A periwinkle blue 1:12 scale miniature shopfront on a pale wooden tabletop, brass letters reading Life In A Dollhouse, a planter of tiny pink flowers along its roof, and a fingertip reaching in from above to adjust one flower

One inchto the foot.

Designer-inspired 1:12 scale miniatures, designed by Ella and built with her grandpa since 2017.

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A 1:12 scale kitchen by Ella: white shaker cabinets with brass pulls, a light blue range, a pink hutch with blue plates, and a round table with four ladderback chairs on oak floors

Start with the kitchen.

Ranges, hoods, islands and refrigerators, custom built to order in Ella's shop. The refrigerator doors open. The brass is real.

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A 1:12 scale living room with periwinkle floral wallpaper, a white fireplace mantel with gold candlesticks, a grey chesterfield sofa, a pale blue armchair and an oak coffee table on a grey rug

Then the living room.

Ninety-four rugs, each printed to scale. Sofas with turned legs. Candlesticks for the mantel. Everything in this room is under forty dollars.

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One of a kind, ready to ship

The Vintage Garden Bungalow.

Four rooms under a cedar shingle roof: a kitchen with custom cabinetry, a living room with a built fireplace, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a front porch with two ladderback rockers. Every accessory pictured comes with it.

Four rooms, a cedar shingle roof and a front porch. Every accessory pictured is included.

Wide
24½″
Tall
20″
Deep
19″

$2,750

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Ella's top picks.

What she'd put in her own house this week. Hover to see the second photo.

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A half-built basswood dollhouse frame with cedar shingles on a grandfather's workbench, tools on the pegboard behind, afternoon sun through the window

Built by Ella since she was eleven.

She designs every piece. She and her grandpa build the houses in his shop. Her grandma taught her to hang the wallpaper.

Ella started in 2017 with a room box made from cardboard and toothpicks. Then she sketched a house, and her grandpa, who had built dollhouses with her mom years before, helped her make it real.

Her parents build custom homes, so the apple did not fall far. Today the whole family pitches in on the bigger projects, and the shop carries the sourced pieces and custom builds Ella would put in her own house.

xo, Ella

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  1. 2017

    Ella at eleven standing beside her grandpa and the first dollhouse they built together, a white two-storey house with a grey roof

    The first house, built with Grandpa.

  2. 2020

    Ella with designer Caitlin Wilson beside a miniature room display at a House Beautiful event in New York City

    New York, with Caitlin Wilson for House Beautiful.

  3. Today

    The Life In A Dollhouse miniature shopfront in periwinkle blue with a flower box along the roof and a brick sidewalk

    The shop, once a miniature dream, now open.

As seen in

  • The Wall Street Journal
  • House Beautiful
  • Better Homes & Gardens
  • CNBC Make It
  • Apartment Therapy
  • Star Tribune
  • Localish
  • Vale Magazine

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Periwinkle floral printed wallpaper in a 1:12 scale living room Wallpaper, tile and mouldings you print at home Printables23 pieces A 1:12 scale bedroom with a brass bed, white linens and a nightstand Beds and nightstands Bedroom12 pieces A 1:12 scale sitting room with a gold mirror over a white mantel and a pink armchair Sofas, tables, fireplace screens Living room15 pieces A 1:12 scale kitchen with a pink island, white cabinets and scalloped pendants Custom ranges, hoods and islands Kitchens35 pieces A 1:12 scale dining nook with a round white table and ladderback chairs Tables and chairs Dining room7 pieces A stack of miniature printed rugs in blues and neutrals Printed to scale Rugs94 pieces A white scalloped pendant light hanging in a miniature kitchen Pendants, sconces and lamps Lighting7 pieces A miniature kitchen with a copper pot on a black range Vases, plates, kettles and mixers Accessories155 pieces
A hand holding a tiny blush pink 1:12 scale armchair between thumb and forefinger against a periwinkle background

Have a room in mind?

Ella builds kitchens, cabinetry and whole houses to order. Send a sketch, a photo of the real room, or a Pinterest board, and she'll come back with a plan and a price.

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Custom kitchens start at $300. Whole houses are quoted per project.