New England Birdhouse specializes in custom birdhouses and each masterpiece wooden birdhouse is built with quality craftsmanship using the finest materials.

The idea for New England Birdhouse began in 2001 with the creation of a wooden birdhouse replica of Bill Askenburg’s colonial home as an anniversary present to his wife. Soon custom birdhouses were built for the neighbors and his wife’s coworkers. The reaction to the birdhouses was terrific and New England Birdhouse was opened for business!

The company’s custom bird houses are in great demand, with orders from across the United States as well as abroad. The birdhouses are frequently commissioned as gifts, and Askenburg takes great pride in crafting each custom wooden birdhouse, always mindful of how special it will be to the recipient.

Askenburg uses client submitted photos to create CAD plans for each replica bird house.  The plans are reviewed by the client to ensure accuracy before construction begins.  The custom bird houses are built from milled Eastern White Pine.  To maximize weather resistance, exterior grade paint, fasteners and joinery are used to construct the bird houses.

The custom bird houses are both decorative and functional, with “bird friendly” features including ventilation, drainage, easy clean-out access and unfinished interior nest boxes. The birdhouses can be built to accommodate any of their post displays or can be mounted using flange or post mounting hardware.

Entry holes are sized for common nest cavity dwellers including wrens, chickadees, nuthatches and titmice.  The bird house details are painstakingly carved, burned and painted into the bird house using a number of different artistic techniques.  Each custom replica bird house takes approximately a month to complete, with the average price being $1,200 – $1,600.

Their web site also offers a wide selection of backyard birding supplies including bird feeders and premium wild bird food, and green birding supplies from brands such as Audubon, Scott’s and Droll Yankees. More recently, they have begun to offer select garden and patio décor to provide one-stop shopping for your outdoor birding and garden requirements.

For more information about ordering a unique custom wooden birdhouse check out their website at http://www.NewEnglandBirdhouse.com

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Cliff Calderwood
Publisher
New England Online Magazine

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