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Found a beat-up old birdhouse on my trail behind the school and fixed it up
I was walking my usual loop behind Westside Elementary last Saturday and spotted this old wooden birdhouse half buried in the leaves. Took it home and spent maybe two hours sanding it down and patching the roof with some scrap cedar I had. Anyone else ever grab random junk from their walk and turn it into something useful again?
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ray_miller841mo agoTop Commenter
Is it really that serious to spend two hours fixing up some junk you found in the woods? I mean, a beat up old birdhouse is just a birdhouse, not some priceless artifact. What if it's full of termites or mold that you're just sanding down and spreading around your yard? Plus, unless you replaced the whole roof, that patch job is probably going to leak first rainstorm anyway. I'd rather just buy a new one for $10 at the hardware store and save myself the hassle.
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fiona9851mo ago
Hold up, you're making some good points but mixing up two different things. That cheap hardware store birdhouse will fall apart in a few months, feels flimsy as cardboard. A solid cedar birdhouse from the woods? That thing will outlast a plastic one from China ten times over. Mold and termites wash off with a good scrub, not the end of the world. And patching the roof with some tar or shingle scraps? Works fine if you do it right, doesn't have to be a full replacement. It's more about the feel of it not just the price tag.
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