It started on the sofa
Before there was a rabbit house, there was a sofa. Here Olaf, our first rabbit, is getting a cuddle.
The build
From sofa to slate roof
The rabbit house was built from scratch in the garden in 2026. Here's all of it, in the order it happened.
- Size
- 2 x 3 metres
- Roof
- Reclaimed natural slate
- Facade
- Black-painted clinker cladding
- Foundation
- Foundation blocks and concrete, with a cellar under the floor
- Inside
- Light, heater, hay, hideouts and food bowls
- The drawings
- Free on GitHub, with every measurement and requirement
A run in the garden
The car gets filled with fence panels and rabbit tunnels. The next day the run is standing in the garden.
Rabbits on the blackboard
A rabbit with very long ears, drawn in chalk.
Drawn in 3D first
Before we dug, the house was drawn in 3D. The drawing changed shape many times before it became the house that stands in the garden today.
The foundation blocks arrive
The house needs to stand on a proper foundation. The first step is a pallet of foundation blocks.
Olaf and Alinea
Olaf has been joined by his sister Alinea. Here they are in the sunroom.
The foundation
A trench 80 cm deep, four courses of foundation blocks with reinforcement and concrete.
Door, frame and floor
The frame goes up on the foundation, and the floor is laid with hatches down to the cellar.
The rafters go up
With the rafters in place, you can see what the house is going to look like.
Moving in
Olaf and Alinea are inside the house, with hay, hideouts and a food bowl each.
Everyday life in the house
The house has become home. There is room to lie close together, and to look up.
Furnishing the house
Light, warmth, a shelf of feed and a garland of carrots.
Black facade and new roof
The house turns black on the outside and gets a roof of reclaimed natural slate.
A camera moves in
A computer the size of a stick of chewing gum, a wide-angle camera and a wireless thermometer are going to put Olaf and Alinea online.
- Next
A new run by the house
Olaf and Alinea love their run and go out there in all weathers, even when it's raining or cold. The next one will be built next to the house: 4 × 2 metres, with mesh all the way round and mesh as a lid, so foxes, cats and birds of prey stay out.
