Tag Archives: dollhouses

On the Trail of The Astorian

Posted on May 29, 2011 by smallhousepress

For better and worse, over the years our houses have begun to wander. One of the happy stories is of The Astorian, which got off to a rocky start, found a good home for 30 years, and now resides at … Continue reading →

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Beach Walks & Saturday Night Live

Posted on May 11, 2011 by smallhousepress

In 1978, while we were building The Loomis Lake house, the world was watching Saturday Night Live (with Steve Martin’s original King Tut performance) and Saturday Night Fever. Gas cost .63 a gallon, and new homes went for $54,800.00. The … Continue reading →

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In Memorium: Sarah Salisbury

Posted on May 7, 2011 by smallhousepress

With the passing of Sarah Salisbury on April 6, the community of miniaturists lost a great friend, connoisseur and generous benefactor. She was passionate about miniatures and their makers, and had an eye for the best. Sarah was there at … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Leroy and Patty—Our Stunt Guys

Posted on May 5, 2011 by smallhousepress

It must be May, our living room is full of packing boxes, bubble wrap and foam. We are prepping for our last teach-a-thon at The Guild School. Thirty years ago, Don Buttfield and a group of like-minded miniaturists started the … Continue reading →

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Further Dirt on Basements

Posted on April 28, 2011 by smallhousepress

First of all, pardon the italics below—some WordPress code gremlin has entered the blog which will take me some time to figure out… Backstepping a bit to last week’s post, titled For the Love of Basements, where I included not … Continue reading →

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For the Love of Basements

Posted on April 24, 2011 by smallhousepress

Moving a dollhouse is a dicey undertaking. These cumbersome and unbalanced objects have a way of expanding incrementally and secretly during construction. While we learned early on to design a house narrower than our 28” studio doorway, we didn’t always … Continue reading →

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The Shasta Shoot

Posted on April 7, 2011 by smallhousepress

The South Bend miniature house has a two-part story, beginning with its initial construction in the fall of ’77, and its re-hab in 2005 for a new owner. In both cases it has found a happy home—first in California, and … Continue reading →

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What Happens in Las Vegas

Posted on March 7, 2011 by smallhousepress

We celebrated the completion of The Seaview with a party at home, and the next morning packed it into the trusty camper for the trip to California. I can’t remember if it was Santa Rosa, Santa Monica, or Anaheim, but … 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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