Modern Mini Houses: I'm a Giant

Emily Henderson, host of HGTV's Secrets from a Stylist, threw down a dollhouse challenge and we answered the call. Some of us finished, some of us didn't. Some of us built for kids, some of us will break your fingers if you touch our houses, but two things I think everyone can agree on... building a dollhouse costs more money and takes WAY MORE TIME than anticipated. No one really knows what happened to this challenge as Emily seems to have abandoned it. But 83 people took the challenge seriously and I documented all of their hard work.

Please visit the participants' websites to show some love and see more pictures and details on their challenges. I apologize to anyone I missed, but here are the 83 I could find. To be added (or have any updates made to your listing), please email me photos, your name and website. Send to: modernminifan (at) gmail.com

There is also a flickr group you can upload your photos to here: www.flickr.com/groups/1772598@N24/

Emily's Original Homies

Inspiration Queen Emily: Style by Emily Henderson ~ www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com

Morgan: The Brick House ~ www.the-brick-house.com

Erin: Design for Mankind ~ www.designformankind.com

Orlando: Homme Maker www.hommemaker.com

Corbett: girl domestic ~ www.girl-domestic.com

Jenny: Little Green Notebook ~ littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com

Nicole: Making it Lovely ~ www.makingitlovely.com

Kirsten: Simply Grove ~ www.simplygrove.com

The rest of us that want to be her homies (listed alphabetically)

A Joyful Girl ~ theknowlesexperience.blogspot.com

a living space ~ a-living-space.blogspot.com

Annie's Oblations (pre-challenge) ~ anniesoblations.blogspot.com

ASA Pearson Designs ~ asapearson.blogspot.com

bijougirl ~ amandaconley.blogspot.com

Black and White and Loved All Over ~ www.blackandwhiteandlovedallover.com

Black Bird Has Spoken ~ blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com

BluBabesCreate ~ blubabescreate.blogspot.com

Cali Rezo (pre-challenge and ongoing) ~ www.calirezo.com

Call of the Small ~ call-small.blogspot.com

Carmen Jessee www.carmenjessee.com

Change of Scenery ~ changeofsceneries.blogspot.com

chelsea-sparks ~ chelsea-sparks.blogspot.com

Chinoiserie Chic ~ chinoiseriechic.blogspot.com

Christy Crafts ~ christycrafts.blogspot.com

Cloudy Purple Sky ~ asukas.blogspot.com

Cocoon Home ~ www.cocoonhome.com

The Contented Renter ~ thecontentedrenter.blogspot.com (please build it!)

Copy Cat Chic ~ www.copycatchic.com

Cowboy Bunny ~ cowboybunny.blogspot.com

The Creative Salad ~ www.thecreativesalad.com

Design Thoughts ~ www.designthoughtsblog.com

Fade into Bleu ~ fadeintobleu.blogspot.com

Finding Eliza ~ findingeliza.com

Fleurishing ~ www.fleurishingblog.com

Flippin' Dollhouse ~ flippindollhouse.tumblr.com

The Frippery Factory ~ http://fripperyfactory.wordpress.com (come back, I want to see what you do with the box)

Giginstudio ~ www.giginstudio.tripod3d.com

Go Haus Go ~ www.gohausgo.com

Holly Recommends ~ hollyrecommends.wordpress.com

The Honey Hut ~ thehoneyhut.blogspot.com

House of Lovelock ~ houseoflovelock.com

JWK Style ~ jwkstyle.blogspot.com

KathieB's Minis (pre-challenge) ~ kathiebminis.blogspot.com

Keepers ~ facebook.com/pages/Keepers/123865814323216

La Vita Petite ~ lavitapetite.com

LeftCoastMini (pre-challenge) ~ leftcoastmini.blogspot.com

Lemon Cadet ~ lemoncadet.blogspot.com

Little Dash ~ dashislittle.blogspot.com

Little Victorian ~ littlevictorian.blogspot.comt

Loganberry Lane ~ Loganberrylane.blogspot.com

Make mine Mid-Century ~ makeminemid-century.blogspot.com

Marcus and Rach ~ marcusandrachpond.blogspot.com

Michelle Corvino: Gnome Homes ~ picasaweb.google.com/106618329473965977306/IAmAGiantGnomeHomes

