The palette

Spruce and birch over grey stone. Spruce logs make the frame and spruce stairs the roof, birch planks fill the walls in between, so the frame reads dark against pale panels. Stone bricks and cobblestone hold the coop up on its piers and make the low wall of the run.

Techniques

• Raised on piers
• Dark frame, pale panels
• A thick roof edge
• A cupola on the ridge
• Lean-tos and a run

The steps

1. Stone piers
2. Raised floor
3. Spruce frame
4. Birch walls and windows
5. Sills, shutters and door
6. Spruce roof
7. Gables
8. Cupola and weathervane
9. Nesting boxes
10. Run: low wall and posts
11. Run: fence panels and gate
12. Run: beams and slab roof
13. Run: ramp, perches, trough and feeders

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