I'm blown away! I just dug out my daughter's 3 story dollhouse from 17 years ago (which she never played with) and my goal is to decorate it with diy's and my old dollhouse furniture from the 70's.
I was watching this when you released the video sort of crestfallen, because we don't drink coffee, and I don't know anyone who uses pods. I've been asking about for a few weeks, and finally mentioned that I was after them to hubby, in passing. Well, he didn't say anything, but apparently there is a machine at work, and so one of the ladies he worked with packaged up a bag full for me today, and I got a lovely surprise when he got home!! Grounds went into the compost, and I have this awesome pile of capsules sitting drying in the sink- I swear, it's like christmas! They're smaller than the ones you've used here, more squat, which is perfect for stoves for my sylvanians, but they also look like flower pots, which is awesome, since I am just starting to make plants for my 1/6 scale dollhouse- a lick of terracotta paint mixed with cornflour, and they're going to look amazing!! I'm so excited!! Hubby thinks I'm mad for how excited rubbish makes me, but, but, the potential!! Miniatures!! Woo hoo!! I'ma gonna make a potbelly stove tomorrow!!
I have been crafting minis from "found" items for years............everything from lamps and kitchenware to musical instruments and toys. I have never thrown out ANY bit or piece larger than my thumb for decades...........and I have the boxes of rattling bits to prove it! You can not imagine what "therapy" it is to paw through a few boxes until a you come cross a bit that makes you think "I could make a clock and pair of candle sticks from these...........................but it has to wait, 'cause THIS piece is going to be an EPIC floor lamp.........................
Okay, finished watching. I'm old, so I'm going to have to reach w-a-a-y back in my memory, like 65 years back to when we had a pot belly stove. Ours was plain black but grandma's had silver animal paw feet. There was also a damper lever in the stove pipe. The flat space at the top could be used to heat water or warm up leftovers. The stove was the only heat in our house and we used coal rather than firewood. I can still recall my parents and grandparent grumbling about the cost of coal going up to $5 a ton. Storing the fuel beside the stove is a hazard.. A few feet away would be better and I don't think the stove should be in front of the window. Stove pipes can get awfully hot! Oh, almost forgot--there was round, metal medallion on the wall where the pipe enters the wall, I assume to protect the wall from the heat. When we moved to town, we still heated with coal, but we had "moved on up" to a furnace in the basement, which helped keep some of the dirt out of the house proper. I now h eat primarily with wood and use the stove top for heating water to add humidity to the dry air. A cast itron kettle on top of your stove would be wonderful. I love the way this project turned out!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Exactly. And because I'm old, I couldn't remember/retrieve or find the word "claw' so I said "paw." .“Old age ain't no place for sissies.” Bette Davis
I used to heat my home with a potbelly stove. Often the top had a removable lid with a handle, like a cooking stove. Not all had them. I've cooked bean soup on top of one of these stoves. It brings back many fond memories. I love your work.
My most favorite place I ever lived had a little Potbelly stove in it. It was located where a fireplace would normally be I guess. Ours was black cast iron, with Brass handles and maybe the hinges too. I really wish I had taken pictures of it or sketched it or something. There was a clear-ish (dirty) window in the door where we could see the glow of the flames. I think we also had other heat and it was CA so it was more decoration. I can't remember if there was a top handle, I don't think ours had enough room on it to do any cooking. I love the little stove you made AND the basket. Omg such a cute basket. We kept a box of wood right next to the stove it was fine, might even help dry out the wood some if it wasn't ready to burn yet, still damp or green or something. This is going to be a weird question, but since you use things that would normally be thrown away, if you weren't filming, would you use the Q-tip before cutting off the end? LOL I'm sorry I know it's a gross question. I did wonder if you put a little light inside, you would need to hinge the stove somehow so you could turn it on and off, and I wondered if the glow would show through the plastic painted body or not.
@@recoveringsoul755 I don't know about Ara, but I personally have my kids cut the tops off the 'q-tips' (we don't call them that here, lols) after they're done with them. It's not that gross- just a snip of the business end straight into the bin without anything touching anything or anyone, and ours are plastic, so they just stick the remaining stick bit in a little container beside the sink and then I can give them a rinse if I'm worried- they never need it though. The scissors don't even get dirty. I cringe at throwing away usable bits because someone used one tiny end of it, and using perfectly clean new ones for my craft!! I like overlaps where we throw fewer things away, and I use more stuff destined for the rubbish bin in my crafting!!
I love how this turned out! It looks much like the one we had when we were small children. They called them Ben Franklin stoves and they had mica in the door cutouts. I loved touched the mica when the stove was cold, and my mom always scolded me for it, afriad they would crack, or break. I loved watching the flames dance through the mica rectangles. Obviously this brings back memories. LOL
Amazing! You must be reading my mind! I've started a cardboard house and thought "wouldn't a pot belly stove with a wonky chimney look good in here?" I had even started to re-watch Sharon Ojala's pot belly stove video. I can't wait to play with the idea and see what I come up with! Thanks for this! 😊🙏
You have me obsessed with looking at everything I’m about to throw away to see if I could turn it into something... I just wish my brain worked like yours 😂 Your amazing Ara, I know I say that constantly but I really mean it! You are getting me through a really crappy year! I’m so glad I found you and can call you a friend xxx
That’s pretty amazing! I’m constantly saving trash and broken things, thinking “I can make something out of that!” And I’m so glad I’m not the only one!
