Emily from Table and Hearth received a challenge to create something amazing from a 2×4 and gift it to a new homeowner. Challenge accepted! Emily decided to dip into her large seashell collection “to make a cute, beachy, shabby, bird feeder” as a housewarming gift for her friend’s new cottage.
The shells need to have a bowl shape to hold seeds, so Emily went with lightning whelks. She tried a new-to-her technique for treating the 2×4 and was thrilled with the results: “One coat of simple white paint, sanding, then wiping on some stain and that’s it!” She screwed the feeder’s legs into the underside of the board, and then very carefully drilled holes into the bottoms of the shells and screwed them into the board. As a final considerate touch, Emily screwed a hook into the board to hang a suet cage, in case any visiting feathered friends happen to be suet lovers. I’m sure her friend is going to love this!
See the complete tutorial at Table and Hearth.
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