How-To: Kids Crafting Station
Make a dream crafting nook for your little creatives with this kids crafting station from Handmade Charlotte!
Furniture & Lighting
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
DiResta: Wooden Lamp (Bonus Video)
On this episode of DiResta, which Jimmy shared with MAKE as a holiday bonus video, he remembers a wood bending technique he experimented with as a teen and creates this wonderful modern lamp as a result.
Roentgens’ Desks, 18th Century Transformers
If this video of a desk from 18th German cabinet makers the Roentgens (pronounced “RUNT-ghen”) doesn’t blow your neck bolts, nothing will.
Construction Warning Lights Hacked into Flowers
My friend Sean McIntyre and his collaborator Reid Bingham created Public Constructions, a light installation that borrows its aesthetic from construction barricades and warning lights. The tech behind it is pretty cool, too. “The 10 foot tall glowing flowers in the installation were made from 64 hacked traffic barricade lights,” according to their site. “Each […]
Inspiration: DIY Dining Room Table
If you’ve ever wanted to DIY a dining room table but weren’t sure if you could pull it off, check out this inspiring DIY dining room table from A Beautiful Mess!
Tardis Bookshelf is a Who-ot!
Hannah Moulden and her dad built this really cool project in their UK rec room. A bookshelf is housed in the facade of a Doctor Who Tardis phone box.
DiResta: Car Tables
In each bi-monthly episode of DiResta (every other Wednesday at 2pm PT), artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (“Dirty Money,” “Hammered,” “Against the Grain,” “Trash for Cash”) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy speaks! And builds a couple of very unique car tables for a retail store.
You can see a parts and supplies list and read notes from Jimmy on the MAKE blog post:
http://blog.makezine.com/2012/11/28/diresta-car-tables/
