Creative Decorating Ideas Painting Birdhouses
Want creative and unique birdhouse ideas? This photo gallery features all sorts of decorative bird home with lots of rustic, homemade touches.
You may also like these 7 Tutorials for Garden Art Flowers.
What's Your Favorite Birdhouse Style?
I think you can tell a lot about a gardener's style by their choice of birdhouse. This gallery has everything from stone to wood, rustic to modern, traditional to eclectic. See which ones are your favorites.
If you love bold colors, also see 12 Colorful Garden Ideas. I've got some freshly-painted birdhouses in my garden too!
Attracting Wild Birds to Your Garden
- Avoid the use of any products toxic to birds and their food sources including caterpillars.
- Grow plants, trees and shrubs for habitat and be messy: dead and decaying things nourish life.
- Keep pets out of your garden.
- Choose plants that provide food, nectar, or habitat for other living things.
- Birdhouses: Use as decoration only.
- Nesting Boxes: Choose species-specific designs.
- Bird Feed: Provide nutritious food and fresh, clean water.
- Bird Feeders: Clean frequently. Remove feeders immediately if you notice any sign of disease or problems like salmonella, trichomoniasis, aspergillosis, or avian pox are reported in your area.
TIP: Use a motion-sensitive wildlife camera in your garden to see what goes on when you're not there.
1 Red Birdhouse
All of the birdhouses here are appropriate for decoration only. Many are unsafe for wild birds: close off any doors or openings to prevent birds from trying to use them as nesting boxes.
2 Rustic Wood Birdhouses
3 Cowboy Boots
These nesting boxes were made by Empress of Dirt Facebook friend Gaye.
If you do something like this, be sure to clean them out after each mating season.
Want to paint leather or vinyl? Rough up the surface with sandpaper and use patio paints.
Buy Unique Birdhouses
Check local artists, yard sales, and art sales.
Etsy is also a good source for unique garden art and birdhouses.
4 Stone Birdhouse With Funnel Roof
The first birdhouse I ever made for my garden was a stone birdhouse.
I had seen a rather magnificent one for sale on a garden tour and, after seeing the sticker price ($275), I thought it might be a good idea to try making my own instead.
5 Folkart
Several of the photos in this series come from the same garden. The artist, Mike, uses all sorts of random bits and bobs to create birdhouses and other garden art.
6 Front Porch
You know how I said decorative birdhouses can be dangerous for wild birds?
This one has a good solution: paint the entry hole rather than making a real one. Problem solved!
Related: Gallery of Garden Art Chairs
7 Turquoise Birdhouse
I'm a big fan of using color as a recurring theme throughout a garden.
This shows more ways to use color to spruce up a backyard space.
Best Outdoor Glue?
I use GE II Silicone Sealant for all of my garden art projects. It forms a permanent bond that lasts forever.
8 Birdhouse Tree
We saw this on the front of a store on the shore of Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada.
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9 St. Toad's Cathedral
This toad house is next level! I'm not sure if His Majesty was at home when I took the photo.
10 Birdhouse Chair
This idea became popular years ago when country style furnishings were ruling the crafting world.
Just create picket tops, add faux roof pieces and drill holes.
11 Martin House
This one is in my garden. I bought the martin house at a yard sale. I blocked off all of the doors except one. The wrens use it each spring.
11 Tree Stump Birdhouses
This multi-branch tree stump makes an excellent birdhouse apartment complex.
Related: Creative Uses for Tree Stumps in the Garden
12 Black Birdhouse
Black can be a bold color choice in a garden. This design could be used as a bird feeder too.
You can see more examples of black paint in the garden shown here with black fence and arbor.
13 Gazebo
Not quite a birdhouse but more of an entertaining area for birds!
14 Clay Nesting Box
This one is used as a nesting box. Again, always be sure you can open and clean anything that birds may nest in.
15 Rustic Blue
A lovely, scrappy piece made from old barnboard and sheet metal scraps.
16 Red and Yellow Birdhouse
This one has a modern art vibe. I quite like the addition of the tree branch on the porch.
17 Chicken Coop Birdhouses
You'll notice in several of these photos where the gardener has grouped a bunch of birdhouses together.
Creating collections is a great tip for displaying garden art.
18 Bedazzled Birdhouse
Go glitzy or go home! This birdhouse is bedazzling.
19 Flower Power
I love old wood patina paired with masses of flowering plants.
20 Green Tin Roof
Check out the junk boxes at thrift shops and Habitat for Humanity stores to find odd pieces for your birdhouse.
Locks, keys, gears, doorknobs, and more all work.
21 Quirky Topsy Turvy Birdhouse
There was a crooked man… What a fun and quirky project. Love the bell tower!
22 Rustic Stone Birdhouse
This one seems to be made from a basic wood birdhouse covered in grout with stones pressed in.
23 Log Cabin Birdhouse
I love this one. Wish it was mine!
24 Miniature Birdhouse
This is a simple idea for a fairy or miniature garden.
Take a small piece of wood, drill a few holes, add a perch, and top it with a tiny piece of scrap metal.
25 Rustic Quirky Birdhouse
If you have old wood scraps, they work nicely for a house like this one.
Don't worry about creating patina: a year or so of exposure to the elements starts aging wood nicely.
26 Tree Stump Birdhouse
Years ago, it was considered a faux pas to leave tree stumps in place when a tree must be removed.
While some may resprout, the stumps provide valuable food and habitat for all the insects and microbes that keep a garden alive.
27 Seashell Birdhouse
Here's another option: use seashells instead of stones to decorate a birdhouse.
28 Tool Perch
This is a sweet idea: use an old hand tool to mimic a perch.
29 Hand-Painted Birdhouse
If your birdhouse needs dressing up, consider hand-painting some designs on it. A picket fence with flowers works too.
See How to Hand Paint Flower Pots for recommended craft supplies.
30 Lock Birdhouse
Raid that thrift store and find items like this old lock to use as birdhouse decor.
31 Old Man Tree Stump
He's alive! This old tree stump holds the laundry line and lots of garden art including the birdhouse on top.
32 Rustic Simple Birdhouse
33 Tall Blue Birdhouse
There are a few creative details here: the faucet handle and drawer pull as accessories, the teardrop entry hole, and the addition of a vintage water fountain.
34 Birdhouse Collection
This one was shared by Empress of Dirt Facebook friend Lee who created a lovely birdhouse village on her garden fence.
35 Stone and Wood
Pretty fancy! The turned wood and detailing looks gorgeous with the embedded stones.
~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛
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