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Www.thisiscolossal. 18 Spectacular DIY Ideas To Reuse Your Old Furniture. Reversible Picnic-Table Seats Flip Out into 4 Lounge Chairs. Sitting at a standard wood picnic table, one is afforded a few basic options – often, depending on the social setting, people end up facing outward.

Reversible Picnic-Table Seats Flip Out into 4 Lounge Chairs

This adaptive use was never designed into the equation, until now. Unfortunately, a typical backrest is absent, leaving the thin-edged surface as the only (and somewhat painful) support. With (yes, that is its title) Another Picnic Table the seat surface folds up to become a solid backrest, while a lower panel flips into position for facing the other direction. Made from pressed bamboo, there is nothing unusual about the slats and fasteners – no element precluding it from the same types of mass production most benches enjoy. While none remarkably different in form or structure, the effect on socializing is profound – sitters get the freedom to turn toward or away from the communal surface in comfort and without awkwardness.

Make Your Own Sliding Barn Door - For Cheap! If you're on Pinterest as much as I am, then you know sliding barn doors are, like, design crack right now.

Make Your Own Sliding Barn Door - For Cheap!

They seem to work with just about every style, from ultra modern to shabby chic to vintage industrial, and they SLIDE OPEN. C'mon. That's just awesome. So naturally, I wanted a barn door for our laundry room makeover, if only because I can't find anywhere else in the house to fit one. Old Villa. I've got another London location home beauty for you today, thanks to the folks at Shoot Factory.

Old Villa

This one is called Old Villa, and old it certainly is. 15 super creative outdoor sitting areas - and how to make your own! I never get enough of outdoor living spaces or sitting areas.

15 super creative outdoor sitting areas - and how to make your own!

I think something to do with having grown up on 40 big beautiful acres of farmland has me… gravitating for the warm breeze against my face and the sounds and scenes of nature around me at every turn. So it should come as no surprise that there’s a bench or a chair in plain view most anywhere you look. I just positively love that sitting areas work most anywhere and they don’t have to cost a bundle. Here’s how to create a 5 minute sitting area with things you already have: the garden shed tour Consider location: How to Build a better gate, ranch gate, rail gate, bar gate, dumpster enclosure gate. Snug Cottage Hardware offers an extensive selection of Free Gate Plans & Instructions*.

How to Build a better gate, ranch gate, rail gate, bar gate, dumpster enclosure gate

Follow the links to find the gate you need. *Snug Cottage Hardware LLC Plans and instructions are free to the consumer. How To Sew An Invisible Hem By Hand. 12 Indoor Plants You Can’t Kill. Do you love plants, but can’t seem to master the art of survival?

12 Indoor Plants You Can’t Kill

Well, we are obviously talking about the survival of the plants, not yours. If the answer is ‘yes’, then read this. Keeping a plant alive for a long period of time can be a hard task, especially if you live in an apartment. Nevertheless, if you love a pop of green in your shack, one of these 12 highly resistant indoor plants can be your little miracle of 2014. 1. This succulent plant, similar to aloe vera, is perfect for any indoor locations and extremely easy to take care of. 2.

This resistant plant with a beautiful flower is usually available with several bloom shapes and colors. 3. A thick and spongy plant with cute little flowers is the detail your living room needs to become even more pleasant. Amazing Oasis: Here Are 30 Relatively Simple Things That Will Make Your Home Extremely Awesome. If you want to make your home more efficient (and look better while you’re at it), you don’t necessarily have to break the bank.

Amazing Oasis: Here Are 30 Relatively Simple Things That Will Make Your Home Extremely Awesome.

Sometimes, the simplest changes can make a world of difference. Take these 30 simple home improvement ideas, for example. You wouldn’t think that moving your outlets or adding an end table could change the flow and cool factor of your house, but it can. And if you follow these tips, it will! 5 Awesome Ideas to Use Pallets for Garden Decor. How To: Make A Bath Bomb : A Modern Take on the Doily - $850 Lamp for less than $50. A Modern Take on the Doily $850 Lamp for less than $50?

A Modern Take on the Doily - $850 Lamp for less than $50

Yes Please! Hello Pretty people! We are so excited to share a project we did this past weekend. A few months ago, I came across a ceiling lamp, I absolutely loved. It was $850, and I just couldn’t justify the spend, being it was simply made of doilies. Miniature store*really awsome. Farmer builds a house for just £150 using materials he found in skips... and the current tenant pays their rent in MILK.

Michael Buck used only natural materials or unwanted items to build 'cob house' at bottom of his gardenHe said he wanted to challenge the notion that paying for a house should take a lifetimeHe is now renting out the property to a worker on a neighouring farm, who pays for her lodgings in milk By David Wilkes for the Daily Mail Published: 11:32 GMT, 25 November 2013 | Updated: 02:06 GMT, 26 November 2013 It looks like something straight out of Middle Earth – and the story behind it is almost as fantastical.

Farmer builds a house for just £150 using materials he found in skips... and the current tenant pays their rent in MILK

Dump A Day 35 Amazing Uses For Old Pallets. Desire to inspire - desiretoinspire.net. Reader's home - a tiny Swedish apartment. Christmas Lights in 8 Bedrooms - wave avenue. Posted by rd on Thursday, November 3, 2011 · Countdown begins before Christmas!

Christmas Lights in 8 Bedrooms - wave avenue

And timely enough I’ve found these beautiful Christmas lights adorned bedrooms. Christmas Lights in 8 Bedrooms - wave avenue. Funny Pic Dump (12.19.11. 15 Projects Made from Shipping Pallets. Can You Really Beat the Heat With a $20, D-I-Y Air Conditioner? (We Give It a Try) (Editor’s note: This story has been updated below and now features at least one video submitted by a Blaze reader who tried our experiment – and succeeded!) It’s hot. And according to the national heat map from the US Weather Service, the heat is sweeping all across the country. (Today, Las Vegas is expected to smash an all-time high temperature.) However, there is hope. We discovered an easy way to beat the heat without breaking the bank. Seventeen Sneaky Secret Hides. 01/17: Door-Top Stash, Sean Michael Ragan (link) 02/17: Plywood Secret Compartment, Yi Ting Ching (link) 03/17: Easy Hidden Pocket, Instructables (link) 04/17: Dead Drop Device, Brian Dereu (link) 05/17: Single Book Safe, John Edgar Park (link) 06/17: Stack-of-Books Safe, Matt Maranian (link)

Collecting, Cleaning and Storing Chicken Eggs. Collecting Chicken Eggs The first thing you need to is make sure your hens have a nice clean area to lay their eggs. Chickens have natural instincts that tell them where to look for a nest. They like places that are dark, quiet and clean. Provide your hens nest with a nice layer of pine or cedar shavings. 100 Best DIY Sites on the Web. 100 Best DIY Sites on the Web. The Sietch Blog » Watercone – An Ingenious Way To Turn Salt Water Into Fresh Water. The Watercone is an ingenious device that can take salty water and turn it into fresh water using only the power of the sun.

The nice thing about this device is it is bone simple, uses the sun instead of fossil fuel, and is cheap to make and easy to use. Broodbakmachines: waar moet ik op letten als ik er een koop? Are you prepared? a9.jpg (1482×1173) Time.is 18:59. Masterbreak.jpg (1200×785) Bookshelf Porn. Science Experiments You Can Do At Home or School. Do it yourself, 3D hand. HOW TO: Make a Finnish style log camp stove (9 Pic.

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