This is a Weathered Victorian-style Folk Art Farm house Birdhouse! This beautiful 3-nest birdhouse uses ordinary mini-christmas bulbs to light up the windows of the house for a beautiful amber glow!

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This Birdhouse is framed in Southern Yellow Pine. The windows, doors, trim and siding are all cherry. The porch is built from antique mahogany.The mahogany came from old church pews and is antique wood to start with, as is the cherry.The cherry siding is painted with cream-colored exterior paint, then distressed for a weathered look.

The chimney and the foundation are yellow pine, carved and individually hand-painted to look like brick. This house features the kind of detail Ben Murch has become known for.There is a wood pile on the back porch. The bushes and the vine on the fireplace are real moss, sprayed with polyurethane

Ben's standard birdhouse features include:

• 3/4" solid pine construction recommended for insulation from both heat and cold.
• Thick bird openings and no perches outside of bird holes, which protects small songbirds from larger predators.
• Ventilation along eaves to keep birds from suffocating heat.
• Removable roof for easy clean-out in between bird families

This unique birdhouse has another feature:

The three birdhouse nests are built into the roof, separating them from the lower section of the house where the lights are. There is a large gap, big enough to clean the boxes out. You may choose not to use the lights when you have bird families in the house.

An aerial view shows the distinctive roofline of this Victorian style. Though not precisely Victorian in every detail, this is the type of house familiar to the Murch Family as we grew up in New England, and that we see here in the South where we live now as well. The double porches and turret-style corners were distinctive features of these beautiful homes that generally date back to the 18th and 19th century.

The Magic Begins When the Sun Goes Down!

Ben painted the inside of these windows with a gold paint. During the day, they look like normal windows. But when the lights come on, you get a warm amber glow from these lights. You may want to experiment with other colors of bulbs or combinations of colors to give a different effect.

This house will make a truly unique centerpiece for your garden or your front porch. It is quite large, the base measures 17" x 20" and it stands 15" high at the chimney.