Houston’s Petite Mansions Make Bidders Swoon — These Are No Ordinary Dollhouses
Designer Work That Would Make Any Kid At Heart Swoon
BY Shelby Hodge // 09.12.22Interior designer Alexandra Killion's dollhouse was auctioned for $18,000 at the 'La Petite Maison' gala benefiting A Shelter for Cancer Families. (Photo by Daniel Ortiz)
You don’t have to be a little girl to be enchanted by whimsical dollhouses. Consider the sellout contingent of 350 who filled the Junior League of Houston ballroom and crowded around nine fabulous “petite maisons,” which were designed by architects, constructed by a professional builder and beautifully furnished by interior designers.
This brainchild of interior designer Alexandra Killion proved to be a rollicking success for A Shelter for Cancer Families (ASCF), which benefited to the tune of more than $150,000 as the dollhouses were auctioned and admission fees calculated.
Killion’s charming traditional dollhouse was purchased for $18,000 by high bidder Ana Craft, while the bidding was so intense for designer Courtnay Elias‘ pink palace creation that she agreed to design a second one. That meant that both Joan Schnitzer and Carrie Colbert with her darling daughter, Elle, were able to secure the dollhouse of their dreams. (It was the sweetest thing to observe 5-year-old Elle as she studied the house by Elias and her Creative Tonic team.)
So popular and successful was the event that on this very evening, ASCF founder Missy Bellinger reported, that talents were already signing up for the 2023 “La Petite Maison Gala,” including Catherine Brooks Guiffre.
In addition to the auction of the dollhouses, minimum bid $1,500, the evening featured a silent auction of artworks from local talent and a raffle that included a Buccellati sterling silver and 18K gold cuff bracelet with diamond accents, donated by Tenenbaum Jewelers, and rose gold and diamond-studded huggie earrings, contributed by LeMel.
The dollhouses were designed by Newberry Architecture and constructed by Stetzer Builders. Designers outfitting the houses, in addition to Killion and Elias were Ashton Taylor Oberhauser, Devon Liedtke, Hallie Henley Sims, Julie Dodson, Meg Lonergan, Sari Imber Moore and Laura Dalton.
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