Here are some of my notes for “The Adventure of Black Peter” and “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton.” After making the parlor scene of 221-B for Joe, my imagination and possibilities have expanded; now I’m envisioning recreating an entire scene from the story, with the extra clues stowed in a little plastic box affixed…

I basically made a Sherlock Holmes dollhouse, which was super fun. The fireplace and coat rack are glued in place, but everything else can be arranged and rearranged. There is a Persian slipper containing a miniscule packet of “tobacco” (loose leaf tea) hanging on the right side of the mantelpiece, there is a tiny letter…

Here’s my hidey-hole, where all the magic happens. I’ve been making an effort to work a little neater lately, but this is about as good as it gets. If I do too much cleaning and organizing I can’t find anything, so I avoid it as much as possible. I came out of my last manic…

Confession: I’m one of those awful, boring, insufferable Sherlock Holmes purists who can’t abide any version of the characters and/or stories that deviate too far from the original canon. I know, I’m the worst, but it’s just the way I am. With one exception: “Sherlock & Co.” by Goalhanger podcasts. They are updating the original…

This is the second largest box I’ve made, approximately the size of a child’s shoe box. (My largest was “Silver Blaze,” which was in a wooden jewelry box that I modified to look like the front of 221B.) Both were very fun boxes to make, particularly since they are two of my favorite stories.