What a great way to get started on refinishing work: build your own birdhouse.
It may sound a little cliche, but a birdhouse really is a terrific project for a beginner. There are many free guides online, the tools required are minimal, and all of the materials are readily available.
This video details the steps you take to make a particular type of birdhouse, meant to be mounted to a tree or some other post in your backyard. However, it doesn’t go through the most enjoyable part of the process: painting/sanding/refinishing your birdhouse, perhaps with your kids, to make it an attractive, functional part of your backyard.
If you’ve built a birdhouse recently (or done another project), we’d love to hear about it! Just send us a message on Facebook or Twitter (tweeting your pictures just seems more appropriate for this particular project)!
If you’d like help building one, let me know, and I’d be happy to build your birds the “mansion” of all birdhouses.