The editors of the Los Angeles Times seem to have have grown frisky after the online edition’s recent makeover, and they’ve taken to adorning its web pages with stories that are craftsman-like little gems, much in the manner of a middle-aged dowager donning diamonds after a facelift, except that in this case, it’s not scary to look at the jewels.
One of these jewels is a photo eassy on Hansel and Gretel-style storybook cottages, the majority of which were built between 1900 and 1930. If you’ve ever fantasied about living in a witch’s den or a Tudor turret, replete with cobblestones, leaded glass, speakeasy doors and pitched roofs with rolled eaves, here’s the link to the gallery.
If you’d like to see more of these fairy tale residences, take a look at Storybook Style: America’s Whimsical Homes of the Twenties, by author Arrol Gellner and photographer Douglas Keister.
Above: the Hobbit House in Culver City.
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