Well got it pretty much finished except for the staining or painting. Not sure yet how I want to finish it up yet.
The guts of it all
The almost finished product.
I just copied a pic from the internet and went from there. Had a little bit of trouble with the new table saw though, too many safety features and guards. Got it figured out now.
More projects to follow, I've got lumber
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
Well, apparently all enamel paint is not oil. I painted up some designs on the birdhouse and the paint wouldn't cover right. Turns out the base paint is oil enamel and the new decorating paints are acrylic enamel . The designs just wiped off with a wet cloth.
So all in all, this is how it looks so far until I get some more oil enamel paint.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
It is pretty. Simple is good, more detail is good too! My friend paints birdhouse gourds.She has some made people can buy, and she'll take requests and do custom too.
Just a pic Triss, you can see it in the first photo I took. I could measure the pieces for you though if you want.
I took a piece of rebar and was pounding a hole in the ground to put it in when DH came to help. He was standing in the flower bed and had the house in his hand. He looked at me and said, "please tell me that's not my good hockey stick". Nope I told him, he was relieved, it would of been an expensive butterfly house if it was
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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