I just had to let you know. I watch your videos, some several times and love them. My hubby came home from work early one day and I was watching one of your makes, could have been this one. So he sat and watched for a bit while he had a cuppa. After 2 of your videos, I tuned it off so he could watch the news. He said, what are you doing turning it off? said I was going to put the news on for him, and he said..... Aww, I was enjoying that 😂😂 so, I put it back on and showed him your Adams family house and lots of other things you have made. He was well impressed with your handy work. If he didn't have elephant hands and no patients, I would get him to try to make something. Unfortunately, he can't even hang full size wallpaper or make up flat pack furniture, plus I value my ears as he would be cussing at it within minutes.
Thanks Ara - it looks so great! There may be room for a little, deep enamel sink. Sinks are fun, you can put whatever in them, veggies from the garden, old pots, gooey soap, soaking laundry, a baby dragon having a bath, etc.
It’s fabulous Ara!! I love it! One little suggestion, how about using a bendable paper straw if you ever make another one so that you can keep your stovepipe in one piece and then just bend it to look like the elbow that connects to the wall. It was a fabulously fun video to watch, and love all the recycling!
I didn't know that they made bendable paper straws! I have only had the completely straight ones. I will keep my eyes open because that would be much easier! Thank you my friend!
Exactly my thought about the bendy straws! I made a fairy house out of a large peanut butter jar for the house part, poster board bent into a cone shape and little egg carton tiles for the roof. For my chimney I used a plastic bendy straw, with a tiny egg carton 'cap' for the chimney cap. Turned out so cute!
Looks great!! Maybe next make a ice box/refrigerator for the kitchen. I made I full size stove out of flower pots, popsicle sticks and wood. It had a flicker bulb inside. Thanks for sharing!
I love the cardboard house. The captains quarters was my favorite but this has changed my mind. I love that you are taking things that would normally end up as trash and making beautiful things ♥️. May I suggest making her a little outhouse next?
I love how the stove turned out. Realistically, it should go to the corner of the living room or dining room, places where people congregate and socialize. It‘s fine to put the wood basket next to the stove. For the kitchen, i would like to suggest putting something magical in there, like a magic mop. Or you can put in there an old-fashioned washing machine and mangle. I‘m looking forward to seeing the completed house.
The stove is so adorable. Thanks for the inspiration from you and Karen. Love your tips and techniques. It reminds me of the one created by Sharon in 'Where the Gnomes Live'. :) P.S. Love the nail color!
As someone who grew up with one of these, I absolutely LOVE it!! We used coal in ours. The wood was just to get the fire started, then coal on top, so it would burn longer and hotter. We kept the coal in a metal bucket near the stove. The stove was in the center of the room, and the pipe went straight up. The floor and walls were all brick and cinder block, so no danger of catching fire. I don't recall where the wood was kept, if it was ever inside the house, so I believe most of it was out on the porch, and just brought in as needed. I seriously want to make one of these now. I just finished making pencils.. My first ever mini. (I had to pick the simplest thing.. haha) Thanks so much for sharing. 💗💗💗
I am so glad you enjoyed the video and making the pencils! This one is a really fun one to play around with paint techniques! Thank you for sharing some history of the Stove as well❤
Nice, I have a real it belly stove that was my mothers. It's called Pot belly because its made out of pot metal....gets black with use and age. We use stove Black to freshen it up sometimes. Use a bendy straw for stove pipe, and make sure it bends at top toward wall, like its hooked into a chimney inside wall like most really were. No pipe goes straight up. But I really like yours, whimsical with the colors.
Ara, this is just fabulous. Our potbelly had a slot on top where you stick the handle in (like you do with campfire pots etc) to lift out the hotplate. This allows longer wood to be placed in the top, as the front door is quite small. It also allows access for cleaning & maintenance, like the ash 'door', which on ours was a drawer. For ease of maintenance, potbellies are painted in a purpose-made matte black heat-proof paint. A stone or concrete hearth is needed as they burn extremely hot, incl the flue, so they're positioned a foot or 2 away from the wall. If positioned near a wall, a hearth-like heat barrier is also affixed to the wall behind. We kept our log basket within a metre of the stove quite safely.
Ara! This is brilliant! What a fabulous idea! Maybe, where ever you end up putting the stove in the house, make a stone pad underneath, and a stone wall behind it, to protect the surrounding area from excess heat. The wood basket could be a couple inches (feet) away. Maybe have a pile of wood on the porch too?
