HOW TO – Faux-Bois IKEA Shelf
The LA Times Home section recently featured a great video showing how Bughouse Art & Design revamped a simple IKEA bookshelf, giving it a brightly-colored faux bois finish.
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Asparagus Gruyere Tart
Shelterrific whipped up this tasty-looking Asparagus Gruyere Tart from a Martha Stewart recipe–looks like it’s super simple to cook up using frozen puff pastry for a quick and easy dinner.
A truck grows in Sacramento
MAKE Editor and Publisher Dale Dougherty writes from the California State Fair: Here is one of my favorite sights, a “green” truck in the Farm area. It’s an old truck covered in grass with vegetables and flowers growing in the flat bed. Talk about a raised bed! Think how the yards of rural America could […]
Mario theme on theremin
A skillful rendition of the classic Super Mario Bros theme as performed by Randy George on a Moog Etherwave Pro theremin with a bit of distortion added. – ooo6 on YouTube
Lo-tek R/C hovercraft
Here’s an R/C hovercraft toy made mainly out of junkbox parts: The workings of a hovercraft are fairly straightforward: one high-power motor with an airplane propeller forces air down through the hole in the center, which pushes the bottom of the hovercraft off the ground. This greatly reduces friction, allowing the hovercraft to scoot around […]
Sandwich Wrap Revisited
The Small Object Steno Pad revisited her reusable sandwich wrap project and experimented with ways of making it airtight by testing a potato chip bag liner and coated parchment. Related HOW TO – Make Reusable Sandwich Wrap
Soopa arcade vinyl art
The Soopa Coin-Up Bros. DIY vinyl model is a blank arcade machine sculpture intended for creative customization. A recent exhibition of artists’ examples showcases some great examples. You may recall Doktor A’s excellent Pac-Gentleman incarnation. – esc-toy’s photostream – Soopa Coin-Up Bros.