What practical extras can I add to make a coop cute?

[Artichoke Lover]

HEY!!! It’s done! I’m in love with it check out the “chick-inn” interior! As you all remember it was ugly particle board and just sad looking. I bought the signs for $5 area on Amazon, one from the $ store for a $, the wooden nesting boxes $8 ea at TJ Maxx, a gallon $18 of dark grey paint, the red color for the boxes was left over from my dining room so “free”, and free pallet wood for window trim. So all in all about $50 in materials. And two afternoons one mucking out the coop and run and washing walls and windows, + one painting. I still might add some curtains to the nest boxes.

It looks amazing!

 

[bhawk-23]

HEY!!! It’s done! I’m in love with it check out the “chick-inn” interior! As you all remember it was ugly particle board and just sad looking. I bought the signs for $5 area on Amazon, one from the $ store for a $, the wooden nesting boxes $8 ea at TJ Maxx, a gallon $18 of dark grey paint, the red color for the boxes was left over from my dining room so “free”, and free pallet wood for window trim. So all in all about $50 in materials. And two afternoons one mucking out the coop and run and washing walls and windows, + one painting. I still might add some curtains to the nest boxes.

Wow! Well done, it looks amazing!

I painted the inside of my coop a warm yellowish color that hides dust really well. It's pretty much about the same color as pine shavings generated chicken dust! Also, I have the roosts far enough out from the wall that the chickens don't poop on the wall. I've never cleaned the walls and they don't get dirty. The dust only settles on horizontal surfaces, of which there aren't many. So I don't really clean the coop beyond the twice annual deep clean, when I also do some dusting.

This is what it looks like:
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My kids drew pictures of the chickens and we hung them on the wall, that also adds to the cuteness. I also put curtains on the windows. I like them on the windows better than on the nesting boxes. That way they make the coop look more like a little house.

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You can also do something cute with the nesting boxes, paint them a different color so they pop or make them look like something else. I made mine to look like a chicken face, though some people say it looks more like an owl

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Another thing that adds cuteness but is also practical, is child-size gardening tools. They are convenient for a small space, because they don't have long handles that bang around the walls when you turn, and their narrow width fits between and around things. I use the push broom for my twice annual cleanings, to sweep the pine shavings up and out; I use the leaf rake to fluff up new and new-ish pine shavings; and I use the garden rake to stir the bedding around when it starts to get too heavy for the leaf rake further into the year (between deep cleans).

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One thing I would suggest for the outside of your coop is to paint the door and window frames as well. A bright white would really pop with that nice lavender. Otherwise the facade looks unfinished with that bare wood.

Good luck, and post pictures when you're done cutening up your coop!

What a fun coop! And I love the "kids" gardening tools idea. I'm gonna steal that one!

I wish I had a sense of style, but I don't. So I like to see everyone's creative coop ideas.

 

[K0k0shka]

What a fun coop! And I love the "kids" gardening tools idea. I'm gonna steal that one!

Thanks! Steal away. I “stole” it from someone else on BYC as well

 

[K0k0shka]

HEY!!! It’s done! I’m in love with it check out the “chick-inn” interior! As you all remember it was ugly particle board and just sad looking. I bought the signs for $5 area on Amazon, one from the $ store for a $, the wooden nesting boxes $8 ea at TJ Maxx, a gallon $18 of dark grey paint, the red color for the boxes was left over from my dining room so “free”, and free pallet wood for window trim. So all in all about $50 in materials. And two afternoons one mucking out the coop and run and washing walls and windows, + one painting. I still might add some curtains to the nest boxes.

Wow, it looks so classy! Like an actual inn! Great job.

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

Looks so awesome! My chicken coop is *decently* alright in the inside, although the exterior is way cuter. I love the signs!