All Miniature Models

The Midnight Marigold opened in 1887, when the town of Bellwether decided its disused chapel would make an excellent flower shop. The first proprietor, Mrs. Elspeth Thorn, agreed on one condition: the original bell could remain, even though it rang at irregular hours and had never once been attached to a rope. Bellwether’s council accepted. The council had previously approved a fountain that dispensed soup, so standards were flexible...

I would happily spend an entire October evening on this little street, provided someone first explained why the flowers seem to be listening. Three narrow shops huddle together beneath Gothic arches and extravagant cornices. Amber windows glow through the gloom, a turquoise canopy marks the middle doorway, and the foliage has claimed every ledge it can reach. The whole miniature has that crooked, theatrical, Tim Burton sort of whimsy: a little eerie, deeply charming, and clea

There are certain games that I enjoy because they give me something to accomplish. There are quests to finish, mysteries to solve, enemies to defeat, cities to manage, or some poor collection of digital citizens who apparently cannot function unless I personally decide where the plumbing goes. Then there is Tiny Glade. Tiny Glade gives you a patch of countryside and politely invites you to make something lovely...

Welcome to Rosebrick House, founded in 1892 by Cornelius Peabody Wickett, a Boston importer of tea, brass doorknobs, and “absolutely necessary” decorative urns. His wife, Lavinia, insisted the house have glowing windows on all four visible sides so the neighbors could never accuse them of being under-lit...

I love gardening, miniature architecture, glasshouses, tiny public spaces, and anything containing enough plants to make watering day slightly intimidating. This set manages to gather all of those interests beneath one very elegant transparent roof...

Every once in a while, a LEGO announcement lands directly in the overlap between several of my obsessions. Architecture. Miniatures. Complicated construction. Tiny pieces being asked to perform jobs their designers probably never imagined. Then LEGO announced Sagrada Família 21065. I was doomed immediately...

Some people look at a stack of small plastic drawers and see storage. I looked at these and immediately thought they should become a skyscraper. That probably says more about me than it does about the product, but here we are. I recently bought the Novabright 30 Pcs Stackable Drawer Storage set on Amazon, and I’ve been using the blue version to organize LEGO bricks, miniature hardware, beads, electrical bits, and the endless collection of tiny things that accumulate around a