Made for out-of-doors, this birdhouse has vent holes on the top to let the heat out during the warm summer days. To protect the vents in order prevent rain from coming in, I glued overlapping gourd seeds for the roof leaving the vent holes open underneath.
Here's the rear view of the "Welcome" birdhouse. Acrylics, pyroengraving, polyurethane finish.
My brother-in-law - happy with his two new gourd birdhouses.
By the side of the trail Lazy Daisy Inn Leafy Hide-away 
Mahogany Birdie Bungalow |
Birdhouses can be as simple or as elaborate as you want, and size doesn't necessarily have to be an issue for the decorative birdhouse.
To the left is a birdhouse carousel I made for an exchange. From the canopy hangs several miniature birdhouses, all different designs. This was given in a 1999 exchange.
A close-up of the canopy and the base. The canopy was made from the bottom of a kettle gourd. It is trimmed with natural fiber ribbon. The leaves are real - decopauged on one by one. From the canopy's edge hangs small wooden gourd beads.
The base is simply a ceramic pot turned upside-down, filled first with sand with a cloth glued over to maintain the sand. A feather bird in its nest sets off the base.
Here are some of the miniature gourd birdhouses hanging from the
carousel.