Look!: (Really) Small Space Living

As champions of living small, we're always on the lookout for exemplary models of diminutive homes. So imagine our glee when we saw this little spot in the Mission...

3-21-09 small space 2.jpg If you look down while walking along Albion, you might see this tiny doorway located on the side of a building. We love the attention to detail put into the whimsical art installation, and the surprising location... though really, it would probably be a bit of a surprise anywhere.

Via Mission Mission.

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Oh! The gas meter is tiny, too! I was really confused for a bit, it looked so real. Very cool.

posted by Tiamat_the_Red on March 27th 2009 at 11:50am
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it's a faerie house.

posted by serelile on March 27th 2009 at 12:03pm
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an urban one.

posted by serelile on March 27th 2009 at 12:03pm
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Urban Faerie...That's hillarious

posted by Comicgeek on March 27th 2009 at 12:08pm
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They're all around Ann Arbor...

http://urban-fairies.com/

posted by robinette on March 27th 2009 at 12:25pm
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Well, how clever is that? I love the concept.

posted by dkzody on March 27th 2009 at 1:08pm
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robinette, thank you for the link! It appears the faries came to Ann Arbor after i left MI... too bad.

posted by DahliaCactus on March 27th 2009 at 1:37pm
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When my parents became grandparents my dad built a little fairy door and my mom painted it and put it up on the side of their house. It has added on to become a whole little fairy garden with a bench and fence and other miniature house "stuff." Whenever my niece Maggie goes over she always runs to look at the fairy garden to see if anything has changed.

posted by avajames on March 27th 2009 at 1:44pm
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My Library plans to have a faerie house project this summer for families... there are a bunch of books on the subject for inspiration. I'd put one inside my house, but my house bunnies would munch on it.

posted by SherryBinNH on March 27th 2009 at 1:53pm
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Okay, now I've seen everything.

posted by jooly on March 27th 2009 at 4:27pm
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I am completely enchanted by city fairies. You never know where they will turn up.

posted by SunnyBlue on March 27th 2009 at 5:21pm
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It's an installation for a local ARG.

http://jejuneinstitute.org/
http://elsewherepublicworks.com/

posted by rubyshoe on March 28th 2009 at 1:49pm
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Which I highly suggest checking out, actually...

posted by rubyshoe on March 28th 2009 at 2:37pm
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