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Building a Loft Bed from Scaffolding

Building a Loft Bed from Scaffolding

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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Ben of HomeMade Modern creates a temporary bedroom set out of construction scaffolding.

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Dad Builds Insanely-Detailed Magical Treehouse in Daughter’s Bedroom

Dad Builds Insanely-Detailed Magical Treehouse in Daughter’s Bedroom

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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When your adorable daughter requests a magical treehouse in her bedroom, what’s a father to do but try and build one?

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This Lucky Kid Got the Ultimate Portal-Themed Room

This Lucky Kid Got the Ultimate Portal-Themed Room

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. You can find me on twitter at @calebkraft

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These parents went absolutely, wonderfully overboard in creating what may be the most intense Portal-themed bedroom ever for their 13 year old.

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Home Hack: Brilliant Foldaway Bed Upcycle

Home Hack: Brilliant Foldaway Bed Upcycle

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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AO at Home transforms a worn sofa bed into a super-stylish bed-in-a-box with this amazing DIY foldaway bed upcycle project!

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DIY Bedroom Make-Over

DIY Bedroom Make-Over

By makemagazineuser

makemagazineuser

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Meg and her husband take their bedroom in their Brooklyn apartment, and transform it from an unfinished room into an urban oasis. In this first of three DIY Bedroom videos, the Coles show you how to paint a room, lay down Ikea click-together floor, and add trim to a baseboard. Stay tuned for the next installation where Meg makes an upholstered headboard.

Paint calulator: http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-ca/for-your-home/paint-calculator-estimate-how-much-paint-you-ll-need

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Plush Hobbes

By Laura Cochrane

Laura Cochrane

"To oppose something is to maintain it." –Ursula Le Guin

Currently: NEO.LIFE Alum: Instructables and MAKE

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FurGots on Craftster made a plush Hobbes, from the comic Calvin & Hobbes. In only 3 hours! I like his serious face. She says: After a conversation with my friend, who dressed up as “Calvin” for Halloween, I got around to thinking…. it would be awfully neat to make a Hobbes stuffed animal. With all […]

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