An increasing number of adult Lego fans are transforming parts of their homes into elaborate worlds full of giant sets and detailed dioramas, including one Montgomery County man, writes Te-Ping Chen for The Wall Street Journal.
Evan Rubin, 41, wanted to have a break from the monotony of daily life, from shuttling kids to and from sports and school to commuting to work. He has found this escape by immersing himself in Lego.
“This is bringing back some of our childhood,” he said. “Nobody really wants to grow up.”
Also to prevent his Lego creations from taking over the entire residence, he keeps most of them in a single room on the lower level.
“My wife gets the house, and I get the basement,” said Rubin.
Most of his many constructions are equipped with lights to more accurately replicate their real-life counterparts.
He occasionally tries to sneak completed projects into other parts of the house, and once managed to hide a Lego treehouse above the china cabinet for more than a month before his wife discovered it was there.
Read more about Evan Rubin and how he managed to find an escape as a Lego fan in The Wall Street Journal.
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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on MONTCO.Today in November 2025.
