Every four months or so, modern classic purveyors Design Within Reach offer DWR Warehouse and Sample Sales at their four warehouse locations across the country. (San Francisco; Secaucus, New Jersey; Estero, Florida; and Cincinnati/No. Kentucky) The DWR storage facilities are filled with overstocked and discontinued items, customer returns, and damaged pieces and opened to the […]
Mirkwood Designs offers free and printable templates for various types of envelopes and containers, including take out boxes and petal cards, just to name a few. This little Bon-Bon Box would be perfect for that special little Christmas gift!
A couple of years ago that fakakta upside down Christmas tree was all the rage. Will this new spiral conifer be the ‘it’ tree in Tannenbaum town this year?? (From ChrstmasTreesGalore, $399.99)
Is this a product that is too good to be true or the real deal? As the owner of a Bay Area Eichler Home that has no weight-bearing walls and essentially is compromised of floor-to-ceiling single-pane glass throughout, we’ve grown to love the indoor /outdoor feel that our home provides however we’ve always had some […]
Dan over at Instructables breaks down his universal lamp shade design, complete with a template for cutting the necessary shapes to assemble your own one-of-a-kind polygon shade. He offers a variety of suggestions for materials you could use to make the individual pieces–including plastic milk jugs! For illumination, he used a simple socket on a […]
Yesterday we used up our leftover Halloween candy with some yummy beverage recipe ideas, none of which included that candy corn leftover from our Candy Corn Challenge attempts. But now, thanks to Pillsbury, we have some great cookie recipes perfect for Thanksgiving!! Each are made with Pillsbury’s Create ‘n Back refrigerated sugar cookies, pre-packaged frostings […]
Well, the Curbly holiday posts have officially begun, so thought I may as well solicit the ideas of the Curbly geniuses before the pre-Holiday sales are over The blue-spruce-alike Christmas tree and cutesy country ornaments and tree skirt I inherited from my family totally clash with my wish-it-was-space-age-modernism decor in our living room. And I […]
All this candy corn talk seems to have had an effect on the entire household. Just take a look at my assistant. Making this sweater is really easy and only requires a little crochet knowledge. This particular pattern fits a 12 to 20 pounder, but is easily adapted to any size four-legged animal. Materials: white, bright […]
I started this project thinking that I could do it with my 5-year old. He’s learning about patterns in school and I wanted to use his new knowledge while making something that he could give back to his teacher as a gift (see the orange, blue & white coaster pictured, it has a growing […]
Here is how to make your own gal pirate costume, complete with tricorn hat, corset, and puffy shirt! Want more information in live-action form? Check out the video! Materials:an old pair of leather pantsa button down shirta roll of ribbona rotary cuttersome dental flossa leather needleyour sewing machinesome pinsa body form (or a cooperative friend)a […]
Here’s a final project attempting to recycle old ballpoint pens. (Here’s my first, and a second.) Materials: 10 used ball point pens 1” Select Grade Pine, in the following sizes: 17×6” (back), 17×3 1/4” (shelf), 3 1/4 x 2” (x2) (shelf supports) Wood glue and short bar clamps 10 – 1 1/2” Wood screws Electric […]
Have you heard the Curbly’s Candy Corn Challenge cut-off has been extended to October 29th?? In my continued effort to rally interest in this fabulous and profitable competition, I set my thinking cap straight and got to work fashioning something fashionable out of that quintessential Halloween confection. (Also, I didn’t want to be labeled ‘all […]
Take a look at Amy’s cabinets. She’s posted the entire process over on day-lab diy. Sure, it was a lot of work, but if you follow her steps, you could get the same fantastic results. This is the Cliffs Notes version of what she did: She removed all the doors from the cabinets. Then Amy removed all […]
I recently was given several boxes of ball-point pens, so here’s the first of several projects towards their re-use. Materials: 1 20oz plastic bottle with cap 1 universal male hose attachment (about $1.25 at the hardware store) 15 used ball point pens Plumbing contact adhesive and sealant (such as Plumbing Amazing Goop) Electric drill 3/8” […]
Trying to furnish your new digs on a shoestring? This fabulous ottoman/hassock can be made for next to nothing. Go to a hardware store that sells electrical wire off of a wooden spool and ask for a discarded spool. Next, go to a fabric store and buy a cool fabric remnant that will cover […]
From DesignSponge: A quick trip to our local wine shop provided us with the majority of the necessary raw materials (wine crates) as well as a bottle of a little something with which to christen the project. We loved the rough hewn look of the wooden boxes, and decided the (literal) branding on the sides […]
Keeping dust under control isn’t just an aesthetic thing; it can also be an allergy thing. Here are some tips from RD and Garden and Hearth to keep the mites under control. 10. Skip the heavy drapes. Curtains and heavy drapery capture dust. Consider replacing them with blinds or shutters, which are easily cleaned. 9. […]
Bulbs Unlimited has created a kits that allows you to turn your old, blown, incandescent light bulbs into very cool light fixtures. Using the kit’s ‘Inkubator’ template, you mark the blown bulbs with a pen, glue snaps at the marks and then snap your bulbs together like Legos, making bulb shades, as it were. Fix […]
I must admit: I haven’t taken the time to become very skillful at knitting or crocheting. I can do it, I just generally don’t. It’s partially because I’m not much for repetitive activity, but its mostly because I know I’m gonna have to get really good at it before I can start making my own […]
Come on, you know you’ve always wanted to learn! Find out how to draw your own name – graffiti style – from the good folks over at WikiHow. 1. Familiarize yourself with different styles of graffiti. Wherever you live, you can probably find graffiti nearby. If not, visit a city–graffiti is predominately urban. If this […]
