with bated breath for the next thing to happen. I know that this was one of the most missed attractions when Pleasure Island disappeared just because it was unique.

Inspiring video. So glad the show turned out well.

What a wonderful display you put up❤. Congratulations to a very successful show. Please make the adventurer's room a room in the house of an early past century hunter . There can be stuffed animals around the room, heads of wild animals on the walls and fur of animals like tigers and bears on the floor. Our society is absolutely against hunting now but it was the craze a hundred years back Or you can make it a room of a crazy cat lady, with mouldy furniture and moth-eaten rugs round the room

I would have loved to taken a class like yours. I learn a lot from your videos. I just bought a small wooden doll house and i am excited to start decorating it with all kinds of fun miniatures. I'll have to hunt for some shows in my area like this one.

I really love the organisation that you have - it gives me ideas for my organisation tasks. And wow! So many things to do for a craft show! (I hope you get more teaching gigs that you want).

🎉those shelves are awesome Ara 🎉

I wasn’t able to go to the miniature show this year so THANK YOU for sharing! As always, you are amazing!

Love watching all your videos they inspire me.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much😊

So beautifully organized!

I Always love seeing your prepping vids. :}

There's a couple of different ways you can style an adventurers room. The classic look is more of an actual trophy room with an old blunderbuss, and plenty of taxidermy trophies. You could do that style in a more unique way with supernatural beings. Another would be an astronomer with star charts, a model solar system and a telescope. Even a Captain Nemo inspired aquatic theme for a deep sea adventurer. Just a few ideas that might be of interest.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

I really like the astronomer idea! I think I am going for more of an adventurers 'library of studies' where all the research is done before the trip ;)

@gigashock237wilde7

Ай бұрын

@@BentleyHouseMinis Sounds interesting. You could even add a few trophies from previous trips too. If you feel inclined to giving your adventurer more of a backstory.

Your such a talented artist ! I hope only the best for you and your family ! Love your videos !!!! and the irony is I don't have the room to do miniatures but sure is fun to watch and learn. Its all very interesting. Take care Ara

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate that! It's wild how much room something called 'miniature' takes up!

This video reminded me that I need to check out your online store because you have some really great kits! I’ve ordered before but you have lots of new ones!

You're getting better and better! ♥

I'd like to see a classic shipping crate. Something you can be marked for a British museum (with return to sender over the crown seal)

Nice setup! I didn't know they made folding shelving units!!! Lotta initial work to set up the boxing/storage ideas for the kits and 3D prints, but really handy organization after that. Can't wait to see the next Beetlegust!! Thanks for sharing!

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

I didn't know that either but they were super helpful and I think I am going to order one more shelving unit with some of my show profits. They were so easy to assemble and take down to pack. The things they come up with lol! Thank you Bev!

Loved this studio vlog! The behind the scenes stuff is so interesting to me of a mini business!

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope to do more😊

Seeing the ghost again I can imagine her sitting at a dressing table back stage at a show remembering the good old days. She is definitely a beautiful doll. I also am always shocked at how much time and energy goes into a show wow. I don't think we have them in the UK, I haven't found one yet will have to get onto Google and see what comes up

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Definitely! She looks very pensive to me too😊 Look up the Kensington Dollhouse Festival and see if it's close to you. I would love to go to that one some day!

I didn't know you added a new member to your family! Stormy's little Pug friend is adorable! Awesome video Ara! Lisa

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Yes, she is my aunt's dog who we are taking care of for a while😊 She's a sweetie!

@craft-o-matic399

Ай бұрын

@@BentleyHouseMinis Yes, she seems very sweet, and I think Stormy is enjoying her company!

The scene where Ara pinches herself with the table. I can't count how many times I've done the same thing while setting up or breaking down my booth at shows.

Very organized and self contained, I love it. Too bad you don't come to the Colorado mini show in September. We do have one and I plan on going this year. My mom used to teach the make and take series and actually got me into it as well. I am going this year. Have a great day

A globe which is actually a drinks cabinet would be great in the Adventurer's Room.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

I am working on that one now! I hope I can get it to work😊

Hands down, the best Studio Blogs I have seen. They are fun, well-edited and I got to enjoy a lot of content without excess filler. Great work! Also nothing for me in the Miniaturist Directory... :(. Maybe one day!

Good luck at the showcase!

Bless your heart❤

Thank u Ara always informative thanks for sharing

Hi Ara, I hope you had a blast and that your booth did well. Your organization is inspiring and brilliant as well as apparently worth it because your booth looks very professional and inviting. Could you use hole reinforcers, like when in school for notebook paper, to secure the hole in the hanging packaging? Thanks for sharing and hope everyone at home is doing well.

