Bird Houses



This was a December 2002 project. Nanette had missed giving her sister, Yvette, a birthday gift this year. So Nanette wanted to make a birdhouse for Yvette using the fence wood that had been removed from our late friend Skip Kostecky's yard a couple years prior to his passing. The plan was to give the bird house to Yvette when on Christmas Day. So with less than a week before Christmas, the process began.

This 27" tall final product is drastically different from the original thoughts and design we had in mind. But the more we worked with it, the more changes we thought to impliment.

It was a long road because each dimension of each part was decided as the part was made. So there was a considerable effort extended to design decisions. Nanette was present most of the time helping with these decisions.

 
When we finished, we both admired the birdhouse and were both pleased with it. About then, Nanette told me she wanted one exactly like this one . . .
So with Christmas pressing closser, the garage remained a shop for a couple more days until I could get the second birdhouse built. (After all, having a prototype at this point is a huge advantage.)
And other than the characteristics of the fence boards from which these were made, they came awfully close to being twins!
A view from the front right of the birdhouses. Notice the roof material. This is actually a weathered fence picket that has been planed down to 1/2 inch thick.
Another view of the birdhouses. Can you tell the first one from the second one?
Yet another view of the birdhouses.
Nanette (left) gives Yvette (right) her birdhouse on Christmas Day, 2002.
...and then there were three!

This is the third birdhouse of similar design. It was presented to Harry (Nanette's brother) and Carol (his wife) on Christmas Day, 2003. It is shown here in it's home in Harry and Carol's garden in Roseville, California.


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