All Tricked Out

Here is the tricked out birdhouse. I bought lumber from the lumber yard that was in the scrap bin. This is what he came up with. The base is 18X15inches and it is 18 inches high at the chimney. Pretty good size for a birdhouse.

This is the back of the birdhouse. It has to be tricked out also.
This is the chimney on the end of the house. That is his signature when he makes them.

Pretty neat for scrap lumber. Kinda like the scraps I cut up and make quilts with Use what you have to make something usable from it.

This is the other end of the house. As you can see I really like this birdhouse and can't wait to get it on a post. I am a landlord to many birdhouses around our house. We now have 5 houses and three of them are condos with multiple apartments.

He loves a challenge and he really likes this one. Normally he says he is satisfied with them after they are finished. Chris

Under Construction

Spring is coming. Jeff my husband is in the garage making birdhouses. My Mom went with me to the Lumber yard and we went through the scrap bin and bought enough to make some birdhouses. So we thought. Well we bought enough for one good sized birdhouse. It is in the construction phase and not done yet. This is the back and you can see the shake shingles on the roof. He has fun making them. No two are alike.

Just getting to the front details now. He make the hole and got some of the railings done for the porch. He mentioned he didn't have a chimney on it. That is his signature to his birdhouses. They all have a chimney.

Here is the detail on the porch. I know it will be tricked out more as he says before the painting process starts. He is a perfectionist and he is never happy with what he does. It keeps his mind going and he does well with his hands even though he has Parkinson's' disease. If it makes him happy with a few bucks worth of lumber why not. Chris