Building your own house seems to be a goal for many people. Prospective homebuilders often see it as a symbol of self-reliance and ingenuity, and here at ViralNova, we’ve seen our share of pretty interesting DIY homes that are actually livable. Yet one of the most inventive building feats has to be that of Edouard T. Arsenault on Canada’s Prince Edward Island. His home is a small structure made of something most people would throw away.
But get closer, and you start seeing the colorful patterns that make up the outer walls.
The house is made almost entirely of bottles.
The house took six months to build, which doesn’t seem that long! It was completed in 1980.
The house measures about 280 square feet, and the interior and exterior walls are all made from bottles.
Today, the bottle house is a tourist attraction and open to the public for tours. There are also two other bottle buildings on the grounds. Apparently, completing one house entirely out of bottles wasn’t enough!
Besides the house, Arsenault also constructed a bottle chapel, complete with an altar and pews.
Besides being built from bottles, the tavern also houses a collection of Arsenault’s favorite bottles.
If he came across a particularly interesting bottle, Arsenault would place it here instead of building with it. Some of his more unique finds can be seen on the counter.
He even built an homage to the bottle structure that inspired him years prior: a giant bottle made of bottles!
(via Little Things and TripAdvisor)
The place is certainly unique, and its strangeness has made it a beloved spot for tourists. It was even featured on TV shows Ripley’s Believe It Or Not and 1,000 Places To See Before You Die. If you’re interested in checking it out, see the house’s website for visiting information.
