City living for a country mouse

Here are a few pictures of a mouse apartment that I built into the wall for my girls.  My father built a large mouse house between the hall cabinets for my mother when we lived in Palos Verdes in the mid 70's and this is a tie to that memory.

Measured drawings.

One thing that I discovered is that I enjoy projects that require minimal planning and a little more doing right away.  I can think of the project spatially and rely upon the sketch in my mind.

Cut sides ready for assembly.

Liquid horse binds the wood.

Its a box.

Two coats of paint for the walls.

Cut the drywall between studs - this is during new construction.

Remove insulation with scissors.

We can now see the outside wall and the sill plate.  The apartment will need to be built up over the sill so stairs will be needed for the mice.

Fish the wire from an outlet above to wire the motion sensor and the plug in the mouse apartment.

Added the outlet and the wood floor has received a couple coats of poly.

An LED light with disco effects.

Wired and secured.

Someone needs to call the exterminator.

Measuring the baseboards.

Needs furniture.

Elevating the baseboard on the outside a little to give the opening more height.

The motion sensor that triggers the light in the mouse apartment is above to the right.

steps made from oak and the shoe molding is nailed in.

Yikes!  Run away...

I smell a rat.

Not interested in plastic mice.