R2-D2 wood stove from recycled gas bottle
Handmade and for sale by British eBay seller kidsrusje, with three days to go as of this writing. [via Boing Boing]
Furniture & Lighting
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
Lasercut pendant light
Thingiverse user Rob Ward of Melbourne created this teardrop light fixture out of laser-cut 3mm MDF. He also created a similar desk lamp. Very nice!
Make: Projects – Hang a picture from a pull tab
When I was a teenager, we had a distinctly impolite name for a pull tab that had been removed from the can with the rivet ring still intact, said name being based on a persistent urban legend about the alleged redemption value of these relatively rare tabs. I can assure you, dear readers, that legend has nothing to do with the reason I am familiar with this handy trick for removing pull tabs with the ring intact every time. Turns out, a tab with an intact rivet ring is quite useful for mounting to wooden frames as a picture hanger. And I, you know, have to hang up lots of pictures. Seriously.
Global clock shows 11 time zones at the same time
The difference between GLOBAL CLOCK and normal clocks is: GLOBAL CLOCK has a disc hour hand (hour dial) instead of normal needle hour hand. On the disc hour hand, many cities or countries’ names and arrows are printed. The disc hour hand turns clockwise as normal clock needle hour hand does. By this unique simple […]
Cylon toilet paper dispenser
From Etsy seller Supertrone. Welded steel with classic scanning LED bar.
DIY Convertible Table
Space is at a huge premium in my tiny apartment, which is why I absolutely adore Noëlle’s hacked dual-purpose table. Using an adjustable trestle for legs (available at hardware or home stores), it can easily convert from a coffee table to a dining table. She even used a pair of curtain rods attached underneath the […]
Suitcase furniture
Arwen @ CRAFT spotted this neat upcycled suitcase furniture, made by upholstering (and presumably adding springs to) charming old luggage.
