Ashley Yeates, a 30-year-old gardening and construction expert from Bedford, England, constructed a hobbit hole in his garden, modeled after the famous digs of Bilbo Baggins.

 

"It was around the time that the first 'Hobbit' film was due to be released," Yeates told the Daily News. "I'd made previous smaller hideaways and I started thinking about taking it to the next level. I like just building things that are going to shock people."

 

Yeates made the hobbit hole without a blueprint¹, drawing on his knowledge of the "Lord of the Rings" books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

 

"I had one tiny sketch² of bits and bobs, but it came from a vision in my head," Yeates said. "There was no direct research, really. Though, of course, we had watched the films."

 

The completed hobbit hole can comfortably fit three adults. But when Yeates unveiled the project at a party over the summer, the neighborhood children didn't mind squishing a bit.

 

"There were about 10 kids in there, running in and out," Yeates said. "They loved it so much."

 

The project was so successful that Yeates is hoping to build another one.

 

"I noticed the real hobbit holes go inwards into a hill rather than downwards³. If I did get a commission⁴ for another one, it would be spectacular," Yeates said. "There could be multiple rooms, all kinds of things. I'd very much like to make another one. "

 

Hear that, hobbit fans? Your next home project could make Gandalf proud.

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