Thank you Debbie!💖 You may be right! I need to make the other pieces for the room before deciding a permanent spot but its fun to move around and play with! ;)
This turned out so cute and whimsical. I Love it. I would put the stove in the corner with the basket by the window. Wood stoves get very hot. so it will need a metal piece on the wall for the pipe to go through. Maybe a little brick or stone behind it on the wall too so it is fireproof? Fabulous job! I might try this on my witch house.
Absolutely brilliant:-) A fabulous make. Thank you so much for thinking of us and asking if you can share - it's wonderful to see how well you create and adapt things. Always look forward to your emails and videos. A highlight of my week, that much is certain.
I love your work! When I was a child we had a pot belly stove. We had a Queen Anne brand. I said it was my castle because it was named after me, lol. Some stoves have a round plate with a space for a lifter handle. The plate can be used to put wood in the top instead of the front or side. There is also a small wired handle on the stovepipe to adjust the flue( to prevent smoking your room out). I hope this helps for future projects. Keep up the great ideas
Ara, I saw a neat tip on another video where someone was trying to cut those little plastic tub things and he took a candle and heated his exacto blade before cutting and it helped a lot! Just FYI.
Lol I remember see a pot belly stove in my teens and it had sliding shutters on the doors to allow a change in airflow to make it burn hotter or cooler 😹😹 they were on both doors as this would change how much airflow was setup so if you added a slider just under the slots it can be made to look like you have them closed 😊😊 Love the project and as I have coffee pods I will have to clean a couple out and put aside and make one just for the fun off it 😹😹
I think the The top handle is for the flume to adjust how much of the smoke escapes the stove. They have this on modern smokers and grills. It turned out so great. I love the lil basket of wood. Its the lil touches that make it all so realistic.
Great project. Love your attention to detail! When You finish the stovepipe, you should add another one of your neat handles. All stovepipes have a damper!
So happy to have discovered your video! Just ordered a 1:12 cabin house kit and after looking at prices for pot bellied stoves, I will be using this great tutorial instead! Thank you!
You are SO talented and I so love watching you! wish I could watch every day! I am learning so many techniques from you that I can use in other projects! THANKS so much!
Fantastic!! You can paint the inside black if it's going to be seen through the grating and also maybe add some tulle mesh net fabric for a grill behind the cut-outs of the grating :)
I know that I'm really late to the comments but I just wanted to suggest another way that you could maybe paint/ colour the stove. If you covered the whole stove in compound you could use real stove blacking. It doesn't go on evenly so it gives a really nice worn, rough texture like old cast iron. I love this stove. It looks so good!
I loved the video and the finish of your K-cup potbellied stove. I'll borrow a few of your ideas for my lil stove. This is a really fun project! Thanks to you and Karen for the wonderful ideas!
I am so happy to find your channel! I love anything miniature, and also love saving and using things others would throw away. I love your tiny potbelly stove so much! I was thinking one could create a 'brick' wall behind, and for a base too, to appear as a 'fire proofing' safety feature. Although my grandparents house didn't have any of that, as their stoves sat more in the middle of the rooms they were in. I've subscribed and plan on enjoying all your videos, thank you!
Hi, inspired by your video l started making a similar woodstove for my dollhouse. l didn't find it difficult to cut off half of the plastic cup... just used a bench vice and a piece of wood clamped horizontally into it... and then place the cup and gently cut with a stanley knife... the secret is to not right away cut through the plastic but to do it patiently: first scribe with the knife along the traced line, while turning the cup... then litte by little making the cut deeper, do not put a lot of pressure on the knife.. of course easy said.. in daily life l make violins .. XD
I really admire your work and truly loved how this house and it's details are made :) Maybe you could do a pot rack, a broom, a cauldron or some drying herbs rack. Can't wait to see the next piece!
Hi, Ara! Found you not too long ago and been having a ball watching your videos everyday to catch up. This one is just so lovely! Never even thought of making a pot-bellied stove. But I'm going to do it now! Thank you for all your wonderful instruction, plus you are so fun to hang out with!
That is a greatt way to resycle things, and it turned out so perfect for the room! You could make one of thouse shelving furnitures for oldfashion kitchens, sorry I don't know the name of them, and maybe a oldfashion sink
This looks so realistic,I had just seen one in an abandoned house ..this one looked better lol..You are so clever ,a lot of people cannot do this even with written instructions lol..I have always been able to creat up until the last few years and my arthritis in my hands got worse..This house is going to be wonderful when finished 😀
Hello, i just want to say that pot belly stove was just grand, really super. Looks like it took awhile to make it but its sure worth it. Thanks alot for the video. I watched every minute of it. Your great, your hands are golden and keep making these things cause i love them and i love minature furniture and im going to attemp to make something very soon. Again, thank you so much. Okla. City
Great video! I just love miniatures made from found objects and recyclables. You might want to try using some black gesso on pieces like this made of several different things. It helps give it a consistent base finish. Also, Adam Savage makes some of the most realistic metal finishes I've ever seen. Love your stuff!
