Our Theme for September was "Inside the 20th Century Home" and our Challenge was to show ANYTHING from the 20th century.
Our first Challenge Sample comes from Janet Smith:
This is my art deco box made in a class from Brooke Tucker. I love the box. I was working at the time and could not find any fabrics for the walls or floor that I loved in time for the class, so made do. Maybe someday, I’ll refurbish! But in the meantime, it houses some of my favorite things, including a cat from Karl Blendheim that was commissioned by my partner, Jeff, and modelled after our Kitty Cassidy (who we lost several years ago). Also favorites are the amazing dolls by Nancy Wantiez. The sofa, chair and tables in the foreground are from a class by Kari Bloom, and the chair in the background was made by Kari.
Our second Challenge Sample comes from Carolyn Eiche:
This is a roombox that my Mom made trying to replicate the kitchen in her first apartment after she was married in 1955. It was the closest she could get using the furniture available at the time she made it. Mom made the doll, an older version of herself in the kitchen. And yes, she assured me at time, that the railroad flat Mom and Dad lived in had a water heater and two stoves in the kitchen. The older one was used for heating and the newer one for cooking.
Our next Challenge Sample comes from Cat Wingler:
I call it Afternoon in Southport because I made it for my husband.
Our last Challenge Sample comes from Terry Unnold:
This is the School Bus I made for Bob’s 65th birthday in memory of the school bus he converted to a camper. We had a lot of fun in this thing, complete with purple shag carpet, a TV Bob watched in the windshield while driving, and a motorcycle parked next to the bed! That’s him driving and me cooking.
Here are the beautiful submissions from our members:
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From Melody Petlock:
In the late 1980s older ladies got rebellious and the Red Hat Society was born. No more avoiding flamboyance for these ladies. This one is a bit of a hoarder. She shops til she drops. Her granddaughter Dorothy is in a 20th century time warp and she dropped in for tea - except they got into some wine and cheese in the middle of the afternoon. Our Lady needs to hang some pictures up on her walls, but she is too busy having fun!
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From Cindy Bottasso:
I transformed my son's room into a crafting space with llama accents. The dollhouse needed to reflect this theme.
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From Linda Crofts:
Here is my submission for the 20th century challenge. It's a living room decorated for Halloween.
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From Sandra Meyers:
The attached photos are one of my recent projects. I've only been doing miniatures for the past year or so. This one is an homage to the Chrysler Building on the front. Art Deco designed rooms on the interior and an Art Deco elevator on the back.
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From Alea Simons:
I made a roombox titled Alina's Playroom, which covers the time period of 1999. It is a young girl/teenage girl bedroom in the style of the late 1990s heading into the new millennium. I painted the room box in bright colors which was every little girl's dream at the time. I added an old desktop latest computer, phone, television and of course VCR to watch the latest movies. And finally a tiny dollhouse, legos and toys with an area to play to finish out the room. I wanted to capture the excitement of closing out the century and entering a new technological age. Where even the biggest dreams could be reality. Even though its a bedroom, bedrooms of the late 1990s for girls was a place to play, sleep, create and dream.
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From Vicki Scidmore:
This is my 1930's English kitchen.
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From Pam McDonald:
This is my version of Quarter Connection’s 2017 Free Winter Project. The 1/48th “scene is meant to represent Christmas morning 1965, after the presents have been opened and the family members have drifted off to call friends, prepare the turkey or walk the dog.
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From Elizabeth Lubera:
I am very excited for this “modern home” challenge as it has special significance for me and my family.
The first (red) miniature chair I am posting is a modern-style chair that I won as a prize at a lunch during the 1995 NAME Convention in Chicago. I cannot remember the name of the amazing designer so perhaps someone at Create knows and can let me know.
The chair is inspired by the iconic tubular-steel-frame Cesca Chair, designed by the Hungarian-American architect Marcel Breuer in 1928. While Breuer’s original chair is in the MoMA in New York City, chairs in a similar style could be found across America in the mid-century period. In fact, one of the reasons that I chose this miniature as my “prize” is that it reminded me of a chair we had in our first home, handed down to us by my in-laws (and recovered by me with oilcloth).
