Heya everyone. Continue my unique project for this set, I am trying to find a way to create a small portion of a straw thatched roof. While it is easy to locate straw in this area (Iowa), it is NOT easy to find out how exactly to create a straw thatched roof. Should I try and make a real thatched roof or should I attempt to recreate it using "other materials" to simulate it. This is going to be used for a facade of the front of the house that will only measure about 4 feet or 8 feet wide so it is really only a matter of a tiny strip of a thatched roof.

I have made several straw roofs. You have access to straw, so you get the straw into small bundles (about a hand full) and tie them with string at one end. To keep the bundles together, you can dip the tied end in Elmers glue if you want but not necessary. You then staple these to a piece of luan the desired size of your roof, with string. You can drill small holes in the luan to 'thread' the string through also. Start at the bottom edge of the roof and overlap as you go to top.

Stan