This turned out very cute. Yes you can leave the wood close to the stove for 2 reasons. Number one this is a fantasy house and the wood will not catch fire and number 2 the burner part of the stove is elevated and the wood can be kept fairly near. I would stick the stove in the corner but it should not go in front of the window. I liked Rainsongs idea to remember to put a little shield ring around the stove pipe as it goes through the wall. This ring was to cover the space between the stovepipe and flammable materials so as not to catch the wall on fire.
Great project! Love the look of this stove! Regarding the Plastic Bags ... Look for the Recycle Symbol on it. If it says "HDPE" or has the number "2" in the symbol, it will not break down! Most bags are made of this material. Just so you know! Keep up the great work! And as always ... Have a better day!
I think that you can put it in front of the window since it is a fairy tale cottage. Artistic license? Something that would be fun would be to make the stove pipe crooked to fit wherever you do put it. That would look like it belonged in a fairy book story!
You must be a mind reader. I need one of These for my Gypsy van! I can't wait until tomorrow morning to get started on this (I don't have a pod machine so I need to improvise for these). It's perfect btw and so is the basket! Put a copper kettle on the stove. I want to see you making that too. Oh and I will definitely tag you when I put the stove in the Gypsy van.
I looove the stove!!!!yes if u could have put a t light in it would have been even more realistic..could u put some red peeking through the grates like it was working?my grandparents had a stove like this!..u never disappoint ARA!!!❤️
This gave me so many ideas for a miniature sauna stove I'm planning on making sometime in the future. It's amazing what you can create from trash! As always, thank you for sharing your process and tips. :)
Beautiful work Ara! We have a 1:1 very tiny potbelly that I want to rebuild in 1:12 and you gave me some really perfect ideas about the materials that can be used! 👍🏻🥰🧚🏻♀️Thanks 😃❤️
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I'm blown away! I just dug out my daughter's 3 story dollhouse from 17 years ago (which she never played with) and my goal is to decorate it with diy's and my old dollhouse furniture from the 70's.
How fun!
I was watching this when you released the video sort of crestfallen, because we don't drink coffee, and I don't know anyone who uses pods. I've been asking about for a few weeks, and finally mentioned that I was after them to hubby, in passing. Well, he didn't say anything, but apparently there is a machine at work, and so one of the ladies he worked with packaged up a bag full for me today, and I got a lovely surprise when he got home!! Grounds went into the compost, and I have this awesome pile of capsules sitting drying in the sink- I swear, it's like christmas! They're smaller than the ones you've used here, more squat, which is perfect for stoves for my sylvanians, but they also look like flower pots, which is awesome, since I am just starting to make plants for my 1/6 scale dollhouse- a lick of terracotta paint mixed with cornflour, and they're going to look amazing!! I'm so excited!! Hubby thinks I'm mad for how excited rubbish makes me, but, but, the potential!! Miniatures!! Woo hoo!! I'ma gonna make a potbelly stove tomorrow!!
Fantastic! I am so glad to hear you found a source for them! ;) Happy building!
I have been crafting minis from "found" items for years............everything from lamps and kitchenware to musical instruments and toys. I have never thrown out ANY bit or piece larger than my thumb for decades...........and I have the boxes of rattling bits to prove it! You can not imagine what "therapy" it is to paw through a few boxes until a you come cross a bit that makes you think "I could make a clock and pair of candle sticks from these...........................but it has to wait, 'cause THIS piece is going to be an EPIC floor lamp.........................
That is a sign of a true miniaturists/artist.... a box full of "I know I will need this" supplies! ;)
Okay, finished watching. I'm old, so I'm going to have to reach w-a-a-y back in my memory, like 65 years back to when we had a pot belly stove. Ours was plain black but grandma's had silver animal paw feet. There was also a damper lever in the stove pipe. The flat space at the top could be used to heat water or warm up leftovers. The stove was the only heat in our house and we used coal rather than firewood. I can still recall my parents and grandparent grumbling about the cost of coal going up to $5 a ton. Storing the fuel beside the stove is a hazard.. A few feet away would be better and I don't think the stove should be in front of the window. Stove pipes can get awfully hot! Oh, almost forgot--there was round, metal medallion on the wall where the pipe enters the wall, I assume to protect the wall from the heat. When we moved to town, we still heated with coal, but we had "moved on up" to a furnace in the basement, which helped keep some of the dirt out of the house proper.
I now h eat primarily with wood and use the stove top for heating water to add humidity to the dry air. A cast itron kettle on top of your stove would be wonderful. I love the way this project turned out!
YES!! the animal paw feet!! I think that's what my old stove used to have too. Thanks for that
Thank you for the details! The animal paw feet sound really cool... like a claw foot tub!
@@BentleyHouseMinis Exactly. And because I'm old, I couldn't remember/retrieve or find the word "claw' so I said "paw." .“Old age ain't no place for sissies.” Bette Davis
When your colour coordination is totally on point.
