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| Last Updated on April 13, 2008 |
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| Birdhouses |
| This is an A-frame birdhouse. This was one of the first ones Gary built. The bottom swings open to allow for easy cleaning. This would be suitable for hanging. |
| This is a neat little birdhouse because it is made from one board, with no waste. It is hard to clean out though. We find that it is much easier to mount birdhouses to trees by using a scrap piece longer than the birdhouse, screw the scrap piece to the back of the birdhouse and then screw the scrap piece to the tree. |
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| This house has a side that flips open for easy cleaning and would be cute mounted to a post as well as hanging in a tree. |
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| This is a log cabin house with asphalt shingles on the roof. |
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| Here's another log cabin birdhouse with ashphalt shingles. The whole top is held on with cotterpins. A dowel runs thru the length of the house and secured with cotterpins on either side. Fake windows and a door were added to make it feel like a real house. |
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| Gary decided to make this birdhouse with shaker shingles. I think it looks very cute. |
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| This birdhouse was a bit of an experiment. The picture on the far left is of the unfinished house with a copper roof. The other two pictures are after it was stained, some bark was added to the posts and the copper roof has started to patina. There is a cable holder to hold the front closed. It can be opened for easy cleaning. |
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| Our latest birdhouse is a simple wren or sparrow house to replace one that the previous owners had hanging in the norway maple tree. It is made of pine and I painted some simple flowers on it to dress it up a bit. |
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| Gary built and painted this barn birdhouse. The shingles were also cut by hand. |
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| These houses are in order from the earliest Gary has made down to the most recent. You can definately see the progress he has made. |
| These houses are made of cedar with a copper roof. A walnut is used as a window box with branches cut in half and glued onto the house. The house on the left has a square nail for a perch and silver wire over the window. The house on the right has a fence insulator as the perch and copper wire over the window. One of my favorite styles! |
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| This house was made with recycled wood from the duck feeder found on this page. I didn't care for the roof, so we decided to take it apart. The wood was already aged a grey color, so I painted the other parts with an acrylic paint called Barnwood and "white washed" the front and back with an off-white paint using a dry brush technique. Then I dry brushed some off-white and a darker grey on the roof, sides, and trim. The perch is a drawer knob and there are cobalt blue glass globs for an accent. I will probably seal it with a matte finish to help preserve the rustic look. |
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| Birdhouses - Not just for outdoors anymore. Here is a display on top of one of our bookcases. |
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| Here is a neat little birdhouse Gary created from two wheels that were on the duck feeder from last year. I'm not sure just how we are going to hang it yet, but I'll post a picture when it gets put up. |
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| Robin's Nesting Shelf |
| Bluebird House |
| Both are made out of pine |
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| These birdhouses were made from gourds that I grew myself in 2006. A weather resistant stain and sealer were put on the outside and drainage holes were drilled in the bottom to prolong the life of the gourds. |