Month: March 2011

Make: Projects – Doortop Stash

Make: Projects – Doortop Stash

What does the top edge of say, your utility closet door look like? I’m betting that you’ve probably never seen it, even if you’ve lived in your home for awhile. And although there’s not a lot of room to hide stuff in there, well, if you’re like me, the stuff you want to hide is usually on the smaller side. Not many people think of the space inside the door as a hiding spot, but it’s right there in easy reaching distance when you need to get to it. And it’s devious enough that, yes, I think this trick will still be effective even after we blog it all over the tubes.

Irish Colcannon Recipe

Trees for the Forest has a really nice, simple recipe for the Irish dish colcannon. It’s mashed potatoes and kale, mixed together. Yum! I found out about it because they eat it in the film “In America,” which is the story of an Irish immigrant family living in New York City.

Inspirational Maker Videos

When I posted these videos of classical Japanese metal artist Ford Hallam, it struck a nerve in a lot of our readers. I got email, we got enthusiastic comments, and lots of people said they passed it on to other sites, to friends, and across their social networks. The consensus was: “This is one of […]