Tutorials

I have been working on this pattern for several months. I played around with how I wanted it to look, never quite happy, then recently found a picture on Pinterest that pulled together what I was looking for. I knew I wanted exposed stone walls. In February I made a stencil to use to make the stones, although I also just used my paintbrush to paint grit paste stones onto the walls, especially at the edges. I also designed this pattern so that the window trim is on the inside of the walls instead of the outside. You may have to pay extra attention when you glue on the trim.

I started working on this pattern back in January when I joined a Facebook group that has pictures of tiny houses. Every week there are pictures posted to the group of the cutest houses that inspire me to make little models! Two elements appealed to me about this design. The first was the front porch with the door into the house on the side of the porch instead of in the front of the building. The second is the flat roof. Like with the flat roof of my Village Cafe, I have made the roof so that it does not need to be glued down to stay on, and can be removed at any time. If you want to make the Cozy Cottage into a gift box that you can fill with treats for Mother’s Day, use the solid Putz Bottom.