The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Editor’s Note: Eugenia Bone’s new book, Well-Preserved, is a wonderful comprehensive introduction to home preservation, offering “recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods.” I truly enjoyed reading Eugenia’s well-written introduction, which gives a lovely (and sassy) look into how she came to adore preservation, and I wanted to share it with […]
Anna the Red made this Google Chrome logo in bento box form, and she made a video of its creation. I knew bento boxes were complicated, but egads! Via New World Geek.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Bryce & Naomi uploaded pics of this elegant homebuilt bicycle trailer, “The Edison” – perfect for those leisurely days you’d rather leave the motorcar at home – It’s made from 3/8 in birch luan on an Aluminum base frame. The wood frame was then fiberglassed to weather proof it. Copper […]
Want to get Dad a handmade gift but don’t know where to start? Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft guest curated a selection of father’s day gifts on Etsy.
Heidi and Anna at Pickles have some free knitting patterns to make these knitted “poufs”, aka stools. (The ladies are in Norway and “puff” means stool in Norweigian). Try your hand at knitting Puff Daddy (gray stool above) or Puff Daddy’s Baby (cream stool below). You can also check out the Pickles Etsy shop for […]
If you have a lovely cast iron pan that you think has been ruined, don’t give up hope! Re-Nest has a great article on re-seasoning cast iron skillets!
We’ve been getting a lot of wheat berries in our CSA share recently, and the neighborhood folks have been sending this recipe for wheat berries pancakes around, raving about how delicious the pancakes are!
