The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Check out Instructables user lamoix’s indoor bike rack for his Portand bike-lover’s palace. Like most houses in Portland, we have a lot of bicycles, and we are always coming and going on them, often changing out bikes several times a day. Not satisfied with outdoor parking, or stacks of bicycles in the workshop, I decided […]
Peter Cocteau turned the brain of the Lego Mindstorms platform into very cool little drum machine – the NXT-606, featuring – -Monophonic sample based drum machine -24 percussion and Fx sounds -Sampling rate: 8Khz -memory: 96 measures -control: 2 rotation sensor +NXT buttons -hacked loud speaker to mono output: jack 6,35mm -Editor: NXT-G -Real time […]
The New Domestic shows you how you can easily create your own modern large scale painting for non-artists. With some painter’s tape and acrylic paint, you can easy make a colorful and bold piece of art for your home. [via How About Orange]
Here’s a drool-worthy summer ice cream recipe from Bridget of Bake at 350. She’s created a Drumstick-style ice cream cone with coconut almond ice cream inside. “Think of an Almond Joy candy bar, frozen.” Cold, refreshing and chocolate? My kind of dessert!
Over on Coroflot, Alexandra Peters writes: This project was a collaboration between Herman Miller and Pratt students. Students were asked to design a product that demonstrated a deep understanding of a culture. They call this comfy Celtic knot “Knot Lounge,” but I can’t help from referring to it as a “noodle chair.” [via the CRAFT […]
t may look like a CG rendering from a big-budget movie, but it’s really just a photograph of Colorodan Anthony Le wearing his $4,000 homemade costume.
[Le] used thin, high-impact urethane for the armor, cutting it into plates and joining them with some 1,500 rivets and washers. He sculpted a clay helmet mold and then used a liquid resin mix to create the final product…He also added a small servo motor that opens the faceplate, as in the movie, and built a gun out of pipes and a motor. LEDs in the eyes and chest-plate further add to the illusion.
The bold design and colors on these gorgeous wool felt floor pillows make them a fun addition to your decor. See Molly’s Sketchbook over on the Purl Bee for instructions and a pattern for creating the Hawaiian-style applique cushions.
