My latest mini cottage (purchased, not made by me)

After a couple of abortive attempts to bash a Primrose Cottage kit to make a shabby chic cottage, I gave up.  I just didn't have the proper tools to cut new windows and door in the "wood".
So, after admiring Caroline Dupuis (Cinderella Moments) cottage creations, I commissioned her to
make one for me.  It will house the shabby chic minis I've been collecting in anticipation for the cottage I ended up not making.

Here is what she made for me, and dubbed "a la Francaise" and it's even prettier than I expected:

And, here are a few of my mini furnishings added: