At Home in Oakwood
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$575.00
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Dimensions: 11" long x 17.5" wide x 25" deep
Weight: 9 pounds
This house mounts from the bottom and does not come with a stand. It is a functional birdhouse for song birds built on a standard "A" frame base using 1 by 6 inch lumber. It may also be used as a fine indoor décor object.
Weight: 9 pounds
This house mounts from the bottom and does not come with a stand. It is a functional birdhouse for song birds built on a standard "A" frame base using 1 by 6 inch lumber. It may also be used as a fine indoor décor object.
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Description of “Back
Home in Oakwood”:
I designed this birdhouse using all recycled wood and various parts salvaged from a very large oak tree that had fallen in the wooded area behind our home . The tree had lain silently in its resting place for many years while nature encouraged the forest termites, grubs, varmints and weather to devour all but a thin surface veneer of the old oak. I could see a knothole and some remaining physical characteristics of the old tree still in tact; so, I set about salvaging them for revitalization into a new birdhouse project. The knothole was - by all indications of its condition - at some time long past an entry hole for, I suspect, a woodpecker’s nesting home. Recalling the address of our first home , my wife and I decided to name this piece “Back Home in Oakwood” connecting the reminiscence of our past to a long silenced woodpecker’s abode soon to be a newly designed birdhouse for songbirds.
The standard “A” frame of the birdhouse is constructed from reclaimed one by six pine and covered with long-leaf pine cone petals which were glued, stapled, tacked and encapsulated into place for a waterproof nesting area in this revitalized birdhouse. A characteristic of my work is to fashion salvaged tree parts to resemble wings or feathers. Encased in the pine cone pieces along the front section of the removable top you will see two oak veneers giving the piece that winged effect. This design adds lift and a lighter effect offsetting the bulky weighty appearance brought about by the structure’s new façade. The long oak front gives tribute back to the lofty position of the earlier original woodpecker nest. I “remodeled” the entry by adding a small foyer to reduce the entry way better adapted for songbirds while keeping the spirit of the original home in this oakwood tree .
I designed this birdhouse using all recycled wood and various parts salvaged from a very large oak tree that had fallen in the wooded area behind our home . The tree had lain silently in its resting place for many years while nature encouraged the forest termites, grubs, varmints and weather to devour all but a thin surface veneer of the old oak. I could see a knothole and some remaining physical characteristics of the old tree still in tact; so, I set about salvaging them for revitalization into a new birdhouse project. The knothole was - by all indications of its condition - at some time long past an entry hole for, I suspect, a woodpecker’s nesting home. Recalling the address of our first home , my wife and I decided to name this piece “Back Home in Oakwood” connecting the reminiscence of our past to a long silenced woodpecker’s abode soon to be a newly designed birdhouse for songbirds.
The standard “A” frame of the birdhouse is constructed from reclaimed one by six pine and covered with long-leaf pine cone petals which were glued, stapled, tacked and encapsulated into place for a waterproof nesting area in this revitalized birdhouse. A characteristic of my work is to fashion salvaged tree parts to resemble wings or feathers. Encased in the pine cone pieces along the front section of the removable top you will see two oak veneers giving the piece that winged effect. This design adds lift and a lighter effect offsetting the bulky weighty appearance brought about by the structure’s new façade. The long oak front gives tribute back to the lofty position of the earlier original woodpecker nest. I “remodeled” the entry by adding a small foyer to reduce the entry way better adapted for songbirds while keeping the spirit of the original home in this oakwood tree .