Reclaimed Cedar Shingle Bird Feeder

this is a project i made at the request of my grand mother as a gift to my grand father the wood for this project was reclaimed from a cedar shingle that was blown off the roof of their house and from drift wood i gathered from the beach i made it in about 2 days and it is now proudly hanging on the bird feeder in the garden attracting many species of birds

to make the bottom i found too forked branches and cut the bottoms flat then i drilled too pilot holes at either end of a reclamed shingle and in the the bottom of the sticks securing them with screws

to make the roof i split a shingle in half and picked out a fairly thick stick that was just long enough t rest in the forked sticks nicely as a sort of rafter i then drilled two pilot holes in both cedar halves and screwed them to the stick at a angle to help protect the bird seed from rain place the roof on top of the forked sticks and nail it in place

add some cedar strips to the base and a nice looking driftwood peace that really adds to the look of a garden

i added a eye bolt on top to hang it from but it could also be placed on a pillar or platform

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thanks for reading my instructible this was a really fun and easy project that cost me nothing so why not try it if you do tack a picture and share it i love seeing what others have made if you liked it please vote for me i would really appreciate it