Month: April 2011

Greebly Coffee Table From E-Waste

Greebly Coffee Table From E-Waste

Though we see lots of furniture built from old computer parts, electronics, and other scrap, I especially like this one because I think it provides an object lesson in how to do this sort of thing and make it look good: Greeble it up! When you’re basically just glomming bits together to achieve a utilitarian form, the more visual complexity you can achieve in the surface texture, the better.

How-To: Simple Skirts

Summer skirts are one of my favorite things to make. Last year, a good friend and I set up an assembly line-type sewing session and made an entire wardrobe of skirts to wear for the summer in just two days. It was so much fun and so satisfying. Dana from Made shares how to make […]

Homemade TRON playset

Brett King posted this Custom TRON Light Cycle Board Game and Playset in the MAKE Forums: I thought I would share my latest project, which is a TRON game that I made to play with my kids. It took some time to plan out, but implementation was fairly straightforward. Details on the construction are in […]