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The amazing finalists of the 2013 Undersized Urbanite dollhouse contest

christina — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000

Post written at Little Victorian, original here: The amazing finalists of the 2013 Undersized Urbanite dollhouse contest.

These people are amazingly talented. Here is a highlight from each of their mini projects.

Meagan’s urban loft has a hanging platform as the bedroom.

And she laid each of those bricks in the background individually.

Kyle even put a basement in her steampunk brownstone.

Lyssa’s attention to the details is incredible. And this is just the outside.

Audra’s house is a 1/2 scale little cutie. She even put a fish pond in the yard.

Mandy’s made sure her house looked lived in with very cute detials.

Each room in Linda’s is so cool, but I think the living room is my favorite.

Jazzi made a gorgeous little pool room.

Rebecca went all out on a 1/4 scale house. For some reference, most of the dollhouses have 8″ (representing 8′) ceilings, Rebecca’s would be 2″.

Neen made her art deco house from a hollowed out vintage radio.

Marisa made the wood burning stove for her shanty from little plastic cups!

Ginger made her house from paper mache, and it gives it a very cool look.

You cannot tell that Brae’s artist studio is not life size, such amazing quality!

Leena made a great little zen garden with a real bonsai to go along with her tea house from last year.

Voting will close Sunday, May 12th at 8pm (Eastern time). So you have 6 more days to spread the word and get everyone to come vote!

Here are all the links so you can check the out for yourself and cast your three votes with the button below each picture. Have fun!

To see more of each house, click on the photos. To cast your vote, just click on the word “vote” underneath each photo.

Here is the complete list of the original participants:

Again, thank you to all the participants, I’m honored that you signed up for my contest and I’m amazed by your talent. Stay tuned, the winners will be announced next week!

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Undersized Urbanite 2013: Voting is Open!

christina — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:27:00 +0000

Post written at Little Victorian, original here: Undersized Urbanite 2013: Voting is Open!.

Voting is open! Everyone and anyone who wants to come over and vote gets 3 votes.

Tomorrow morning, I will have a post with a highlight or two from each project, and the voting will be enabled in that post as well, so stay tuned! Update, the post is here.

Here they are: (To see more of each house, click on the photos. To cast your vote, just click on the word “vote” underneath each photo.)

Here is the complete list of the original participants:

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Undersized Urbanite Update (for March already?!)

christina — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:11:00 +0000

Post written at Little Victorian, original here: Undersized Urbanite Update (for March already?!).

Here is a quick update on everyone’s progress for the Undersized Urbanite dollhouse challenge for the month of March. Only two months to go… Enjoy!

Lyssa’s book stairs and little living room are very cool:

Audra’s half-scale Chantilly is getting cuter and cuter:

As always, Linda is hard at work making awesome things from scratch. Just too many to list, go check her out.

Molly made herself a modern sofa bed from scratch:

Rebecca’s teeny tiny house is beautifully landscaped now:

Brae has the coolest accessories in her artist’s studio:

Kyle, Mandy, Marisa, Neen, are working away, and Meagan has big (or little?) plans.

Nice work everyone, and thanks for playing along!

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Undersized urbanite update (January)

christina — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:24:00 +0000

Post written at Little Victorian, original here: Undersized urbanite update (January).

Time for a quick update on your progress for the dollhouse contest!

I’m having so much fun watching what all of you are creating. And some of you are getting it done so fast. Mine is still gutted. Actually, it’s even more gutted than the last time I showed you. I’ll post an update on my progress soon as well.

Houses:

Rebecca’s 1/4 scale | Q’s tudor

Can’t get over how tiny Rebecca’s (Mama’s Minis) new house is. So. Cute. And I love the Tudor trim on Q’s cottage (she has some really cute stuff going on on the inside too!).

Architectural details:

Lyssa’s book nook | Kyle’s egg carton stone wall

Lyssa’s book nook is just amazing, I can’t wait to see it filled with teeny-tiny books. And Kyle had a brilliant idea to cut up egg cartons to make a faux stone facade. The texture looks perfect.

Accessories:

Linda’s printed rug and plants

Linda has lots of really cool little projects going on, with instructions too.

Oh, and The Dolls’ House Magazine wrote a very nice little post about the contest yesterday! Read it here.

If you’re participating, how is your project coming along? Are you happy with it so far? Think you’ll have enough time to finish?

(If you’d like to see more, all of the participants and their blogs are listed on this page.)

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Undersized Urbanite Update: Introducing a few of the Houses

christina — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:35:00 +0000

Post written at Little Victorian, original here: Undersized Urbanite Update: Introducing a few of the Houses.

I’m so impressed and excited about what those of you who have joined the dollhouse contest are doing. Since the contest is just getting started, I thought I’d introduce you to a few of the participant’s houses (in no particular order):

Jazzi and her “Renovator’s Delight”

How cool is this house?! It has a second floor, sunken swimming pool.

Half of the house was inexplicably walled off when she bought it and there was no access to the several rooms except for a few too-small doorways. She has already begun her demolition and renovations and it’s now (mostly) a big, open space. Read more about it here.

Rebecca’s concept model

So, Rebecca is moving in a few days. For the contest, she hopes to make a house from scratch. But because she is in the middle of a move and can’t actually work on the dollhouse, she is building a virtual model.

You must click here to see more of her plans, the house is amazing and I want it in real life.

Audra has an adorable half-scale chantilly.

Audra is already remodeling. As you can see from the painter’s tape, this is currently a dry-fit. She has removed awkward attic space and turned it into vaulted ceilings.

And this house is half the size of the typical dollhouse, which seems way more challenging. Can’t wait to see what she does with it!

Leena’s garden

Last year, Leena made an incredible Japanese tea house from scratch. She had wanted to add a zen garden, but didn’t have the time.

This year, she gets to start and finish her garden around the house!

You can follow her progress here.

I’ve been preparing my old dollhouse for it’s addition and trying to figure out what style to remodel with. I was thinking an old urban Victorian interior, but The Hubs had an awesome mid century modern idea and now I’m torn. Maybe I’ll work up two mood boards and let you help me decide?

In the mean time, have a great weekend everyone!

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