in this case "it" was broke, so i had to fix it....right? I had this little birdhouse outside my door for about 10 years. But lately certain mail carriers were under the impression that it was a mail box. Over the course of the last few months, several mail carriers have attempted to shove my mail in this little box (the front flap USED to flip up). Needless to say, the poor little weather worn box could only take so much. So when the last person, ripped the lid off and shoved my mail inside....i had to take it down. Since i had had it so long, i couldn't just throw it away. the roof was ruined and all the little roof tiles were broken. So, i nailed the top back on and covered up all the damage. i painted the whole thing white and then added a couple coats of slate green. I then took some sand paper and distressed it a bit. Originally i was going to add twigs and pine cones in the the attempt to make it look like a bird's nest. In the end , i had to add some Spanish moss, which meant this little house was now going to reside inside. I'm OK with that. I am happy with the end results. But just because something is 'broken" doesn't mean it can't be remade....
I also decided to "re-make" another item. Below is a little chest of drawers that were once large matchsticks boxes. This idea is NOT new and has been around for years, in fact i made one before about 15 years ago, but i must say, i like this one much better. How could i go wrong with a bird theme? And adding the Tim Holtz drawer pulls, just makes it extra special. And this little thing, DOES have a purpose, it now houses all my small rubber band/hair tie thingies...
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