The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
I am totally enchanted by these pin-pricked cereal box lights from designer Anke Weiss. I’m not always a fan of projects that use repurposed materials so prominently (at least from an aesthetic sense; of course it makes sense for the planet!), but these are so beautiful and so magical and so funny I’d be thrilled […]
Contrail is a device that applies chalk to the rear tire of your bike, leaving a trail behind you. It leaves trails for motorists and other cyclists to see, enabling bikers to “reclaim this crucial shared space.” I’m not sure where you can get one or if it’s even been physically realized, but I like […]
Via BoingBoing, check out Brian Dettmer’s awesome sculptures! David Pescovitz writes: Atlanta-based artist Brian Dettmer creates marvelous sculptures by performing surgery on books. He has a show opening April 3 at Chicago’s Packer Schopf Gallery. The gallery kindly sent a few sneak peeks at the new work.
Many Noise Toys were born at last night’s Handmade Music event. Kit creators Loud Objects were on hand assisting with assembly and soldering basics for those new to the sport. Bret Truchan, creator of GlitchDS (and its forthcoming desktop iteration), demonstrated his cellular automata based software and Eric Beug explained the inner workings of his […]
Featured on Apartment Therapy LA, our own Jenny Ryan, who’s been in the process of an amazing kitchen transformation these last few months, shows you how to make this cool hideaway kitchen cupboard message center.
Kate on design*sponge shows you how to make easy mirror stencils to add to your home decor.
Aptly named Instructables user growerman has an excellent overview of houseplant care: Keeping plants alive indoors can prove next to impossible to some, but it really isn’t all that hard to do. Plants need light, water, support, nutrients, and an adequate air supply. Like anything in this world, excessive amounts of any one thing is […]
