I've just come across this brilliantly bizarre blog, Call of the Small, to - how great is this? - modernist dolls' houses.
It's the brainchild of Christine Ferrara, an American public affairs director from Princeton, who is part of a burgeoning mini modernist scene - the list of links on her blog is long, and there's a whole Flickr community devoted to the same passion.
The idea is bonkers but utterly brilliant. Just look at the place (top right): it's the perfect solution to having the house of one's dreams at a fraction of the cost, surely? (Apart from the slight catch of having to live next to it rather than in it).
Ferrara's husband bought her the house as a present, secondhand (it was made in 1966) and, like a real house, she lovingly restored it - repairing the staircase, gluing the wallpaper back on... Furniture-wise, there's a lovely miniature lucite chair, a chrome Bozart table and a vintage German sofa. It's a total labour of love - and lovely for it.
I can hardly tear myself away from the photos, which are so perfect they look like a normal-sized house, shot tilt-shift style (that freaky camera setting that makes everything look tiny). It's strangely addictive. Check it all out for yourself on Call of the Small's Flickr page.
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→The Modernist dolls' house
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