Birdhouses in their Natural Habitat

Thought today I'd show a few of my birdhouses that have found happy homes and a couple who found some very happy residents.  

First up is one of the Outhouse versions that I called the Sea Shantys.  My vision was to create a birdhouse that looked like an old cabin or shack near the sea.  Complete with netting and sea shells.  I created about half a dozen of them, sold some and then gave away 3 as gifts to some friends.   This one was a gift and my friend was kind enough to send a photo of it in their yard, complete with it's new residents. 

The next is one which I sold to a South Florida lady who placed it in her yard and with in a couple days, had some residents.   This was one of my Hollow Log Birdhouses.  There is an old abandoned area not far from my house where I can find lots of fallen trees.  I find the ones of appropriate size and bring them back, saw them to appropriate length and begin the arduous process of hollowing out the log.  If the wood is soft enough, I can use a keyhole saw and scrape out the insides.  Harder wood, I often have to saw the log in half then use woodworking tools to shave it out and place the pieces back together.   Each Hollow Log Birdhouse takes several hours over several days to complete.  I have so much fun doing them though.  They look so cool!

The last one (for now), is what I call the Shutter Island Birdhouse series.   I picked up some old shutters at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and used them as the front for a few birdhouses.    These were fairly simple to put together.  The paint was also obtained at the ReStore.    I called this one Pink, but it really is more of a fuschia.   This was sold to a wonderful lady in Indiana and now is waiting for a Hoosier resident!  

So as I always say these are fun, quirky yet functional birdhouses.  If you would be interested in any of houses in my inventory.... check out my site at ETSY....just click the logo and...as a special bonus... take 10% OFF by using code QUIRKY10OFF.