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Meet Brandon — The Mind Behind Small World Miniatures
Brandon is an interior designer turned miniature world–builder who never quite outgrew the joy of tiny doors, perfect little windows, and cities that fit on a kitchen table. He studied Interior Design at the Art Institute in Orange County, California, where space planning, materials, and light became his native language. But his love affair with small-scale design started long before studio critiques and drafting boards—back when he was a kid pouring concrete into LEGO forms.
Latest Miniature Models
Miniature Rococo Café Room Box Diorama: A Tiny Palace of Pastries, Gossip, and Gold Leaf Daydreams
Welcome to Café Luminette, founded in 1742 after a minor scandal involving a duke, a dessert fork, and a chandelier that “fell on its own.” (Sure, Jan.)
Café Luminette was built for the kind of clientele who didn’t simply drink tea—they performed tea. The owners promised three things...
9 hours ago8 min read
A Lantern-Lit Fantasy Hungarian Miniature Palace: Where Paprika Dreams and Ivy Schemes Come True
Locals call it Palota Lángvirág, which roughly translates to “Palace of the Flameflower”—named after the riotous gardens that bloom like fireworks every summer and the suspicious number of lanterns that never, ever go out.
According to wildly biased palace records (written by someone who definitely gave themselves a flattering title), Palota Lángvirág was founded in 1497 by Count Árpád Zsebóra the Punctual, a noble famous for two things: Building towers tall enough to see
1 day ago8 min read
A Riot of Rugs and Rhinestones: An Iris Apfel–Inspired Miniature Sofa Diorama That Refuses to Whisper
This miniature feels like it belongs in the family tree of bold, joyful design—where personality is the main structural beam. Iris Apfel is the obvious guiding constellation here: fearless color, textile layering, and the “why choose one pattern when you can adopt twelve” philosophy. The sofa’s patchwork energy and accessory-heavy styling mirrors that unapologetic, curated chaos—where every piece looks like it has a story, even if that story is “I was fabulous at a flea marke
3 days ago9 min read
A Tiny Hacienda of Suds: A Traditional Mexican Bathroom Miniature Diorama (and How to Build Your Own Little Oasis)
Locals call it El Lavabo de la Suerte—The Lucky Washbasin—and if you believe the rumors (you should), it’s been quietly blessing messy lives since 1932, when Doña Mireya “borrowed” a sink from a closing hotel and installed it in her family courtyard home with the confidence of a woman who never once asked permission from a man named Harold.
The vanity became a neighborhood landmark. People didn’t just wash hands here—they came to reset their luck...
6 days ago9 min read
A Paper-Origami Miniature House in Bloom: The Folded Fern Cottage and Its Tiny, Unreasonably Dramatic Garden
Locals call it Folded Fern Cottage, but that wasn’t the original name. According to the very serious (and definitely not gossipy) records of the Paperbark Township Historical Society, the cottage was founded in 1891 by a retired stationery magnate named Myrtle Quill, who believed two things with absolute certainty: Tea tastes better when served on a balcony. If you fold something precisely enough, it becomes morally superior.
Feb 59 min read
Moss, Lantern Light, and Wallpaper Dreams: A William Morris Arts & Crafts Cottage in Miniature
Let me introduce you to Brackenmore Cottage. Brackenmore was “built” in 1893 (in tiny-world years) by eccentric textile designer Elsbeth Willowfen, a devoted fan of William Morris who firmly believed that no flat surface should be left unpatterned. She moved out of London when people started gently suggesting that maybe not every window frame needed hand-painted acanthus scrolls.
Feb 411 min read
Roselight Falls: A Fantasy Castle Miniature Diorama of Waterfalls, Pastels & Glittering Gold
The first time I saw this piece, my brain did that Windows-95 startup sound.
You’re looking at Roselight Falls—a very large fantasy castle miniature diorama perched on sheer cliffs, wrapped in lush greenery, with waterfalls pouring straight out from beneath pastel towers into an impossibly teal lagoon. Champagne-gold domes catch the light, tiny figures stroll along a sweeping bridge, and somewhere down there a couple of mini people are definitely arguing over whose turn it i
Jan 3012 min read
![Just pressed publish on a new Small World Miniatures blog post! 🧳🇳🇱
A few years back I flew to the Netherlands, brought my tiny LEGO buddy Sheila, and spent a day stomping around Madurodam miniature park like a gentle kaiju—then jumped to Keukenhof to see seven million real tulips in bloom. 🌷 From Gothic cathedrals and canal houses to windmills, ships, and shiny Rotterdam skyscrapers in 1:25 scale, it was basically an open-air reference library for miniature nerds.
Come take a stroll through tiny Netherlands with me (and Sheila) on the blog 👇
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