Blue Fabric Tiny House

Yes, I know. I’m always I’m saying, “No more tiny houses! I’m done with them!” and then I turn around and post about yet another one.

I finished the last tiny house in June; that was the one I gave to my friend Mary Margaret’s niece, but even before that one, I’d thrown out my hoard of crafting supplies and extra bits with the intention to never make one again. I enjoy it, but I work on them so irregularly that my glue gets too sticky in storage, I forget where I am in the process and make mistakes, plus I simply get tired of the tiny house bin taking up room in the trailer.

So, although I’ve burned myself too many times to declare this really to be my final tiny house, I’m saying it’s my final one for a really long time.

If you’re new here and are thinking, “What the heck?”—I make these from kits; they come with fabric swatches, wooden bits, lengths of wire, paper graphics, string lights, and instructions that vary widely. I took up this hobby when we hit the road and I needed something productive to do in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep. Maybe it also fulfills a subconscious desire to decorate my very own sticks-and-bricks. Who knows on that one. In any case, I’ve made more than 20 of these, some more interesting than others; I have them all listed on one page, here.

This Sucker

I had this kit stored in my bin with the major walls and floors kinda constructed for a while, so when I pulled it out to start in earnest, I thought I had planned what goes where, but I had most definitely not. I glued the wallpaper for the back wall on upside down, which messed with the pre-drilled holes for the lighting wires, as well as the placement of one long window.

So I had to turn the wall backwards, with the exterior brick graphic showing on the inside, and all the bathroom tiles and room-delineating graphics on the outside. The back is a mess, but the inside now looks old-school chic as white-painted brick. Imagine a re-purposed loft in a warehouse, maybe. Just, after a demolition team pried the walls off their foundation of permanent glue and stuck them back on upside down, then did the same for the window casement.

Inside, it’s not so bad. The kitchen has this one burner, but, since this seems to be a one-person abode, that’s enough.

You could have a guest to tea though, and serve some apple slices and watermelon. I did save those bits from previous kits because you never know when you might want to slice off a cross-section of a tiny rubber tube that looks like fruit. Handy and super cute.

I really like the velour sofa here; it’s why I chose this kit. And with enough throw pillows, I can hide my sticky glue mistakes.

I don’t know why these all come not just with grand pianos but with dramatic flower arrangements for display on or in them.

I added the fake fur rug because if you’re going to have a grand piano with a flower arrangement, you might as well go all out.

The upstairs has a lot going on: bed, bathroom, closet, and tiny dressing table.

I was happy with the draping I could do with the material provided for the bedspread (left), but who has playing card suits as a bedroom theme? So I remade it with leftover material from Sadie’s Tiny House and winged it with the pillows. Much better.

I actually enjoyed making this tiny bathroom, with its weird window divider looking out at the bed.

The spiral shower stall design is clever, I think, and who wouldn’t want a polka dot shower curtain? I even rolled up tiny gauze to make toilet paper.

The dressing table is more like a bench you kneel at, maybe sitting on the wicker mat with the hairbrush on it right now. I love the lace-lined box of lotions and creams.

Traditional selfie to show you the size. Tiny!

I haven’t finished the wiring for the lights yet because I had to run them farther than intended due to my upside-down wall mistake, and I don’t have enough extra wiring to make it an easy job. I’ll post a picture of it all lit up here when I have it ready though, for posterity, I guess.

I’m hoping the receptionist at my physical therapy office will take this one like she did last year’s. Whew! No more tiny houses!