A Bird House Perch

Is it worthy of a pretty bird house?

A couple of weeks ago one of my friends brought me

a cute catalogue that had fun letters in it

she wanted me to recreate for her.

Well, I couldn't just look at the letters~

We saw this cute Bird House Stand and

knew we had to make it!

It's from Chasing Fireflies.

We knew we could make it for less than the almost $100 price tag.

It doesn't hurt that Hobby Lobby has bird houses on sale this week so we just had to!

All you'll need is a baluster $3, some nails, some screws, some glue and some 1 x 6 or 1 x 12's.

Make sure you check out Home Depot's junk wood pile, where I picked up

these boards for .51 cents a piece.

Yeah, they're a little warped but when you cut them into 6 inch sections you can't tell.

We kinda eyeballed the sizes we wanted and chopped away on the miter saw.

It soooo doesn't have to be perfect.

We had an extra chunk of block wood we ended up not using.

We glued and nailed each section to eachother.

Then using a double sided screw, attached the baluster to the bottom

and then screwed a 2 inch screw to the top to hold it in place.

We forgot to take a picture of the big hole we drilled through the bottom.

We wanted the ability to stick it in a garden bed but wanted some stability too

so the wind wouldn't blow it over.

The hole is big enough to slide right onto a wooden garden stake

so you can have the versatility of it in the garden

or to put it flat onto the patio.

Oh yeah, don't forget the spray paint!

Can we say it enough.....WE LOVE RUSTOLEUM!!!!

The pretty birdhouse we got originally looked too small in scale when we got done.

Sometimes it's easier (and cheaper in this case) to buy one already made....

It ended up being about 40 inched tall

and less than $5 to make....Not Bad HUH!

Isn't it pretty????

So tomorrow check out to see what we end up putting on top of it.