I finished the dollhouse! At least for now. I'm sure I'll never stop making furniture for it. It's too much fun. Jack especially loves organizing and arranging the furniture. The guys in the family are playing with dollhouses and the girls are out riding bicycles. Nice.
Oh I love it! The furniture is so cool... I think Jack must have his dad's sense of design appreciation :) Very nice. K
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous Joel! I would love to have furnishings like those in my real house!! How wonderful that your children have such a lovely doll house to play with. My girls are envious. Great job!! - Tina.
ReplyDeleteIt's a really great work! Never seen before such a modern design dollhaouse! many compliments,
ReplyDeleteCristina
I love this dollhouse. The simplicity of it, it's so zen. And I'm all for fluid gender roles where there is preference.
ReplyDeleteThis post rocks.
this is AMAZING! all your work is fabulous.
ReplyDeletewow! great job you did there. very unique and stylish
ReplyDeleteGood stuff! And nothing like natural light for photos--makes it all look that much better.
ReplyDeleteHands down the best dollhouse I've ever seen!
ReplyDeletewonderful!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place! So glad I discovered your blog!
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog. Looked through all your previous posts. I really like your embroideries. Have you tried to embroider some of your children's drawings? I think that is a great idea too.
ReplyDeleteMy blog is Danish, but I made a post about embroidering drawings, if you want to have a look:)
Wow, such a great blog and I love the doll house, so many great details!! Found your blog via b-kids!
ReplyDeleteThat's great! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is exquisite. What lucky children. I have forwarded a link to your blog to my son Joel.
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeletejust found your blog via http://finelittleday.blogspot.com/. i'll be visiting. do you have a portuguese background?
ReplyDeletete he; glad to discover you have finished the house completely (via Lobster and Swan) it is cuterama-
ReplyDeleteI just spied you used our fabric for the bedspread as well!- I have to show Carly :-)
this is like a designer's house! you're so talented :D
ReplyDeletegreetings from hong kong
Coolest doll house ever! My Husband will *love* this :)
ReplyDeleteThis is *amazing*
ReplyDeleteAre you selling them? Seriously, I want to buy!!!
This is really gorgeous. I'm happy to have found your blog!
ReplyDeleteWow, you are all too nice. Thanks so much for the comments. I am planning on opening an Etsy shop soon. Maybe I will make some dollhouse furniture for that.
ReplyDeleteOh MAN, this is fabulous. SUPER GREAT. Lucky kids, lucky parents - you've inspired me...
ReplyDeleteThis dollhouseis beautiful and I especially like those delicate trees and chairs;] Jack is so lucky.
ReplyDeleteHello fellow Portlander! Your doll house is AMAZING! I've passed your post on to a number of my friends. I can't stop looking at it or talking about it!
ReplyDeleteJust amazing! Love your work!
ReplyDeletecool site:)
ReplyDeleteDitto...to all of the above! You should definitely include dollhouse furniture in your etsy shop. Let us know when it opens!
ReplyDeletelove the openess of it all. and wire for furniture, how perfect. i'm going to try something like that.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutley lovely Joel! How nice to have found your blog!
ReplyDeleteI will follow it from now on!
love this doll house! i have been looking for doll houses that are guy friendly (i have a son named jack as well!). Yours is the most fantastic i've seen! love your sewing too! i look forward to seeing more of your posts! pop over and say hello if you have the time!
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This is absolutely lovely. Thank so much for sharing. I agree with others, I would buy one if it were for sale. I would buy the furniture too. This is a great design because they can get their hands into it better than a reg. dollhouse. Fantastic. So creative.
ReplyDeleteThanks. With twins I really wanted it to be approachable from all angles, so there wouldn't be any arguments. It works really well.
ReplyDeleteAnd my Etsy shop is on the way. I plan to sell furniture packs, and maybe an occasional doll house (among other things). Hopefully in two weeks or less. I'll definitely let everyone know.
Hermoso trabajo!
ReplyDeleteMe encantó el blog y fantástico que un papá incursione en el mundo craft!
Saludos!
It looks like such a calming place to live!
ReplyDeletesuch a fine little house, and lovely furnishings! i look forward to seeing the etsy shop.
ReplyDeletehope it's okay that i've grabbed a few images for my blog...
how cute, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThis is the best thing I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteAmazing dollhouse!
ReplyDeleteab' fab' !
ReplyDeleteDear Joel '
ReplyDeleteYour work is so simple and cool .Kids and imaginative enough edults dont need more. In my lost childhood dollhouse I had a veranda and a long chair like that- since I plan on doing my own stuff as well , I'll try to revive that chair.
I promise to post you!
Thanks
Neomig
What a great house & blog...keep it up, please!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, very beautiful decorated doll house. The accessories furnished the house beautifully, With theses things we can say its a complete finished dollhouses.
ReplyDeleteYour blog and creations are fabulous! It is really wonderful to see a blog on creations of this quality and family/kid oriented from a man. You make really beautiful things and present them so nicely on your blog. i recently started blogging at taganskitchen.blogspot.com still working on finding time to blog as much as I'd like to.
ReplyDeleteYou have inspired me to press on with my own modern dollhouse: http://getyourmesson.blogspot.com/search/label/dollhouse Haven't worked on it for awhile, but now I'm super inspired. Thank you, love your blog. Great ideas!
ReplyDeleteWow...you have got to be one of the coolest dad's ever! I am so glad I found your site via Holly over at decor8. It is so much fun & so inspiring. This doll house is perfection(trust me, when I was little I spent ALL of my time playing with mine). Your kids are so lucky to have you for a dad!
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Melissa
dear Joel, I posted a picture from this post on my blog, just wanted to let you know! I love the homemade furniture. groetjes Hinke
ReplyDeleteI love this idea!
ReplyDeletei love, love, love this! very very cool and so well made - an architectural inspiration.. hehehe
ReplyDeletewell done.. i blogged about you today - love your stuff..
http://meandmilly.blogspot.com/
I JUST finished my own copy cat dollhouse which I already love! I just posted a pic on my blog :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much everybody!
ReplyDeleteKendra - Your house looks great!! Nice work!
Joel,
ReplyDeleteYour creativity is inspiring and so simple in its execution but designed so thoughtfully! I love the aquarium box thing and I'm going to have to try one day for my son.
Regarding your dollhouse - what type of wood did you use? and how did you assemble the pieces? glue? nails?
thanks for sharing your work with us,
Helen
Thanks Helen - I used poplar wood and finishing nails. This dollhouse will actually be in my toy making book with full instructions and illustrations for how to make it. You'll have to wait until fall 2011 for that though.
ReplyDeleteI cant wait till 2011! I have a few ideas and will be creating some kind of modern doll house for me.. er, my son, very soon.
ReplyDeletehis is like a designer's house! you're so talented :D
ReplyDeletegreetings from hong kong
This looks great. It looks like it's a lot easier to build than the typical cutesy doll house. I also love all those wire furnishings. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI've just spent the last hour looking over your blog. I'm amazed... seriously! What an incredible talent you have! I can not wait to try some of these fun things with my son. My poor kid has a mom who for most of his life has been battling cancer or working full time so that I can have health insurance to keep up with the whole "cancer" thing... and my son has spent more time than I care to admit watching TV while mom was sick. Sometimes I find it hard to make our time together really meaningful. I feel like I've found the answer I've been looking for to make life fun for me and my son again. Thank you so much. I really sincerely mean that.
ReplyDeleteMeg
Meg - Thanks for the very kind comment. It really means a lot to me to be able to help, even in very simple ways. I'm so glad you found my blog!
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