George the Miniguy

George has been a miniaturist ever since he was six years old. He began building dollhouses in 1978. He has built and decorated three doll houses - two from scratch and one from a kit. He also has created a number of room boxes - some serve also as lamps in addition to showcasing miniatures.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Making Bricks for the Front Porch

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     Back in 2009, I posted a couple of articles about how to make fake bricks using matte board, paint, and some wall spackling paste. (I...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Down to Details

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Getting the details just right in a miniature project is important if you want the final product to look "real."        In...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

Getting Closer!

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We are truly making progress with our front porch projects. The pillars in the front now connect to the roof. The windows and the front do...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Roughing It

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     It doesn't look like much yet, but here is the front porch project. I used 1/2" plywood sheets from the Michaels store for m...
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Monday, July 30, 2012

It's Almost August!

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I know I promised to be better about posting to this blog. That was back in December and it's almost August! Sorry about that. It's ...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

How the Doghouses Turned Out

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Thought you might like to see how the dog houses turned out. I was able to snap a few shots of what some of the miniature club members did...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

New Club Project - a Front Porch

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At our most recent meeting of the miniature club, we got to talking about what we might do next. I had an idea of doing a craftsman style ho...
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George the Miniguy
When I was six years old, my parents gave me a miniature circus, complete with a tin tent, circus characters and animals. Each of the figures were about 2" tall. I've been hooked on miniatures ever since! Years ago, my wife, Pam, found a book about making miniatures. We purchased some tools and a Realife Miniatures kit which sat on a shelf for a year. I asked her if she was going to do anything with them. She replied sheepishly, “Probably not…” So, I did, and I had fun doing it. Shortly after that, we found a miniature store and Nutshell News. I built a room box. Then I discovered the Thorne Rooms, which gave me a standard to which I aspire. Next, I began to build Pam’s dollhouse. In the process, I discovered how pricey miniatures can be, and decided I could build some of the pieces. As a result, I’ve learned how to make minis such as Victorian carved furniture to designing and building dollhouses and room boxes. In this blog I hope to share some of my knowledge with you as well as current projects. FYI... you can click on most of the pictures in this blog and view them in larger size. Enjoy! And please share your comments – they help me know if anyone’s reading this blog! Thanks.
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