Eco

Perhaps inspired by my ever-depleted budget for minis and the like, I intend to purchase an eco house -- economical and eco-savvy -- $24.95 from the MoMA store. It's the Recycled Cardboard Dollhouse by Peter Henkes and Romy Boesveldt:



Perhaps a collector's item someday...? It may just be fun to place some furniture and photograph the results.

Another eco house caught my eye, but (of course) one-of-a-kind: the Moduralean Eco House by David Baker + Partners Architects. It is truly fabulous. My good friend Fiona is an architect and I might have to press her to expend some extra creative energy and build me something along these lines.



More images are here. Images above courtesy of the David Baker + Partners Architects website.

Speaking of architects, I anxiously await my first Paris Renfroe pieces: two cypress tables, won on eBay this week:



Paris tells me that more designs are on the way, at least 10, and will make it to eBay soon. Nice!

Am I Missing a Head/footboard?

I bought a Kaleidoscope bedroom set on Ebay recently, and just got around to opening it. Everything looked as I expected, but then I noticed that there was no headboard. Anyone know if the headboard and footboard are supposed to be included? It appears as if sold or active sets on Ebay do not have head/footboards in the set. From the little pamphlet that came with the set, it looks as if the beds are meant to have one of two different plaid headboards/footboards. And, of course, I've seen many creative mini bloggers with K houses set up scenes with the beds and head/footboards.