The coffee table
Coffee tables are expensive! After perusing online for coffee tables to get an idea of styles and prices, I found that the ones that liked looking at, weren’t ones that I’d like paying for. So for...
View ArticleThe vertical tv-stand
The fact that modern televisions have large screens but are still thin and light enough to hang on a wall is pretty amazing. However, if you live in a rented home or apartment that has textured wall...
View ArticleThe bunk bed stair-ladder
To increase space in my girlfriend’s son’s room, my girlfriend asked if I could convert the beds into bunk beds and build a small ladder. I agreed but thought I had an idea to make something more fun...
View ArticleThe auto-watering garden
*please note the update at the bottom of this story if you plan to make your own garden. I thought that growing your own vegetables might be a fun way to get fresh veggies. Come to find out though,...
View ArticleThe scarecrow of death
(Or, my thoughts and advice about being a tinkerer.) Before my girlfriend and I moved in together, she called me on one occasion to inform me that raccoons had turned the small fenced in garbage area...
View ArticleThe PVC pipe hanger
I have a couple other wet-suit tops and board shorts; I didn't build a clothes hanger for one shirt... swear. My girlfriend always trusts that I can build something functional but sometimes worries...
View ArticleThe Make Contest
Hello and welcome to my entry for MAKE’s Raspberry Pi Design Contest! I’ve spent the past week working hard on building a ceiling lamp with a ring of LED’s below it. I call it the Cloud Lamp, and...
View ArticleThe Ambilight-Clone
It’s not just consumers that have to keep up with the Joneses, DIY’ers can succumb to envy, too. It seems like everyone is building those awesome Ambilight clones! Here’s mine :) * For anyone wondering...
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