Designer Birdhouses: 20 Upscale Homes for Sophisticated Birds
Few woodworking projects are as popular and easy as building a birdhouse—and with just a dollop of creativity, plus this book, it’s simple to turn it into an amazing avian architectural wonder. Architect and commercial birdhouse builder Richard Banks reveals his savvy streamlined techniques for efficiently constructing a basic house, and then applying ingeniously doable methods for transforming its identity. All it takes are embellishments made of common off-the-shelf, home-store items: a...
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\ Introduction 8\ The Basics 10\ Basic Tools and Materials 11\ Building the Basic Box 23\ From Basic to Not-So-Basic 34\ The Projects\ Lattice and Brackets 48\ Marbles and Chips 52\ Board and Batten Shingle House 56\ Recycled Triangles 60\ The Temple 64\ Acorn 68\ Pinstripes 72\ Sponge and Stencil 75\ Paddle House 78\ Fish or Fowl 81\ Mix and Match 84\ Your Choice 88\ Sticks and Blocks 91\ Keyhole House 94\ Three for One 98\ Swing Low, Swing Softly 102\ Roosting Box 106\ Features and Patterns 110\ Pieces and Features 114\ Features and Stripes 118\ Templates 124\ Acknowledgments 126\ Metric Equivalents 127\ Index 128
\ School Library JournalThese colorful wooden houses provide decorative garden accents as well as homes for a variety of cavity-nesting birds. Banks, an architect and commercial birdhouse builder, uses a basic box design that is varied with the addition of easily obtained wood elements. The key is in his creative designs-contemporary and brightly painted. In addition to step-by-step instructions, he includes tips for mounting and locating houses for different species of birds. An excellent book; highly recommended for public libraries.\ \ —Constance Ashmore Fairchild \ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \ \
