Tiny House in a Globe

All done! And I’d like to state for the records that I’ll never make one again that’s this small. However, well, see the end of this post.

The scale of my previous tiny houses is 1:24. This is half that size, 1:48. That means a set of tools and skills and patience I just don’t have.

Started Okay

The framework began pretty well. I wish I’d gotten the curtains to fold more precisely, but at last everything is firmly in place.

Tiny Furniture

This is where my gluing skills failed me; you use just a bit too much, and the glue shows more than than the bits of furniture.

First floor is a gardening set of shelves and some barrels meant to hide the lighting wires.

Second floor is a kitchen cupboard and table plus benches.

Top floor is a dresser (totally hidden), bed, and round dressing table (that mess is a two-layer table cloth).

I should have taken photos before I glued the floors on so you could see the furniture, but I get too excited to stop and take photos! Plus, I’m working at night often, and I don’t want to light up the trailer while Tracy’s sleeping.

Roof

I had to shingle this twice! In the kit are long, thin strips of raffia: palm fiber. I cut them into shorter strips, carefully tried to unroll and flatten them, then glued them to the roof in vertical stripes. Then I did it all again, gluing shorter stripes on top, then again, so there would be layers revealed on top of each other consecutively like cedar shake shingles.

Um, yeah, whatever you say.

Gluey Details

There are several very cute details to this kit that, sadly, got overwhelmed by glue.

A wheelbarrow and blooms on vines twining around the house.

A tiny broom.

A tree swing and a clothes line.

The Problem of the Base

The kit calls for tiny gravel as the base, which ain’t gonna cut it for me, even as I work on this in the trailer, since I have to move it to a storage bin between stints of working on it and gravel would go everywhere. Plus, we have enough desert sand in here these days; I don’t need any invasive species. 🙂

First I tried yarn. Turns out, that looks like yarn.

Finally I bought kinetic sand, which sticks together fairly well. I think this was Tracy’s idea, and a good one!

Now What?

This one’s small enough to keep in the trailer, at least for a little while, so I hung it in the bathroom.

If you tap on the base, the lights turn on, so it doubles as a night light.

It’s cute in photos, but in person it’s a bit of a mess, and I didn’t enjoy working on it. I’ll add this to my page of tiny houses, but I ain’t proud.

So, I’ve ordered a regular-sized tiny house for my next project. But in the meantime, I have another small one that I ordered at the same time as this one! Wish me patience and careful use of glue!