Description
Behind the farmhouse, Papi Gérard spent one wet March weekend building a birdhouse from leftover planks. He painted it the yellow of buttercups, because his granddaughter insisted, and hung it from the old cherry tree beside the vegetable patch. For a week nothing happened. Then one morning there was a flurry of brown wings, and a pair of sparrows moved in as though they had signed a lease.
Every spring after that, the children counted the chicks before school and reported the numbers at breakfast like official news, arguing over names for each new arrival. This cheerful birdhouse box brings that garden delight indoors. It suits a bird watcher, a grandparent who loves the garden, a family moving into its first home, or anyone who keeps a feeder outside the kitchen window and knows every visitor by its song. Display it on a sunroom shelf, a windowsill or a mantel decorated with spring flowers.
Piece details
- Yellow birdhouse design, bright as buttercups
- Jewel-toned accents
- By Rochard
- Opens on a little hinge
- Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
- A cheerful spring decoration for a sunroom or kitchen window
A little house that never needs cleaning out at the end of the season. Pair it with a pocket bird guide or a new feeder for a gardener’s birthday, and the real sparrows will be grateful too.
