All Miniature Models

You’re looking at my favorite kind of time travel: the kind that fits on a bookshelf. This whole apartment diorama suite is inspired by the Jetsons’ optimistic 1960s future—rounded windows, brass pendants, sky-high views, and furniture that looks like it might hover if you just wink at it. From the glassy transport tube to the turquoise flying car in the garage, every scene leans into retro-futuristic, mid-century “Googie” charm.

Think “field museum” meets “cozy campsite.” Warm interior light pushes through the miniature canvas tent like lemonade through linen, pooling on the wood step and catching the satin edge of the rope stanchions.

Locals know this place as Hühnergasse 7, Café Plätzl, in the hamlet of Kleinschnitzel—founded in 173¾

A luminous Venetian carnival miniature—arched windows, café awnings, and rippling “water.” Explore the backstory, build tips, and get it as a canvas print

Once upon a thyme (yes, we went there), Madame Ficus ran a wildly popular indoor plant speakeasy beneath the cobbled streets of Montpetit—a fictional, vaguely French town where pigeons wear berets and every baguette is perfectly crisp. After the Great Terracotta Shortage of ’47 (don’t Google it, it’s not real), she emerged from her underground jungle with a mission: bring greenery and guffaws back to the people...

With its sinuous vines, pastel roof tiles that resemble spun sugar, and glowing stained-glass windows, this cottage model captures a magical springtime moment that never ends. Think Studio Ghibli meets candyland architecture—dreamy, detailed, and entirely too cute to exist in the real world.

October is here, and what better way to celebrate the spooky season than with a Tim Burton-inspired miniature masterpiece?

Dive into the riveting world of steampunk, where the charm of the Victorian era converges with the imaginative power of steam-driven...