Posts tagged: tin
Vintage Signage turned Wall Art
By DIY Maven
Jenny over at Junk Market Style collected 12 rusty, old tin Canada Dry signs, cut them up with a tin snips and then drilled tiny holes into their edges. Using blue tacks, she fastened them to a 3 » READ MORE
How To: Giant Altoids Lunch Box.
By ChrisjobClever reuse of the all-purpose Altoids tin is a rite of passage for any DIYster, but turning something else entirely INTO an Altoids tin? Well, that's just plain fun.
"Whether you're off to school or work, you need something to pack your lunch or snack. Just
like the Flintstones, don't forget your lunch pail. There is a mini-Altoids lunch box but that will not do if you have a hero, grinder, po'boy or submarine sandwich. Make a custom giant A » READ MORE
Tin Can Lids Turn Trash into Treasure.
By Chrisjob
Jack Bresnahan's Tin Can Lids are a set of nine lids designed to snap onto used food and soup cans, highlighting it's space-y modern shiny rib design and turning it into something instantly useful: "There’s a toothbrush holder, a soap dispenser, tea and coffee jar lids and a sugar dispenser, and a less useful pen-holder." » READ MORE
How to Turn an Altoids Tin into a Travel Candle
By DIY Maven
Kate at Design Sponge was inspired by an earthquake and an Altoids tin and came up with this ingenious Altoid Tin Travel Candle. To make one of your own, you'll need....
Giving your kitchen cozier look (with Antique Copper Tin look ceiling tiles)
By faustHello everyone,
Just wanted to share with you the details of one of our latest projects. We installed PVC glue on ceiling tile in the kitchen ceilings.
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First - we snapped a chalk line through the main focal point in that room - light fixture.
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Then we applied a glue (Contact Cement) to the ceilings along this line with a foam roller
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Glue was applied to the back of the tile (it is a good idea to apply glue to three-fo » READ MORE
My New Craft Room: How to ‘upholster’ a tin can.
By DIY Maven
This is a fun and easy way to make an ordinary can look fabulous. All you need to do it is a bit of fabric, a scissors, an iron, a hot glue gun and a can.
First cut your fabric to fit the circumference and height of your can PLUS a couple of inches in both directions. Press the top and bottom edges down/up. Press ONE SIDE of the fabric in. Center your can on the fabric. Roll the fabric around the can and hot glue the pressed finish edge over » READ MORE
How to cover those stained drop tiles once and for all
By faustHey everyone. Here I'd like to show you how did we covered old ugly drop tiles my friend had in his office with a new ugly ones (at least the new ones weren't stained :)
This is how this office's ceiling looked like before we started.
...about half an hour later.
We just attached PVC glue on ceiling tiles to the old drop tiles one by one (used them as a support)
For that purpose we used PL construction adhesive
New Uses For Tin Ceiling Tiles
By DIY Maven
DIYers are doing some interesting things with tin ceiling tiles these days that doesn’t involve ceilings. Here are some pictures from the customer gallery at mbossinc.com.
(Head and footboard inlay.)
(Window trim.)