I used to heat my home with a potbelly stove. Often the top had a removable lid with a handle, like a cooking stove. Not all had them. I've cooked bean soup on top of one of these stoves. It brings back many fond memories. I love your work.
What a wonderful memory! Thank you for explaining the top handle!👍💖
My most favorite place I ever lived had a little Potbelly stove in it. It was located where a fireplace would normally be I guess. Ours was black cast iron, with Brass handles and maybe the hinges too. I really wish I had taken pictures of it or sketched it or something. There was a clear-ish (dirty) window in the door where we could see the glow of the flames. I think we also had other heat and it was CA so it was more decoration. I can't remember if there was a top handle, I don't think ours had enough room on it to do any cooking. I love the little stove you made AND the basket. Omg such a cute basket. We kept a box of wood right next to the stove it was fine, might even help dry out the wood some if it wasn't ready to burn yet, still damp or green or something.
This is going to be a weird question, but since you use things that would normally be thrown away, if you weren't filming, would you use the Q-tip before cutting off the end? LOL I'm sorry I know it's a gross question.
I did wonder if you put a little light inside, you would need to hinge the stove somehow so you could turn it on and off, and I wondered if the glow would show through the plastic painted body or not.
@@recoveringsoul755 I don't know about Ara, but I personally have my kids cut the tops off the 'q-tips' (we don't call them that here, lols) after they're done with them. It's not that gross- just a snip of the business end straight into the bin without anything touching anything or anyone, and ours are plastic, so they just stick the remaining stick bit in a little container beside the sink and then I can give them a rinse if I'm worried- they never need it though. The scissors don't even get dirty. I cringe at throwing away usable bits because someone used one tiny end of it, and using perfectly clean new ones for my craft!! I like overlaps where we throw fewer things away, and I use more stuff destined for the rubbish bin in my crafting!!
It need a tea light so much!!!!! Lol what a good idea!
I love how this turned out! It looks much like the one we had when we were small children. They called them Ben Franklin stoves and they had mica in the door cutouts. I loved touched the mica when the stove was cold, and my mom always scolded me for it, afriad they would crack, or break. I loved watching the flames dance through the mica rectangles. Obviously this brings back memories. LOL
What a wonderful memory! I need to look up one with mica to see what that looks like!
Amazing! You must be reading my mind! I've started a cardboard house and thought "wouldn't a pot belly stove with a wonky chimney look good in here?" I had even started to re-watch Sharon Ojala's pot belly stove video. I can't wait to play with the idea and see what I come up with! Thanks for this! 😊🙏
I have watched her video too! It would be fun to see what you come up with between the 2 techniques!
Can we all appreciate how your nail varnish matches the straw! This is awesome, I love it.
😄 I didn't plan that but I am glad it worked out! Thank you!
You have me obsessed with looking at everything I’m about to throw away to see if I could turn it into something... I just wish my brain worked like yours 😂
Your amazing Ara, I know I say that constantly but I really mean it! You are getting me through a really crappy year!
I’m so glad I found you and can call you a friend xxx
Ohh and I’d love to see a kitchen sink or something similar. Do fairies have to was their dishes lol
Haha you are officially a miniaturist when everything around you turns into potential mini making material ;) Thank you so much Paula!
My elementary school used potbelly stoves in each classroom. It also brings back good memories for me.
I am so impressed the kids kept their hands off of them and didn't get hurt. Sounds like they got hot!
@@BentleyHouseMinis I never even thought of touching it... in the winter. It was glowing.
oh my gosh. .. how cute is this pot belly stove!!!! :O
Would love more ideas for using those coffee pods as they are not recyclable where we live and we love our coffee!
My god. You are a genius! A true artist!
😊 Thank you
This turned out great, it looks like a real metal stove, great job. You make it look so easy.Thanks for sharing and have a great day.
Oh my goodness gracious. I love. How in the world????
This is the best one I've seen. Great job !!
That’s pretty amazing! I’m constantly saving trash and broken things, thinking “I can make something out of that!” And I’m so glad I’m not the only one!
What fun!
Keeping the wood near the stove lets the heat from the stove keep the wood dry.
Oh good point! Thank you!
It's a miracle of cleverness, i'm charmed!
I just had to let you know. I watch your videos, some several times and love them. My hubby came home from work early one day and I was watching one of your makes, could have been this one. So he sat and watched for a bit while he had a cuppa. After 2 of your videos, I tuned it off so he could watch the news. He said, what are you doing turning it off? said I was going to put the news on for him, and he said..... Aww, I was enjoying that 😂😂 so, I put it back on and showed him your Adams family house and lots of other things you have made. He was well impressed with your handy work. If he didn't have elephant hands and no patients, I would get him to try to make something. Unfortunately, he can't even hang full size wallpaper or make up flat pack furniture, plus I value my ears as he would be cussing at it within minutes.
