Sometimes it's just "fun" to turn something other than the ordinary bowls, platters, pens, etc.
These are a couple of bird houses I turned recently, one is Eastern Red Cedar and the other is Sycamore. Really fun and easy to turn.
BTW, the wife painted the roof of the Sycamore one. The Cedar one was made from an old fence post. It had a lot of cracks, but they were small and a little CA glue took care of them. I think the cracks add to that "rustic" look.