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Rapid Growth Media gets up close and personal in their Barns Into Birdhouses photos of our hand-crafted bird houses. Check out their latest article.

Film of bluebirds nesting in a “Barns Into Birdhouses” birdhouse

Film footage shot at a bluebird trail at Boulder Creek Golf Course in Rockford Michigan. Documentary filmmaker David Sizemore. Supervising naturalist Mark DeHaan.Gavotte En Roundeau 4th Lute SuiteExzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Office of “Barns Into Birdhouses” Wins Historic Preservation Award

The Barns Into Birdhouses office shown with a classic car in the driveway.

For Barns and Birdhouses owner John Guertin and his wife, Irene Franowicz, historical projects include more than birdhouses! They include real houses too. In March 2022, the Grand Rapids Historic Commission presented them with an Outstanding Residential Preservation Award for their restoration of the Barns Into Birdhouses office located at 144 Fitzhugh St. SE in […]