Comments on The Peak of Chic®: More Style in Miniature

Lize- For some reason I'm having trouble finding y...

2009-10-24T12:16:56.535-04:00

Lize- For some reason I'm having trouble finding your post, but the fact that it was in miniature is quite impressive! Hope to see your Miles Redd room soon!

There are a lot of miniature enthusiasts and some ...

2009-10-24T10:48:22.892-04:00

There are a lot of miniature enthusiasts and some of them do absolutely great work! I did a post yesterday for the "Tablescape Tuesday' that Between Naps on the Porch hosts. It was in pink as a Breast Cancer Reminder, as October is running out. But, it is in MINIATURE. I am also currently working on a 'Miles Redd room' which is to be in 1/12 scale.

Alas, there aren't very many Mrs Thorne types in t...

2009-10-23T18:57:21.260-04:00

Alas, there aren't very many Mrs Thorne types in the world in this day and age..

Anon- OMG!! How the heck did you find that site? ...

2009-10-23T18:06:21.532-04:00

Anon- OMG!! How the heck did you find that site? I'd love most of that furniture (in an adult size) in my home. Love the Michael Taylor look too, and I'm with you on that Oriental Bookcase. That's too fabulous!

This site is a total trip!! A must see. It doesn't...

2009-10-23T17:54:02.532-04:00

This site is a total trip!! A must see. It doesn't seem to by fully loading but its still a great find of miniature stuff.... check out the miniature Billy Baldwin slipper chair or the Oriental Bookcases!!

http://www.fashiondollfurniture.com/

Nancy- Thanks for the kind comment! Glad you my fo...

2009-10-23T16:50:30.118-04:00

Nancy- Thanks for the kind comment! Glad you my found my blog. Welcome.

Thank you so much for this post! I love miniatures...

2009-10-23T16:50:18.004-04:00

Thank you so much for this post! I love miniatures and I found your post very interesting. I start making miniatures about three years ago and I can say that it's an amazing hobby but you are right, we need time and patience. Unfortunately, lately I didn't had time for miniatures but, if you are interested, you can visit my blogs about my miniatures,there you can find lots of links, you can't imagine how many people are hooked on this hobby!

I hope you like it!

http://o-mundo-de-zaphia.blogs.sapo.pt/

http://aminhacasaemminiatura.blogs.sapo.pt/

Sofia

i've just discovered your blog and am totally fasc...

2009-10-23T16:07:58.188-04:00

i've just discovered your blog and am totally fascinated. i adore it!

Vicki- Thank you!

2009-10-23T15:18:11.538-04:00

Vicki- Thank you!

Sydney- Wow! How little I know about the world of ...

2009-10-23T15:16:53.238-04:00

Sydney- Wow! How little I know about the world of miniatures! This is fascinating info, and I've just started going through the links. Utterly amazing.

Mary- I wouldn't have the patience nor the skill! ...

2009-10-23T15:16:04.322-04:00

Mary- I wouldn't have the patience nor the skill!

Stefan- I'm off to check out your blog :)

Aesthete- That would be my idea of a great vacatio...

2009-10-23T15:15:26.173-04:00

Aesthete- That would be my idea of a great vacation!

Gaye- The lucky little girl should have listened t...

2009-10-23T15:14:57.563-04:00

Gaye- The lucky little girl should have listened to you!

Isa- Thank you!

The idea of a miniature is so appealing. I guess i...

2009-10-23T14:55:39.523-04:00

The idea of a miniature is so appealing. I guess it is the attention to detail that is so attractive.....Have a wonderful weekend, xv.

There are many people making miniature rooms, furn...

2009-10-23T13:40:02.887-04:00

There are many people making miniature rooms, furniture and houses. You can spend as much on a miniature piece of furniture as on a ‘real’ sized piece.
http://www.geoffrey.wonnacott.org/
Or commission a room from Henry Krupjack for $200,000 or so. His father made the Thorne Rooms. Here are some from an exhibition in Turkey at the Rahmi M Koç Museum.
http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/sergi-2008/index-eng.html
Or see Spencer House by Mulvany and Rogers in Kentucky.
http://www.mulvanyandrogers.com/what.php
I could list dozens of unbelievable miniature artisans working today. It’s a fascinating world.

I love anything in miniature -you inspired me to p...

2009-10-23T12:50:54.026-04:00

I love anything in miniature -you inspired me to post the miniature set designs at the Garnier Paris opera house today in your honor! check them out if you get a chance :-)
Also worth a visit if you are ever in Pittsburgh are the miniature rooms seen at the Carnegie Art Museum. They are in a hallway between the hall of architecture and the hall of sculpture-always a favorite of mine!

Endless hours must have been spent making those mi...

2009-10-23T11:52:44.567-04:00

Endless hours must have been spent making those miniature rooms--so much harder to execute in miniature than in full scale. This would be way beyond my patience. Thanks.

You have never lived until you have sat in the bas...

2009-10-23T11:28:52.224-04:00

You have never lived until you have sat in the basement of the Avery Library at Columbia University ... for days ... and flipped through its massive store of design magazines going back to the late 19th century, from popular to obscure, mass-market and trade-only ... amazing. One could easily live down there. At least I could, with sufficient stores of food and access to a coffee maker.

The minis are amazing - I'd love to see more! Luck...

2009-10-23T11:12:04.052-04:00

The minis are amazing - I'd love to see more!
Lucky you for having those old magazines! I could spend hour upon hour perusing them, too!
Enjoy the day!
xo Isa

I got to see the Thorne rooms this summer- the pic...

2009-10-23T10:11:10.474-04:00

I got to see the Thorne rooms this summer- the pics I took were not good for sharing-alas. I would actually love to do something like this-later. These are lovely-an hour of my advice was a gift from a client mother to her daughter for working on ideas w her doll house- I got no where!This doll was more opinionated than Me! 10 year olds are Impossible (and I had some good ideas) Lauren of Indecorous Taste did a great post on miniature rooms recently too. G.

Anon- Actually, I own this issue. However, I have ...

2009-10-23T09:17:50.024-04:00

Anon- Actually, I own this issue. However, I have been anxious to hit the library to look at all of the old bound volumes. I could spend hours looking through these old magazines!

Have you been sitting in the stacks of your local ...

2009-10-23T09:07:05.469-04:00

Have you been sitting in the stacks of your local public library going through decades of bound volumes of old decorating mags? If so, isn't it the most addictive and endlessly fascinating thing do?! It's like some kind of magic ride to the past unlocking all the secrets of another world and every time your turn the page a new completely unexpected vision awaits you.

Thank you for the look at Ms. Miller's rooms.