Birdz of a Feather

FeatherING the Nest – One upcycle at a Time

We’re a husband and wife team passionate about upcycling (and each other!).

Birdz of a Feather (BOF) is the nesting place that brings together DIY home and garden renos, upcycles, crafts and gluten free recipes.

I feel like we’ve come a long way since Hubs first raised his eyebrows when I roped him into helping me replace all the ‘perfectly good’ door knobs in my house soon after we met. The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks! It wasn’t until he agreed to help me install a little pond beside the front walkway that I realized he was a DIY wannabe. Little did he know what I had in store for him after we wed! We’ve been ‘feathering the nest… one room at a time’ ever since.

While I love documenting our projects and sharing tutorials, my proudest accomplishment is converting Hubs from a reno virgin into a true ‘partner in grime’!

Although our biog started with showcasing our home renos, our focus these days is to teach readers how to upcycle unexpected items into unique home decor items. We encourage you to live more sustainably and reduce what goes into landfill because ‘good planets are hard to find‘!

We proudly donate all the money earned on this blog in support of the Alzheimers Society!

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Some of Our Projects

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: How to Hang Sliding Pegboard

: Craft Ideas for Autumn

: Wooden Wall Art DIY

: Milk Can Decor

: Painted Rocking Chair

: Cement Planter DIY

: Office Chair DIY

: Acorn Craft

: Sand Candle

: Air Plant Holder DIY

: Lampshade Slipcover

: Needle Felted Elf

: Staircase Makeover

: Window Dressing Dilemma

: Renovate a Kitchen to Sell

: Tile a Patterned Backsplash

: Remove a Wall – Dining Room Transformation

: Hudsons Bay Point Blanket Inspired Upcycle & Ikea Hack

: Transform an Ikea Wall Cabinet with a Crackle Finish!

: Veneer Repair | Singer Sewing Table Makeover

: Guitar Planter

: Phone Booth Planter

: Bathroom Light Planter

: Vintage Ink Stamp Holder Upcycle

: Vintage Light Fixture Rehab

: Organize a Craft Room

: Partners in Grime Planter

: Craft Studio Reveal

: VW Desk

: Paint Chip Portrait

: Teak Chairs: The Makeunder

: Retro Bathroom Scale Makeovers. Step it Up!

: Rock Garden

: Zen Water Feature

: Reshape a Pom Pom Topiary

: Dry Creek Bed

: Wood Privacy Screen

: Rock Garden

: Hypertufa Planter

: Repurposed Bath Fixtures

: Faux Barn Board

: Foghorn Leghorn Clock

: Roadside Rescue Waterfall Dresser

: Duct Tape Portrait

: Computer Hard Drive Clock

: Swing Out Catchall

: Oil Burning Candles

: CO Detector Hiding Place

: Vintage Steno Chair Makeover

: Decoupage Medicine

: Mom Turns 80!

: Chicken Soup w/Matzoh Balls

: Gabriola Frog – 100% Proceeds to Alzheimers

: Paint Stick Pallet

: Yeah Baby! Cardboard Portrait

: Blue Jean Planter

: Tutorial Coming Soon!

Sustainability is an important focus for us. If we can encourage just a few of you to upcycle a curbside or thrift store find, we’ve done a good deed. While you’re here, check out our Craft Rehab category. Are you ready to get your craft mojo on? Craft Rehab builds on our sustainable approach and is where you’ll find fun and fresh craft ideas. Trying just a few our projects will have you living a more green life before you know it. It’s just like sneaking vegetables into lasagne. The dish is so delicious, you don’t even realize how good it actually is for you 🙂

Speaking of delicious dishes (did you like that segue?), the newest addition to the Birdz of a Feather family is our recipe category, ‘The Unknown Chef‘, inspired by Hubs. Although he may have been thwarted from becoming a well-known chef (does anybody really trust a skinny chef?), the blog provides him an outlet to help prove the naysayers wrong!