A Bird House For The Perch

So finding a bird house for this perch was a lot harder to do than we anticipated.

Did you know all those pretty ones in the store are

"Decorative", "Not Meant For Outdoor Use".

So we finally found one at Michael's made from pine

and grabbed a simple plaque base to mount it on.

We primed it and decided to paint it to match my (Nicole's) house color.

People think I'm joking when I give directions to my home and

says it's the Pistachio Green one

on the corner.  Seriously when I told our Dad what color

I had picked out for it he thought I was nuts.

Especially with cream trim?

When he drove almost 6 hours to come help me paint it
(he's the world's greatest Dad ever!!!!)

he couldn't believe that it actually was pretty and worked, somehow!

We thought it would be fun to give the roof some bling

so we pulled out this embossed metal sheeting we picked up a few years ago

for pennies when a hardware store went out of business.

Back then we thought it would be cool for a magnetic board

but quickly found out

aluminum isn't magnetic.  :(

We made a pattern and cut it out with our metal snips!

If you don't have a pair of these snips get some!

We picked these up at Home Depot for about $15 and they cut like butter!

We nailed the roof in place and then screwed them onto the plaque base

and then onto the perch.

Not bad huh?

So now the grand total for the project is a whole whopping $11!!!

Not sure why the base is looking pink below

but hey at least you'll know which house this one belongs to!