Glass Bottle House Which Gives You Warmth

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oi-Denise Baptiste

By Denise Baptiste

Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 16:27

Ever fancied a house made out of glass bottles? This home is so spectacular that the whole house consists of glass bottles which gives you a rare experience.

The glass bottle house was constructed by John J. Makinen which is also known as the The Kaleva Bottle House or the Kaleva Bottle House Museum.

Constructed in the year 1941, by John J. Makinen, this bottle house looks beautiful when the sunlight shines directly on it making it shine like diamonds.

The glass bottle house is located in Michigan near Manistee and it consists of 60,000 glass bottles which is laid on the side, bottoms up towards the exterior.
John J. Makinen, made this glass bottle house from all the bottles that came from his bottling plant. The bottles he has used to make this beautiful creation is unique as it has a wide variety of bottle ranges like that of wine, beer, beverages and alcohol. It was of different shapes and sizes resulting from round shaped bottles to oblong.

The whole of the glass bottle house was made using the clear transparent bottles while the sign which read 'Happy Home' was brown in color.

The sad history of this house was that, John J. Makinen, the designer and owner did not get a chance to stay in it as he passed away before he and his family could move in.
This glass bottle house was bought by the Kaleva Historical Society in the year 1980 and later purchased by a museum in 1981.