Archive Category: 'DIY Projects'

• Bubbling Urn Water Feature: Backyard Project Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Gardeners’ World with How To Make A Bubbling Urn Water Feature … this is easier to make than you might think: The gentle babble of flowing water from this urn water feature helps to create a calm and soothing mood in the garden. A water feature like this is really simple to assemble [...]
• How To Make Wool Dryer Balls: Never buy fabric softener again with today’s feature from Good Mama: Make Your Own Wool Dryer Balls, how cool are these! The balls will cut your drying time yet leave clothes soft, fluffy and static free without the use of chemicals or dryer sheets. Based on the old “tennis ball in the dryer” trick, but [...]
• DIY Modern Bird Bath Project: Today’s feature is from Modish with Back To The Birds, A Tutorial For Making Your Own Bird Bath. This project is relatively cheap & easy to make and yet so stylish. Bonus! it just needs a few items: Large, relatively shallow dish 1/2 inch pre-threaded pipe, 36 inch length is adequate for height 1/2 inch floor flange Permanent epoxy Just epoxy [...]
• Covered Kitchen Cabinets: DIY Project: Today’s feature is a DIY project from Tres Chic Veronique with The Kitchen Cabinet Project: I have never received so many questions about a crafty project as I have with the Kitchen Cabinet Project! As fancy as I may make it sound, it’s actually quite simple. So simple, in fact, that there is not a single [...]
• 80 How-To Sites Worth Bookmarking: Today’s feature is a hot goody from LifeHack.org with 80 How-To Sites Worth Bookmarking: These eighty sites are the places I turn to when I’m trying to figure out how to accomplish any particular goal. Any time I’m facing a new project, I start searching for how-tos that will help me figure out how other people [...]
• How To Repair CD Scratches – Tip Sheet: There are plenty of tips found online for how to clean and fix CD scratches, some debunked and some debunking the debunkers (oy!). Here is a list of three methods (light, moderate and extreme) that should cover all your cd repair needs. First Step: Clean The CD Wash CDs with your fingers using a little detergent or [...]
• Painting Walls & Interiors – Tip Sheet: How To Tell If A Wall Is Painted With Oil Paint Or Latex: Pour some non-acetone nail polish remover or rubbing alcohol onto a clean rag and scrub the wall. If the paint is stripped then it’s latex, if the surface is unaffected it’s oil paint. Can You Apply Latex Paint Over Oil Paint (and vice [...]
• DIY Project: Make An Old Wood Chest New Again: This is an article published in 1959 that provides a full set of instructions detailing how to clean up and refinish an old wooden chest. It also gives instructions for adding a decoupage design inside the lid. Linen Storage With Decoupage Lid Have you ever stopped to think there might possibly be a valuable piece–if not an [...]
• An iPod Survives The Laundry Cycle: Major catastrophe in our home a few months ago: my son’s iPod nano was left in his pants pockets–which were washed & dried with the rest of the laundry. Here’s what we did to bring it back to life, you can try this for all gadgets like cell phones and digital cameras that were washed [...]
• 15 Potting Bench Plans – Free Resource Guide & Tips: Working with a potting bench during gardening season is pure luxury and you’ll find yourself looking forward to puttering away at your own little garden center. You can have everything organized in one location, including bags of potting soil, empty pots and containers, hanging garden tools, plant food and fertilizers (just make sure to store them [...]
• How To Build A Fire Pit – Tips & DIY Resource Guide: One of the things I enjoy most during the summer is sitting around a fire pit at night visiting with family and friends and having a nice fire going. Marshmallows and hotdogs always seem to taste better when they’re roasted over a fire, don’t you think . How To Build A Fire Pit If you’d [...]
• How To Paint Bookshelves: Today’s feature is from Domino Magazine with How to Paint Bookshelves: This project can be done in a weekend, and freshens up the most basic of bookcases. Painting the inside back of your bookshelves will give books, tchotchkes and that shiny new iPod speaker set a sassy showcase. This is an easy-level project, all you need to [...]
