Puzzle #63 -
Ravensburger - My Haven Series #6 The Cosy Shed - 1000 pieces
Image by Steve Read. I am really curious about this one... this is the UK version and it came with a poster! A smallish poster, but a poster! The poster is really neat in that it has a lovely description of the room (which drew my attention to a few details like the scrapbooking and the family tree). Do UK Ravensburger puzzles always come with a poster? And the overall box color is blues instead of whites. There is a
500 piece version of this called Cozy Retreat. In looking at photos of both online the 500 piece puzzle almost looks like the colors are brighter... would love to know if there is that much color variation between the two sizes? And if so, is that a UK/US thing? Have lots of questions now! Thinking I want UK Ravensburger (for the poster!) but could like the color of the US version? Hmmm.... Note - this could be a bit harder puzzle. The colors are off in my mind... the book is brown and so is the sweater sleeve. But, it won't deter from my fun. For this puzzle you just get in sync with what the color is for the item and then work with that. Still... took a bit to put together the border alone! Lots of dark colors for sure. Turns out I was only missing two pieces of the edge... the others were misplaced. I removed two dark ones from the bottom and put them in the right side. So when I had the missing two from the top I had it all.
It's a small poster, but it is a poster! Love the description of the puzzle. UK Ravensburger.
Getting in the groove with this puzzle. It is quite fun! Challenging but not frustrating. When that is done well it is pure joy to work! Although the images are a bit vague in themselves, when working with the pieces as a whole it all works together (synergy) :D Stopping for the night to go read the book
The Last Thing He told Me by Laura Dave - a real page-turner! Would have to be to pull me away from this puzzle this early in the evening. (9:00 pm) :)
Still a very fun puzzle but it is SO DARK. Crazy dark. You simply can't go by the poster or the box to find pieces. You have to figure some out then search for like-colored pieces. The skin of her hand is dark brown and the red finger nail is nearly black. The white teapot is brownish. The dark shadowy areas are so black that all the pieces just look black. It is nearly impossible to see any differences in them - whether they are part of the blanket, the area under the coffee cup or the dark stove. All pretty much look the same. However, one funny... there is a line of about 5 pieces that are nice wood color and bright white. I have NO IDEA where those go! There is nothing in this puzzle that is truly white! But those pieces are truly white! Will be interested to see how that works out... (anything in the puzzle that *looks* white has turned out to be brown or tan... so curious what is actually white on the puzzle pieces!) You can see those on the left side of the puzzle on the white poster board...
This shows just how dark that book is. THIS is where the pieces with the pure white strip went!! Crazy! The colors (and sometimes textures) are just soooo wonky with this puzzle! Later on I found pieces of the sweater that I had sworn were flooring - because of the color and the (I thought) wood grain. :)
I was down to this part and only these pieces and finally had to sort by shape.
Still a fun and enjoyable puzzle, but ready for something with lighter and brighter (or at least true!) colors! Love the image, though. Love all the 'my haven' images from Ravensburger.
Finished September 22, 2022
