If you don’t have enough space for storage, some floating shelves would be ideal for your home. To hide the objects you want to store you can make a floating credenza! Prepare 5/8″ thick sheet of good one side veneered plywood, edge tape, old iron, edge tape cutting tool, stain , varnish, a brush and...
We’ve already told you of some pretty tiki torches that you can make for outdoors, and here’s one more idea to the list! You’ll need Lucky Buddha beer bottles, tiki torch fuel, tiki torch replacement wicks, 1/2″ x 3/8″ copper coupling, sealing tape. Wash the bottles and let dry, then prepare the copper coupling. The...
Concrete is a perfect material for outdoors because it’s durable, warm and stylish. If you want to make some furniture or lights in the modern style, then choose this material. Really, it looks like new, handmade stone, with all its shades and imperfections. Famous designers create whole collections of concrete, and you can also become...
Would you like to make a pair of crazy earrings? Make them of a keyboard! You’ll need a computer keyboard, pliers, a screwdriver, 1 nail, a candle, 2 rings, 2 hooks for earrings. Disconnect the keys from the base of the keyboard using the screwdriver. Choose 2 keys and eliminate the protruding part of the...
We’ve already told you about creative headboards that you can make yourself, and today we offer you to make a beautiful headboard looking like a geometric wall art piece. Print an outline of all the shapes onto a transparency so you can use a projector to project the image onto the boards. Hang the panels...
A dreamcatcher comes from native American cultures, it’s a handmade object based on a willow hoop, on which is woven a loose net or web. Then it’s decorated with sacred items such as feathers and beads. They say that dreamcatchers would filter out all bad dreams and only allow good thoughts to enter our mind,...
IKEA hacks are very popular because IKEA furniture is like canvas for painting pictures. For this hack you’ll need 2 Kallax shelving units, assembled with the hanging brackets set aside, 58″ by 33″ inch piece of plywood, 8 long screws, no odor polyurethane, a power drill. Make sure your 2 Kallax shelves are fully assembled!...
A rotating utensil caddy is very useful and comfy, so let’s make one for your kitchen. You’ll need a 6 inch wood circle, a drill, wood stain, a staining brush, a 3/4″ wood dowel, 7″ long, E6000, ball bearing lazy susan, a 3 inch wood square and a decorative knob. First, stain the wood and...
If you have just come from your beach vacation or are going to have one, extend your impressions and memories making a vacation memory jar. For an easy piece, take some sand or shells and urchins and put them into the jar or vase of your choice – or you can put them together into...
We’ve just told you how to make a paper lamp, and here’s one more idea for those who like working with paper. Take 80 gr. paper, it’s stable but not too heavy for hanging on a cable. Please note, you need 30 of these elements, otherwise, you will not get a symmetric ball. The paper...