The official word about this Victorian house that has a secret garage is that it was created by Beausoleil Architects as a way to comply with building housing codes. I’m not buying it though- I think that it’s actually just a cover for a large, house-sized robot that needs to be fed cars periodically.
In this episode of Tiny Yellow House for MAKE, host Derek “Deek” Diedricksen shows us one of his salvage uses for freebie pallet wood— an ultra-simple deck chair that cost him 89 cents (screws/nails) to build.
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen shows how to make a fold-down fort. Check out Deek’s book, Humble Homes Simple Shacks, at relaxshacks.com
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen, of Tiny Yellow House, shows off the “Boxy Lady,” a microcabin he built for this “MAKEcation” special edition video. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/08/tiny_yellow_house_boxy_lady_vending.html
I think these needle-felted sloths by a crafter in Hokkaido, Japan are pretty neat. I especially like that one is wearing a kerchief tied on her head. [Note: Site is in Japanese.]
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to get some seeds started. Frequent MAKE contributor and off-grid aficionado Abe Connally teaches us how to make cheap and simple soil blocks to avoid transplant mortality (from MAKE Volume 24). He uses a can as the soil blocker mold, one of the can ends as the […]
Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube. Becky posted this great video on CRAFT about making a pair of reflector flaps that tuck into your back pockets when you’re not using them and can be deployed when you’re ready to ride. The project uses the […]
