The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
Designer Seungji Mun wanted cat owners to live closer alongside their furry friends, so integrated this curving tunnel into a couch. He used commercially available pipe and built the rest of the couch from scratch.
The tunnel becomes the armrest and back support, seamlessly weaving a leisure spot for humans with an exploratory space for felines.
Introducing “DiResta,” a new video series on MAKE. In each episode, artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (Dirty Money, Hammered, Against the Grain, Trash for Cash) will let us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy. In this episode, Jimmy finds a slab of locust wood at an upstate New York flea market and it instantly calls out “slab bench.”
LEDs are the future of lighting. Find out why in Sal Cangeloso’s new Maker Press book, LED Lighting – A Primer to Lighting the Future!
Spotted on hackerspace i3 Detroit’s Facebook page, their newly-built bunk couch seats four but only takes up the floorspace of a two-seater.
This slot-together mini-crib made was made with MDF forms cut on a CNC milling machine. The forms were than used with a hand-held router to cut sturdy ApplePly plywood. Only four stainless steel pins were used in the assembly.
This gem was found by user SmileyG, who says:
This one is made in my friends garden. It was her mom idea to make from skate swing.
This is a great example of upcycling, and one with a nice rustic look to boot. It seems we’ve been seeing more and more repurposed skateboards lately.
Ron Walters makes mechanical clocks with intricate wooden parts. Recently, we linked out to his process for gluing up round wooden blanks with “ideal” grain patterns from which to cut gears to maximize their long-term environmental stability. Ron has also experimented with using traditional plywood for gears, and got interested in making his own because he couldn’t find commercial ply having the right color, grain, and quality to suit his taste…
