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Building a Birdhouse from Scrap Cedar
by
Building Moxie
(IC: blogger)
$10
3.5 Hours
Medium
OK, so I built a birdhouse ... my first. It was a super fun project for me and, first, here's why.
The Back Story: Early on, on Twitter (say about 2010) when I was trying to figure out what my blog / my business should be, the suggestion was made that I should just quit home improvement and go into making birdhouses. So ... in a way, this project was chance to make a sorta prototype. ha!
This birdhouse was also made as a gift, which Hometalker Megan V (Our Pinteresting Family) received (graciously). It was made at a community DIY Workshop (Beth's DIY Workshop) with owner/proprietor Beth. And hey, I really don't get a chance to do creative (purely for the heck of it) projects like this. Period.
The Project: I have a good bit of scrap cedar left over from the cuts on the arches of our cedar fence. Cedar is a near ideal exterior wood, plus it looks and smells ... glorious. (I have also used similar scraps, once treated with wood preservative, for garden bed edging ... in an alternating V pattern.) I had some left over cedar shakes that I used for the roof.
Really just improvising, I (okay, working with a friend and using another birdhouse as inspiration) built this birdhouse in 5 steps.
* Prep the Stock
* Build a Box (which is set on a diagonal)
* Add the front and the back
* Drill a Doorway and a hole for a Perch
* Install a Roof
I think it found a happy home with Megan and I hope it ends up being a happy home (eventually) for some birdies.
To read more, I'll link below.
The Back Story: Early on, on Twitter (say about 2010) when I was trying to figure out what my blog / my business should be, the suggestion was made that I should just quit home improvement and go into making birdhouses. So ... in a way, this project was chance to make a sorta prototype. ha!
This birdhouse was also made as a gift, which Hometalker Megan V (Our Pinteresting Family) received (graciously). It was made at a community DIY Workshop (Beth's DIY Workshop) with owner/proprietor Beth. And hey, I really don't get a chance to do creative (purely for the heck of it) projects like this. Period.
The Project: I have a good bit of scrap cedar left over from the cuts on the arches of our cedar fence. Cedar is a near ideal exterior wood, plus it looks and smells ... glorious. (I have also used similar scraps, once treated with wood preservative, for garden bed edging ... in an alternating V pattern.) I had some left over cedar shakes that I used for the roof.
Really just improvising, I (okay, working with a friend and using another birdhouse as inspiration) built this birdhouse in 5 steps.
* Prep the Stock
* Build a Box (which is set on a diagonal)
* Add the front and the back
* Drill a Doorway and a hole for a Perch
* Install a Roof
I think it found a happy home with Megan and I hope it ends up being a happy home (eventually) for some birdies.
To read more, I'll link below.
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Published January 16th, 2013 10:36 AM
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Megan V (Our Pinteresting Family) on Jan 16, 2013I am so excited I was able to get this at the blogger party. My daughter is so excited about it. Thanks so much.
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Building Moxie on Jan 16, 2013gotta think so ... thank @Better Outdoor Living at Home & waving @Megan V (Our Pinteresting Family) it was my pleasure.
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