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As I was looking through the Summit Avenue book, one house that really caught my eye was the William W. Howard House, or more commonly referred to as "the dollhouse" by neighbors and viewers. This home was built on Laurel Avenue in 1884 for only $3,000. Howard was a clerk for the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba railway and lived in the house with his wife, Ella.
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What I found the most interesting about this house was the woman who bought the house in 2008, Roddie Turner. She is a gifted designer, stylist, and cook so this dollhouse-like house seemed to be a perfect fit for her creative style to be able to make her own. With her last child graduating high school soon, she wanted a fresh new house she could call her own. She said she had never lived alone before since she got married very young so she was excited for this new step in life.
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I absolutely love the way she decorated and designed the inside of this house. It has a very elegant and girly feel to it. A lot of the rooms are very light colored with natural light as well so you can't help feel happy when you look at it. Being a designer and a stylist, she has a unique and creative taste of interior design that I adore. The house also has a cute garden on the side that has beautiful white flowers and a vintage looking picnic table. All of the small details Roddie Turner decorated the garden and interior with bring in the vintage elegance of the 1884 William H. Howard dollhouse and mixes it with her own creative, modern take on design.
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