The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
By Susan Beal If you’ve ever wanted to try building a raised bed for vegetables, herbs, flowers, or anything else you want to grow, it can be as simple as this pared-down version: a few pieces of inexpensive lumber and a short afternoon’s worth of drilling and digging. I built our second 8’×4′ bed, just […]
Steven Hobley made this doodle desk for his toddler, using spare parts from around his garage.
This cake decoration is blowing my mind. It’s made of sugar, people! The photo comes from grabyourfork’s wrap up of the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Besides over-the-top cakes, did you know that Sydney also celebrates Easter with woodchopping contests and a flame throwing dinosaur called the Robosaurus? [via tastespotting]
Artist Jesús Bubu Negrón made this street rug from cigarette butt wrappers. [via VVORK]
When I was in Portland last year, I visited my friend, Kim, at her hotel. She’d booked a room at the Ace, and though I was completely unfamiliar with the group of hotels before that experience, I haven’t been able to get the Ace off my mind ever since. The design, decor and just … […]
Build a small backyard cabin entirely from reclaimed and dumpster-scrounged materials.
Chicago hackerspace Pumping Station One is hosting NIST researcher and University of Maryland professor Dr. Ian Spielman, who will give a talk on quantum mechanics. Doors open at 7pm and the talk begins at 8. Free. Over the past twenty or thirty years a series of technical innovations have allowed experimental physicists to cool clouds […]