Thanks Ara - it looks so great! There may be room for a little, deep enamel sink. Sinks are fun, you can put whatever in them, veggies from the garden, old pots, gooey soap, soaking laundry, a baby dragon having a bath, etc.
I think she will def need a sink! ;)
You keep coming up with such great ideas for furnishing the cardboard cottage - it’s fantastic!
If you heat up your exacto knife, that stuff will cut like butter!
It’s fabulous Ara!! I love it! One little suggestion, how about using a bendable paper straw if you ever make another one so that you can keep your stovepipe in one piece and then just bend it to look like the elbow that connects to the wall. It was a fabulously fun video to watch, and love all the recycling!
I didn't know that they made bendable paper straws! I have only had the completely straight ones. I will keep my eyes open because that would be much easier! Thank you my friend!
Any time sweet friend! I’m pretty sure Walmart carries them if you Mr Googlepants them.
I have seen bendy plastic straws. The bendy part looks corrugated or pleated. I haven't seen paper ones so far myself.
Exactly my thought about the bendy straws! I made a fairy house out of a large peanut butter jar for the house part, poster board bent into a cone shape and little egg carton tiles for the roof. For my chimney I used a plastic bendy straw, with a tiny egg carton 'cap' for the chimney cap. Turned out so cute!
They use paper bendy straws on kids juice cartons, or you could try snipping tiny bits from one side of the straw to make it bend
Looks great!! Maybe next make a ice box/refrigerator for the kitchen. I made I full size stove out of flower pots, popsicle sticks and wood. It had a flicker bulb inside. Thanks for sharing!
Great ideas! And your flower pot stove sounds fantastic!😍
Wow, it looks real. I know it is fake but amazing.
I love it! I also love that face of the fairy. Great job as always!!
I love the cardboard house. The captains quarters was my favorite but this has changed my mind. I love that you are taking things that would normally end up as trash and making beautiful things ♥️. May I suggest making her a little outhouse next?
Thanks so much Eve!
I love how the stove turned out. Realistically, it should go to the corner of the living room or dining room, places where people congregate and socialize. It‘s fine to put the wood basket next to the stove. For the kitchen, i would like to suggest putting something magical in there, like a magic mop. Or you can put in there an old-fashioned washing machine and mangle. I‘m looking forward to seeing the completed house.
Love the magic mop idea! I have never tried anything like that before!
The stove is so adorable. Thanks for the inspiration from you and Karen. Love your tips and techniques. It reminds me of the one created by Sharon in 'Where the Gnomes Live'. :)
P.S. Love the nail color!
To be compared to Sharon is always a huge compliment! Thank you Darnelle!
As someone who grew up with one of these, I absolutely LOVE it!! We used coal in ours. The wood was just to get the fire started, then coal on top, so it would burn longer and hotter. We kept the coal in a metal bucket near the stove. The stove was in the center of the room, and the pipe went straight up. The floor and walls were all brick and cinder block, so no danger of catching fire. I don't recall where the wood was kept, if it was ever inside the house, so I believe most of it was out on the porch, and just brought in as needed. I seriously want to make one of these now. I just finished making pencils.. My first ever mini. (I had to pick the simplest thing.. haha) Thanks so much for sharing. 💗💗💗
I am so glad you enjoyed the video and making the pencils! This one is a really fun one to play around with paint techniques! Thank you for sharing some history of the Stove as well❤
Your paint job on this stove is awesome. I cannot believe it’s plastic coffee pods.
Nice, I have a real it belly stove that was my mothers. It's called Pot belly because its made out of pot metal....gets black with use and age. We use stove Black to freshen it up sometimes. Use a bendy straw for stove pipe, and make sure it bends at top toward wall, like its hooked into a chimney inside wall like most really were. No pipe goes straight up. But I really like yours, whimsical with the colors.
Ara, this is just fabulous. Our potbelly had a slot on top where you stick the handle in (like you do with campfire pots etc) to lift out the hotplate. This allows longer wood to be placed in the top, as the front door is quite small. It also allows access for cleaning & maintenance, like the ash 'door', which on ours was a drawer. For ease of maintenance, potbellies are painted in a purpose-made matte black heat-proof paint. A stone or concrete hearth is needed as they burn extremely hot, incl the flue, so they're positioned a foot or 2 away from the wall. If positioned near a wall, a hearth-like heat barrier is also affixed to the wall behind. We kept our log basket within a metre of the stove quite safely.
Thank you for the info on the paint and heat protection... I will have to think of something creative for the wall ;)
A great result! I love it! Thanks for the nice ideas. I wish you a nice holiday tomorrow! ❤👍 Hugs vom Tinchen
Thank you!
Watching this made me think of making an old fashioned bathtub from a single serve yogurt tub
Ara! This is brilliant! What a fabulous idea!
Maybe, where ever you end up putting the stove in the house, make a stone pad underneath, and a stone wall behind it, to protect the surrounding area from excess heat. The wood basket could be a couple inches (feet) away. Maybe have a pile of wood on the porch too?
