Furniture designer Paris Renfroe endured a couple of harsh reality checks before landing firmly in the curious niche of dollhouse miniatures. The Syracuse, N.Y., native - who began his design business ...

Michael Yurkovic‘s studio has all the trappings of a typical craftsman’s workshop–soldering irons, exacto knives, a lathe, strips of wood veneer, and swaths of leather. But there’s one big difference: ...

While big box retailers churn out cheap knock-offs of Eames rockers and Saarinen tulip chairs to meet consumers’ growing demands, Chicago collector and craftsman Michael Yurkovic has his eyes on a ...

CHRISTINE FERRARA, a 39-year-old public affairs director for the Institute for Advanced Study, a research center in Princeton, N.J., has a passion for modern architecture and design. It began in 2008, ...

In 2018, Hilary Lipkin watched with a heavy heart as city workers chopped down three elms in the garden of her Forest Hill home. The diseased trees needed to go, but bits of them live on in Lipkin’s ...

Dresser drawers too small to hold even a single pair of undies. Desktops too narrow to lay a solitary piece of stationery. Tabletops too modest to contain one china cup. Certain lovers of antiques ...

Dolls house and miniatures collectors tend to be adults, rather than children. These often handmade miniature items are growing in popularity thanks to online communities and with it more people are ...

Miniatures will flood into Cincinnati this week as members of the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts (NAME) prepare for its 2025 National Convention at downtown’s Westin hotel. The ...