All Miniature Models

Take a breath, because this tiny Bostonian home is about to pumpkin-spice your eyeballs. If you grew up back east—or, like me, spent childhood weekends in and around Boston in the fall—you can practically smell wet leaves and brick dust from here. This miniature hits all the right notes: buttoned-up red brick, creamy white trim, neat dormers peeking like polite top hats, and two “I definitely host book clubs” bay windows overflowing with floral confidence.

This miniature beauty is inspired by Carl’s place from Up—not a replica, but the same “pack your snacks, we might float away” energy. The palette cranks joy to eleven: tangerine shingles, mint siding, pink window frames, and that scalloped fish-scale gable that looks like a school of sherbet-flavored mermaids.

Welcome to Larkspur Lantern House, founded in the year 1898¾ (time runs differently in Verdigris Hollow—blame the tea). The home was commissioned by Aurelia Larkspur, a horticultural cartographer who mapped gardens by scent. She insisted on a staircase that “turns like ivy” and windows tall enough for moonbeams to step through without ducking. Her neighbor, Mr. Percival Matchwick, a chimney cap enthusiast (niche hobby, enormous hat), designed the elaborate stack that crowns t

The miniature model of a Victorian church, adorned in a symphony of mint, pastels, and champagne gold, is a serene representation of…