How to: Make a Rustic Built-In Shelves with Plumbing Pipes
If you spend any time in the craft and DIY blogosphere, you've likely seen your fair share of galvanized pipe furniture and storage projects. Which, of course, are all cool and affordable and very...
View ArticleThings We Love: The National Park Blankets from Pendleton Woolen Mills
Pendleton Woolen Mills is family-owned operation that have been making high-quality virgin wool goods since 1909 in Oregon's Blue Mountains. Since their early days, the company has been producing a...
View ArticleHow to: Make a DIY Leather Strap Pendant Light
Rustic, modern, masculine. All the things I like to see in one mighty DIY project. For my money, Poppytalk has knocked it out of the park with this leather pendant light project. I love that it differs...
View ArticleA Giant Inflatable String Jungle Gym...For Adults!
Croatian-Austrian collective Numen/For Use have created "String Prototype," a fully-functioning massive inflatable jungle gym-like structure made up of a grid of strong cables. The whole thing operates...
View ArticleWeekend Project: Make a Leather Camp Axe Sheath
The winter weather isn't quite over, but it seems we've seen the worst of the polar vortexes (vorticises?). So, while it's not quite the time to head out on weekend camping trips (unless your loaded...
View ArticleDIY Idea: Make Simple Patterned Wooden Crates For Storage
We can never get enough of using wooden crates for storage, especially when they look this sharp!We've seen a few DIYs that use simple wooden boxes to create extra storage at home - like this and this...
View ArticleStunning Painted Body Art Illusions by Hiraku Cho
Artist and illustrator Hiraku Cho experiments with acrylic paint and the human body, giving flesh the illusion of interacting with buttons, zippers, on/off switches, and even other human forms....
View ArticleHow to: Make Your Own Hardwood Comb
Today I learned something new: a wooden comb has all sorts of benefits over plastic. According toReddit user NoCleverNickname, the wood comb beats plastic due to a "complete lack of static. It's also...
View ArticleA Mesmerizing Wooden Automation of a Drop of Water
Inspired by the work of Reuben Margolin, a sculptor known for his mechanically-driven kinetic sculptures of wave-forms, artist and model maker Dean O'Callaghan created "Water Experiment No. 33."Dean...
View ArticleModern and Masculine Lighting by Tudo and Co.
Okay. Whoa. Just stumbled across a cool new store with awesome lighting products and plenty of inspiration.While going on a safari through the vast plains of the Etsy landscape, I found Tudo and Co, a...
View ArticleHow to: Make an Easy DIY Wood Slice Serving Board
Sometimes, the best DIY projects are also the simplest. This rustic cheese board takes less than an hour to whip up, and costs less than $10.00 in materials. Plus, it's easy to create even if you don't...
View ArticleBlow My Mindsday: February 26, 2014
Each Wednesday, I post some of my favorite can't-miss links, images, and otherwise mindblowing goodies from across the web. This is an interactive graph based on some serious math that proves: it's...
View ArticleHow to: Make a Custom Bike Frame Carrying Handle
Bicycles get around by pedals, chains, gears, and wheels. Except, all the times that they don't, and they get around by being carried by their rider. Anyone who spends significant time on a bicycle can...
View ArticleRoundup: 10 Favorite iPhone Cases for the Stylish Guy
In the era when everyone's phone looks basically the same, it's time to reskin your digital sidekick with a new suit.Some cases are super bulky and look like a bad 90's flashback...which, for us,...
View ArticleA Tiny LEGO Figure Captures his Amazing Adventures in Photographs
For the past year, U.K.-based photographer Andrew Whyte has been snapping photos of "The Legographer," a LEGO minfig with a camera and a serious case of wanderlust. Fast.Co.Create reports and...
View ArticleHow to: Add Custom Decals to Personalize Any Glass Jar
You can print on paper, you can print on fabric, you can even print on wood, but customizing glass has remained a little elusive. Enter this techniuq by Amy Azzarito on Design Sponge. It's fairly easy...
View ArticleThe Fear of Missing Out...Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Idea...
Like everyone, I guess I have a problem with stuff. With things - with keeping them too long, with placing emotional value on the physical object rather than the memory it recalls. Of course, I think I...
View ArticleHow to: Make Cheap Beer Tastes Delicious with These 11 Creative Beer Cocktails
It happens. Some well meaning person will bring over a cheap six pack of pale lager and then drinks something better, leaving you with the remains in the fridge. You pick up a few Pacificos at your...
View ArticleWeekend Project: Make a DIY Heavy Duty Outdoor Bluetooth Speaker
A Bluetooth speaker is a great way to enjoy music outdoors: while grilling or dining outside, when camping, at a barbecue or picnic, even when doing yardwork or outdoor maintenance projects. But,...
View ArticleHow to: Stay Clean and Organized During DIY and Craft Projects
This weekend, I made a mess. A cover-the-entire-room-in-tiny-little-scraps-of-paper and a get-out-every-marker-and-cutting-tool kinda mess. It's still on the floor, on my office chair, on the main work...
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