Star Provisions. Atlanta

Star Provisions is the sister to Bacchanalia. They share space in the same old factory-type building in a newly 'up-and-coming' area of Atlanta.

This is an example of a tinybuilding where, to make the style of building I was after, I used a foreign material in addition to the shop's business card. The roof is made from a corrugated cardboard heat-sleeve from Starbuck's.

It happens that I made this tinybuilding after a trip to the Gulf Coast and a tour of one of the new developments- Rosemary Beach. The architectural style of the buildings there is sort of Norman French, with a smidge of Spanish influence.....a little bit of everything to please everyone. Somehow, when I sat down to make this house, the card colors and the star motif reminded me of Rosemary Beach. Can't say exactly why...

So, I just *needed* a Spanish tile roof. Hence the corrugated cardboard... And, of course, with the gridded design of the card, I just *had* to center a window in each square....*had to*...

I like this tinybuilding, It is charming, just like its namesake. It is about 1-1/2 inches square.

c. 2001