The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
Instuctables user wholman (out of Arcosanti, AZ) whipped up a how-to for this chair made from an old metal sign. Looks like a lot of his projects are made from signs featuring the name of a relative of his! More: Tennis ball chair
This is a nicely documented project that successfully recovers a 1940’s chair. I really like the first step of the build: Tear up the quote from the professional upholsterer amounting to close to $1,500. You can sew, use a staple gun and a hammer – how hard can it be. Read more about how to […]
Ted crafted a fitting set of stairs for his skateboard deck building school – This is a set of steps I made for our skateboard school. The aluminium beam is a solid billet of aluminium and the decks were custom made with concave only on one edge. You should see the look on our students […]
The “Sound of Light ” by Matthew Fernandez is a case made for a flourescent tube light that was made by recording and graphic 1 second of the “hum” sound produced by the light. The pattern was made by laser cutting clear acrylic and 50 layers of the substance were uses where each layer corresponds […]
Don’t give up on the stacks of your local library as a source for project ideas. “Low Tech: Fast Furniture For Next To Nothing” was last printed in 1984, but it was well worth a browse. 4 of my favorite projects: Bike seat / frame to barstool. Kind of obvious when you see it, huh? […]
Straps Band Chair by Yahรยฏa Ouled-Moussa looks like it has nice re-make potential via Book of Joe.
Michelle @ CRAFT writes: Ikea Hacker points out lamps that Jim makes from things he finds at Ikea like this Ordning colander. I can’t say I would ever use a colander as a lampshade, but it does look pretty cool.
