I have made several of the teapot birdhouses. I like them but I feel I need to add a word of caution? warning? here's what I noticed? Whatever. I have had problems with alien birds trying to commandeer the houses from native birds. I lost a brood of Carolina wrens to English sparrows last summer. I also had nasty starlings trying to force out my downy woodpecker pair. I took care of both issues but the baby wrens were still lost. All that being said, I do like the teapot bird houses and the birds seem to like them also. But I have to be vigilant about who's trying to move in. I think the main problem with the houses is the size of the doorway. As yet I haven't figured out a way to make it smaller yet keep it looking like a teapot. Any ideas?

Jeanne, that beautiful shell roof house looks great mounted! ~tenderlee

Kati - one of my husband's projects this winter was supposed to be making birdhouses, but it's been so unusually cold here that I haven't seen him out in the shop doing much of anything. Maybe I should just hand him a picture of what I want and say, "DO IT."

Thanks for the additional pics. Lovely! But back to Kathy's question..."What did you make the post out of?" I see it's a 4X4 but it looks textured. Did you purchase it that way? or did you doctor it up a bit? Never seen anything like it...inquiring minds want to know! :) blessings, ~digger