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Aug 22, 2011 5:52 AM CST
Name: Chris
Ripon, Wisconsin
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Yes Vic, I made them all. The decorative part on blue and white one I drew then cut out with a scroll saw. The red one is made of old barn boards. You can't tell in the picture, but the perch is an old rusty bolt. The design in the cedar house was also cut out with a scroll saw. Our neighbor cut down an old tree and gave me some hollow pieces of it in exchange for making one into a birdhouse for her. The three-in-one I also designed and built. I had also made some of these in green and blue. They all have vent holes and a removable part to clean the houses. I also designed tall stands for them (about 5') that I had somebody make for me. They were made of the same metal that "plant poles" are made of, and I had him weld metal plates with holes in them on the top so I could mount the houses to the poles. That way if you didn't have a tree you could still have a birdhouse outside.

I live on a highway and used to just put them in the front yard with a for sale sign. Business was good! But I had to clean them out and bring them in the shed every night because the blasted birds kept building nests in them! Quite a few people asked if the birds were included when they bought the houses. The birds were good advertising though - proved birds liked them. Hilarious!

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