• How to Build a PVC Hoop House – Gardening Tip: Today’s feature is from Westside Gardener with instructions for How to Build A PVC Hoophouse For Your Garden: An unheated PVC hoophouse can be a useful addition to your garden. It keeps excessive rain off the plants, blocks the wind, raises daytime temperatures 5-10 degrees (and often much more), and keeps frosts and heavy dew off [...]
• How To Make A Cake Stand: Today’s feature tip is from CakeJournal with instructions for How To Make A Cake Stand For Cupcakes Or Mini Cakes: I think when serving cupcakes or mini cakes they look so much better when served on a cake stand. In this tutorial I will show you how to make a cake stand that is very easy [...]
• How To Make A Flower Press + More: Here are several different plans and tutorials for making a flower press, some cheap and easy–others are more sturdy and long-lasting. I’ve also included a few resources for how to use pressed flowers and a selection of pressed flower craft ideas that you may like to try. How To Make A Flower Press Build a Flower Press Make Your [...]
• DIY Dirt Cheap Wall-Sized Whiteboards: Today’s feature project is from ChrisMetcalf.net with instructions for DIY Dirt Cheap Wall-Sized Whiteboards: Fortunately, the same material that they make most commercial whiteboards out of is available at most big-box lumber stores like Home Depot for less than $15. “Showerboard”, which is basically cheap plywood with a waterproof white plastic coating on one side. Its [...]
• DIY Desk For Two: Today’s feature project is from DIY Ideas with DIY Desk For Two: This smart combination of bookcase and two work surfaces keeps siblings (and parents!) focused on work, rather than each other. Wall and shelf space can be personalized and stuff-to-share stored in handy baskets hung on the side of the bookcase. You can download the project here: [...]
• DIY – Build A Platform Bed: Today’s feature is from My Family Loves It with How To Build A Platform Bed: King size is pricey and we didn’t want to spend the money on a bed frame that wasn’t going to match our dressers so we looked into platform beds. I found a few plans online, but the basic design was so [...]
• DIY Sewing & Quilting Table – On The Cheap!: Today’s feature is from Crazy Shortcut Quilts with tips and full instructions for putting together a DIY Quilting Desk: I don’t have the room or the money for a huge expensive sewing cabinet, and being the innovative person that I am, I created my own design for a sewing table and because I work hard at [...]
• Quick n’ Easy DIY Projection Screen: Today’s feature is from ProjectorCentral with the instructions: Make A 100″ Screen For Under $100: At the end of this article is a list of materials and step-by-step instructions for building an impressive DIY screen for under $100. Basically, we constructed a frame made of wood wrapped in black Velveteen fabric, then attached photographer’s seamless roll [...]
• Buncha Cool Free Printable Calendars + DIY Calendar Projects: It’s that time of year again, we need new calendars! Here are a bunch of sites offering free printable calendars as well as some unique DIY calendar projects. I didn’t include every site I came across (yowza there are a lot!)…just the ones I thought did the best job or offered something unique. These are all good [...]
• How To Remove Car Dents: Today’s feature is from Wisebread with information on how to Remove Car Dents Quickly And Cheaply: Remove a dent with dry ice: All you do is touch the dry ice to the dent for a few seconds and repeat the process until the dent is gone. Wear DRY ICE gloves though. Remove a dent with a hairdryer [...]
• How To Make An Igloo: Today’s feature tip is from TheFarm.org with their info on How To Make An Igloo. Simple, easy to follow directions that include pictures. For a basic igloo, here are some notes (but make sure to read the full details on their website): Each block should be about 3 ft. (1m) long, 15 in. (40cm) high, and 8 [...]
• How To Make An Outdoor Skating Rink: Today’s feature tip is a project from My Family Loves It with DIY Backyard Ice Rink. With some lumber, liner or tarp and hardware, you can have your own backyard ice rink this winter. Making the rink level is the trickiest part but with a careful eye and some measuring, you can level the rink [...]
• DIY Bookmaking, Bookbinding, Book Press – Buncha Links: DIY bookmaking and bookbinding seem to be taking off as a craft & hobby. It’s not hard at all to find tutorials and guides online for how to make your own moleskins, notebooks, zines, journals and book binding tips too. Here’s a bunch of info you might like to check out from my collection of [...]