That's a great idea! I have plenty of twigs lol ;)
I wish i seen this video before
making my stove I love it so cute and well made
You are so creative and talented it's amazing.🦋🦋🦋
Absolutely beautiful
Well ain't this just the cutest little stove 💖
Basket looks great next to the stove & placed more towards the back of the room that's my opinion! THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this with us!
Thank you Debbie!💖 You may be right! I need to make the other pieces for the room before deciding a permanent spot but its fun to move around and play with! ;)
Your house - your miniatures - that stove can go anywhere - and it wont burn the house down - LOL
Haha true!
This turned out so cute and whimsical. I Love it. I would put the stove in the corner with the basket by the window. Wood stoves get very hot. so it will need a metal piece on the wall for the pipe to go through. Maybe a little brick or stone behind it on the wall too so it is fireproof? Fabulous job! I might try this on my witch house.
This turned out looking so bloody amazing. I love these kind of stoves. Plus the basket was lovely. :}
Awesome stove, Ara! 👏👏👏
Absolutely brilliant:-) A fabulous make. Thank you so much for thinking of us and asking if you can share - it's wonderful to see how well you create and adapt things. Always look forward to your emails and videos. A highlight of my week, that much is certain.
Thanks so much 😊
LOVE IT!!!! ABSOLUTELY!!! Adorable
I love your work! When I was a child we had a pot belly stove. We had a Queen Anne brand. I said it was my castle because it was named after me, lol. Some stoves have a round plate with a space for a lifter handle. The plate can be used to put wood in the top instead of the front or side. There is also a small wired handle on the stovepipe to adjust the flue( to prevent smoking your room out). I hope this helps for future projects. Keep up the great ideas
Ara, I saw a neat tip on another video where someone was trying to cut those little plastic tub things and he took a candle and heated his exacto blade before cutting and it helped a lot! Just FYI.
Lol I remember see a pot belly stove in my teens and it had sliding shutters on the doors to allow a change in airflow to make it burn hotter or cooler 😹😹 they were on both doors as this would change how much airflow was setup so if you added a slider just under the slots it can be made to look like you have them closed 😊😊
Love the project and as I have coffee pods I will have to clean a couple out and put aside and make one just for the fun off it 😹😹
I think the The top handle is for the flume to adjust how much of the smoke escapes the stove. They have this on modern smokers and grills. It turned out so great. I love the lil basket of wood. Its the lil touches that make it all so realistic.
Thank you!
Beautiful! Sometimes the 3 handle is for controlling the flue.
Great project. Love your attention to detail! When You finish the stovepipe, you should add another one of your neat handles. All stovepipes have a damper!
Thanks for the tip Rob! I will keep that in mind!
Wonderful project, thank you!
So happy to have discovered your video! Just ordered a 1:12 cabin house kit and after looking at prices for pot bellied stoves, I will be using this great tutorial instead! Thank you!
You are SO talented and I so love watching you! wish I could watch every day! I am learning so many techniques from you that I can use in other projects! THANKS so much!
Gorgeous Ara! The basket would sit next to the stove.
Thanks to Karen for this & for the name of her miniatures group, I'd struggled to find miniaturist groups here in Australia.
Fantastic!! You can paint the inside black if it's going to be seen through the grating and also maybe add some tulle mesh net fabric for a grill behind the cut-outs of the grating :)
That's a great idea for the inside. I think painting it black inside would also keep any light from showing through if you use a tea light!
I know that I'm really late to the comments but I just wanted to suggest another way that you could maybe paint/ colour the stove. If you covered the whole stove in compound you could use real stove blacking. It doesn't go on evenly so it gives a really nice worn, rough texture like old cast iron. I love this stove. It looks so good!
I loved the video and the finish of your K-cup potbellied stove. I'll borrow a few of your ideas for my lil stove. This is a really fun project! Thanks to you and Karen for the wonderful ideas!
Awesome! Thank you!
This is so cute 🥰👍🏼. You can use smaller scissors for a cleaner cut 🤗
I just love it. Looks very real. I’d like to see one with a little green/ teal patina. Nice job, as always.
This is really clever. Love it.
Creative and stunning! ♥
Very cute! I must have go 👍🤗
Definitely! It's a fun one!
Great design, beautiful execution! Love it like all your amazing work! Thanks for sharing.,
Thank you so much 😀
Fantastic stove and wood basket! Way to use "trash!"
I am so happy to find your channel! I love anything miniature, and also love saving and using things others would throw away. I love your tiny potbelly stove so much! I was thinking one could create a 'brick' wall behind, and for a base too, to appear as a 'fire proofing' safety feature. Although my grandparents house didn't have any of that, as their stoves sat more in the middle of the rooms they were in.
I've subscribed and plan on enjoying all your videos, thank you!
