Decorative Bird Houses

Dress up your yard and provide a home for birds

Although bird houses provide a functional and warm nesting spot for the birds of your area, some of them aren't very attractive or don't match your garden decor. Don't fret - you can get bird houses that do double-duty as great homes for any future bird families and charming focal points in your backyard.

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Decorative bird houses can be hung or mounted just like a functional-looking bird house and often include backs that can be opened for seasonal cleaning. These bird houses can look like any type of house you want, maybe even a mini-copy of your own home. Decorative nesting boxes come in all shapes and sizes and also are specific to bird type - for example, you can buy a purple martin bird house that looks like a very fancy villa or a rambling farmhouse. Bird houses fit every genre from fairy tale to quaint to chic.

If you're worried about your decorative bird house getting dirty, you can always mount it indoors as a decorative item for your home. Many people have indoor bird houses as a way of adding whimsicality to their decor. You can even get a decorative bird feeder built in any style you want, with many different features that will give your feathered visitors an al fresco dining experience to remember.

Safety Tips for Decorative Bird Houses

Although decorative bird houses are beautiful, you must make sure that they aren't going to pose a problem to the birds who will move in. Some houses say that they're fully functional for bird living, but you will need to personally make sure that the birds won't be harmed by using them.

Protect your bird tenants by:

Making sure there's no exposed metal or screws that could potentially harm a baby bird or mother bird
Ensuring there's enough room for a mother to build a nest and raise eggs - this means you must carefully measure any commercially-made houses to be certain that the species you want to live there has enough room.
Never painting the inside of a bird house or buying a bird house that is painted on the inside. Not only will the birds not use it, but the paint, when heated up by summer temperatures, can release fumes and toxins that can make birds sick or even kill them.
Squirrel-proofing the bird house and hanging or mounting it out of the way of predators