House in a Bottle V2

Hi All,

Last year I made my first, "House in a bottle", That was the first time I built a house inside a glass bottle. It was more like proof of concept.

This is my version 2, where I have added few finner details

• Mud on the floor
• Grass
• Moss/creeper on House
• Doors and Windows
• Chimney
• Tree

And simplify the build without the use of any special tool

• Glass bottle: I used Old monk
• 10mm Wooden sticks
• wodden Coffee stirrer sticks
• Green crepe paper
• Long Skewer
• Toothpicks
• Wooden Match sticks
• CocoPeat
• Hex saw
• Acrylic paints
• PVA glue or fevicol
• Dremel
• Clear Resin
• Old Hanger
• paper tape or masking tape

• Wash the bottle with soap
• Remove all labels, to remove glue stains use hand sanitizer liquid
• Let the bottle dry and there should not be any watermarks when done
• I used clear epoxy resin to flatten the base

• To build the house, I have used 10mm wooden sticks
• Each piece of the wall is cut at 45 degrees at a length of 45mm
• We need 12 pieces for the wall
• For the roof support, we need 2 x 45mm pieces and 2 x 25mm
• Stack the pieces together to make the house
• Since these are cut by hand, there may be gaps
• Adjust the pieces to reduce gaps as much as possible
• Label each wall from inside and then drill a hole through all of them
• The hole should be able to keep all the pieces aligned as shown
• I used a toothpick
• The chimney was a leftover piece with 45 degrees cut on one side ( 15mm length )

• The roof is made using coffee stir
• Cut 12 to 14 pieces to a length of 55mm
• Stick them using a paper/masking tape
• Place on the house and adjust the length, if needed

• Paint the house with a brown acrylic
• Dry brush dark and light green on them
• Using match sticks make two windows and a door
• Paint them dark brown as shown

• I used clear epoxy resin to flatten the base
• Draw a square of 45mm on paper and place it below the bottle
• Drop-in some fevicol or PVA glue, and spread it using a skewer
• Drop the first piece on the sides away from the glue
• And using skewer adjust it position to align with the square drawn on the paper
• One by one place the 3 pieces and adjust their positions to make a perfect square
• After each layer, let the glue dry for 1 hr, before continuing
• Don't start with the roof, let this dry for a day

• Before we start with the roof, we need to add some details
• Pour a mixture of glue and water(2:1) outside the house, (not too much)
• Sprinkle some cocopeat and let it dry for 1 hr
• Now sprinkle some green colored cocopeat
• Stick a thin thread on the roof, using tape
• Use the thread, to adjust the position on the roof, and glue it on the house as shown
• Leave it to dry and then gently pull out the thread

Tip:

• Use a tea or coffee filter to separate the bigger chunks on the cocopeat. We need the fine cocopeat to simulate the mud, grass, and creeper
• Using thin thread

• Cut a long strip of crepe paper (80mm width)
• Cut them into thin strips as shown
• Place these on a thin metal wire and twist the wire as much as possible
• Using a scissor, shape the tree
• Add a base using a small button

• Apply glue on the base where you want to place the tree
• Gentling push the tree as shown
• And place it in position and let the glue dry

• Let the bottle dry for a week
• Stick tissue paper on a piece of a hardwire and clean the bottle from inside
• You may have to damn the tissue paper to remove glue etc
• let the bottle dry in shade, not in the sun
• Close the cap, optionally add some fairy lights
• We are done. place it on a shelf and adore it

I hope someone follows these steps and makes one

Please share your comments and suggestions