The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
One of my HacDC cohort, Erica Kane, did the Speed Vest project from MAKE Volume 19. We’re always thrilled when people do the projects in the magazine, document their builds, and share the results with us. Erica details her build on her family blog. She writes in email: As you suggested, I blogged about the […]
By Wendy Tremayne All remedies for good health originate in the wild. They are derived from elements, bacteria, fungi, plants, and sometimes animals. A cure might come to us by way of a pharmacist, homeopath, herbalist, or our own garden and take the form of a pill, tea, injection, patch, salve, or poultice, to name […]
By Heather Hudak Adding a fresh vegetable juice to your daily routine is a terrific way to gently begin to detoxify your system. Fresh juice contains an abundance of nutrients that will energize your body, build your health, and help you fight disease. Scientists are now showing that the phytonutrients found in plants may be […]
A glass-top table supported by a group of what appear to boulders may be to your taste. If so, that’s cool. This one from Brazilian designer Domingos Tótora is called the Agua Table. But even if not, I thought the process of making the “rocks” from a paste of old cardboard boxes and glue was pretty interesting. I speculate that Sr. Totora actually started out by experimenting with the cardboard-paste process, figured out he could make fake boulders using it, then cast about for awhile trying to find a use for the cool fake boulders he’d just taught himself to make. Slapping a piece of tempered glass on it and calling it a coffee table has worked for a lot of other designers… [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Joby Elliott made this DIY overhead kitchen rack using about $40 worth of parts from Home Depot.
Some Peeps, some Rice Krispies treats, and some fruit roll-ups, and you’ve got delicious “Peepshi.” (Okay, I think I’ll be sick now…) How to Make Peepshi = Peeps Sushi More: Annual Parade o’ Peeps
Ryan Fuchs of Minneapolis knows how to live! He converted a small fridge into a kegerator, then built this neat dispenser to serve it up. The catch? The kegerator is in the basement, and the dispenser is in his kitchen. Once the new beer was coupled and the temperature stabilized, I tried the first beer […]
