Category Archives: Miniatures

The Stair People and Other Nomads: Faces of the Moon, Pt. IV

Posted on April 17, 2015 by smallhousepress

With the question of what to do with the space between the chimney and the entry still hovering, we continued our work on the toymaker’s workshop. While Noel was devising all kinds of fun exterior details, and figuring out the interior, the last of … Continue reading →

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Rocking Gepetto’s Chimney: Faces of the Moon Pt. III

Posted on April 4, 2015 by smallhousepress

In more ways than one, this posting is about splitting rock—1) the literal task of splitting rock for a miniature chimney, and 2) the more cerebral task of bashing my mid-20th Century brain against the rock of Millennial technology to … Continue reading →

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Tower House for sale, Nutshell back issues

Posted on July 7, 2014 by smallhousepress

The messages below came through the blog site recently, so I thought I’d post them separately so you wouldn’t miss them. 1. I have a Tower House looking for a new home. Please seehttp://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=35895#entry579104 inquire at info@hertzfelt.com 2. golfer44302@mypacks.net has back issues of … Continue reading →

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A Roof, Gepetto, and the Moon: Faces of the Moon, Pt. I

Posted on March 16, 2014 by smallhousepress

In 1984, a new client (whom some readers will know as Melanie Wilson) called to say she was smitten. She had just seen the newly-completed Pippen Hill–our semi-fantasy Old European toymaker’s workshop inspired by the paintings of Anton Pieck–and asked … Continue reading →

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String Too Short to Be Saved: Building the Maine Idyll Bathroom from Salvage

Posted on January 11, 2014 by smallhousepress

What Noel began in 1974 as an odds and ends drawer in the studio overflowed to engulf an entire wall of shelves, and most of the surrounding drawer, floor and wall space. Found bits like Ronson lighter springs, trout fishing … Continue reading →

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Maine Idyll, # 48, 1991: The Outers and Unders

Posted on December 1, 2013 by smallhousepress

            To unwind from the 1990 Guild School workshop in Castine, ME, we took the slow, winding route down the Maine coast. Just north of Freeport, where Route 1 prepares to enter the Maine Turnpike, … Continue reading →

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Frosty II: Putting It All Together

Posted on September 4, 2013 by smallhousepress

The customer for Frosty was an avid fan we could never say no to. She liked our work so much she built a room over her swimming pool (the same pool we and our dog swam in on previous deliveries) … Continue reading →

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Frosty Malt Shop: Part I

Posted on August 14, 2013 by smallhousepress

Started soon after the Greene & Greene was delivered in 1989, the Frosty Malt Shop was completed in late 1990. The months while Noel and I built counter stools and neon signage in miniature, the newly launched Hubble Space Telescope … Continue reading →

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Yes, More to Come!

Posted on August 13, 2013 by smallhousepress

To those of you wondering, and asking, when the next post will be, it’s in the works. Our summer turned much busier than anticipated–Noel is painting like crazy, we have a new dog (Alice, see below), the yard doth sprout … Continue reading →

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The Summer House: “A Simple Cottage”

Posted on April 23, 2013 by smallhousepress

Sitting out a thunderstorm in Atlanta on our way home from teaching the Airplane Café in Maine, I suggested we go back to the ABC’s–come up with a simple project for our students. As fun as the three roadside stands … Continue reading →

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