Screw chair
A “surprisingly comfortable chair made from different size douglas fir blocks and 3,726 drywall screws” via NOTCOT. More: I think I like the shotgun shell chair a little more..
Furniture & Lighting
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
No-electricity hot tub
This hot tub of Dutch design uses a coil around a fire to heat and circulate water from the wooden tub. No electrical hookup required! After filling the tub with water, a fire can be started in the attached basket to kick start the heating process. The hot water starts to rise in the spiral, […]
Marbelous table
This design from Tineke Beunders lets you play at the dinner table! From the site: The world of adults furniture and the world children’s toys don’t seem to belong together. From my childhood I remember it was always exiting to combine these two. I used the woodcarvings of furniture as a playfield for my puppets, […]
Furniture joins
Look at the gorgeous joins on this table by Nathan Wierink! There’s lots of other amazing work on his site, too. Via Bloesem
Outdoor furniture remake
Andrea at Heavy Petal re-made a second-hand metal-framed loveseat and chair into sturdy patio pieces by stripping them down, adding cedar slats, and weather-resistant cushions. The cushions are the same type of foam used for seats on boats, covered with Sunbrella fabric.
Pipe lamp exudes hardware class
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Patrick writes – A lamp I designed and built out of various pipe materials I got from Home Depot. It has a water valve style dimmer switch. Video of the dimmer system coming soon! Well done! This could add an inviting yet appropriately industrial look to a workbench setup. […]
DIY: Retro Entertainment Center
I really like the looks of this entertainment center. It may appear a bit out dated, but hidden inside is a laptop computer running iTunes. I really like how the screen is integrated into the top. This is so much nicer than many of the “rack” systems out there. With recognition to the problem of […]
