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Painted
Unfinished bird houses can be decorated subtly or boldly and hung out for use. Consider painting your bird house with a Caribbean look using yellow, turquoise, green and orange. Or, give it a Swedish feel using light blue, white and a touch of red. A quilt look, with squares painted on the sides and roof, or a rainbow, with stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet might also be inspiration for your bird house decoration.
Created
Whether you build a bird house from scratch or use a kit, let your imagination go wild. Bird houses can be complex Victorian structures with towers, porches and lattice work. They can also be built as multi-storied apartments for multiple bird families. Or, they can look like a church, a ski gondola, a log cabin, a gingerbread house or a lighthouse.
Modified
Use objects you find in your garage, basement or at a yard sale to make a bird house. Transform a metal coffee pot, a terracotta jug or a canteen into a bird house. Drill a hole, attach a perch and use a chain or rope to hang it. Gourds also create intriguing bird houses. You can clean and dry a gourd yourself or find gourds already prepared for use. Drill a hole the right size to attract the type of bird you want, paint the outside of the gourd and affix a rope to hang it.