Homes such as this one take their inspiration from earlier cottages
built by Hugh Comstock "The Builder Of Dreams". In 1924,he
built his first cottage for his wife who made and sold "
otsy-totsy" dolls. As their home filled up with dolls, Mayetta
asked Hugh to build a house from which she could sell the dolls.
Hugh was neither a builder nor an architect, but he loved to draw and
tinker. He designed and built with Mayotta a whimsical little cottage,
Gretel, on Torres near 6th, inspired by the watercolor illustrations
of the British children's book illustrator Arthur Rackham.
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~o0o~ bolinha de sabão ~o0o~ 49 months ago | reply
Wonderland...................................
Tea and Ink 37 months ago | reply
This is so dreamy! I have a photograph of myself in front of a Carmel cottage that is a great breakfast resturant...should post it!
Zsofia Nagy 37 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Houses, as in fairy tales - Mesebeli házikók / Post & Award /, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
freyja_68 36 months ago | reply
I love this one!!