Extreme Birdhouse # 20 - Page 3 - Woodworking Talk

cranbrook2 · 01-07-2007, 02:22 PM

Hi everyone
Here is my first birdhouse of the year.
It is made from 150 yr old barn wood.

Mitch Cholewinski · 03-19-2007, 02:20 AM

John
Those are some spectacular birdhouses you make. Do you draw from your own plans or what? One question that I keep thinking about as I look at another birdhouse is this. Being your so prolific in turning them out, what in the world do you do with them? Where do you keep them? Don't tell me you make big barns to keep them in John, I'm not gonna believe you.By the way welcome to the world of the retired. Life is good. Mitch

cranbrook2 · 03-19-2007, 07:28 AM

Hi Mitch and thank you

I originally started building them to stay busy and then i started getting people asking for them so i began to build more and more of them.

I have built 27 birdhouses so far , I gave away about a dozen to friends and family. I have 6 in my front yard , 3 for sale and 2 very large ones almost complete.

The birds fill them up as fast as i build them.
Now when i build them i take lots of pics then i send them to my son and then he turns them into plans. We have two plans done now .
I design them as i go.

I have had 3 newspaper articles done so far including a article coming out this week in my area and then i have two articles coming out in Canadian Woodworking and Canadian Home Workshop magazine coming out in a few months.
I have a feeling i will be pretty busy this year.

**TexasTimbers** · 03-19-2007, 09:00 AM

John, your birds live better than many people.

cranbrook2 · 03-19-2007, 09:28 AM

I know exactly what you mean.
I live in a 150 yr old rented farm house and it is missing a ton of shingles and i have leaks everywhere.
Lots of mice in the walls.

I only stay because i,m on a 100 acres and the land is beautiful.