The North End Loft: pedestal birdhouse

Jun 9, 2012

The North End of Boise is front porch heaven,
and my husband and I are front porch-sitters.

We often sit here on our front porch after work, sipping a glass of wine or beer and enjoying the mild Idaho evenings from spring through fall.
We chat with our neighbors and people strolling by with their dogs, as the sun sets beyond the trees.

It's one of the very best parts of living in The North End.

Tucker says, "Hello!"

Thanks so much for coming to sit a spell
on our front porch.

Please come again soon!

Project Tutorials

French Flower Pots

French Label Coasters

Pedestal Birdhouse & Tag

Front Porch Pillows

New Front Door Paint

Please come and check-out these great link parties

for tons of summer project ideas!

Between Naps on the Porch

Nifty Thrifty Things
DIY Showoff
The Graphics Fairy
Elizabeth & Co.
Savvy Southern Style
From My Front Porch to Yours
The Shabby Creek Cottage
Beyond the Picket Fence
Southern Hospitality
Rooted in Thyme
Shabby Art Boutique
French Country Cottage
My Repurposed Life
Common Ground
At the Picket Fence
The Shabby Nest
My Romantic Home

Jun 4, 2012

Pedestal Birdhouse and Tag

I've always loved tiny birdhouses on pedestals.

Awhile back, I found an unfinished birdhouse at the craft store for a dollar, and it's just been sitting on my desk waiting for me to find a wood candlestick for the pedestal. Last week I finally scored one at the thrift store and made my own pedestal birdhouse.

Cost: less than $3.00!

(Sometimes I think my pleasure in things increases
in direct proportion to the cost decreasing!)

Craft Store Birdhouse

+ Thrift Store Candlestick


+ Free Printable Tag from Lilac & Lavender

= Pedestal Birdhouse

I painted the birdhouse and candlestick with homemade linen white chalk paint, distressed them a little, and then waxed them with dark paste wax. I printed and mounted the tag on some sturdy mat board, dark waxed it too, for good measure, and tied it onto the pedestal with some twine.

And here they sit on my front porch with some flowers.