Can you believe that this is the fourth year I have been making these mini midcentury DIY Christmas village house patterns? For the first of three 2015 designs, I decided to make a hip-roof ranch house — reminiscent of my own 1962 retro ranch. This model comes complete with a side porch, large chimney and a planter box. Let the Kitschmas Krafty Krazy 2015 season officially begin!
This little long, low ranch has a lot of retro features that were inspired by my own 1962 ranch house — I even coordinated the paint job to match my own home.
Just like our house, there is a side porch. For this miniature, I made the posts from two pieces of paper straw that act as support posts. You could also use candy canes!
I drew lines on the chimney to give the appearance of Roman Brick, just like we have on our ranch.
I even found some mini rounded shrubs like the dwarf globe arborvitae shrubs in our yard.
There’s a large picture window and a little built in planter similar to ours. I mad sure to fill it with snow.
The most defining feature is the hip roof, which is a style common to midcentury homes — and one type of roof line I hadn’t tried to recreate yet. Now I can check it off the list!
Get our free pattern:
- Click here to download Kate’s free Putz house pattern
- For basic instructions and a list of materials needed for this project, see my first mid century Putz house pattern.
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