Thank you!

I absolutely look forward to every video that you make! Thank you for your time and effort! I pulled up the miniaturist list and the closest ones to me are in Tucson! Ugh

Omgosh! We’ve got +30°C weather up here near Ottawa, and I’m baking even more seeing you in a sweatshirt!

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Haha sorry about that! When I started filming this video it wasn't as hot as it is now. It's definitely way too warm!

@Catsmeow659

Ай бұрын

@@BentleyHouseMinis post-its are such a useful tool!

I bought the Icebox kit and the retro stove kit 1-2 years ago. Then I bought the plates and utensils kit (only needed the plates) and another retro stove kit (the first stove got legs and disapeared) about 6 months ago. They where easy to assemble when I used the videos since my brain apparently cant follow written directions 😂

This was a fun and super inspiring video! Also love the adventurer’s study idea! Can it be a woman pleeeease? Love what you do. ❤

Just thought of something… when you come back from the show, before you put the box away, do a quick count and just put a post it on the section. I know - you probably already thought of it! I need you to come organize my crap room!

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

I hadn't thought of that, I really like that idea to have a count in each section, or even each box. Sometimes I take items out during the year and I can just update the post-it instead of having to count everything again. Thanks for the idea!

The ghost is so you, I would have bet money that you either made it or bought it!

🎉 i think a roombox about scrouge would be fun to do 🎉😊

🎉ArA missed you 🎉

This was very entertaining and impressive. Turns out vlogs are good! I wouldn’t mind seeing more of your kits and kit process, as well as the final making of the samples although I might not be remembering that. As for the adventurer room, big plush couches and big desks. A cabinet of souvenirs. Display cases.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I am so glad you liked the vlog style as well. I plan to do more in the future and definitely film the progress of filling up the Fireplace room. Thank you for the suggestions😊

It feels illegal to be this early haha! Glad to see another studio vlog! It's always so interesting to see the workflow of other artists!

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it! It feels illegal for me to be this late in answering comments 😮 It was a busy weekend!

It was really a LOT of work! I'm glad you enjoyed the show and that your business there went well 😀 I was waiting to watch this video and some sneak peak into show case so I'm really glad you could share some of those great artists [and their pieces of course] with us! I do have some ideas for miniatures, but I'm not sure if those will be ok for Fireplace room. You'll see [soon hehe]. I also have idea about label but alredy wrote you about that on Instagram, so you'll see in a free while 😊 PS - I'm also wondering how and where you'll put all of the future kits on your display, but I guess that's the theme for future Ara 😋

FIREBOX ROOM; Sherlock investigating a murder, The Great Gatsby, Any Agatha Christie mystery, Oh, and Pierot!!!!!

I wish I could have been at that show! Hopefully, I will make it next year. I would love to bring my youngest granddaughter. I enjoyed this cideo so much, Ara. Thanks for sharing. There is a young man in KZread rhat is working on an adventure room. It's really beautiful. I enjoy his work a lot. He goes by Crafts by Xander, I believe. You should try to check him out. He's pretty awesome.

Very nice!

Hi Ara, I went to the miniature museum in Tucson, AZ. It's worth going, impressive place Thank you for mentioning it on your show.

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Yay, I am so glad you were able to go. It's so magical there!

This video was awesome! So many great ideas for participating in a show! And awwwww, thank you so much for the shoutout!! (This is my personal acct) -Nancy

I am planning to make a Sindy stable block with a tac room so I can store my bits in and on top I want to make a house for my 4 vintage dolls. My brother can supply me with as much wood that I need

I just love your videos. Thank you for sharing with us. I’m so so excited for beetlegust (sp?) 🧡🖤🧡

Wow amazing. I'm very much an organised person.. your kits are amazing ..hope you have an amazing time at the DH Fair ❤

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I did!! It's always so fun to be around other creative minds😊

Really enjoyed this vlog - so interesting to see behind the scenes! And that ghost doll is amazing... Regarding upcoming projects: what about a set of room boxes you could slot together to make a house? I've had this idea in my own head for a couple of years, playing with different layouts and methods for connection, but my craft room is a mess and it'll be a few months before I can do anything. Would love to see what you might do with that idea :)

❤❤❤

🎉ooooh spooky 👻 🎉

I am so sad that the only thing that comes close to this in the UK is in London Kensington which is far to far for a wheelchair user like myself. I wish I would make nearby mini friends. It's lonely outside of the "niché" groups in Scotland.

Fab job, Ara. Hang in there. xoxo

@BentleyHouseMinis

Ай бұрын

Thank you!😊