How to: Make a Simple Wooden Bow Tie
This wouldn't be the first time we've featured a wooden bow tie tutorial on ManMade, but this how-to is certainly the simplest, and perhaps the most stylish as well.Caitlin from The MerryThought came...
View ArticleIdea to Steal: Use Firewood as Decor
Simple idea, tons of texture...Ok, so minus all the sheepskin and cowhide upholstery, I dig this look, and it can totally be DIY'ed at home. For starters, the antlers on the wall are wooden plaques...
View ArticleJava To a Whole New Level: The Coffee Project
Coffee fan? You and me both, bother. The Coffee Project is a photography project by Canadian lifestyle magazine Acquired Taste. It's run by the community, through Instagram and on their blog....
View Article5 Clothing Fit Tricks Every Guy Should Know
Well, first - if you're reading this - you've already learned the number one trick: fit is everything. #KnowledgeisPower But! How to make sure your doing it right when giving a new style staple a...
View ArticleA Sharp Office Makeover, Complete with a DIY Retractable Standing Desk (IKEA...
Brooklyn-based artist, designer, and tinkerer Kelli Anderson had an amazing studio/office space with lots of useable work surfaces...which were ever topped and filled with clutter and creative...
View ArticleGet Healthy: Sesame Ginger Soba Noodles
Two weeks in... How are your health and fitness goals going?Ok, we're not going to give you a pep talk about what you should and shouldn't eat. If you want to eat a whole bag of chips by yourself...
View ArticleHow to: Make a Super Easy DIY Floor Shelf
Use your magazines to stack...more magazines. How brilliant!An easy project that can be done over the weekend or in the same amount of time that takes to heat up dinner? Plus, who doesn't like a bit...
View ArticleThe Science Behind the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever
This weekend is shaping up to be another cold and blustery, snow-filled couple of days. The kinda weekend where you never manage to actually put on shoes, cause there's no way you're going outside. The...
View ArticleWeekend Project: Make a Wooden "Viking" Beer Mug...No Power Tools Required
Sometimes a pint glass'll do...and sometimes, your beer (or grog...or mead) needs to be sipped from a genuine, rough hewn wooden mug, made with nothing but a hatchet and a knife.Or...well...maybe it...
View ArticleThe Swatchmate Cube For Color Lovers
Design fans, your prayers have been answered!The Swatchmate Cube is currently being funded in Kickstarter - well, it's already waaay over its original goal, so yes, it's here to stay. This cube seems...
View ArticleHand Sewn: Artist Embroiders Portraits into His Own Skin
I remember when I got my first splinter. We were camping, and I picked it up from an old, weather-worn picnic table. I ran to my mom, who immediately began to ask around for a needle. "A needle?" I...
View ArticleNew Year, New Beer: Favorite Brews You Gotta Try in 2014
For Christmas a few weeks ago, I gave my wife a collection of home brew equipment. (That's right, she's awesome.) It was too big to slip under the tree, so I stuck it into the garage under an old drop...
View ArticleDIY Idea: Make These Simple Rustic Wooden Crates to Use...Everywhere
This simple wooden box is part of the Crate series by London designer Jasper Morrison. It's made of Douglas fir and, as the designer suggests, "is suited to many applications such as a bedside table,...
View ArticleFamous Movie Quotes as Minimalist Charts
Flowing Data has assembled 100 great movie quotes and visualized them as simple, black and white charts. The process works better with some than others, of course, but when they nail it, they nail it....
View ArticleThe Best IKEA Hacks of 2013
Here's a mighty list with tons of ikea hacks that will keep both your home...and your wallet happy!My friends from Poppytalk have put together an awesome list of The Best Ikea Hacks of 2013. With so...
View ArticleBlow My Mindsday: January 22, 2014
Each Wednesday, I post some of my favorite can't-miss links, images, and otherwise mindblowing goodies from across the web.I ❤ Coffee took a look into the most effective time you should drink coffee,...
View ArticleWinterize Your Whiskey Cocktail: Make a Chai Honey Old Fashioned
ManMade team member Gabriel has been experimenting with some serious cocktail mixing, and sought out to give that non-season-specific classic, the Old Fashioned, a winter-y update. To pull it off, he...
View ArticleHow to: Make a Swedish Flame
What's a Swedish flame? Something you can buy at IKEA? No sir. Ok, so I definitely had no clue such a thing existed, but according to Comfy Home Decor, a Swedish flame is nothing but a single log...
View ArticleHow to: Make the Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburger
Some argue that bacon is a trick: anything tastes that much more delicious when you put bacon on top of it.But a bacon cheeseburger isn't just a cheeseburger with bacon on it...at least, it shouldn't...
View ArticleWeekend Project: How to Make a Large Scale Pegboard Organization System
A few weeks ago, I shared this cool photo of a giant wooden "pegboard" system that uses dowel rods to fill evenly spaced holes, allowing you to reorganize as your needs allow, with no extra holes in...
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