Super sweet and easy. We also added some decorative elements, like the little sign, door, flower pot, and fence. Mix paint to achieve desired colors. Polka Dot Birdhouse. Paint surfaces of birdhouse, one color at a time, and leave out to dry on Freezer Paper Sheets (so the paint doesn’t stick to anything). Photo: Courtesy of UpcycledStuff on YouTube. Log Cabin Bird Houses : Make your birds this log cabin style home and they'll want to stay forever. If you have an artist in the family, try painting a pretty design on a wooden birdhouse. All we did here was paint the birdhouse and add some flowers, bees, and grass onto it for fun. Here we painted the house with polka dots. Bluebirds, wrens and swallows all like smaller openings to the house – about 1 1/2″. Simple Painted Birdhouse. At the end of each season, clean out the bedding material, scrub the birdhouse with mild bleach water, rinse out well and allow it to dry in the sun for years of enjoyment. Simple symmetrical bird house that is painted to look like a home. The "Sheila" Birdhouse Stake features a sloped roof and curved structure. Painted Birdhouse. Simple and Easy DIY Bird House Tutorial: ... Next you can paint your birdhouse in any paint color combination creating a gorgeous appeal of the birdhouse! add an additional coat of paint, and once dry, sand until smooth with 1500 grit sand paper. Each birdhouse is made out of pine. Box-style bird house with sloped roof designed to attach to a flat surface such as a fence or the side of a house. Purple Martins nest in colonies – birdhouse apartments. Project by SteveKorz: posted 06-28-2008 07:12 PM: 6708 views: 1 time favorited: 14 comments: My wife came to me and wanted some brightly colored birdhouses to put around our back porch. Straw bird house with wooden covering designed in the shape of a bee hive. Once dry, sand painted surfaces with 1500 grit sand sand paper. So, I just put together these simple ones to let her paint on. You may already have some items around the house that you could upcycle and transform into a birdhouse. Simple Painted Birdhouses. Tea Kettle Birdhouse. Bluebird Bird Houses: Your bluebirds will love these simple birdhouses that are nailed to trees. Most of those little decorations came from a miniature set we bought with this in mind. Modern Birdhouse : Not all birdhouses have to be boring, and this modern one will make you smile. There are lots of high-design birdhouses on the market – and plenty of the old classics, with updates. Skillfully crafted from durable metal and hand painted with an Antique copper finish, this collection includes four beautifully constructed birdhouses with intricate designs and small bird details, each perched atop a sturdy three prong garden stake. 11 / 16. A-frame wooden bird house with small cut branches forming the sides/roof. 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