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07-16-2006, 01:36 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Pressure Treated Gazebo
Hi everyone
I decided to take a break from birdhouses for a week so i could build this gazebo for a neighbor.
it is 10 ft in diameter and 10 ft from floor to ceiling. 5/12 pitch on the roof.
This is my helper Daisy
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07-16-2006, 02:15 PM
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John,
You mean somehow or another you couldn't have snuck in a birdhouse in that Gazebo someplace.  Nice job BTW!
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07-16-2006, 03:23 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Thanks Joe
I completely forgot about birdhouses for almost a week. i,m getting backed up with them. LOL
I really don,t no what to build now?
john
Last edited by cranbrook2; 07-29-2006 at 06:08 AM.
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07-28-2006, 10:02 PM
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Plays Well With Numbers
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Bookkeeper for GC, Residential Const, HVAC & Plumber
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Your work and talent is incredible and unique! I want to buy one! It would be neat if people could send you pics of their homes or favorite buildings for you to custom reproduce as a birdhouse. What a market!
Debbie
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07-28-2006, 10:11 PM
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Interior Remodeling
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Damn, I wish I were a bird in Ontario!
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07-29-2006, 08:47 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Thank you Debbie and KBK.
I am always trying to find old pictures of buildings, churches and schools from the late 1800s and early 1900s. i,m not having much luck.
i have always loved the look of old Victorian homes and buildings.
they have a lot of great detail that you don't see much anymore.
i can pretty well copy whatever i see and then i add a few of my own ideas.
i am starting a new one in a few days. i will post a few pics when its complete.
if anyone knows of any links to pictures of old homes, buildings i would love to see them.
thanks again
john
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07-29-2006, 09:06 PM
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John,
Have you tried Google images???? Try this link.
Shows about 46,500 hits. Some may be dupes. Have fun!!
http://images.google.com/images?q=vi...mages&ct=title
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07-29-2006, 10:19 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Thanks for that link ABEL1 thats what i,m looking for .
i tried googling everything BUT Victorian house.
it's should keep me busy for a few days.
thanks again
john
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07-29-2006, 10:40 PM
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Your welcome!!
"A few days"???
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08-21-2006, 07:11 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Extreme Birdhouse # 21
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08-21-2006, 07:31 PM
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Plays Well With Numbers
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Quote:
Thank you Debbie and KBK.
I am always trying to find old pictures of buildings, churches and schools from the late 1800s and early 1900s. i,m not having much luck.
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Ummm.. believe it or not.. I actually live in the oldest existing school house in my town. It was a one room school house from 1799 to 1927 and was then turned into a residential home. We are the third family to live in it! I have pictures from the town historian from when it was a school. One shot has the children outside playing.. the girls are all in dresses with bows and the boys are playing stick ball. It's really cool, but there is nothing architectually interesting about it what so ever!
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08-21-2006, 08:15 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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I am always looking at pictures from the past. i find them fascinating especialy of old buildings and people.
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08-21-2006, 08:47 PM
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Plays Well With Numbers
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Me too... one of the reasons why I love New England so much!
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08-22-2006, 08:17 AM
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Dude... your birdhouse are crazy. That is just some nice craftmanship. Whenever I look at them I am amazed at the detail in something so small ( well I guess for a birdhouse it is kind of big, but compared to a house or a deck)
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08-22-2006, 11:44 AM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Thanks Robert for the nice comments. sometimes i get a little carried away with them.  most of the time i feel that there is not enough detail, but then if it was a real house i would go crazy on detail.
if the birds start paying me maybe i will add a bit more to them.
thanks again
john
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08-31-2006, 05:22 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Extreme Birdhouse # 22
Hi everyone ,back again. here is another one of my extreme birdhouses just finished today. this is made from the same pile of sticks as the last one.
someone asked me to make a copy of her dads cottage but in log style so here it is. a backsplit. this one took 4 days to build.
thanks for looking
john
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08-31-2006, 05:51 PM
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GC and Custom Remodeling
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I would like to say that your work and skills are incredible, you diffenently enjoy doing this, It shows.
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08-31-2006, 07:15 PM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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Thank you hjm.
what most people don't see is i am usually in a lot of pain caused from a pain disorder but doing this stuff does help more then any doctor can. it defiantly gives me a reason to keep building. i used to build real homes for well over 20 yrs .this is a lot easier.
thanks again
john
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08-31-2006, 09:42 PM
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You've got to be at least 50 years old to know what Lincoln Logs are. Anybody got a plan for a bluebird house. I've got a lot of them at my birdbath.
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09-05-2006, 05:32 AM
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extreme birdhouse builder
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I actually never heard of Lincoln logs until i started building my birdhouses.
i,m almost 42 and i don't remember them.
i remember the Lego's and the red plastic bricks
try Google search to find Bluebird houses.
john
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