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Weekend Project: Make a Wooden Chair from One Board (for $8!)
At its core, a chair is simply a seat with a back. And while they often have legs and arms and complex joinery for strength, sometimes, a little physics can accomplish the same thing. Instructable...
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Try This: How to Make Your Own Red Wine Vinegar
Right now, you can find more tutorials on how to use vinegar to clean your toilet than you can find to use vinegar with a delicious dinner. This is a travesty for such an amazing and delicious liquid!...
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Make This: Old License Plate, New Box
Vintage pieces are always fun to work with. Aside from looking great, they tell a story through dents, scratches, and a style that once was. Here's a quick tutorial on how to turn a vintage license...
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Make This: Protect Your Computer with an Easy DIY Leather Laptop Sleeve
If you getting a ton of use out of the cord taco you made with the last blog post, my guess is that your probably going to get even more use out of this DIY leatherworking project.As always, if you...
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Make This: Zen-Inspired Succulent Desktop Garden
I spend a lot of time at a desk. Many of us do. It's a space where we learn, create, work, and play. I'm not saying all that sitting is a good thing, but if it has to happen then make the space as...
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How to Roll Your Shirt Sleeves Like You Know What You're Doing
I am a committed non-cuff-buttoner. I'll do it when I wear a jacket or a sweater atop a shirt, but if it's just me an a button down (oh, and pants), then my sleeves are rolled up 99% of the time. It...
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How to Build a Canoe in 72 Hours
This project began, as it were, with a "crazy idea" - the possibility of canoe travel without taking a canoe with you. Of building one upon arriving in a new place or country, paddling it, then leaving...
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A Clever, Elegant Cocktail Presentation Trick: How to Make an Ice Wedge Glass...
A few weekends ago, my wife and I went out for a special dinner to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. (Hi sweetheart!) We opted to enjoy a few beers with our meal, but the table next to us had...
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Clever Cocktail Presentation Trick: How to Make an Ice Wedge Glass (for Free!)
A few weekends ago, my wife and I went out for a special dinner to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. (Hi sweetheart!) We opted to enjoy a few beers with our meal, but the table next to us had...
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This is How You Should Tune Up Your Lawnmower for Spring
Everyone knows the dreaded crankless yank of a neglected lawn-mower cord. You reach down for the handle, brace your legs, and pull the cord with all your might, only to be rewarded with a coughing,...
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Five Tequila Cocktails You've Probably Never Tried Before (But You Totally...
Unlike some other spirits, tequila is inextricably linked to one particular cocktail: the margarita. And, to be fair, with good reason. The margarita is a great drink, especially when it's made right,...
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Fact: A $5 Can of Spray Paint is the Best DIY Value Out There. Here's How to...
A few weeks ago, I was looking through my spray paint arsenal, and I took stock of my collection. It occurred to me how much I really use those little rattle-cans in the shop. I picked up a few this...
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How to: Make Your Own Shiplap
I've had a corner of my yard that has been a bit of an eyesore. It used to hide my pool pump, but the cheap stapled grid fell apart in the sun. I wanted to put something up there that would hold up...
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We Will Never Get Tired of Watching These Hand-Lettering Videos
Oh my, the art of writing. Handwritten notes are always the classiest way to correspond, but here are a few people that take it up a notch with some of the most amazing hand drawn type you'll ever see....
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How to: Make Your Own Iced Coffee Soda
Now that the days are warming up the thought of a hot latte with milk and cinnamon sure adds a drop of sweat to my brow. It's usually this time of year, I swap my typical addiction to hot coffee to...
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5 Traits Of A Life Well Spent
A few days ago, I listened to a eulogy for someone I didn't know. He was a friend of a friend, and passed away much too young. But it was clear from the message at his service that in his short life,...
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Bedroom Inspiration: 3 Ideas to Create a Statement Headboard
Need to spice things up in the bedroom? (not like that). Adding a statement headboard to your space can help you revamp the look in your bedroom by making it look "full" without having to invest tons...
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How to: DIY X-Style Trestle Table
Here's the problem many intermediate-level woodworkers face: you want to take on a big project, a truly ambitious one. Say, a dining table that will be the centerpiece of your home and can fit eight to...
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Weekend Project: How to Make a Ring from a Quarter
The coin ring is an internet DIY classic. I remember seeing an old video (on Makezine, perhaps?) on creating a nickle ring way back in the early days of the DIY and craft blogosphere. Like, 2006.But,...
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Seriously, This is the Best Way to Close a Paint Can
It's a problem we can all relate to. Anyone who has ever opened a paint, finish, or stain can knows the problem: if you don't use it all, you have to close it again. Hammers provide too much direct...
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