DIY Mirrored Dresser
Apartment Therapy New York shows off this beautiful DIY mirrored dresser refashioned from an IKEA dresser by Shauna.
Month: May 2008
Rocking Toy Reupholstery
During a bout of apartment overhauling, Design*Sponge reader Anna reupholstered her daughter’s rocking chair toy with inexpensive Ikea fabric. From the finished product, you would never guess the original toy was a faux-velvet plush snail. via Design*Sponge
HOW TO – Knitted High Tops
Tracy at Snuffykin’s Journal revived a pair of old Champion flat-tops by knitting them as high-tops using the pattern from Craft Magazine, Volume 07. She included instructions for how to modify the pattern for size 10 shoes along with other helpful tips.
Giant guitar
Check this 12′ x 4′ guitar for sale by its maker – “Heavy Metal” is a large acoustic style guitar sculpture that can actually be strummed to make some musically appeasing sounds. This sculpture can be made in any size or style and can be installed in various ways, it would be perfect for a […]
Wi-Fi detector shirt
Why? Because I swear, those little bars on my laptop screen are just too darn hard to see. – Wi-Fi detector shirt Related: Make your own wireless network detector Wi-Fi finder hacking HOW TO Embed a wifi detector into a backpack strap
Arduino-bot toy hacking
Dino shares some details on his hacking methodology for an Ardueeno-toy-bot. This is a Rumble Robot I’m hacking and turning into an autonomous exploration robot with the Arduion as it’s central controller. This is stage one, getting the motors to drive it. Looks like fun! In the Maker Store: Arduino Diecimila
Noise Toy – crash course in programming
The Noise Toy kit is fun to use, but if you’re like me – leaving that little “PROGRAM” port unused will drive you crazy. With little knowledge of AVR programming beyond some fun with Arduino, I taught myself how to upload and hack source code for it. Read on to see how the deed was […]
