OK, so the miniature appliances arrived. Because the seller didn't provide measurements, their arrival was key to moving on to the diner's interior design. So, last evening, I got started. But, first, a distraction. I'd been eyeing the thin lip on the bottom of yogurt containers, wondering whether they could be cut and used to suggest a wall-based counter top with a "lip". This kind of window-facing counter was prototypical in early diners used with a set of stools. The lip or edge around the counter was pure fancy on my part. It was approaching midnight and I was too lazy to measure 90-degree angles for the sides and finish the job, but you'll get the idea:
To complete the counter, I would have cut across the section with the green line above the writing as shown on the left. However, after experimenting, I decided to ditch this idea. The Whistlestop diner kit has a built in wooden shelf, the yogurt container plastic is weak when cut that thinly, and so on. But it was worth the experiment. Now, I can stop saving those stupid containers! :-)
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