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Above: At one end of town a residential block is home to the POWDER BLUE BASEMENT HOUSE and the RED & BLACK ROW HOUSE #2.

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Happy Holidays!

Following in this posting are more shots of the BRICK TRICK HOLIDAY TOWN. You'll see images featuring several of the buildings which comprise six blocks!

NOTE: Click on any image to see an enlargement.

Below: Behind the YELLOW & WHITE ROW HOUSE is this bold LIME & PURPLE LOFT home.

Above: The LIME & PURPLE LOFT has an archway entrance, glass block windows and the roof lifts off to access an interior LED light.

Below: The SUNNY YELLOW COTTAGE structure which launched the HOLIDAY TOWN project.

Above: The YELLOW & RED ROW HOUSE has a grand stairway entrance.

Below: A view of the HOLIDAY TOWN PARK where the CHRISTMAS PAGEANT is taking place right in the center of the city. Also visible are the surrounding blocks and buildings. Can you spot "Camille" driving her new PINK CONVERTIBLE CADDY which she just got for Christmas?

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Above: Angelique is the custom minifigure angel designed to top the GIANT TREE in the HOLIDAY TOWN PARK. Angelique watches over everything and ensures peace and harmony for everyone. Angelique was built primarily with basic minifig parts, her "skirt" is a white slope and her "wings" are plate parts often used in airplane kits.

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Greetings!

This post contains more images of the BRICK TRICK HOLIDAY TOWN.

We hope you are enjoying your own BRICK DREAMS where you are this season.

PEACE

Below: A view of the "back block" which is home to several residences, as well as the BLUE MOTORCYCLE SUPPLY STORE, the TAN BANK BUILDING and the HAMBURGER JOINT. Minifigures watch from their perch on the roof of the GREEN NORMANDY HOUSE.

Above: The corner of a residential block across from the park is home to the CREAM & HOT PINK HOUSE. Behind is the sculpture that started the entire project, the SUNNY YELLOW COTTAGE. Visible in the background is the LIME MODERNE ROW HOUSE and BLACK & WHITE HOUSE #1.

Below: The WHITE & YELLOW LION HEAD HOUSE is decorated with a brick wreath on the side of the building facing the park.

Above: The HAMBURGER JOINT, owned and operated by CHEF MINNIE, (seen in the doorway). CHEF MINNIE can make you a big juicy beef burger, or if you prefer, she also cooks up a delicious veggie burger. When CHEF MINNIE isn't cooking, she relaxes on the roof top sun deck, (not visible in this image). The HAMBURGER JOINT also has a secret access hatch to activate the interior LED light.

COTTAGE BLOCK

Image above shows a "block" of cottages. Were creating building for our HOLIDAY TOWN DISPLAY which you may have read about in other BRICK TRICK BLOG posts.

COTTAGE BLOCK

This posting features images of eight cottages we've designed and built here in our FOG CITY brick studio the past two weeks. We plan to do more, using as many different colors as we can. As you can see, right now we have a red and black cottage, one in cream and hot pink, a small commercial unit in pink and maroon, a cool turret-roofed yellow two-story cottage with a garage, a green design with steep-pitched roof line, a powder blue mid-century inspired row house, a classic white building with black trim and the cottage that started it all, the SUNNY YELLOW COTTAGE at the end of the block.


Image above shows the powder blue cottage which has a basement and diamond-shaped windows created using inverse roof slopes. The roof is covered with more than 200 aqua blue transparent caps. (Designed and built by Philip Buchan).

Below the green cottage, complete with a balcony and a roof-top sun deck has dozens of green transparent cones creating "railings". (Designed and built by Philip Buchan).

Above: This bright yellow cottage has a garage on the first level and a turret-roofed porch at the top of the entrance stairs. (Designed and built by Philip Buchan).

Above: Using a small collection of cream colored bricks and arches, this modern unit also boasts a hot pink bay window and has red transparent grills covering the roof as "tiles". Next door, (to the right in photo), is a pink building, with maroon "awnings" and green trim. We think this unit looks like it might house a nail salon on the first floor commercial space. A tiny studio apartment is at the top of the pink stairs. (Built by Trick Richey).

Above: Another view of the BRICK TRICK HOLIDAY TOWN COTTAGE BLOCK.

More postings featuring each cottage, additional images and details will follow in the coming weeks.

SUNNY YELLOW COTTAGE

Image above shows the SUNNY YELLOW COTTAGE, the first in what has become a series of cottages in the BRICK TRICK studio this fall.

SUNNY YELLOW COTTAGE
Designed and built by Mitch Hightower

Over coffee one morning BRICK TRICK contributing artist Mitch constructed a small cottage structure on a 16x16 peg baseplate. We all liked the results and thought cottages would be a nice addition to our Holiday presentation. The challenge: to create as many cottages as we can for our Holiday Town display, while having no two exactly alike. Oh, and we have to stay within the boundaries of a 16x16 peg baseplate. The cottage portion of the Holiday project is a study in exterior architecture, so these small buildings do not have have tricked-out interiors like many of the other BRICK TRICK projects do. Right now we have six finished test cottages, we'll post more images of the others in the next few days.

Below: Another view of the cottage shows the side opposite the front door.



Above: The back of the structure. Not many details were employed here, as the structures may sit up against each other when displayed and the sides and/or back won't be visible.

Below: A close-up shows the details at the front entrance. The arch draws attention to the door, while the inverse slopes serve as korbels to support the second floor overhang. Dark Purple bricks purchased second-hand on Ebay make a striking contrast as the trim to the bright yellow walls. Vintage lattice windows and green shutters were another auction find.


Below: Despite our ever-growing and rather vast brick collection in our shared studio, we still don't have any green ridge pieces to finish off roof lines. So here, Mitch used yellow grills as an alternative.



Above: Another shot of the SUNNY YELLOW COTTAGE. More cottage designs will follow in upcoming posts. Many thanks to PHILIP for taking these shots.