The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
In early April of this year, a fairly significant event happened for my family. Geeky as it may sound, my husband, sons, and I were ecstatic to learn that the first season of The IT Crowd was available on DVD in a format that we could use here in the United States. My husband Bruce […]
As I wrote about on Mother’s Day, my mom and I took a mosaic workshop together the day after Christmas. Biting off more than we could chew, we chose to do a 3-foot-diameter tabletop to fit onto a metal table stand I’d found at the dump. During the workshop we barely got the tiles laid […]
From 1976 to 1983, Popular Science magazine, along with the American Plywood Association, ran an annual plywood panel project design contest for its readership. Often the winning projects were items of furniture, but that was not a requirement. A potter’s kick wheel and a folding plywood boat are notable exceptions. The rules were simple: Apart […]
Instructables user MarchW saw a smart design for a collapsible table and re-made it. The top slats are connected with nylon strapping, and when the bolts are removed, the cross-supports can be removed and the whole thing folds up to about the size and shape of a yoga mat. Perfect for picnics! More: How-To: Collapsible […]
[Editor’s Note: There used to be a post here about some Escher-esque molds for creating tessellating gecko-patterned paving stones out of concrete. The creator of the molds got all 20th century (19th century?) on us and demanded that we take down the post (something about needing to negotiate a contract and cut a deal before […]
Austin artspace, testsite, has recently opened up an interactive exhibit with Brooklyn-based artist, Sheila Pepe. Pepe is known for her intense crochet-based installations, and Common Sense follows suit. In the rooms of testsite, Pepe will install massive networks of crocheted yarn- skeins of yarn available for constructive re-use by testsite’s visitors. Throughout the exhibition’s duration, […]
AS220 Labs, Providence’s shared workspace/teaching space/community junkpile is presenting at the next Providence Geek Dinner, Wednesday June 17: The Labs help to build technically literate audiences and communities of artists by hosting workshops and providing access to tools and techniques such as those of the Providence Fab Lab (in partnership with MIT). Fresh back from […]
