used one of my own images for background, of clouds....darkened using hue and saturation levels...

original image before transformation.....

masked out letterbox....

duplicated, transformed and merged to give side perspective...copied area to be opened, then cut it from this part of image.

duplicated and transformed again, changed levels and saturation to make inner wall....

made a line, blurred, placed on inner wall for division....

masked out lamp from "Hanging Lamp" by ~empty-paper-stock at deviantart.com, resized, placed on wall.....

duplicated lamp, added Luce light filter, layered on overlay at lowered opacity.....

distorted cut piece of image, placed.

masked out this piece of letterbox....

resized and warped to create handle....

cut out a piece from the side of the letterbox, resized and added inner shadow for pole....

burned holes in for bird nests.....

duplicated for bottom

i masked out the nests from "Bird's Nest" by ~killcaiti-stock at deviantart.com, duplicated and placed in the holes, added inner shadows, and darkened levels slightly....(i'll upload all originals at end of sbs)

masked out some small pieces of the molding to create hooks.....

warped, transformed, and blended as needed...

used "Chain brushes" by ~Crystall92 at deviantart.com to make chains holding door up.....

made vines by creating an thin oval fill layer and liquifying it, adjusted hue, warped and transformed as needed

for the sign, i used "WoodRough0021 (Texture: #4801)" from cgtextures.com, cut and added text with bevel....

shadows for everything i made.....

bird from "Birds Scans Set 02" by ~illiteratekniferack at deviantart.com.....

bowtie from "bowtie" by hotblack at ecerystockphoto.com, masked, resized, and added neck strap.

bird from "Birds Scans Set 02" by ~illiteratekniferack

copied right foot, warped, blended back in...

copied left foot and warped, blended...

top hat from "top hat 6" by ~Lisajen-stock at deviantart.com....masked and placed

tie from "white tie 7" by ~jealousy1314 at deviantart.com....masked, warped, and placed...

suitcase from "Travel 14" by *Anakmoon-Stockage at deviantart.com....masked and placed

used the same birdie that's holding the suitcase, warped wings to fold over, and cloned eyes to shut.....placed in nest

couldn't find a hatrack stock, so i made one.....using rectangular and oval fills, liquified to shape top pieces....added bevel and emboss...duplicated hat on bird and hung on rack

IMAGES:

"Bird's Nest" by ~killcaiti-stock at deviantart.com: http://killcaiti-stock.deviantart.com/art/Bird-s-Nest-87312426

"Travel 14" by *Anakmoon-Stockage at deviantart.com: http://anakmoon-stockage.deviantart.com/art/Travel-14-93608478


"top hat 6" by ~Lisajen-stock at deviantart.com: http://lisajen-stock.deviantart.com/art/top-hat-6-94450244

"white tie 7" by ~jealousy1314 at deviantart.com: http://jealousy1314.deviantart.com/art/white-tie-7-35385357

"bowtie" by hotblack at everystockphoto.com: http://everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=130674

"Hanging Lamp" by ~empty-paper-stock at deviantart.com: http://empty-paper-stock.deviantart.com/art/Hanging-Lamp-63341285