Category Archives: Miniatures

Bringing in the Necessary

Posted on February 26, 2011 by smallhousepress

It was the details we loved, the furnishings and fine-tunings of the individual houses. The bathroom was one of the great rooms for exploration of style—from the get go, people chose their appliances to show off their wealth and sophistication. … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Farmhouse

Posted on February 25, 2011 by smallhousepress

A quick post to say someone is looking to buy one of our Farmhouse kits. If you have one you’d like to sell, send me an email and I’ll put you in touch with the buyer.

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Blackberry Wine & Elmer’s

Posted on February 19, 2011 by smallhousepress

The summer of 1976 we ran like hamsters on the Seaview-to-October-Miniatures-Show wheel (mini-historians: was the NAME California regional show that year in San Diego? Santa Rosa?). A 6-pack of Coors cost $1.36, a price Noel groused about so much my … Continue reading →

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The Large and Small of It

Posted on February 12, 2011 by smallhousepress

The year we built The Seaview, 1976, was also the Bicentennial year, when a nice “older” couple (probably younger than Noel and I are now) in Oysterville, WA, at the north end of our peninsula, befriended us. They had us … Continue reading →

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Fish Tales, Perry Mason & Bug Juice–the Summer of ’76

Posted on February 6, 2011 by smallhousepress

The summer of 1976 saw the Seaview walls rise, rooms begin to take shape. To pay the rent, Noel baited hooks for a charter boat skipper. I still had my noontime radio program, and tried to grow corn in a … Continue reading →

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Back to the Drawing Board

Posted on January 30, 2011 by smallhousepress

Leaving the N.A.M.E. National miniatures show in July of ’76 was one man probably more deflated than we—the man hoping to sell the house he had built in his garage. It was too big to fit through the exhibit hall … Continue reading →

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Driving Blindly into the Future

Posted on January 23, 2011 by smallhousepress

All the President’s Men was the only movie I remember seeing in 1976. Gas prices were high, and we didn’t have a lot of spare change. Going to the movies meant a ½ hour drive across the river, plus a … Continue reading →

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Life on the Edge

Posted on January 14, 2011 by smallhousepress

When Noel returned from San Francisco without money or new orders, there was no lack of work to do to keep us afloat. When we weren’t building dollhouses or working our day jobs, we were learning to hunt, gather, barter … Continue reading →

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A Wing and a Prayer

Posted on January 5, 2011 by smallhousepress

In 1974, while Noel was helping the local doctor build his dream boat, and I was counting bolts at the hardware store, we somehow managed to produce four dollhouses. We were working fools, eating clams we dug on the nearby … Continue reading →

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Where It All Began

Posted on January 1, 2011 by smallhousepress

In 1974, the OPEC embargo/oil crisis seemed as good a reason as any for Noel and me to pack up, leave the city (Los Angeles) and our jobs in advertising (Noel’s as art director, mine as copywriter), and head to … Continue reading →

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