Have you ever experienced times when you are about to head out the door and you can't seem to find your keys? My fiance and I definitely have had this experience MANY times either because the children grabbed them and set them down or because my cat decided to play with them. I was tired of ripping our house apart trying to find them so we could start our car, so I decided I wanted to make a key hook.
I was keeping in mind I was on a limited budget, but I really wanted something cute and unique. I decided I would buy a pre-built $.97 birdhouse and use my paints to make it my own.
The first step is to screw the hook into the bird post. If you cracked the bird post a little bit like I did, it's okay you can fix that with some painters tape. After the hook is secured, you will need to grab your handy dandy white paint and begin covering the whole house in white, even the post and hook. I decided I wanted each side to be different so that's exactly what I did. Above you can see how I used painters tape to paint the stripes. I also used the painters tape to avoid getting paint on the other sides. I used acrylics to paint the other sides up and then attached a sawtooth hanger to the back of the birdhouse.
This is the finished project. Oh I almost forgot to mention that you can add a little bird if you'd like or you can choose to leave the birdhouse as it is. I actually found this little bird in my craft box so I thought it would be a nice touch. Anyways, I hope you all liked this DIY!
Later all you DIYers!
