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Backyard Builds: Wood Plank Loveseat

Backyard Build: Sturdy Wood Plank Loveseat

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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Build your own gorgeous and sturdy wood plank loveseat, then customize it with colorful stains or paints to suit your style.

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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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Monkey Hacking on Weekend Projects

Monkey Hacking on Weekend Projects

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Turn a cymbal-banging monkey into a couch guardian to stop furballs from shedding on your favorite furniture.

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Tunneling Couch is the Cat’s Meow

Tunneling Couch is the Cat’s Meow

By Michael Colombo

Michael Colombo

In addition to being an online editor for MAKE Magazine, Michael Colombo works in fabrication, electronics, sound design, music production and performance (Yes. All that.) In the past he has also been a childrens' educator and entertainer, and holds a Masters degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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Designer Seungji Mun wanted cat owners to live closer alongside their furry friends, so integrated this curving tunnel into a couch. He used commercially available pipe and built the rest of the couch from scratch.

The tunnel becomes the armrest and back support, seamlessly weaving a leisure spot for humans with an exploratory space for felines.

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For Couch Potatoes with Limited Space

For Couch Potatoes with Limited Space

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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Spotted on hackerspace i3 Detroit’s Facebook page, their newly-built bunk couch seats four but only takes up the floorspace of a two-seater.

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