Furniture & Lighting

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.

Mason Jar LED Tiki Torches Glow Any Color

Mason Jar LED Tiki Torches Glow Any Color

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Tiki torches are a fun summer lighting solution and this RGB LED version, that uses an Arduino, can be a great alternative to an open flame.

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Revive Ratty Lawn Chairs with Comfy Macrame

Revive Ratty Lawn Chairs with Comfy Macrame

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Have a set of outdoor chairs that have seen better days? Turn those old aluminum frames into gorgeous DIY macrame garden chairs!

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Crazy Wooden Workout Machine Inspired by Connect Four

Crazy Wooden Workout Machine Inspired by Connect Four

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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Matthew Beresford spent three and a half years constructing a wooden workout machine with a butterfly attachment inspired by Connect Four.

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Backyard Builds: Wood Plank Loveseat

Backyard Build: Sturdy Wood Plank Loveseat

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Build your own gorgeous and sturdy wood plank loveseat, then customize it with colorful stains or paints to suit your style.

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Upgrade Your Furniture with Gorgeously Floral Wood Stain Art

Upgrade Your Furniture with Gorgeously Floral Wood Stain Art

By Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith

Nicole is a former Editorial Intern at Make: She is a long time maker and previously worked for Instructables.com (Penolopy Bulnick). Every day she is inspired by something new and wishes there was more hours in the day to make!

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Wood stain is usually applied as an even layer but watch what happens when this woman applies wood stain to create a gorgeous floral pattern!

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Furniture Makeover: Cross-Stitch Chair

Furniture Makeover: Cross-Stitch Chair

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Give a tired old wicker chair a serious style upgrade with this fun cross-stitch chair project! If you’ve got ugly wicker chairs mouldering in your basement basement or grarage—not because there’s anything wrong with them, per se, but simply because they’ve seen better days—this just might be the perfect weekend project for you. Turn a […]

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The Man Who Grows Chairs

The Man Who Grows Chairs

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Grafting living trees together over formers it can take between 4 and 8 years to grow a piece of furniture. But Gavin Munro is a furniture designer based in Derbyshire, England, is a patient man.

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