The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
Sculptor Colin Selig was inspired by the curves of a junk propane tank on his property, and turned it into art. His fabrication photos show the whole process from scraps of rusty metal to sandblasted and powder-coated furniture. I like how he puts the propane sign back on, sweet! [Thanks, Greg!]
It’s not an exact analogy since you can’t download vectors — or for that matter, upload your own designs — but the DIY Furniture Design Bank is pretty neat nonetheless, with instructions showing how to build small pieces of furniture. I’ve got so many furniture designs going that I will never get to make, so […]
I’ve always enjoyed the mental exercise of planning a piece of plywood furniture to maximize efficient use of the material in the sheet stock, so I tend to appreciate good ones when they pop up, every now and again. Here’s a nice example, a 32-inch-tall staircase, with four one-foot steps, from Instructables user Pilgrim55.
Inspired by the minimalist design of his iMac, Jordan Patterson from The Cheap Geek created a custom desk for his office that would hide his power and ethernet cables. He designed the desk in SketchUp and set out to build it with a budget of $150. In order to keep things cheap, he forwent a […]
This interactive sculpture, built by Andrew and Deborah O’Malley of Ottawa, ON, has 120 light panels each featuring a Shiftbrite and capacitive touch sensor. XBees for each side connect the sculpture to a controlling laptop. More: Make: Online | Featured Maker: Andrew O’Malley
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen brings us a lo-fi, how-to way of hiding your cash and valuables with his Junction Box Stash Spot.
Still not satisfied with the bass of the average chair? If so, check out this insane 1000 Watt Subwoofer Chair from Canadian designer John Greg Ball.
