Gazebo to coop 😍

[3KillerBs]

Wonderful!

If you paint the new wood (to enclose it) black and put it behind the existing structure of the gazebo, you will still have the look of a gazebo but the security of an enclosure. You could even make some of that wood removable for the summer time to get better air flow, just use hardware cloth then the wood to enclose it. You can also paint the hardware cloth black to make it disappear as well.

This sounds like a great idea, especially having some of the panels removable.

I might not even carry them all the way to the top -- stopping perhaps 6" below the roof so as to admit both light and air without creating any drafts.

It would function just like this cow barn -- only much prettier!

 

[aart]

I hate to enclose everything because it’s just so darn pretty the way it is, but I know that has to happen in order to make it a comfy home for the girls

Add glazed/operable windows.
Top hinged are best IMO,
can be propped open all summer,
and closed in winter for light.

 

[Chuckie chicken]

Like others have said, I would make removable panels for some sections, and put windows or removable inserts in the others. That will make an awesome coop!

 

[Krugerrand]

Any updates? Are you still planning, or did you start constructing?

 

[aliris]

bump for updates and photos?!

 

[aart]

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