Making a 'Yankee- bird nest

This is going to be another one of my teases.

Up until quite recently, we sold Yankee candles in our shop. When We stopped selling them, I dismantled the rather impressive display stand that the company provided and salvaged some really good pine planks from it. I've been saving them for a project and today, I'm going to be to turning them into nest boxes.
The ones that we already have up in and around the place are getting a lot of attention and we seem to be moving towards a bit of a housing chrisis.  

Watch this space, I hope to add to the thread as time goes by.

I've spent most of the day tidying up my shed so that I could get into it to start on the nest boxes, so I havent actually got on very far with my task.  :oops:  Here's my first decision, do I use some of this soft pine from the display shelving or do I make a real dez rez for the birds out of this lovely mature oak ?





Heres some proof of my endeavours on the tidying up front. This is an after picture, unfortunately I was too embarressed to take the before picture.    





Now mine, is a real shed and here's the proof. My pot bellied stove with a rip roaring fire.  :thumright:




I'll be using these plans from the RSPB as a rough guide.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/nestboxes/smallbirds/making.asp

I'll be able to tone the pine down with some stain. Using the oak is sacrilage really. It could and should be used for something a bit better but what ?

Thanks for the link to rspb build-a-bird-box.

I've been looking at the designs for DIY Bluebird box posted elsewhere on the forum. It seems our UK birds are a bit less fussy than those over the Atlantic.... I think my carpentry skills will cope once I dig out some old floorbard.