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So, I’ve arrived here with my new project, a miniature Gustav Stickley “city house”, a real departure from his more famous “bungalow” designs. I found the floor plans and a few elevations in the October,1911, issue of Stickley’s “The Craftsman” magazine. It will use all of the skills I’ve enjoyed honing my whole life: wood working, painting, interior design, fabrics, stitching, even silversmithing. Today, my small jewelry shop where most of my tools are located is bursting at the seams with the “little” house taking shape inside it. I only hope that when the house is finished and ready for its public debut, it will fit through the door!
“Three-Story Craftsman House for the City, With Sleeping Balcony and Homelike interior: No. 99”
All Posts, Mini CraftsmanDo I qualify as an official member of “The Craftsman” magazine’s Home Builders Club if the house #99 I am constructing (published in the “The Craftsman”, October 1910, issue) is in 1:12 scale (one inch to one foot)? Does total time invested count? I am beginning year number six, and I am betting most club […]
The Search for Rugs
All Posts, Mini CraftsmanWith so much of the flooring in the house incomplete (or not even started!), it’s hard to begin imagining the rugs those floors will eventually need. But for the past couple years, I’ve been creating some needlepoint prospects with great hopes (they’re fun but take enormous time) and collecting upholstery samples with the thought that […]
Photo Catch-up
All Posts, Mini CraftsmanA recent article in The New Yorker about a man who has long been planning to write a book but has yet to write a word is titled “I’ll start this new project just as soon as all conditions in my life are perfect.” It has been months since I last posted on this site, […]