Mini*Aesthetics ~ miniaesthetics.blogspot.com

MiniMinimalDesign ~ www.flickr.com/photos/67276108@N08/

Modern Mini Houses (that's me) ~ modernminihouses.blogspot.com

My Mini Mod Pod ~ minimodpod.blogspot.com

My Mod Style ~ mymodstyle.blogspot.com

My Recession Kitchen ~ www.myrecessionkitchen.com

Noted Home ~ notedhome.blogspot.com

OneFortyThree ~ onefortythree.com (additional Instgram photos here: statigr.am/one_forty_three)

Onshore ~ onshore-again.blogspot.com

Opal Weekends ~ opalweekends.blogspot.com

Petite Plat ~ petitplatbysk.blogspot.com

Pinky Creations ~ pinkycreations-pink.blogspot.com

The Project Corner ~ theprojectcorner.blogspot.com

Redesign ~ www.reddezn.com

Silly Eagle Books ~ www.sillyeaglebooks.com

simplycoolstuff ~ simplycoolstuff.blogspot.com

Snow Fern ~ snowfern-clover.blogspot.com

Sophie and Lili ~ sophieandlilihandmade.blogspot.com

Stringfellow Art ~ www.stringfellowart.com

Summer Plays House ~ summerplayshouse.com

Tales of a Tumbleweed ~ http://www.talesofatumbleweed.com/

This is Kara B. ~ thisiskarab.tumblr.com

This Magpie's Nest ~ thismagpiesnest.blogspot.com

This Posh House ~ thisposhhouse.blogspot.com

TinyFixation (Large and in Charge) ~ tinyfixation.blogspot.com

Warm Hot Chocolate ~ warmhotchocolate.com

Whiteowl: found ~ whiteowlfound.blogspot.com

With Two Cats ~ www.withtwocats.com

Wonders Will Never Cease ~ wonderswillnevercease.blogspot.com

wonderland.5 ~ www.flickr.com/photos/wonderland5

wordplayhouse ~ www.wordplayhouse.com

Again, please send those that I have missed and I will be happy to add them. modernminifan (at) gmail.com

24 comments:

NeomigFebruary 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM
THAK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THESE WONDERFUL PHOTOS AND INFO-YOU DO A GRAND JOB FOR US ALL!
I LOVE YOU FOR IT!
Neomi
KristinFebruary 20, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Thanks for doing this!
JuliaFebruary 20, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Wow, nice collection of everyone's dollhouses! That must have taken you forever!
I had never done anything dollhouse or miniature related before, so this project was quite the challenge, but really fun.
DulceFebruary 20, 2012 at 5:09 PM
This is great! I wish Emily would have done this long ago. But now I see all the minis that I missed, including yours! which is great-btw!

i am glad i found your blog.
TinyFixationFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:17 AM
This just blew my mind! I can't believe how much time and work went in to this. I bet, when Emily gets around to posting about I'm a Giant, she'll just write "What she said" followed by a link to your page.
studiosevenFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:18 AM
I had been looking for this and looking for this...And then you pulled it all together. I can always count on my die-hard modern mini bloggers! A great big hat tip for a tremendous effort. Keep doing what you're doing with this blog. It has really taken off since you moved it. With all of this link love, I can only imagine how much the community might grow because of this challenge.

Oh, and might I request a tutorial post on how you created those stunning stairs in your own I'm A Giant/Miniatures.com Contest dollhouse?
onshoreFebruary 21, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Oh I'm amazed, thank you so much for putting this together. I sent Emily a personal message where I reguested something like this but I never would have figured to publish one on my own, you are ingenious (and hard working). Thank you again.
My RealittyFebruary 21, 2012 at 1:43 PM
I think I'm in, on the flickr page "I'm a Giant" with the hacked I house, Myrealitty.:)
SandraFebruary 22, 2012 at 10:20 AM
I want to join everyone in saying thank you for putting this all together! Great job!!!
UnknownFebruary 23, 2012 at 7:44 PM
Thanks for the mention ;) Progress has TOTALLY slacked lately! but such a fun challenge!
AnonymousJanuary 7, 2013 at 8:33 PM
WOW! this is so neat that you compiled all of this! I had a few throwbacks with my house, the most major was having a baby last year, but I would love to finish my doll house, especially now since I have someone special to finish it for. Thanks for giving me some inspiration to finish it! I will keep on workin'! :)
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I'm a Giant

Emily's Original Homies

The rest of us that want to be her homies (listed alphabetically)

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