Primative Bird House

by Jack
(Eatonton Georgia)

My First Birdhouse

Have always been interested in building birdhouses. Every antique shop or junk store I go in I always look around for different and unusual birdhouses...for some reason, just always liked them.

Well, finally got some time on my hands, so I thought I would give it a try. Started out by going to local home store and just got some 8" pine lumber.

Got home and started on the design I wanted...Got through the basic house and looked at it and thought, anybody could build this. I wanted something different.

Found some rusted tin for a top and believe me, it is not easy to cut. After that, got out the saw and started making lines to look like old siding. and then out with the paint. White and black and a mixture of both.

I think my first birdhouse turned out fairly well. But most of all, it was fun to do.

I already have another that I will start with next week. But this time, it will be bigger and better.

Hope you enjoy

Jack

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Yellow Cottage Birdhouse

by Steve Guenther
(Sunman IN)

Yellow Cottage Birdhouse

We enjoy creating one of a kind bird houses and other garden related items from found items that would probable have been discarded in the trash. We have been told that we have a way at visualizing items in a different way. That is a true compliment.

This cottage birdhouse is made from rough cut cedar. The roof is the slats from an old green shutter. The flower is a handle from a faucet. I cut thin pieces of cedar for stepping stones and hot glued green moss between them.

I have been asked. "Of all the birdhouses that you have created. Which is your favorite." I always answer.
My next one.

Thank you for viewing my creation and for your comments.

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Barn Birdhouse

by Joanne Reeves
(Auburn, NY)

This is my second birdhouse, I made this one out of barnwood that I'm sure is very old. But that's what I like about it. the more rustic, the better. It just has the real country charm feel..

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Out In The Country Birdhouse

by Joanne Reeves
(Auburn, NY United States)

I had this desire to have a birdhouse in my yard, but I didn't want just an ordinary birdhouse.

I didn't go out and buy one because sometimes you pay a lot and end up with just ho-hum and ordinary.

So, I went to work designing what I liked, and started building. And, well-la...a birdhouse was born.

I started on paper, just did a quick sketch. With a few pieces of scrap wood I had left over from a building project, is where the sides came from.

I went to a garage sale, and bought a box of craft items really dirt cheap. that's where I found the shake shingles and little odds and ends you see on the front porch. I made the chimney from small stones I got out of a nearby lake.

I had so much fun doing this project, that I now bought a table saw from a garage sale, that I know will help me out on my next bird house, that's right, my next one, that I plan to start pretty soon.

I would even like to continue making different styles. who knows, maybe start my own business....that would be super!! I really enjoy it...

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Acorn Woodpecker Nest Box

by Carl Stoeckel
(Tucson, Arizona)

Acorn Woodpecker Nest Box

I have begun building nest boxes for screech owls, American kestrels, Gila woodpeckers, and house finches.

I asked my friend, Tiffany, a resident of the Central California Coast and avid birder, whether she too would like a house; and, if so, for what type of bird.

The Oakland communities of the Central California coast land support communities of Acorn Woodpeckers. She and I researched dimensions of the boxes, orientation for hanging, height for erection and so forth.

When she came to Southeastern Arizona for her annual summer birding week, she brought with her pieces of Pacific Coast driftwood, while collecting Ponderosa pine and Alligator Juniper bark locally on her birding treks.

I affixed additional Mesquite bark to the interior to assist fledglings in their climb out the entry hole, hinged the top, used scored beach glass on the sides to allow a bit of light to the interior, added a few saguaro ribs for trim, found rusted spring for human interest, added a decorative spar.

The box itself is composed of a 5/8"-solid oak front, and 5/8" pine sides, back and roof. a piece of hundred year old galvanized metal I found in the desert weatherproofs the roof.

In February, 2010, her husband, Doug, is making a short journey, at which time he'll take the box to its rightful place among the hills of the Central Coast, where-- if all goes well-- Acorn Woodpeckers will move in, raise a family and help repopulate the species.

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Cottage Birdhouse

by Sandra
(Rochester NY)

Cottage Birdhouse

This is a birdhouse I made from cedar and added stones picked from the beach to the bottom half to look like an English cottage.

I cut and painted dowels for the decorative edging and used old ceiling tin on the roof. The perch is a lamp finial and a small grapevine wreath with beads on a copper wire finishes it off!

I love making birdhouses and using old "stuff" to decorate them like doorknobs, old metal and lamp parts.

I sell them once a year at a garden show and hopefully have made a lot of birds happy!

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Moss Topped House

by Judy
(Grass Valley CA)

Just couldn't pass up the idea to create one out of rocks and twigs and moss wanted this one to look as natural as the ones they are building right now in my oak trees

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