It all started with a book....

It all started with a book. And not even a great one at that. I somehow borrowed an e-book from our local library, which detailed the lives of a few sisters who had grown up going to a family beachhouse in New England. One of the characters, who's real life is in shambles, dedicates all of her free time to building and furnishing dollhouses. There wasn't even that much of the book dedicated to detailing it, but there were several passages that described her creating furnishings from scratch to put into this master dollhouse she was building.

And that was it. Seriously. From that single book, I somehow found myself obsessed with dollhouses. So I did what anyone who's grown up in the tech age would do - I Googled it. And Pinterested it. (which has actually become my new Google.) And you know what I found? Some of the most amazing creations I have ever seen.

I mean, we're talking modern houses. Gorgeous loft apartments, all in miniature. Artist studios, created from almost scratch. The more I looked, the more the obsession grew. I mean, some of these photos looked like pictures from any normal home decorating magazine.

And I needed one. Oh, I needed a mini house bad. Why? I don't know. But I did. I wanted to build my own mini modern house. Glass walls and modern kitchens and chandeliers. Wood siding and open floor plans and carefully chosen pieces. Oh, and I didn't just want to buy a kit and then buy every single furnishing and light fixture - I wanted to create them myself. I wanted to build tiny sofas and modern dining room tables. Who cares that I've never done it before? How hard could it be?? (Don't answer that!)

I decided to try my hand at building one single furnishing to see how I liked it. I chose a pattern for a upholstered chair, promptly purchased or dug supplies out from my craft room, and got to work. It took me about 2 hours from start to finish, but I was hooked. I was so proud of that little chair (with all of it's glue smears and uneven corners) and knew I needed more mini.

So I jumped. I found the Greenleaf Spring Fling 2013 contest, which starts with the most simple (and affordable) little house. I figured it's small enough that it won't overwhelm me, yet basic enough that it could possibly stand up to some bashing.

So there we are. So this blog will detail what I'm doing. Now of course, I "think" I'm going to enter it into the contest, so I can only give little sneak peaks. But I'm sure I'll find other projects to work on alongside of this kit so I'll have plenty of content.

So follow along with me. We'll see where this Teeny Maison ends up.