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10 DIY Upcycled Fire Pits. By Liesl Clark The allure of the fire pit.

10 DIY Upcycled Fire Pits

Photo © Liesl Clark Seems the latest craze is repurposing metal things into fire pits. Here’s a list of some of the most innovative ones we could find: 1) Metal Wheelbarrow Fire Pit: If you’ve got a metal one that’s broken down, try to turn it into a fire pit. 2) Washing Machine Drum Fire Pit: Our app users love this. 3) Paver Brick Fire Pit: Brick and concrete pavers make easy fire pit insulation material. 4) Wash Pail Fire Pit: A metal wash pail can work as a fire pit. 5) In-Ground Fire Pit: This is a classic and easy fire pit to make at home. 6) Old Grill Fire Pit. 7) Shopping Cart Fire Pit: My favorite, with built-in log storage rack. 8) Industrial Wire Waste Fire Bowls: You can always try your hand a making fire bowls like these. 9) Tractor Rim Fire Ring: If you have access to a tractor rim, it makes a great fire ring. 10) Fireball Fire Pit: This is for the metal-smiths among us.

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How to build a pallet vertical garden and a DIY plastic wall garden

In contrast to the traditional, they take up very little space, but can accommodate a lot of flowers and greenery. We will show you how easily and inexpensively to build a pallet vertical garden and a plastic wall garden for your balcony or terrace. It will take a minimum of your precious time, the most simple materials and tools. A lovely vertical garden for herbs, for strawberries or the twiners, with which you always wanted to decorate the wall on the balcony. You will need: 1 wooden pallet ( which is used for transport of goods), a burlap, sturdy garden film, scissors, furniture stapler, universal soil, plant seeds or young seedlings. Materials for pallet vertical garden How to do it: Attach the burlap to the inside of the pallet. Turn the construction with the open end up and fill the entire volume with soil.

The special thing in this pallet vertical garden is the ability to move the pallet with the plants. DIY plastic wall garden. Painted Sign from Computer Print-out. Today I have a little tutorial for you.

Painted Sign from Computer Print-out

I'm going to show you how to (easily!) Make these sweet wooden signs. I promise- they're a cinch, they don't take long at all to make and cost pretty much nothing. You will need: piece of salvaged wood upholstery tacks or short nails (optional) hammer acrylic paint (background color) black acrylic paint (or other color to fill in letters) large paint brush small paint brushink jet printer twine Sharpie Marker or other dull, rounded tool This project started with a pile of cedar fence pieces that we've had sitting in our backyard for ages. I loved how grey and weathered they had become from sitting outside.

Next, distress the wood to your liking. Next, choose your paint. (I wasn't really sure if I was going to be doing a tutorial for this or not until I was finished, so I'm afraid I'm missing a few photos for some of the steps. Once you're happy with the paint, put the wood aside to dry and head to your computer. P.S. Pallet kitchen shelf. Pallet Wine Rack. Personalized PRINTABLE Children's Chore Card by mytinytotcreative. Space saving; hanging jars with loose odds/ends Under a shelf. Woodworking Project Ideas.