Fairy house startup

Category: bethie's world | Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:17 pm

Well, we started on our fairy house. I decided to go slightly Gothic with it. Hubby jumped right in to help. Once I had the dimensions he cut it out of exterior plywood and put it together with a light duty nail gun. This avoids wood splitting or having to predrill any holes. At the rooftip it is a whopping 41 inches tall. It will be completely grouted so it will be very weather resistant. The house has a bottom but then was placed on a concrete type board to have a little yard. The windows are thin wood. After grouting, the glass windows will be siliconed in place.

Now I am glueing river rocks to the front and then a very beautiful metallic glass. The grout will be gray. The steps are going an opaque green glass. The door I have hammered copper and put on with little copper nails.

Here's some things for the house.

This moon attaches to the back of the house. I think Every house should have it's own moon. The rock piece is the house chimney. It has a hole drilled in the top that these little copper bats will fly out of in front of the moon. The antlers are going to be an arch over the front door with a little copper wire vine "growing" on it. The windows in the middle of the house have little copper boxes on them that another little vine will spill out of. That's it so far. It's a heavy piece that will be able to be viewed from all sides. I assume that fairies are not afraid of bats but it might keep those pesky GNOMES out.

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Gardenstew wrote on Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:13 pm:

Ooh gothic, I like that angle Bethie. It looks great even now, can't wait to see the finished product. Gnomes are not afraid of bats as far as I know, maybe if they sing Barbara Streisand tunes though.

Do keep us updated!

zuzu's petals wrote on Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:13 pm:

WOW!!! You'll be over-run with fairies wanting to move in. :-)
That's going to be a fantastic fairy mansion!!

Desert Rat wrote on Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:06 pm:

Very nice. I never really thought about that before. Moonlight is important. Perhaps every house should have its own moon. Have to think about that.
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pondlady wrote on Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:33 pm:

The fairies will be waiting in line to move in, Bethie. Great work!

Netty wrote on Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:49 pm:

Great fairy house Bethie! You are very creative

eileen wrote on Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:56 pm:

Oh Bethie it's beautiful!! You have a wonderful talent that I envy. Really looking forward to see it finished and in place.

cajunbelle wrote on Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:00 am:

Looks great Bethie, can't wait to see it all finished up.

hummingbird3172 wrote on Thu May 24, 2007 7:36 pm:

I was just thinking about making a fairy house! I can't wait to see yours completed!!! It will be magnificent!

glendann wrote on Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:52 am:

It already looks wonderful bethie.I'll be waiting to see it all finished.
Better watch it a little gnome named Frank will be unloading and moving the little fairies out and moving in as sson as its finished.