Eggs and Doll Houses

[rodentraiser]

I need all my egg cartons tomorrow. I have two empty ones and two full of eggs I just bought at the store yesterday. What I would like to do is take all the eggs out of the two new cartons and put them in a large, stainless steel bowl that I have and store them in the fridge that way. Does anyone here see a problem in that?

I know eggs are usually stored pointy side down and I'm wondering what the reason for that is, and if storing them on their sides (which is how they'll probably end up in the bowl) is going to be a problem. The eggs are dated to some time next month and they'll be used up by that time, so no problems with freshness.

Thank you, everyone!

 

[Dawgluver]

Can eggs be stored in a bowl?

RR, I can't think of any reason why not. Go ahead and put them in your bowl. I would.

Many countries store eggs unrefrigerated, as they don't wash the protective covering off. The US has different standards.

 

[Cheryl J]

Yep, you sure can. People stored them in bowls or baskets long before egg cartons were invented.

 

[GotGarlic]

The reason eggs are sold in cartons is to prevent breakage during transport. It has nothing to do with the pointy end.

 

[Kayelle]

Nosy me...just wondering why you need empty cartons tomorrow.

 

[Cheryl J]

I've heard that storing them pointy side down is to keep the air sac up top at the rounded end so it doesn't come in contact with the yolk - keeping the eggs fresher longer.

But RR, if you're going to keep them refrigerated and use them up soon, that shouldn't be an issue.

Also curious why you need egg cartons.

 

[rodentraiser]

OK, well that answers that question! Thank you!

Oh, er, um, the reason I wanted the egg cartons? I, um, messed up making the stairs to the miniature cottage I'm building, which means I won't be able to stain them. So I thought I would make my cottage stairs in stone. But not real stone. Stone from egg cartons. Like this:

Thing is, I also want to make an inside wall and the entire lower half of the cottage in stone as well. That means lots and lots of egg cartons. I think four cartons will be enough to do the stairs and I was going to start those tomorrow.



And you guys can just call me Kelly.

 

[Kayelle]

That's just beautiful work RT!! It does look like stone. I'd love to see more pictures of your hobby.

 

[Dawgluver]

Love it too, RR!

 

[Cheryl J]

Beautiful work, Kelly! I too would LOVE to see pics of your dollhouse(s) and the cottage you're working on, if you'd care to share.

I bought a dollhouse kit a couple of decades ago and had so much fun building it. Even the tedious job of gluing tiny little wooden shingles on the roof was fun.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Those "stones" are EGG CARTONS? That is so cool, rr! Yes, please, share photos of your work.

About the eggs: my Mom had a 7" square wire basket similar to this one

but with straight-up sides. I have it now and use it to hold napkins. However, Mom was able to easily get two dozen eggs into it, and that's how it sat in our fridge until we bought more eggs. If you had a basket like that, you could...put all your eggs in one basket! running and hiding...

 

[Addie]

Those "stones" are EGG CARTONS? That is so cool, rr! Yes, please, share photos of your work.

About the eggs: my Mom had a 7" square wire basket similar to this one

but with straight-up sides. I have it now and use it to hold napkins. However, Mom was able to easily get two dozen eggs into it, and that's how it sat in our fridge until we bought more eggs. If you had a basket like that, you could...put all your eggs in one basket! running and hiding...

Have you no shame?

 

[RPCookin]

The reason eggs are sold in cartons is to prevent breakage during transport. It has nothing to do with the pointy end.

Yeah. The eggs I buy seem to be mostly pointy end up, but not for any particular reason.

 

[rodentraiser]

Wait....wait....that's not my work in those pictures! Yes, those stones are made from egg cartons, but I didn't do them. I think those pictures are from how-to sites. Anyway, I'm going to try to replicate those results on my staircase.

Here are a couple pictures of what I've done. This is a room box I made for a friend:

With some furniture in it:

I didn't finish it completely so my friend could go into a miniatures shop and sort of tailor it to her own tastes.


This is a rose shop I did - I call it The Rose Shop because I'm currently trying to find things with roses on them to put in it:

A view of the ceiling - the top is covered with a plastic window.

 

[rodentraiser]

This what I'm currently working on at home, although work is going slow - this is the house kit as it was meant to be built:

This is what it looked like after I got done with it - the house is all white now because it's been primed since I took these pictures:

It's a side opening house now, so here is the front of it:

I'm putting a basement in the house:

And this is the cottage I need the stone for - I'm going to make it a French country cottage. This is a stock picture off the box

Mine has gotten this far - I primed and will electrify and decorate the first two floors before I put the roof on:

I have a couple of links to some blogs where the people have just beautiful houses built that you wouldn't believe aren't real. PM me if you'd like those links.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Nice! I really like your "Rose Shop". Do you hand-make any of the interior items like the quilt or book, or do you buy that?

 

[CharlieD]

Oh wow. That is amazing. How small are the rooms/houses?


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[LizStreithorst]

You are an artist. Do you make real money from this or is it a passion and making money is a by-product from time to time?

 

[medtran49]

My poor house probably feels like it is abandoned. It's sitting on the porch waiting for me to finish putting on the the roof shingles and add the gingerbread trim, put the bay window in place, final coat of paint and attach it to a board so I can landscape. I really need to finish it, though I'll have to put it somewhere without kitty access as one of the cats likes to crawl into it and she also likes to play with small things so if it's not protected she'll be in it and the furnishings/decorations/etc will be all over the house and in the pugs bellies.

Charlie, the most popular scale for dollhouse minis is 1:12, meaning 1 inch to 12 inches (1 foot), though there are a couple of other popular scales of 1:24 and 1:48.

 

[medtran49]

Rodentraiser, beautiful work! Are you on the Greenleaf forum or CDHM?