This house still makes me smile.
Taken with my phone; I clipped it close to the top.
I saw this little "dollhouse" for the first time during the Chamber of Commerce's Holiday Home Tour in Buena Vista, CO. This tiny house, located in town, was my first stop. There is a large room upstairs with four or five twin beds -- all covered in well-kept old quilts. Very quaint but rather large. There is another bedroom upstairs, too. It features an antique clawfoot tub in the corner of the room. And it is plumbed, says the owner.
This house had been condemned when the current owners bought it in 1989 to restore. It was boarded up and had neither water or electricity. Of course, it is quite livable now. The kitchen features a lot of Jadeite, an original sink and an old working wood stove.
The homeowners created the front gate from an old ticket window used in the Amsterdam train station in Missouri. The fence comes from an old cemetery, also in Missouri. They installed inside tin ceilings, which came from an Amish community.
I wish had more photos to share. But, unfortunately, I don't.
A 9-foot Steinway concert piano, like the one above, served as the inspiration for one of the houses I visited during this particular tour. Both homeowners -- former professional musicians -- had this house literally built around the placement of the piano, which sits, center stage, in the front room where guests enter. The floor-to-ceiling windows by the piano location usher in a stunning view of water and rocky cliffs. (No photos...sorry.) The owners/musicians enjoy hosting concerts in their home for charities.