The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
There are certainly a lot of reasons to like this video by Meg Allan Cole over at CRAFT. In it, she shows how to repurpose an old typecase into a coffee table by attaching it to a welded base and fitting a custom glass top.
It’s metal month on MAKE, so in this episode Meg Allan Cole put on her Flashdance leotard and tries her hand at welding to transform a vintage typecase into a industrial coffee table.
Summer in the city is upon us, making me covet days at the beach like it’s my job to do so. I love creating little escapes in my urban apartment and my bathroom is where I pretend I am sitting on a beach, grabbing a respite from the city heat. In today’s video, I take an old lamp and give it a nautical revamp! Check out the complete photo tutorial (and PDF) at Make: Projects: http://makeprojects.com/Project/Nautical-Lamp-Re-Vamp/960/1
Music: i am jen
How’d you like to spruce up the place a little bit without breaking the bank? Check out furniture maker Nicola Golfari’s “P.3” armchair made from hardware store-sourced parts. Built using chrome plated round tube, an anti-fatigue mat, and some zip ties, this easy-to-assemble lounger will add a touch of modern to any decor.
My friend, and HacDC cohort, Erica Kane, put together this wonderful set of automated LED stairs together after seeing this post on MAKE. It is programmable to any user-defined light intervals and sequences.
Dutch artist Chris Ruhe designs and builds furniture using reclaimed building materials set at radical angles. Whether its a cabinet unit made from old doors, or shelves made from discarded ladders, Ruhe’s divergent style comes out in his work.
Staff Editor Arwen O’Reilly Griffith was recently a judge in the Core77 Design awards. Over on CRAFT, she writes: “The Core77 Design Award DIY/Hack/Mod category winners were just posted. I was one of the jurors, and loved getting to see all of the submissions; we had a hard time choosing the winner!”
