This Unique New England Business is For the Birds
New England Birdhouse
Ingenuity, uniqueness, quality and craftsmanship are characteristics often associated with New England’s culture, people and crafts. Cut from this mold, New England Birdhouse is a Massachusetts based business, who has carved out their niche by specializing in fine architectural birdhouses.
At NewEnglandBirdhouse.com they offer handcrafted custom and stock replica bird houses and bird feeders, a variety of backyard birding supplies, handcrafted & personalized gifts, garden decor and “Uniquely New England” artisan wares. Through their blog they provide original articles about backyard birding, gardening, garden and patio decor and New England topics of interest. They are committed to promoting regional artists and other New England based small businesses and interests.
Sapoch Custom Bird House
New England Birdhouse was founded by Bill Askenburg, a lifetime woodworker and avid backyard birder. The idea for the business began in 2001 with the creation of a custom birdhouse replica of his Chelmsford, MA colonial home as an anniversary present for his wife. Soon thereafter, custom birdhouses were built for the neighbors and for his wife’s coworkers. The reaction to the birdhouses was terrific, and a website was built to generate orders. 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 bird house, 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.
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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. 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.
In 2009, New England Birdhouse added a catalog of backyard birding supplies, stock replica bird houses and bird feeders, handcrafted and personalized gifts and Uniquely New England products crafted by regional artisans, and also launched their blog.
“by Bill Askenburg, Owner – New England Birdhouse. For more information, please visit www.NewEnglandBirdhouse.com, their blog, or email Bill Askenburg.”
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