I’ve had loads of rave reviews about the new Happy Bungalow robot line (fingers crossed for more). As such I’ve been working on expanding the line. First up are prototypes SC”OUT and DOG I’m working on the back-stories for each. My wife commented that the DOG robot looks a bit like a sheep. HA! How […]
How do you create great product photos? Wait for a sunny day, drag your products outdoors, take four dozen pictures, find the best pic, and endlessly tweak it in Photoshop. No sun? How about you round up all the lamps in your house, take eight dozen pictures, struggle to find one passable photo, and then […]
Introducing the newest Happy Bungalow Robot. For sale at Happy Bungalow’s Etsy shop. The M.A.I.D. r3 (Mechanical Automated Independent Domestic revision 3) was the first successful humanoid domestic assistant produced by CleanBotics. The revision 3 followed the overly ambitious revision 2 (nicknamed MADs). The revision 2s were humanoid in shape, but had 4 arms – […]
Happy Bungalow is one year old! We celebrated at our hometown show. We’ve come a long way since last year (view here) There’s a number of new products and new show furniture to display them on. A new easier on the back sign And ever popular dollhouse furniture. I’ll be adding more products for the […]
The whole Happy Bungalow crew (and a few outside consultants) have been hard at work developing a new product line – Robots. The robots are scale reproductions of “actual” robots. Each robot is poseable, rearrangeable, and all kinds of fun. Yes, I own a dictionary. Each robot is issued as a limited edition series and […]
The clouds are clearing, the ice is melting, and the flowers are poking out of the soil. That means it’s time to leave the shop and take the Bungalow to the masses. Last year was our first year in business and the first year doing arts / crafts shows. See pictures from the first show […]
How is that cute kid-friendly dollhouse furniture made? Not with stained basswood. All of Happy Bungalow’s colors are natural wood. Miniature wood furniture starts with big pieces of wood. From left to right in the picture there’s hickory, red oak, maple, and walnut.I joint and plane the boards smooth then slice the wood into thin […]
More of the pieces for my friend’s 2 year old. All pieces are twelfth scale (one inch scale). See some other pieces here. And see how this furniture is made here.
A friend asked me to make some furniture for her daughter’s inherited dollhouse. The little girl is two while the house has furniture designed for adults. These pieces are better suited for children. See how this furniture is made in this post.
The shop is not-quite literally bursting at the seems with wood, but it’s getting hard to find more places to squirrrel it away. I’ve found some good deals lately and just can’t pass it up. Yesterday I picked up some wood – maple, walnut, and oak. Included in the bunch is a 13″ wide piece […]
