Make Do: 3 Modular Pieces for Making Endless DIY Projects
One of the problems with a kit-of-parts approach is that you need, well, the kit … of parts. But what if you started from another angle and treated everyday scraps as raw materials? Then you might arrive at this ingenious idea: create the connectors and let the world around provide the rest of your material palette. MakeDo is a neat product that enables the do-it-yourself process with a set of items to help parse apart and reassemble everything from cardboard to plastic and fabric. Though it clearly has child-friendly appeal, calling it a kid’s toy would not do justice to this clever system – these would be equally fun to set loose in an otherwise boring lobby, waiting room or creative corporate office. The three basic modular elements are a connector, a hinge and construction tool. Bubble wrap, cardboard tubes, coffee cups, egg cartons, shipping boxes and other everyday objects suddenly take on a new set of possibilities – from playful to profound.
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Just Undo It: Re-Folding Clothes into DIY Bags & Backpacks
Any do-it-yourself idea should get bonus points for not requiring any fasteners, hardware or other accessories to work – and extra credit for utilizing just one object, particularly something nearly everyone has a spare of in their closet. The video says it all, without requiring more than 20 seconds (let alone anything by way of words) – how to just flip, fold and wrap your way to a temporary laptop-to-go bag that even your precious computer should feel nice and secure inside. But why stop there? ConceptualDevices likes to keep things nice and easy, playing with elemental videos and simple sketches to show very clear new ways to organize existing objects and data into nifty new formations.?
DIY Headband
Practical to Impossible: 50 DIY Projects, Designs & Ideas
For a little summer fun, you could use IKEA-style plans to construct your own time-and-space-ship or turning your computer cables into wall art. Alternatively, you might turn your pursuits to something a tad more practical, like creating an instant laptop case from an old hooded sweatshirt or making old books into new planters. Click the image links below for more pictures of and information on each design or idea: Either way, there is sure to be something in this collection of fifty do-it-yourself projects, ideas and concepts to tickle your fancy. Some of these project concepts come with pragmatic plans and material lists, while others are intended to spark your imagination.
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3 Lovely Ways to Upcycle Glass & Plastic Bottles into Vases
Generic disposable containers take on new dimensions with a simple twist or touch of decoration. These three solutions show how a little extra time or material can go a long way. Take the essentially two-dimensional Pimavera Vase, for instance – simply drop in your old bottle and voila, you have a neat receptacle for a single perfect flower. Cover It does what the title suggests: a net sheath slips around the outside of the container, conforming to it but also transforming it. The Lace Vase extends the same principle upward, combining a flexible silicon rubber sleeve that snugly hugs the top of the container while opening the neck upward to turn an inwardly-tapered bottle into an outwardly-expanding vase.
30+ Ways to DIY Sliced Wood
Are you ready to try your hand with sliced wood? It’s one of the best ways to add a little FOREST GLAM to your home and garden decor. But don’t go choppin’ down the neighbor’s tree – ’cause you’ll be busted next time you have them over for a dinner party and they admire your new-natural-tree-coat-rack in the entry way…which looks suspiciously like their missing birch! No, I’m not speaking from experience…but I can’t say I haven’t thought about it! If you find yourself the lucky owner of a mother load of wood slices, I’ve collected over 30 inspirational ideas to get you going! Didn’t find that ‘try or die’ wood project in this collection? Until next time… Mike
Spicy Storage Solution Frees Up Stacks of Cupboard Space
People who do more than a casual amount of cooking are bound to have cupboards full of spice jars. There are plenty of store-bought solutions for organizing and arranging those jars, but it seems that a vertical storage method is the most space-saving of all. This DIY version was created using a sheet of stainless steel, some canning jars with one-piece caps, epoxy glue and super-strong magnets – all for a little over $100. The wall-mounted spice rack is perfect for holding the seemingly endless collection of spice bottles that build up so easily in the kitchen. As with any DIY idea, the key is to make it yours.
