Scrap Wood Decor - Mini Houses

Do you have a garage (or workshop) with a stash of bits of wood?

Not big pieces, just bits and bobs that have been tucked into a corner after you or your Hubby built something?

Have I got a cute DIY/craft for you!

I’d seen these little houses on Pinterest and loved them immediately:

That $36 price tag was for one of these scrap wood decor houses – the turquoise one on the far right.

These little guys were my favourites – from Bloomingville.com. I tried to look up the prices, but the catalogue doesn’t show any…. I’m going to guess here and say that it’s probably like an expensive restaurant; if they don’t show the prices, you can’t afford it.

No problem – time to gather up all those lurking scraps and create our own!

I’ll show you a trick (I learned the hard way) – you can make your roof cuts at any angle you want. Flip the wood over and mark where the bottom of the angle is (see image). I made the mistake of trying to find a centre point and then working my angles from there – which never worked out evenly. The key is to mark where you want your roof to end and then line up the saw to meet that point.

This piece off wood is a bit small, and you run the risk of it shooting back at you, or off into the distance if you don’t cut straight down and straight back up.

You’ll never guess how I know this? lol

Now sanding all of these little blocks individually would be tedious – but since most of mine are the same depth, I was able to put them in a clamp and then sand the whole row of scrap wood decor at once.

I used 60 grit, then 120 then 220 grit. I don’t think you’re supposed to jump levels quite that quickly, but I didn’t want to waste a ton of sand paper on scrap wood. They turned out perfectly if you ask me?

You could go minimalist and line your scrap wood decor / scrap wood houses up in your window just like this.