Farmhouse Birdhouse

I wanted to freshen up a corner of the porch that hasn't been touched in a couple of years.        I wanted to keep the same birdhouse theme that I had going on,   but I wanted to give it a Farmhouse feel too!

I left the porch post in place since it's screwed to the wood deck and the bird cage stand is also screwed to the porch so it stayed too.   

  We had some pretty bad winds here in Eastern New Mexico this past winter and some of the birdhouses I had in another area sadly didn't make it.     So,  I took down the 2 wood birdhouses on the post and the one hanging on the bird cage stand and gave them a new home....more about that in another post.   

I put a metal barn on the shelf where the 2 wood birdhouses had been.     I added some excelsior to the barn to give the birds a hint that maybe they should build a nest there.....lol!

I hung a shabby rag garland  on the porch post.......

I love to make garlands while I'm watching TV at night.     I use yard sale sheets to make them   so they are very budget friendly. 

There was a little metal vase screwed to the porch post that I filled with white faux sun flowers.

I moved the birdcage that I had hung in the bird cage stand to another area of the yard,    but I didn't need the stand.    I thought a touch of whimsy was needed,   so I hung a metal tire on it  

I made a nest in the tire and tied a green bow to the top of the stand.     The nest already has a bird in it.....hehe......not a real one though! .    

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