Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

Bird houses are a fun addition to the yard, especially if you’re a bird-watcher from way back. A lot of the ones available at the store are on the flimsy side though and tend to look shoddy after a year or two of being out in the elements.

For an alternative, check out this handmade stone birdhouse from Etsy seller, DuckabushWoodworks. The artist operates a small organic farm and woodshop within the Olympic National Forest in Washington state. This stone bird retreat is one of her projects:

The little house is made from small rock chips from the Penny Creek Quarry. Built with thorocrete, a wire reinforced frame, and cedar, the house has a wooden roof that features tiny, hand-split, pre-weathered cedar shakes.

As the artist says, “This house is over-the-top as far as detail. It features hand split shakes, hand pointed and laid stone walls, and a full cedar casing on the inside. It’s entirely functional and tough as nails…but you would not see the detail if it was perched high enough for the birds to find it attractive. It’s your decision though! Bowing to the beauty of wet stones, I have sealed the house with a higher gloss cement sealer which makes the stones look wet all the time.”

$125.