The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Coconuts were always so elusive to me: how do you open them? What part do you eat, and how do you do it? Well, now I won’t have to ask the question “What do I do with the shell when I’m done?” anymore with goldenbacon’s Instructable on the topic. Now I’ll know to just make […]
In honor of DIY Movie Making Month, I’ve been digging through the archives to de-blog some special-effects-related oldies-but-goodies from months past. Click on in!
Nikol of The Thrifty Knitter shares her tips and lots of photos of how she organized her large kitchen. I love her idea of putting a weekly menu/grocery list on the freezer door. What a great idea to make sure you eat what you’ve bought. You can also see more ideas on reorganizing your kitchen […]
Future Craft Collective shows you sew up one stylish DIY long sleeve t-shirt from two short-sleeved tees. This is also a great refashioning project for old kids clothes!
If the shapes of these beautifully colorful vases look familiar to you, it’s no surprise. German artist, Markus Linnenbrink, takes items from the recycling bin and transforms them into artful and practical objects by layering them in colorful resin. The Dortmund-based sculptor calls his latest work Gestaltkunstwerk; roughly translated, it means “formed artwork” and is […]
And not in a good way. I have blogged about scary Lego before, but the capacity of the AFOL (“Adult Fan of Lego”) community to twist everybody’s favorite happy Danish building toy into Bosch- and/or Giger-esque abominations has pushed darker boundaries since then. This godawful* thing by prolific and talented builder Mike Foy is just called “The Void,” and, if I may suggest, belongs on the cover of some trendy modern edition of a very old and very evil book full of unspeakable things. [via The Brothers Brick]
Instructables user jtwanderlust has plans up for making your own bed frame from easy-to-find pipe and fittings. It comes apart easily for those of us who move quite often! If only my Ikea frame did the same…
