Birdhouse Makeovers

I wanted to share some makeovers I did with candle holders and bird houses.  I can't take credit for the idea ~ I did get it from anotherblog, but unfortunately, I can't remember whose it was.~ Here is the bird house and candlestick holder as purchased.

The bird house came from Michael's and the candlestick holder is metaland came from Goodwill.The first thing I did was stain them both dark.  The metal of course wouldn'ttake the stain, so I just "painted it on" so to speak.  Not something I wouldrecommend or do again since it took weeks for it to thoroughly dry.

When the stain was finally dry, I painted both white, distressed them,and then glued them together.

This bird house I've had for some time.  All I did was restain the wood parts, distress it and attach it to another Goodwill candle stick. 

 

Although these pedestal bird houses are headed for my Open House,for now they make a lovely spring vignette  for my mantel when accompanied by pussy willows and a little nest.

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