The second (black) miniature chair I am posting is a replica of a similarly iconic chair: the so-called “Barcelona Chair,” designed in 1929 by German architect Mies van der Rohe. This miniature is special to me because my daughter, who is an art/architectural historian, bought it for me during a trip to Barcelona.
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From Liz Weston:
Here's my contribution to the challenge. I rehabbed a Lundby dollhouse and crafted most of the furniture using my Cricut cutting machine. The living room furniture is from designs by Dillydallydollhouse. I designed and built the kitchen based on the one at the Edith Farnsworth house in Illinois.
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From Lesia Lennex:
Happy to see the theme for this month's NAME photos! I've attached a photo of the interior on my Nick's Cottage. The houses and furniture were kits created by Debbie Young in 2016. She taught front half of structures at the 2016 NAME Gangsters, Gals, and Gatsby, and the back structure at Philadelphia later that year. Nick's cottage features posh rugs that I stitched from Anna Carin-Betzin designs, a beautifully designed martini glass bouquet kit from SDK Miniatures, and lemon cakes with Aviator cocktails that I made for the kitchen. These structures are chock full of deco detail, special swaps, and one-of-a-kind ceramics.
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From Carol Shea:
I wanted to showcase my black furniture and this wall hanging is the result.
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From Linda Cofini:
"I just love Mid Century architecture and furnishings; I'm reminded of my childhood years in the 1960s - In the kitchen, Wonderbread, iceberg lettuce, Oscar Mayer bologna; Perhaps some Vodka / Tonic for the adults..."
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From Brenda McDougall:
Here are some photos from my “Manhattan Glam” project. This is a 1:48th scale Art Deco Manhattan penthouse built inside an Art Deco candy box.
The views from the floor-to-ceiling windows are actual photographs of Manhattan at night. With the exception of the grand piano, I made all the furniture from scratch. The gold fabric is silk a friend brought back from France. There is a full bar set up – with ‘glasses’ – ready for the evening entertainment. The full shot of the bedroom with some of the details on the door and dresser.There is the very tiniest of “kitten-heeled mule” slippers lying beside the bed – the only thing that is out of place in the apartment.
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Kathy Koons:
This was the Miniature World of Central Florida project for 1995-1996 and was designed by Ron Mummert. In 1995, my family visited Arizona and I was able to get the furniture kits and the Native American pieces that are on top of the fireplace. Rainbow Hand made the kachina. I really like the modern, light look of the room.
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From Vicki Cousley:
I have a 1950s kitchen built in a breadbox from the same era.
I wanted as much detail as possible, including the Photoplay and MAD magazines, grilled cheese sandwich, roller skates, and Mom’s cigarette in an ashtray.
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From Suzie Aguilar:
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From Betty Turmon:
The container for my Art deco bedroom is an old Art deco clock. The doll is by Kat Wingler. I made all the furniture. The chairs are covered with thin black leather from an old glove. The challenge was fitting a battery and switch inside. This room was so much fun to do.
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From Judie Dresser:
I love my mid-century modern living room.
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From Sharon Zingery:
This is an eclectic composition. There is a lucite table and two lucite cats. I purchased the wonky cabinet at the Bishop show. Shannon Test punch-needled the zebra rug. The grandfather clock is actually an ornament from a Frank Lloyd Wright gift shop. Unfortunately, the clock face is temporarily gone missing. The Pete Aquisto silver frame was a gift and a cast theme luncheon. A picture of the cat is of my recently deceased Luca. And eclectic collection from various sources. One plant from the left is from the class I took with Charrita Teague. The stand is actually intended as a pastry display. I had the black loose side cut to fit the loose side box. Send that I could have a modern looking floor. I included the picture with him was out the Loose eye cover because I thought you might prefer one over the other.
