Ryan one of our readers from Iowa sent me this cool little house model and plans that he had found in an antique store. I’ll let Ryan tell you a little more about it.
Here are some photos, I could not resist trying to get one of the house in the landscape. I found the house model at a very nice antique shop on the Iowa Minnesota border. I paid $5 for it. The proprietor thought it came from an estate in Minnesota.
He had no idea if the house was ever built. The floor plan was tucked inside the model. I really like the drawing, it helps hint at the personality and interests of the designer and builder.
My guess is an older retired gentleman looking to move out of a large drafty farmhouse to something that fits his comforts much better. I really like the way the tub / shower area is designed.
The model is built in 1:48 from foamboard, cardboard, and balsa wood. It will eventually find a place on the rolling hills of my model railroad.
So someone out there could take this basic plan and turn it into a real home someday. Will it be you?
The front of it looks just like my little house, even where the windows are placed!
did you make the litle house.i want it ,the yelow one
I love the look and the size 550 sqft but I would have liked it more if I could see the size of each of the rooms,I also like that all of the electrical switches and base plugs are in it,I cant quite make out what the detail is for the bath room but like I said I like the size and would love to see it rendered with today’s floor plan software.
Neat find!
Do you have any more info on this, I would love to see this floor plan done with software rather than a hand drawing, Has anyone done this if so I would like to see it.
Hi Dennis, to my knowledge no one has done this. Let me see if I can get in touch with Ryan and find out more from him.
Thank you Kent I would really like to see how it looks rendered as a real blueprint to see how it would work and dimensions.
don’t know if this will be the house i build, but i printed out the plans & will pour over them to see what might work for me. ironic, too, because i’ve been thinking that i need to build a model of what i want and get a better feel for where things will be placed and how things fit in the space. thanks for sharing!
i want to buy thi litle yelow house.please let me know how much is this.in my mail
i want this litle yelow house
A man was inspired by a picture of a very similar house and built it himself while posting each step in a blog. Here’s a link to that blog:
http://littlehouseonthehill.weebly.com/