Practical, good-looking and cheap. A nice combination of adjectives if there ever was one, and they all apply to this cord keeping/charging station. It’s about as low tech as you can get for your high tech stuff. The best part about the project is we have most of what we need to make it already […]
The table saw is the most versatile option for the DIYster, equally successful at making rip cuts (with the grain) and crosscuts (across the grain). When making crosscuts, it’s much better to rely on support which holds the workpiece at a 90-degree angle to the blade, rather than the rip fence, which is parrallel to […]
This beautiful trivet is pretty enough to hang on a wall. To make one 8″ knot trivet, you’ll need to assemble the following:
Fresh off the PhotoJoJo presses is a tutorial for making Shrinky Dinks jewelry (or magnets or zipper pulls) out of your favorite photos! Here’s what you’ll need:
A towel trimming project has been in the top 5 of my master To Do list for awhile now. However, after I got a load of this simple and easy to understand tutorial on Sew4Home, I marked it off my list
Before I got up this morning, I was scanning the list of basic furniture problems we live with day in and day out so I could share a trick with readers. Duh! I wasn’t even out of bed, what could have been more obvious?
Viewing slides, tracing artwork, exposing photo emulsion for screenprinting, as a background for photography special effects…I can think of myriad reasons one could use a light table. And, with these instructions from DIYPhotography, it’s a totally reasonable weekend project. “The idea behind the light table is simple. Things look really great if the light is […]
Planet June does some really cools stuff with Shrinky Dink plastic. She makes rings out of it! Supplies you’ll need to make ’em is minimal and includes the following:
A while back Kate decided to make a night light using lightweight canvas fabric. The results are an illuminated one-of-a-kind art piece. Your design options are limitless, making it work with any interior and in any room. It could also make for a great shop sign! The following is what Kate assembled to make […]
If you’re planning to entertain this hot summer weekend and the thought of guests sitting on your bare garden bench makes you feel very un-Martha-like, don’t panic. Honestly, you can whip up this NO SEW fold and glue garden cushion in about 45 minutes to adorn your charming garden.
If the thought of reupholstering a sofa gives you the case of the yips, you might want to consider making a sofa wrap instead. They don’t involve any complicated sewing and fitting like a slipcover either. Basically, they consist of two parts: An outer layer and an under layer, which is optional.
These pillows are colorful, cushy and promote safe sex. Measuring 18″ x 17″, they feature two pockets: One to hold actual condoms and one to hold a fabric condom big enough to service the Jolly Green Giant, or to use as a sleeping bag.
Study Beds allow you to turn any extra bedroom into a study and back into a bedroom in seconds. What’s especially clever about the design is nothing on the desk’s surface has to be moved or even disrupted when it lowers and reveals the flip down bed. Available in single and double models. Now for […]
With the help of Block Posters, we can turn any picture into a block poster for free. The procedure seems simple enough: Upload your image, choose how many sheets wide you want your poster and then download it as a PDF containing individual ‘blocks’ that you reassemble any way you want.
These sweet little flowers are just another reason to learn how to crochet. To make them, you’ll need…..
After looking at the various workbench offerings at Sears, Home Depot, and Lowes, I decided to go DIY. I knew I could make a better, more modular workbench myself by reusing parts of my existing setup and buying off the shelf components from the hardware store. I inherited my old workshop from the previous owner […]
These lovely tissue paper carnations from Folding Trees aren’t so much folded as scrunched, which makes them super easy to make! To whip up a bouquet of your own you’ll need to assemble the following:
So you found a fabulous chair by the dumpster. It’s unique, solid, and the price was right. What a find! The only problem is that you need to rebuild the entire chair seat, jute webbing and all. Where do you begin? This is fairly simple if you can see how it breaks down in three parts.
If you’re a bonafide Do-It-Yourselfer you can’t go one more day without, at the very least, a mini air compressor. Once you experience the ease of pneumatic tools, life as you know it will never be the same. It’s too complicated, you say? Ha! Not after you see step by step how easy it is to rig up for interchangable […]
Photo Images: THR & Sons When we built a home years ago my brother suggested some cost cutting carpentry illusions that gave us the look of custom raised wainscoting panels in the dining room and up the stairway. It’s fairly commonplace now but at the time, it was a clever construction cost cutting idea.
