We’ve searched high and very, very low for affordable housing in Austin. We think you’ll like what we found.
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This week “The Good Eye” turned to the Zilker Faerie Homes & Gardens Tour for a little relief from the search for affordable housing of a more practical variety. This miniature house, created and submitted by Pixie Houses Inc., boasts square inch-age to die for and plenty of extras. -
The Pixie Houses Inc. residence features a diminutive well… Back to column. -
…and a fairy-sized writing desk for a fairy-sized Virginia Woolf. Back to column. -
The writing desk looks out over a miniature pumpkin patch. Back to column. -
This is what a fairy penthouse suite looks like. Back to column. -
Door of a fairy house by artist Denis Fitzpatrick. Back to column. -
Fairy town-homes are gaining in popularity this year. Back to column. -
The gourd life. Back to column. -
Fairy houses don’t typically have washer/dryer hook-ups. Good thing fairies don’t wash their clothes too often. Back to column. -
Breezy terraces deteriorate quickly, but then, fairy real estate is never a good long-term investment. Back to column.
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