Miniature Easel with Two Paintings

A mahogany-finish artist's easel comes with two small paintings, made to the 1:12 dollhouse scale used across the Stationery Props range. An easel is the piece that turns a corner of a room into a studio: on its own it suggests work in progress, and with the two paintings that come with it you have more than one way to build the scene. It suits an art room, a studio, a corner of a bedroom where someone paints, or a picture wall in a larger build.

You pay $12.99, and the compare-at price is $16.99. A price badge offers 3 for $32.99, which is worth knowing if you want the same prop in more than one scene. One option is listed, Mahogany, and there is nothing else to choose between. One photograph comes with this piece and it is labelled as the Mahogany option image rather than as a main product photo.

Because an easel leans rather than stands square, it wants a wall or the corner of a room behind it. Set at an angle to a wall it makes a room feel occupied, and the two paintings give you more than one way to place them: on a wall, leaning against a shelf, or set somewhere else in the build entirely. That is what makes a small prop like this worth more than its price in a scene you keep rebuilding. It is also forgiving of a room that is short of furniture, since a corner, the easel and a stool or a table beside it are enough to suggest the whole studio.

The Stationery Props group holds the pieces that make a room look as though someone works in it, from paper and small items to the props that sit on a desk. Mini Furniture covers the tables and chairs a studio needs alongside it, Display & Storage covers the pieces that hold small things, and Mini Plants finishes a studio windowsill.

Lift the easel by its frame rather than by a thin edge, set it down on a flat surface, and dust it with a soft dry brush rather than a damp cloth. Keep the two paintings flat and out of long spells of direct sun, and handle them by the edges so their surfaces stay clean.