Hi, inspired by your video l started making a similar woodstove for my dollhouse. l didn't find it difficult to cut off half of the plastic cup... just used a bench vice and a piece of wood clamped horizontally into it... and then place the cup and gently cut with a stanley knife... the secret is to not right away cut through the plastic but to do it patiently: first scribe with the knife along the traced line, while turning the cup... then litte by little making the cut deeper, do not put a lot of pressure on the knife.. of course easy said.. in daily life l make violins .. XD
Thank you for the tips! I will have to try that next time! ;)
This was so clever and cute!
I really admire your work and truly loved how this house and it's details are made :)
Maybe you could do a pot rack, a broom, a cauldron or some drying herbs rack. Can't wait to see the next piece!
Great ideas! Thank you!
Hi, Ara! Found you not too long ago and been having a ball watching your videos everyday to catch up. This one is just so lovely! Never even thought of making a pot-bellied stove. But I'm going to do it now! Thank you for all your wonderful instruction, plus you are so fun to hang out with!
That is a greatt way to resycle things, and it turned out so perfect for the room! You could make one of thouse shelving furnitures for oldfashion kitchens, sorry I don't know the name of them, and maybe a oldfashion sink
That is an awesome idea!!
Great idea!!
Love it, plan on making one soon. Thank you for this tutorial
It's so cute. I love it
Thank you Karen!
Great project! The top opening is used to insert longer pieces of wood that cannot be put through the front door.
Good to know! Thank you!
You are a master craft man
This looks so realistic,I had just seen one in an abandoned house ..this one looked better lol..You are so clever ,a lot of people cannot do this even with written instructions lol..I have always been able to creat up until the last few years and my arthritis in my hands got worse..This house is going to be wonderful when finished 😀
Thank you so much Christine💖😊
My grandson uses bendy straws. It would be perfect for making the corner from stove to wall.
Hello, i just want to say that pot belly stove was just grand, really super. Looks like it took awhile to make it but its sure worth it. Thanks alot for the video. I watched every minute of it. Your great, your hands are golden and keep making these things cause i love them and i love minature furniture and im going to attemp to make something very soon. Again, thank you so much. Okla. City
Thank you so much Kim! I am so glad you enjoyed the video!
Great video! I just love miniatures made from found objects and recyclables. You might want to try using some black gesso on pieces like this made of several different things. It helps give it a consistent base finish. Also, Adam Savage makes some of the most realistic metal finishes I've ever seen. Love your stuff!
Great idea! I will have to pick some up... I have white but I have been doing a lot more base coats in black lately so it would def be helpful!
This turned out very cute. Yes you can leave the wood close to the stove for 2 reasons. Number one this is a fantasy house and the wood will not catch fire and number 2 the burner part of the stove is elevated and the wood can be kept fairly near. I would stick the stove in the corner but it should not go in front of the window. I liked Rainsongs idea to remember to put a little shield ring around the stove pipe as it goes through the wall. This ring was to cover the space between the stovepipe and flammable materials so as not to catch the wall on fire.
This was a great addition! So perfect for the whole asthetic of the cardboard house!
Just adorable! Really great job.
Great project! Love the look of this stove!
Regarding the Plastic Bags ... Look for the Recycle Symbol on it. If it says "HDPE" or has the number "2" in the symbol, it will not break down! Most bags are made of this material. Just so you know!
Keep up the great work! And as always ... Have a better day!
Thanks for the tip Sean!
I think that you can put it in front of the window since it is a fairy tale cottage. Artistic license? Something that would be fun would be to make the stove pipe crooked to fit wherever you do put it. That would look like it belonged in a fairy book story!
Haha so true... things don't always have to "make sense" in mini!
Looks brilliant. But, blimey, you have big pods over there! Here in the UK, we pretty much only have them about half that size!
I love it, everything you do is magical,thank you
You must be a mind reader. I need one of These for my Gypsy van!
I can't wait until tomorrow morning to get started on this (I don't have a pod machine so I need to improvise for these). It's perfect btw and so is the basket! Put a copper kettle on the stove. I want to see you making that too. Oh and I will definitely tag you when I put the stove in the Gypsy van.
Oh! A caravan van sounds really cool! I bet a pot belly stove will make a great addition.
Oh I would love to see the gypsy van with a potbelly stove.
I will be looking forward to seeing it!
I looove the stove!!!!yes if u could have put a t light in it would have been even more realistic..could u put some red peeking through the grates like it was working?my grandparents had a stove like this!..u never disappoint ARA!!!❤️
This gave me so many ideas for a miniature sauna stove I'm planning on making sometime in the future. It's amazing what you can create from trash! As always, thank you for sharing your process and tips. :)
Beautiful work Ara! We have a 1:1 very tiny potbelly that I want to rebuild in 1:12 and you gave me some really perfect ideas about the materials that can be used! 👍🏻🥰🧚🏻♀️Thanks 😃❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing love 💖 it
Absolutely perfect! I have to try this :) Thank you so much xoxo
I use small curves nail scissors to cut things like the tubs you were cutting. So much easier than knife