Nifty Thrifty Girl » garden http://niftythriftygirl.com tips on style, decorating and do-it-yourself from a budget savvy chick Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:03:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Here Birdy, Birdy http://niftythriftygirl.com/2008/09/22/here-birdy-birdy/ http://niftythriftygirl.com/2008/09/22/here-birdy-birdy/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:57:50 +0000 niftythriftygirl http://niftythriftygirl.com/?p=58 Continue reading →]]> I’ve always wanted a fancy bird bath but could never afford one of the lovely vintage cast stone bird baths nor did I want to shell out the cash for a reproduction. And then at an estate sale I stumbled across an old metal ice cream parlor chair. It was rusty and falling apart, but for a mere $1.00 I decided I would purchase it and come up with some clever way to reuse it.

I took the chair home and started to disassemble the various pieces. As I sat and looked at the base an idea came to me. I grabbed an old ironstone platter and …TA-DA!… it rested perfectly on the base of the chair. I now had my very own, unique bird bath.

I do bring the bird bath into the garage for the winter as the platter would surely crack under the extreme NY weather we have. But as soon as spring arrives I always look forward to setting up my bird bath in a quaint little corner of my garden.


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